Commissioner Burgess serves on the following committees:

First Vice Chairman – Lake-Sumter MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization)

The Lake-Sumter MPO provides a forum for cooperative decision making concerning transportation issues throughout the urbanized area of Lake and Sumter counties in Florida. As the lead agency for regional transportation planning, the MPO is responsible for the planning of several modes of transportation.

The Lake-Sumter MPO's regional planning allows for the allocation of millions of dollars in federal transportation funding annually. The MPO also helps citizens speak with one voice to their state and federal legislators on transportation-related issues. Most importantly, effective public involvement ensures scarce tax dollars are used in accordance with the greatest needs and desires of the community.

The Lake-Sumter MPO seeks to improve transportation in both counties for all modes of travel, including mass transit, walking, bicycling, rail, air, as well as the automobile. The MPO prioritizes capital improvements to address the counties’ travel needs and allocates federal funding to implement the projects as identified in the LRTP and the TIP

Chairman, Sumter County Transportation Disadvantaged Coordinating Board (TDCB)

Planning for the transportation disadvantaged is supported with funds from the Florida State Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged. Planning funds are provided to the Lake-Sumter MPO to support the planning functions of the two Transportation Disadvantaged Coordinating Boards in the Lake-Sumter MPO Area. The Coordinating Boards each serve in an advisory capacity to the Lake-Sumter MPO. The primary purpose of each Coordinating Board is to assist the MPO in identifying local service needs and in providing information, advice and direction to the Community Transportation Coordinators (CTCs) in both Lake and Sumter Counties.

CTCs are responsible for the actual provision of services, either by directly operating a transit system as in the case of the Sumter County CTC or by contracting with another entity for the provision of services as is the case for the Lake County CTC. The CTCs for both Lake and Sumter counties are the boards of county commissioners. The MPO works with the CTCs on the coordination of services to be provided to the transportation disadvantaged. The MPO conducts planning activities in conjunction with the CTCs. Required planning documents are also produced or updated annually, including but not limited to the Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan.

Member of the District 5 Medical Examiner Advisory Committee