While Senate and House negotiators made progress on many tourism, transportations and economic development budgetary issues Saturday, a slew of line items will be “bumped” up to Appropriations Chairs Jack Latvala and Carlos Trujillo.
Most notable was a bump of proviso language onĀ an audit of Tampa International Airport’s masterĀ renovation plan.
State Sen. Tom Lee, a Thonotosassa Republican, earlier this month had called for the audit, allegingĀ āpotential public corruptionā over the facility’s billion-dollar-plus renovation.
Another bump was whether to require the Department of Economic Opportunity to submit quarterly reports on employee travel and training costs.
AmongĀ spending bumps are the “Hotel Ponce de Leon restoration, Molly Wiley Art Building” on the Flagler College campus in St. Augustine, and the city of Bunnell’s Commerce Parkway connector road.
The Senate also reopened a Walton County transportation initiative for County Road 30-A, offering to spend $1.96 million in trust fund dollars.
WithĀ individual budget conferences havingĀ ended, Latvala and TrujilloĀ are expected to meet in the late afternoon to begin work on bump issues.
