Friday's Daily Pulse

› Miami Beach commission approves flat property tax rate, but some fees will go up [Miami Herald]
Miami Beach commissioners approved a new budget that includes funding for new initiatives like placing police at schools and creating a city hall watchdog, but did not raise the property tax rate.

› Florida company grants first license for hydrogen power tech to MarineMax [Tampa Bay Business Journal]
A company headquartered in the Kennedy Space Center has granted its first license for its hydrogen power production technology to a Clearwater boat retailer.

› $47.9 million contract awarded for Port Tampa Bay’s long-awaited project to deepen and expand Big Bend channel [Tampa Bay Times]
Big news today for Port Tampa Bay: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it has awarded a $47.9 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Docks Co. to deepen and expand the port’s Big Bend channel.

› Baptist Health of Northeast Florida President and CEO Hugh Greene to retire [Jacksonville Daily Record]
Hugh Greene announced Wednesday his retirement from Baptist Health of Northeast Florida. Greene, 65, joined the organization in 1989 as chief operating officer and has served for the past 18 years as president and CEO.

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