- March 28, 2024
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The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners held a workshop Monday afternoon, which focused on five issues — the most important being the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's plan to close two state parks within the county — Bulow Ruins State Park and Washington Oaks Garden State Park.
Commissioners agreed that the parks must stay open, and they don't intend to give the state any other option in a letter to be sent out later this week.
Also at the workshop:
1. Commissioners discussed potential dates to bring in an economic development facilitator, which will likely happen later this month or in March.
2. The commission is also hoping to delay the implementation of manatee protection zones within the county by contacting the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
3. The commission could soon go paperless and utilize a tablet device, such as Apple Inc.’s iPad or some other tablet device. Though a final decision wasn’t made, the county could be headed in the paperless direction.
Items approved at the 9 a.m. regular meeting include:
1. Construction of an 8-foot-wide sidewalk stretching from Belle Terre Parkway, east, to Bulldog Drive. Construction will begin in April or May, and will take about one year. Cost of the project is $197,761.10, but falls under a $1.7 million grant the county received in December. Eventually, the county hopes to have a sidewalk stretch from Bunnell, east, all the way to Flagler Beach.
2. The County Commission approved, 4-1, a one-year contract with the Florida Department of Corrections for the continued use of participants from the Tomoka Correctional Institution’s inmate work program. County Commissioner Nate McLaughlin dissented, stating that he’d like to see inmates from the Flagler County Inmate Facility involved.
For more coverage of Monday's meetings, see Thursday's edition of the Palm Coast Observer.