SUWANNEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
JUDICIAL ANNEX BUILDING
218 PARSHLEY STREET SOUTHWEST
LIVE OAK, FLORIDA 32064
TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR AUGUST 20, 2024, AT 5:30 P.M.
Invocation
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Emergency workers pulling up the remains of a semi truck and trailer that veered into the Tampa Bypass Canal off I-75, in Hillsborough County, where the driver was found dead, Monday, during Hurricane Debby. -Photo: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
By Tami Stevenson
After making landfall in Steinhatchee, Florida, as a Category 1 hurricane at 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, Hurricane Debby, which was downgraded to a tropical storm hours later, raged through Florida, taking a similar path to Hurricane Idalia just one year ago. This storm differed from Idalia, moving at a much slower pace and with less wind intensity.
Although an official death toll has not been released, there have been...
By Brooke Hallock
Capital City Bank has again been named to Florida Trend’s annual “Best Companies to Work For in Florida” list, ranking 19th in the “Large Companies” category and achieving a significant rise from its previous position of 24.
By Jon Llittle, SVEC Director of Communications
LIVE OAK, Fla., August 8, 2024 (8:00 a.m.) — Yesterday, SVEC crews and contractors achieved and surpassed the cooperative’s target of restoring power to at least 95% of its consumer-members in Hamilton and Columbia counties who could safely receive power by tonight.
The total workforce remains at 522...
By Mandy Frederickson
The budget workshops that were previously scheduled for Wednesday, August 7,...
Power Restoration Full Speed Ahead at Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC)
By Jon Little
LIVE OAK, Fla., August 6, 2024 (8:00 a.m.) – Crews worked late into the night to restore power following Hurricane Debby. As of 7:00 a.m. today, power had been restored to over 6,300 consumers who lost power due to the storm. All substations have transmission service except for the Smith substation, serving the southwest portion of Lafayette County, including the town of Day. Duke continues to work diligently to have that service restored.
SVEC’s combined workforce of 271 lineworkers, vegetation management crews, and operations support had boots on the ground before daylight, and an additional 215...
In the event Tropical Storm/Hurricane Debby significantly impacts our area, the print and online editions, normally scheduled to be distributed August 7 and 8, 2024, may be delayed...
