Commissioner Murman mentioned in this WMNF article on St. Pete/Tampa ferry:

Hillsborough on board for Tampa-St. Pete ferry

Posted January 6, 2016 by Sean Kinane

Hillsborough County is on board with a pilot program to link the downtowns of St. Petersburg and Tampa with a high-speed ferry service. Hillsborough will spend $350,000 for the six-month test-run that will begin in the middle of this October as long as each of the other three partner governments chip in the same amount. The City of St. Petersburg – and its Mayor Rick Kriseman – are leading the charge and still has to convince Pinellas County and the City of Tampa.

Commissioner Sandra Murman told Kriseman it was great to finally move forward with a water connection between the two counties.

St. Petersburg Mayor Kriseman told the Hillsborough County Commission Wednesday that the six-month pilot program would involve one vessel run by HMS Ferries that would make three or four round trips every weekday except Monday and four round trips on weekends and holidays. Kriseman plans to seek an additional $900,000 from the state for a second vessel.

Hillsborough Commissioners supported the plan by a vote of 5-1. Stacy White voted against the ferry saying that rural county residents wouldn’t use it as much so they shouldn’t have to pay the same as the Cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg. Commissioner Al Higginbotham was not at the meeting.