The TPO Board is comprised of elected officials including all 5 county commissioners and representatives from 15 of the 17 municipalities in Polk County. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is represented as a non-voting member, and several Board members also serve on the board of directors for local transit agencies.
The TPO Board adopts and maintains a long-range multi-modal transportation plan that includes highway, public transportation, passenger rail, pedestrian, bicycle and multi-use trail improvements. It establishes local priorities for the use of federal and state funds on transportation projects. Annually, the Board adopts a Transportation Improvement Program that includes the FDOT’s Five Year Work Program and implements the long-range plan.
Roster
Commissioner Jack Myers, Auburndale
Commissioner Trish Pfeiffer, Bartow
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Commissioner Martha Santiago, Polk County BoCC
- Commissioner Neil Combee, Polk County BoCC
- Commissioner Bill Braswell, Polk County BoCC
- Commissioner Rick Wilson, Polk County BoCC
- Commissioner George Lindsey, Polk County BoCC
- Mayor Bill Mutz, Lakeland
- Commissioner Sam Simmons, Lakeland
- Commissioner Sara McCarley, Lakeland
- Commissioner Chad McLeod, Lakeland
- Commissioner Bill Read, Lakeland
- Commissioner Mike Musick, Lakeland
- Commissioner Brian Yates, Winter Haven
- Mayor Pro Tem Nat Birdsong, Winter Haven
- Commissioner Jack Hilligoss, Lake Wales
- Commissioner Jack Myers, Auburndale
- Commissioner Roy Tyler, Haines City
- Commissioner Trish Pfeiffer, Bartow
- Vice Mayor Jon Albert (Voting Member), Frostproof
- Commissioner Jim Watts (Alternate 2), Fort Meade
- Commissioner Collins Smith (Alternate 1), Mulberry
- Mayor Joe LaCascia (Voting Member), Polk City
- Commissioner Steven Metosh, Sr., City of Eagle Lake
- Mayor Michael Kehoe (Alternate), Lake Hamilton
- Mayor Nancy Daley (Alternate), Lake Alfred
- Commissioner Willie Quarles, Town of Dundee (Alternate)
- Commissioner Jeremy Clark, Davenport
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L.K. Nandam, FDOT District 1 Secretary C
- Parag Agrawal, Polk TPO Executive Director
- Elizabeth Voss, Polk TPO Attorney
Meeting Calendar
*Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at 9 a.m.in the Commission Boardroom on the first floor of the Polk County Administration Building - 330 W. Church St., Bartow
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February 9, 2023 - Polk County History Center - 100 E. Main St., Bartow
- April 13, 2023
- June 8, 2023
- August 10, 2023 (Changed to August 24)
- October 12, 2023
- December 14, 2023 - Polk County History Center - 100 E. Main St., Bartow