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Bed tax uses, Whiting Aviation Park among SRC legislative priorities

Written by Ken Garner on December 5, 2022. Posted in Uncategorized.

Easing restrictions on how Santa Rosa County is allowed to spend tourist-development tax revenue and funding to build a taxiway and apron to connect Whiting Aviation Park to an NAS Whiting Field runway are among the requests County Commission Chairman Colten Wright will share with state legislators at the county legislative delegation’s annual public hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Gulf Breeze Community Center on Shoreline Drive.

BoCC to discuss industrial park giveaway, Jubilee roundabout and wildfire prevention

Written by Ken Garner on December 4, 2022. Posted in News, Uncategorized.

The Santa Rosa County Commission will discuss giving industrial property to a medical supply company, Jubilee’s developer building a roundabout, and preventing wildfires at its committee meeting Monday.

State delegation to meet Tuesday in Gulf Breeze

Written by Ken Garner on December 2, 2022. Posted in News.

The public is invited to address the Santa Rosa County state legislative delegation at a public hearing beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Gulf Breeze Community Center, 800 Shoreline Drive in Gulf Breeze. The hearing is the only one scheduled in Santa Rosa County before lawmakers report to Tallahassee on Dec. 12 for interim committee meetings.

SRC Commission skips Calkins, names Wright chairman

Written by Ken Garner on November 29, 2022. Posted in News.

In a break from tradition, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners skipped the sitting vice chairman and named District 5 Commissioner Colten Wright chairman for the coming year. Commissioner James Calkins, vice chairman for the board’s 2021-2022 term, presided over the first part of the commission’s organizational meeting Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Eddington, Smith take oaths of office

Written by Ken Garner on November 22, 2022. Posted in News.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners held its reorganizational meeting this morning in Milton, seating two new board members and electing the chairman and vice chairman for the coming year. Judge Robert Hilliard, himself a former county commissioner, administered the oaths of office to new District 4 Commissioner Ray Eddington and District 2 Commissioner Kerry Smith. The new board elected District 5 Commissioner Colten Wright to be chairman and District 1 Commissioner Sam Parker to serve as vice chairman until November 2023.

Teens killed in separate traffic accidents

Written by Ken Garner on November 18, 2022. Posted in Uncategorized.

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to two fatal automobile accidents Thursday morning in the Pace area. Neither victim was wearing a seatbelt.

County honors Piech

Written by Ken Garner on November 10, 2022. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Bob Cole, center, presents a plaque to Commissioner Dave Piech this morning commemorating his service on the Board of County Commissioners.

It’s official: County names Pea Ridge Connector Road

Written by Ken Garner on November 2, 2022. Posted in News.

It’s official: The Pea Ridge Connector legally will be known as…Pea Ridge Connector Road.

“Everybody I know calls it the Pea Ridge Connector,” Commissioner Sam Parker, whose district includes Pea Ridge, said at the commission’s Oct. 24 committee meeting.

Judge dismisses injunction; Adams cleared to serve South End

Written by Ken Garner on November 1, 2022. Posted in News.

Adams Sanitation can legally provide trash service in the south end of Santa Rosa County after a judge dismissed a temporary injunction against the Okaloosa County business last week.

Waste Pro, a private waste collection company that has a franchise agreement with Santa Rosa County, asked for the injunction against Adams Sanitation after the county commission voted 3-2 to allow Adams to begin serving customers south of the Yellow River.

Cole asks TPO to consider Milton’s U.S. 90 plea

Written by Ken Garner on October 20, 2022. Posted in News.

In his final act as a member of the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization’s board of directors, Bob Cole asked the TPO to consider his hometown’s plan to save its downtown.

Author: Ken Garner