[12:22] Ladies and gentlemen, uh if everyone can
take your seats, uh we're getting ready
[12:26] to start and uh appreciate everyone u
being here today.
[12:35] Yeah, good. Thanks.
[12:53] » Um, let the uh record show that we have
uh four commissioners present.
[12:59] Commissioner Thompson is not here at
this time. Um so that we we have four um
[13:05] sitting board members at this moment. It
is now 9:00. Um this zoning and planning
[13:11] meeting is now called to order. And if
you would stand for the invocation and
[13:16] pledge of allegiance. Heavenly Father,
we thank you for this day. We thank you
[13:19] for your grace and your mercy. We thank
you for each and everyone that is here.
[13:23] Please grant us some wisdom and
understanding as we uh undergo in uh
[13:28] this meeting with the planning and
zoning. um help us to do those things
[13:32] and make decision that are for the
benefit of our community. We pray this
[13:36] in your savior's name. Amen.
>> Amen.
[13:40] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[13:45] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[13:50] justice for all.
[13:57] Um at this time u we as we run into our
planning and zoning um
[14:04] um we have Miss Alicia Don that is here
and also we have um Mr.
[14:11] Is it Justin
that is here from our professional um
[14:17] planning services? And at this time
before um he comes we're going to uh our
[14:22] old bill old business. We can consider
the approval of the minutes from our old
[14:26] business. Have the had a chance to
review um the old business. Are there
[14:31] any corrections to those minutes? Miss
Dy?
[14:34] » Uh no ma'am there are not. These were
from our February 19th 2026 meeting. Um
[14:40] it was the Davis trucking. They reszoned
it. Um and we are just needing u any
[14:46] comments, a motion and a vote for those
minutes.
[14:49] » Any comments on the on the minutes?
Anything questions from the board? If
[14:54] not, I ask for a motion.
>> Make a [clears throat] motion to approve
[14:57] the minutes.
>> A motion by Commissioner Doherty. Is a
[15:00] second to the motion.
>> Second. Second by Commissioner Andrews.
[15:03] Any other further questions or
discussion? If not, all in favor by the
[15:07] sign I
>> I
[15:08] » 40. Okay. Thank you. [clears throat] Now
our new business
[15:15] and uh we have Mr. Justin Tabour and
>> yeah, good morning chair and other
[15:21] members of the board. Uh thank you'all
for having us here this morning. Uh I'm
[15:25] Brandon Stubs. I'm the planning and GIS
manager for NFPS and this is Justin
[15:29] Taber and we're going to go over the
subdivision regulations.
[15:35] uh amendment. Um as y'all are aware, uh
we had a workshop back in February 3rd
[15:41] of 2026
um where we met with y'all and reviewed
[15:44] all the proposed changes. That was the
ones that were, you know, being proposed
[15:50] now and and in the future um after
Senate Bill 180. Um potential amen
[15:56] amendments discussed in the workshop
include revisions to several items
[15:59] including updates to [clears throat]
address statutory changes establish
[16:03] master planning and phase planning uh
establish uh requirements for
[16:08] subdivision of land in certain instances
uh clarifying utility connection
[16:12] requirements and establishing
requirements for inspection for new
[16:16] infrastructure.
[clears throat]
[16:19] Um at the conclusion of that workshop um
it was uh proceeded by the board that we
[16:25] would um identify the amendments that
could be adopted uh under one Senate
[16:30] Bill 180 and those that could not. Um,
and if you recall, Senate Bill 180
[16:36] precludes the local government from
proposing or adopting an amendment to
[16:39] its comprehensive plan or LDRs that is
more restrictive or burdensome or
[16:44] proposing or adopting a more restrictive
or burdensome procedure concerning a
[16:48] review or approval. Um, so that's what
we've done. We've gone through all the
[16:53] proposed changes. we identified um and
confirmed with your county attorney uh
[17:00] which uh changes we could you know make
and felt like that were we're were not
[17:05] more burdensome and then that's
[clears throat] what we're proposing
[17:10] here today and then once we get back to
you know not under control on Senate
[17:16] Bill 180 we'll come back to this board
with the additional changes that the
[17:20] board requested at this time I'll turn
over to Mr. Taber.
[17:25] » So again, as uh Mr. Stepp said, my name
is Justin Taber. I'm a senior planner
[17:28] within FPS. Um so as he just noted, uh
what we are proposing uh we believe is
[17:33] compliant with Senate Bill 180 based
upon our review and uh consultation with
[17:37] your uh legal staff. Uh so we do believe
that we're in compliance with that. Um
[17:42] primarily, uh there are three areas that
we're addressing as uh more substantive
[17:47] changes. Uh one is compliance with
Senate Bill 784, which I'll get into in
[17:50] just a moment. Um and then the other two
points are clarification of your
[17:53] existing current procedures and also
clarifi clarification of existing text.
[17:59] Uh so moving on to Senate Bill 784.
Uh this particular uh bill required that
[18:05] local governments must review, process
and approve plat or replat submitts
[18:09] without any direct approval by the
board. It's now an administrative
[18:13] process. Uh so what we are proposing is
that your LDR administrator will be
[18:17] designated as the administrative
authority that would be reviewing final
[18:20] plats. You'll still continue to see
preliminary plats on larger
[18:23] developments. Uh so that will still
continue to go through that process.
[18:27] There will be a public process but the
final plat process is more ministerial.
[18:31] Uh at that point things are pretty uh in
place with the plat. So I believe that's
[18:36] really the intention of the statutory
change.
[18:40] Uh moving on uh next uh more significant
change uh we are proposing to uh more
[18:46] clearly define your lot split
procedures. Uh with this we would be
[18:50] establishing a specific procedure for
lot splits uh creating an exception uh
[18:55] which would allow the division of a
single lot and this would be limited to
[18:59] creating no more than two lots. Uh the
current process is somewhat in your code
[19:04] but it's not really fleshed out
completely. So this would make it more
[19:07] of a defined process.
[19:11] Uh moving on to the approval of
construction plans. This kind of uh
[19:14] lines up with the Senate Bill 784
changes uh and would be comparable to
[19:19] that but at a more local level. Uh we're
proposing to change the approving entity
[19:24] for construction plans from the
commission to the LDR administrator. Uh
[19:29] your construction plans are the
administrative draw or the uh
[19:31] construction drawings for the
subdivision. So, they're engineered
[19:35] drawings, uh, very technical and not
really something that gets to the level
[19:40] per se of, uh, policy decision. Um, and
that's also fairly common across the
[19:45] state that construction plans are
usually administratively approved. So,
[19:48] we're proposing that to put you more in
line with, uh, with your peers.
[19:57] And, uh, at this time, uh, I'll let Mr.
Stubs addressed the compliance with
[20:02] human development regulations and the
specific uh provisions that are there.
[20:09] [laughter]
[clears throat]
[20:11] So, excuse me. Uh compliance with your
LDRs begins with section 16.2.2.
[20:18] Uh it sets forth criteria for which uh
amending the text of LDRs. Um when
[20:24] pertaining to the proposed ordinance of
the LDRs, the planning zoning board
[20:28] shall consider one the need and
justification for the change to the
[20:33] relationship of the proposed amendment
to the pro uh purpose and objectives of
[20:37] the comprehensive plan and then with
consideration as whether proposed change
[20:42] would further the purpose of the LDRs
and other ordinances, regulations and
[20:47] the action designed [snorts] to
implement the comprehensive plan. Um,
[20:53] two, respond to the uh or excuse me,
three, respond to change of conditions
[20:57] within the county subdivision
regulations to provide commonly accepted
[21:01] and typically pro uh provisions to
provide and implement procedures for the
[21:05] land division of land and address
changes in statutory requirement. Ensure
[21:10] county uh subdivision regulations are in
line with Florida statute.
[21:17] So,
where's this all come from? It all comes
[21:20] from chapter 163 Florida statutes which
requires that the local governments
[21:25] establish um procedures for the
subdivision of land. Uh the
[21:30] comprehensive plans required to include
provisions which discourage or
[21:34] proliferates urban sprawl and standards
and criteria set forward in LDR are
[21:39] related to the regulation of
subdivisions of land and are the
[21:44] components is discouraging the
proliferation of urban sprawl. And
[21:48] lastly, based upon these amendments, the
C to ensure the county subdivision
[21:52] regulations are appropriately addressed
in uh the proliferation of urban sprawl.
[21:59] U staff's recommendation this morning is
to approve the proposed amendment
[22:04] scheduled the second public hearing for
September 22nd.
[22:10] And if you have any questions, we're
here to certainly answer them. if you
[22:14] have any specific questions about the
text changes.
[22:17] » Okay. Um [clears throat]
just in what you quickly uh outlined for
[22:23] us then it would uh shift the
administrative review for the plaques to
[22:28] the the administrators of the
professional services and also for the
[22:32] review of the construction um
that would be taking place.
[22:37] » Correct. So that would be
administratively. So that would be
[22:41] reviewed by your county surveyor, your
county engineer, your staff. And so it'd
[22:46] be reviewed in for compliance with not
only sound engineer practices, storm
[22:51] water and all that that's within your
land development regulations, but for
[22:57] you know uh co- compliance within your
LDRs for planning matters as well. And
[23:02] that you indicated that that would make
it consistent with what other
[23:06] surrounding um counties are doing.
>> Correct. Yes, ma'am. And uh it's pretty
[23:12] typical that um preliminary plat do go
before um boards and commissions um just
[23:19] because you're approving the whole
concept of the layout, right? So the the
[23:23] the board has a little bit of say in the
preliminary phasing of subdivision that
[23:30] would give you the u option to make
comments or um changes to a preliminary
[23:36] plat. Then once that's established then
they apply for the construction plans
[23:41] which is just a like Mr. Taber said a
technical document that is an engineered
[23:47] set of plans that it's it's black and
white really. You got all your standards
[23:53] for design are in your LDRs.
Um whether it be storm water, streets
[23:59] and roads, the grading, paving, how wide
the road is, how what the subbase is. I
[24:04] mean, every technical aspect of design
is in your LDRs. And so essentially what
[24:10] that document, the construction plans is
is just reviewing to make sure that they
[24:14] meet all those technical specifications.
And those are specifications that this
[24:17] county has designed to protect the
county and its citizens from having to
[24:22] go back and have faulty roads being
paved and just them somebody going out
[24:26] there and just doing a terrible job at
paving, right? So, we don't want um the
[24:31] county don't want to have to accept
roads that 5 years down the road is
[24:34] going to have to go and repave again. So
um that's where all your technical
[24:38] standards come from is sound engineering
practices and standards that make for
[24:45] longevity of roads and streets.
>> Okay. Um the board you have any question
[24:50] u for Mr. Stubs or Mr. Tabler?
[clears throat]
[24:53] » Commissioner I have a question.
>> Sure. Mhm.
[24:56] » So Brandon, in the um when we talk about
the roads and the standards for the
[25:01] roads, was there a separation between
seasonal high and the base material so
[25:07] that there was not like again like you
said, somebody coming in and just
[25:10] putting down, you know, prepping a
subgrade and then putting down, you
[25:14] know, 8 in of lime rock and then, you
know, having that water infiltrate into,
[25:19] you know, the base material and degrade
the base material. Was there something
[25:23] in there that was uh you kind of a
guideline for that?
[25:27] » No sir, but that would also be something
that would be representative within your
[25:32] storm water calcs and in your storm
water requirements. So it may not, you
[25:37] know, have a certain standard like you
have to be so many inches above the mean
[25:40] high water table. But obviously if
you're building a subbasin below the
[25:46] mean high water table, you're going to
have comp compaction issues. So, I think
[25:52] what really addresses that is if when
you have like a LB40 compaction rating,
[25:58] you're not going to get that if the if
you're grading down and you're putting
[26:02] lime rock in the middle of water, it
just ain't going to happen. So, the the
[26:06] engineering would automatically have to
build that
[26:08] » road up in order to meet um certain
criteria for compaction and um you know,
[26:15] the thickness of the base.
>> We just we have existing roads that are
[26:18] like that. And that's why I was asking
because, you know, there's
[26:22] » once that lime rock starts to fail, then
you start to have your potholes and
[26:25] everything else. And so, you know, and
and we're seeing that. So, and those are
[26:29] roads that, you know, we're having to
put money back into.
[26:32] » And so, again, just wanted to know if
there was anything that that you
[26:36] specifically had in there. I know other
counties do have a separation like a
[26:39] twoft separation. So,
>> just didn't know if you had come across
[26:43] anything like that. So,
>> No, sir.
[26:45] personally never seen that in in in a
code, but not saying that. Uh like I
[26:50] said, I'm sure there are people that put
that in there, but typically when you're
[26:53] doing your storm water plans, you have
to establish what that high water table
[26:59] is based upon your soil borings and all
that. And you know, good sound
[27:04] engineering practice. If you're
reviewing that, you're going to see that
[27:06] in their storm water calcs what the mean
high water table is going to be and be
[27:11] able to look at that elevation versus
your lime rock base elevation. So, um
[27:16] it's something that would definitely
have to be reviewed by an engineer and
[27:20] make sure that that separation is there.
>> So, that goes back to the review from
[27:24] the um I guess from the administrator
then and then also the uh design team.
[27:30] » Correct. Your your whoever your review
engineer would probably be the best to
[27:33] review that. Okay. All right. Thank you.
>> Yes, sir.
[27:36] » Any other questions by the board?
>> Okay. I've got one.
[27:41] » While we're redoing our LDRs, is there
any way we could put something in here
[27:46] to protect us from data centers?
>> Um, well,
[27:52] data centers getting into a touchy
subject. Um, so I'll kind of go through
[27:57] what I have learned about data centers.
Yes, we can we can review your LDRs and
[28:03] we can come up and draft um sound
regulations to address data centers. Um
[28:10] and it's my understanding that currently
your LDRs have nothing that address it.
[28:17] So, um, if you looked at the LDRs from
the strictest sense, that means data
[28:22] centers are not permissible within the
county because it's not defined in your
[28:28] LDRs and there's no provisions for
permitting one. Um, so it would be kind
[28:34] of hard now to approve a data center
because the way your code's written. So,
[28:39] with Senate Bill 180, it says you can't
do anything more restrictive or
[28:43] burdensome. However, I would argue that
if you are actually drafting regulations
[28:49] to allow
data centers under certain circumstances
[28:54] with these certain regulations, I would
say it would be less burdensome because
[28:58] now you're actually allowing them versus
not allowing them before. So, I think
[29:03] there's an argument to get away with um
creating regulations for data centers,
[29:08] but uh ultimately I would leave that
interpretation up to your county
[29:11] attorney.
>> Okay. Okay. Any other questions from the
[29:16] board? Okay. Uh at this time we have um
public comment. Um
[29:24] let's
open it up for public comments. M
[29:29] » Thank you, gentlemen.
>> Thank you. Um Mr. Paul Steel
[29:42] Paul Steel 14167 Southwest 101st Avenue
Stark. I'm a little confused because um
[29:48] this item was as far as I can tell I I
was never able to find an agenda and I
[29:54] saw no notice that what this uh event
was. So if that notice was not
[30:01] published, I'm not sure you are in fact
in compliance with the sunshine law. But
[30:06] more importantly, there are some I find
uh the information that was presented by
[30:12] the consultant in an August 4th, 2026
memo that is actually on the uh county's
[30:20] uh planning and zoning website. uh
somewhat confusing and one of the issues
[30:26] is that uh they are uh switching uh the
approval from the board of county
[30:33] commissions to the county manager. I
think this is a bad idea. I think the
[30:37] final plat approval should come be still
be with you the the county commissioner.
[30:43] So I'd hope you would revisit that.
Uh
[30:48] the note that they say uh goes with that
says that this was required by the
[30:53] Senate bill 784. I don't believe that's
what 784 requires.
[30:59] The problem is that as you go through
the document then uh you have uh the
[31:06] county manager is actually uh almost
never included in the land development
[31:11] regulations with respect to being
involved with these decisions and so
[31:17] it's not real clear how this process is
going to work.
[31:22] The other really significant change is
this new committee that's that's
[31:25] recommended in the uh uh what's being
proposed to you but there is no
[31:31] information about how that committee
will be formed, how that uh committee
[31:35] will uh uh function and who is going to
be on that committee. So I would urge
[31:41] you to uh in fact table this and see if
you can get some clarifications about
[31:47] some of these items. The uh
other issue that uh
[31:56] is that at one point they say the u
they're talking about uh compliance uh
[32:04] with the comprehensive plan. The
comprehensive plan policy uh V3.2 two uh
[32:12] states, "The county shall submit
proposed subdivision plats to the soil
[32:16] and water conservation district and
request the district's review and
[32:20] comments regarding topographic
hydraologic vegetative cover factory in
[32:25] order to identify procedures for the
protection and conservation of the
[32:29] natural functions of soils by the
proposed development. This is not
[32:33] referenced in the material that uh
the proposal that's currently before
[32:39] you. It's actually important that you
you need to go in and amend your
[32:43] comprehensive plan to rem to delete that
provision.
[32:48] » Thank you, Mr. Steel.
Okay. Um,
[32:54] » you like to address?
>> Yeah. So, the administrative function
[32:57] that is a part of Senate Bill 754,
nothing we can do about that. State
[33:02] statute now preempts that. So, um, this
board a while back had adopted a
[33:08] resolution adopting Mr. Scott Cornnegay
as the county manager as the LDR
[33:12] administrator and in that um, it makes
him the design. So, that's why we put it
[33:17] in there, but he can delegate that
authority to um, the LDR administrator
[33:24] uh, function to the planning director or
uh, who he sees fit. So, yes, that is a
[33:28] proper channel regarding the issue with
the comp plan. As you know, we are
[33:33] currently amending your comp plan and
that is one of the things that is
[33:37] actually being stricken from the comp
plan because it is out of compliance
[33:41] with um a ruling back in 2012 um where
the state statute says you cannot rely
[33:47] on any other government authority or
approvals before you issue your local
[33:52] government approval. In other words, you
no longer can you rely on uh requiring
[33:57] the water management district to approve
something before you approve it. So
[34:01] that's going to be stricken because
that's a viol it violates floor statute
[34:04] anyways under current standards. But
we're in the process amending your comp
[34:08] plan. So that'll come later on. Um and
regarding uh the last issue was the
[34:16] um I'm sorry I couldn't remember the
second issue here.
[34:20] » Oh the committee. Yeah you already have
that established. That committee is been
[34:24] established. You already got rules,
regulations and procedures for the TRC
[34:28] committee. And so that is uh a committee
that is made up with the county
[34:33] manager's discretion of uh county staff
and um you know who he sees fit to
[34:39] review like your public works, your
roads department, your infrastructure,
[34:43] your planning and all that is makes up
the um TRC. So that that committee is um
[34:50] again under the delegation of the county
manager.
[34:54] » Okay. [laughter]
Um, and next we had
[34:57] » [clears throat]
>> um, Miss Betty Bennett, I think.
[35:07] » Is it do do you want to speak on this
zoning or or later?
[35:11] » Later. Okay. Thank you. Any other public
comments uh, at this time regarding um,
[35:16] our current issues?
Oh, Miss Kate Ellis.
[35:26] I just wanted to ask, it sounds like we
um we do have an LDR administrator and
[35:33] that's Scott Corn. I I don't know if
that's the best person or not or best
[35:40] office or not. Um do we have a county
surveyor is my other question.
[35:48] All right. Is that something Mr. Stump
that you can answer? Um Mr. Tableart?
[35:53] Um, so the the reason why the county
manager is the LDR administrator is
[35:57] because it's actually the county in the
resolution, it's the county manager or
[36:01] his or her design. And the reason why
it's that way is just like recently
[36:06] you've had um a little bit of turnover
with the planning director. And so if
[36:12] you don't have a planning director
actively in the role, then if you
[36:17] delegated that authority to the U
planning director, then right now you
[36:21] would not have an LDR administrator and
you'd be in a world of trouble. So to
[36:25] keep things moving and be able to have
that ability to interpret the LDRs and
[36:31] have somebody that has the official
capacity to do that, that's delegated to
[36:36] the county manager. And then when you
have a planning director, then they the
[36:40] county manager can direct that authority
to the planning director in that
[36:45] position. So that's why it's done that
way is you don't ever want to gap if you
[36:49] don't have a planning director because
if you directly make the planning
[36:53] director and something happens like now,
y'all would be stuck without somebody to
[36:57] be able to actually give people
interpretations of the LDR zoning
[37:01] information. I mean, so it's kind of an
important important position to be able
[37:08] to have that. So you don't want to not
have that um in in this case. So that's
[37:13] that's the primary reason.
>> Okay. And and this is the other part was
[37:19] um having a a surveyor. To my knowledge,
[clears throat] we've had a standing
[37:23] county uh surveyor for years. So is that
has that changed?
[37:27] » Um I'm not aware of that.
>> Okay. All right. Yeah. Okay. Thank you.
[37:32] » All right. Um, those did I hear
something?
[37:35] » No, I just said thanks.
>> Did I miss anyone else's public comments
[37:38] on the zoning? Okay.
All right. If not, I'll ask for you I
[37:45] guess you all to come back and so we
would um read into
[37:50] um the hearing the resolution uh in
which we will take a vote on just now.
[37:59] An ordinance of the board of county
commissioners of Bradford County,
[38:02] Florida, amending the Bradford County
Land Development Regulations relating to
[38:05] an amendment to the text of the Bradford
County Land Development Regulations to
[38:08] revise the subdivision regulations that
set for as set forth therein providing
[38:12] for severability repealing all
ordinances in conflict and providing an
[38:16] effective date.
>> Okay. Uh hearing the resolution, are
[38:20] there any further discussion or
questions? If not, I ask for a motion
[38:24] for approval.
I'll make a motion to approve the
[38:28] ordinance as read by the county
attorney.
[38:31] » Second. A motion by Commissioner Dhy and
second by Commissioner uh Reic um for
[38:36] the resolution. Um any further questions
or discussion? If not, all in favor by
[38:42] the sign I
>> I any nay? Uh 40. And for the record
[38:47] again, um we have the four commissioners
here.
[38:51] Okay.
Uh and moving on to um that was 3A.
[38:58] Moving on to 3B.
[39:06] » Yes, Madam Chair and other members of
the board. Again, my name is Justin
[39:08] Taber. I'm a senior planner with uh
North Florida Professional Services and
[39:12] we're here um acting on behalf of your
uh zoning department. Uh this
[39:18] presentation will review the next two
items that are on your agenda. Uh there
[39:21] are companion applications. One is a
small scale comprehensive plan
[39:24] amendment. The other is a sight specific
amendment to the official zoning atlas,
[39:28] also known as a resoning. Uh the
property owner is Keystone Heights RV
[39:32] Resort LLC and Tom's High on the Hog
Real Pit BBQ, Inc. Uh these are
[39:37] applications that have been submitted by
Steven Turner, PE of Civil Design
[39:41] Solutions on behalf of the property
owners. Uh the comprehensive plan
[39:46] amendment application is proposing to
amend the future land use map
[39:49] designation from residential low to
commercial and the resoning application
[39:55] proposes to amend the zoning from RSF-1
residential single family 1 to
[40:00] commercial intensive. The property is
approximately 7.67 acres in size and is
[40:05] comprised of three tax parcels. 05542-
0- 0 05542-
[40:13] 0- 0 1 0 0 and 05544-002
[40:20] 0 0.
Uh the slide presently shows the
[40:26] location of the property. Uh you can see
the blue border um that is outlined
[40:32] would be the three parcels that I just
uh referenced. Uh and Keystone Heights
[40:37] RV Resort does own the parcel which is
adjacent to the west uh which would be
[40:41] to the right there.
Uh the next slide shows the existing
[40:45] future land use map designation. Again,
currently this property is residential
[40:49] low. Uh you can see the adjacent parcel
is currently commercial to the west.
[40:55] Next, this would be the proposed land
use if the amendment was approved. And
[41:00] then similarly you have the existing
zoning RSF-1
[41:04] and proposed to go to commercial
intensive.
[41:09] Uh moving into consistency with the
comprehensive plan. Uh we have reviewed
[41:13] the application both applications for
consistency with your comprehensive
[41:17] plan. uh specific goals, objectives, and
policies that support the application
[41:20] are located within the future land use
element, the traffic circulation
[41:24] element, and the sanitary sewer, solid
waste, portable water, and natural
[41:28] groundwater aquifer recharge element. Uh
a more detailed analysis has been
[41:32] provided within the evaluation and
findings report that we've presented to
[41:35] you, and I'd be happy to answer any
questions on that.
[41:39] Uh moving to compliance with the land
development regulations, section 16.2.2
[41:44] two of your land development regulations
establish the standards that are
[41:48] applicable when considering resoning
petitions. The reasoning application has
[41:52] been reviewed for compliance with these
standards and we do find that it is
[41:55] found to comply with all applicable
standards and again the evaluation and
[41:58] findings report provides a detailed
analysis and I'm happy to answer any
[42:02] questions on that.
So, our recommendation is that you
[42:05] approve the proposed amendment to the
future land use map designation from
[42:08] residential low to commercial and
approve the zoning uh change from
[42:12] residential single family one to
commercial intensive.
[42:16] And that concludes my presentation. I'm
happy to answer any questions you may
[42:19] have.
>> Okay. The board have any questions that
[42:22] [clears throat] you like to ask?
>> Question.
[42:24] » Okay. At this time, uh we'll open it up
for public um comments at this time. Um
[42:30] Mr. Steel is coming. Excuse me, board
real quick. For record, uh, Leicad in
[42:35] the building and zoning department,
signs were put out, posted, pictures
[42:40] done two weeks prior to this, and posted
online.
[42:44] » Thank you,
>> Madam Chair. I'm sorry I didn't that
[42:47] maybe what I was uh again I did not see
an agenda for this uh this meeting and
[42:54] whether it was noticed properly and
whether agenda was produced is a
[42:58] question that uh maybe uh what you do
here may be challenged because you
[43:04] didn't meet the requirements uh for
notice of the meeting and so I would
[43:09] urge you to make sure and maybe I just
didn't hear what was said but I think if
[43:14] the agenda was published today that
would not have met the I checked last
[43:18] night for the agenda on the uh zoning
and planning the zoning department's
[43:24] website. It was not there. The only
document there was this document here.
[43:28] Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you. Um Commissioner Dhy,
[43:31] » I was just going to remind you you have
another public comment there about this
[43:34] issue.
>> Okay. Um,
[43:39] okay.
[43:43] » It's Miss Bennett.
>> Miss Bennett. She said that she wanted
[43:46] to go later.
>> Do you want to go now or or the 9:30?
[43:51] I asked and she said, [laughter]
>> "Okay."
[44:03] Uh, my name is Betty Bennett. I live at
806 Southeast 58th Street, Eaststone
[44:07] Heights, Florida. The piece of property
that is being discussed uh conjoins our
[44:15] property and I'd like to see it my
property maintained.
[44:19] Uh so anything that's discussed about
changing. I know that they want it to be
[44:24] commercial, I'm not against that. I just
don't want it to affect my property. And
[44:29] on the other side of my property is a
lake. So, I don't know how close or
[44:35] however they can put their proposal to a
lake property,
[44:40] but I'm just concerned about those kind
of things. So, I know it's up to the
[44:45] county commissioners to protect the
citizens that vote for them, and I would
[44:51] appreciate if you continue that you do
that.
[44:54] » Okay.
>> Okay.
[44:56] » Thank you.
>> Any other public comment?
[44:58] And Miss Miss Don, can you repeat what
you said earlier that the efforts that
[45:03] you went through?
[45:07] » I am happy to help if anyone needs to
see where the agenda was. It is on our
[45:11] planning and zoning website. Um, and the
agenda was posted two weeks ago along
[45:19] with signs, uh, pictures of signs for
our record.
[45:23] » Yes.
>> All right.
[45:25] » Thank you. Thank you. Um, Miss Ellison,
>> um, I just wanted to ask I I still don't
[45:34] know what the commercial plans will be
and I think you all will remember that
[45:42] we've had a lot of issues around the
traffic at that intersection.
[45:47] Um [clears throat] the the main
intersection closest to where this
[45:51] property is being reszoned is 21B and
100 and we've asked for a stoplight
[45:59] there and been turned down by the state.
It my impression is we have no power in
[46:05] this at all but it is a dangerous and um
extremely slow intersection at some
[46:13] times of the day. So, I I am concerned
about what's going to happen there to
[46:20] the traffic.
I assume the houses that are on that
[46:24] back road 50th or whatever it is, those
houses own that property and they're or
[46:30] I don't I don't know. [clears throat] I
don't know about the houses. Okay. Um
[46:35] I'll ask [laughter] our attorney and um
commissioner I mean our county manager.
[46:41] Um, I would ask that M I think Mr.
Vincent is here. If he can come and
[46:46] articulate his intent, would that be
okay?
[46:50] » That that's fine. If I could just uh add
a couple clarifying points. Um,
[46:54] » just to remind the board at this point,
you are at the resoning phase. So,
[46:57] that's what you're considering at this
point is changing the land use and
[47:00] zoning on the property. So, specific de
development plan for any commercial
[47:04] development will come back. um that
would have specific building locations
[47:10] uh buffering and screening. I do believe
that your believe it's in the comp plan
[47:14] uh requires a 25 foot buffer when
adjacent specifically to residential. So
[47:19] those types of factors will certainly be
something that we consider at a later
[47:22] time once we have a specific development
plan in front of us. Uh as well as
[47:26] traffic uh you know at that point when
you have a development plan you know
[47:29] exact uses you can have a traffic study
that's going to identify exactly what
[47:33] those will be. Um but yes I just wanted
to mention that. Thank you, Miss E.
[47:46] » Good morning, everyone.
>> Morning.
[47:48] » I'm Vincent Essen, the owner of Keystone
Heights RV Resort. Yes. So, right now
[47:52] we're just going through a zoning
change, but our plan is to do some kind
[47:55] of commercial plaza. I know we've had
issues on that corner 21B. has been a
[47:59] challenge with uh standing a light. So I
took it upon myself to take the fight um
[48:05] to uh do so. So uh we are doing a
traffic study. Uh we have some data. I
[48:12] really can't share right now, but based
on the new development that we're
[48:16] planning, it's going to justify a light.
In the past, it warranted a light, but
[48:20] now they're going to recommend it. So
we're pretty confident that a light is
[48:24] going to go on that corner. So that'll
help with the traffic. Uh, we spend some
[48:27] years, but we're we're pretty close.
>> Thank you.
[48:32] » All right. Um, did I miss any of the
public comments regarding this issue?
[48:40] [snorts]
[48:44] Uh, I just checked and in fact it was my
error. I did not scroll down far enough
[48:48] in the uh items from the planning and
zoning. The item was in fact agended.
[48:55] Thank you for acknowledging that, Mr.
Steel. God bless you. All right, another
[48:59] comment at this time. Um, again, we'll
ask our attorney if you can read board
[49:05] any other questions.
>> I asked the attorney to read the
[49:08] resolution.
>> Okay. So, just to put us in procedural
[49:13] posture, we're doing an ordinance on the
land use plan. Um there will be a
[49:20] separate um public hearing
um a separate asking for public comments
[49:27] on the resoning even though I know that
there was a discussion about both of
[49:32] those by our our professional staff.
That being said, right now all we're
[49:36] doing is the land use. And I'll go ahead
and read that ordinance. Thank you. An
[49:40] ordinance of Bradford County, Florida,
amending ordinance number 91-09, the
[49:44] Bradford County Comprehens of Plan as
amended, relating to an amendment to the
[49:48] future land use plan series of the
Bradford County Comprehensive Plan
[49:54] pursuant to application S26019A
by the property owner under the
[50:00] amendment procedures established in
section 163161
[50:04] through 163248
[50:08] statues as amended.
providing for the amendment of the
[50:12] future land use plan map series of the
comprehensive plan from residential low
[50:17] to commercial of certain lands within
the unincorporated limits of Bradford
[50:21] County, Florida, providing severability,
repealing all ordinances in conflict,
[50:25] and providing an effective date.
>> Thank you. I have a motion for approval
[50:29] of this ordinance for the land use
change.
[50:34] » I'll make a motion to approve the
ordinance as read by the county
[50:36] attorney.
>> Okay. Motion by Commissioner Doherty. Is
[50:39] there a second?
>> Second.
[50:41] » Second by Commissioner Ready.
>> Any further questions on discussion by
[50:44] the board?
>> If not,
[50:46] » just a comment. Um I'm really surprised
that there's not more people here um
[50:52] talking about this because I know that
um we have done studies, traffic
[50:57] studies, and the the light was denied.
Um, we've done a lot trying to get that
[51:03] there because of course all we heard was
how dangerous it was. And of course
[51:09] adding this is going to probably double
the traffic in there. So I'm hoping that
[51:14] Vincent may be able to to make this um
happen, but um there have been traffic
[51:21] studies done and um we were told no. And
it is a dangerous intersection. I'm sure
[51:28] that most of us have been through there
and there was many many um residents of
[51:34] Keystone that complained a lot about
um the light and the intersection and
[51:41] and the traffic. And so I'm surprised
there's not more people, but um I know
[51:47] that today is not about what's going
there, but um it is a concern and I do
[51:53] hope that you're able, Vincent, to to
make this happen for the safety of the
[51:58] citizens of of Keystone.
>> Any other comments, discussion? If not,
[52:03] we have a motion and a second on the
floor. All in favor by the sign. I
[52:07] » I Any
old. Thank you. Now moving on to 3A. I
[52:15] mean 3 C. If you could,
[52:28] Madam Chair, uh you do need to still act
on the resoning uh petition that was
[52:33] part of the uh Keystone Heights item.
>> Yes. if we could um
[52:40] » back.
>> Madam Chair, do you mind?
[52:43] » Go ahead.
>> Um
[52:45] we we're going to have a public hearing
on um the ordinance considering the
[52:52] application for Z26-01.
That's the application number.
[52:59] Um so, Madam Chair, if you could open
that public hearing on that, that would
[53:03] be um that would be great.
>> Okay. At this time, if we open our
[53:08] public hearing, um,
any comment,
[53:12] » Madam Chair, if I could just note, I'll
incorporate my presentation from the
[53:15] initial item into the record for this
item as well.
[53:18] » Okay.
[53:25] » So, I'm happy to go back through the
presentation, but I'll just rely on that
[53:28] unless you have any specific questions
for me beyond uh what we've already
[53:31] discussed.
>> And that's that's fine, Madam Chair.
[53:34] Okay. for him to do to do that and
clarify that.
[53:37] » Okay. Go ahead.
>> Just any if you have any questions, I'm
[53:42] available. I'll rely on the presentation
that I pres presented prior and put it
[53:45] in the record for this item. So, so
nothing further for me.
[53:49] [clears throat]
>> Thank you.
[53:51] » Thanks.
>> Okay.
[53:52] » And Madam Chair, so if anybody in the
public has any comments, it would be
[53:56] appropriate for them to do so. Right
now, it's the same property.
[54:00] [clears throat]
Um, uh, it's just the zone reszoning
[54:04] versus the change to the comprehensive
plan. This it's a two-step process. All
[54:08] right.
>> So, the information that will be
[54:11] considered is similar to what was
considered in their last motion. And if
[54:16] anybody has any comments on the zoning,
that would be appropriate. Now,
[54:20] » any public um comments on the resoning?
Okay. Did you have All right. Anything
[54:28] from the board? Okay.
All right.
[54:31] » All right. And madam chair, if if it's
your pleasure, I could go ahead and read
[54:35] the ordinance,
>> please.
[54:36] » Okay. Thank you, ma'am. Um, an ordinance
of Bradford County, Florida, amending
[54:41] ordinance 96-07,
Bradford County Land Development
[54:45] Regulations as amended, relating to an
amendment to the official zoning atlas
[54:49] of the Bradford County Land Development
Regulations as amended pursuant to
[54:53] application number Z26-01
submitted by the property owner of set
[54:57] acreage providing for reszoning from
residential single family- which is
[55:02] RSF-1
to commercial intensive which is CI of
[55:07] certain lands stands within the
unincorporated limits of Bradford
[55:10] County, Florida. Providing severability,
repealing all ordinances in conflict,
[55:14] and providing an effective date.
[55:22] » Go ahead.
>> I make a motion to approve the ordinance
[55:24] as read.
>> Second.
[55:26] » Um motion by Commissioner Reick, second
by Commissioner Dherty. Any further
[55:31] discussion or comments at this time? All
in favor by sign I. I. Any oppose? It's
[55:38] 40. Okay.
>> Madam Chair, and just to clarify with
[55:42] the attorney, um the board does have to
act as the planning commission as well.
[55:47] So there is a resolution uh for those
items that that does need to be approved
[55:52] and I believe we were reading the
ordinances, but um you should have I
[55:56] believe a resolution as well.
[56:01] » Is this resolution?
on PZLPA
[56:05] 2026, the resolution of the Rapid County
Board of County Commissioners serving as
[56:09] the planning and zoning um board of
Rapid County and the local planning
[56:14] agency of Rapid County, Florida,
recommending the board of county
[56:17] commissioners approve um the amendment
to the future land use plan and the
[56:22] series of the comprehensive pursuant to
the application number S260619A
[56:30] submitted by the the property owners
under the amendment procedures
[56:35] established in the section 163.6161
through 63.3248
[56:44] Florida statutes as amended providing
for amending the land use classification
[56:48] from residential to low commercial
within the incorporated limits of
[56:52] graphic county Florida repealing all
regulations in conflict and providing
[56:56] for an effective date containing 7.67
six seven acres more or less. Is that
[57:02] what
>> correct?
[57:03] » Okay,
>> that would be your first.
[57:05] » All right.
[57:08] Okay.
>> So, we just would need action from the
[57:12] planning commission to adopt that
resolution if you so choose.
[57:16] » I'll make a motion to approve the
resolution as read by our chair. Okay.
[57:22] » Motion by Commissioner Dorothy. Is there
a second to the motion?
[57:24] » Second.
>> Second by Commissioner Andrews. Any
[57:27] further discussion or questions? All in
favor by the sign I
[57:31] » I.
>> This is a learning process for all of us
[57:34] and there's been a lot of uh things that
we needed to catch up on.
[57:40] » No worries. That's we're here to help.
>> Guide us through the process because
[57:43] we're learning and we're doing it
together.
[57:46] » Yes, ma'am. Of course. We're we're here
to help. So, that was your first. You do
[57:49] have the second resolution which is uh
resolution number PZL LPAZ26-01
[57:55] which would be for the zoning item
>> and that's what I'm describing as 3A 3C
[58:01] » 3C.
>> Okay.
[58:02] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[58:03] » I can read that if you would like.
>> Yes.
[58:05] » A resolution of the board of county
commissioners of Bradford County,
[58:08] Florida serving as the planning and
zoning board of Bradford County, Florida
[58:10] and the local planning agency of
Bradford County, Florida recommended to
[58:13] the county commission of Bradford
County, Florida. Approval of the
[58:16] resoning to the official zoning atlas of
the Bradford County Land Development
[58:19] Regulations as amended pursuant to
application number Z26-Z run submitted
[58:23] by the property owner of set acreage
broading for reszoning from residential
[58:26] single family-1 RSF-1
to commercial intensive CI of certain
[58:31] lands within the unincorporated limits
of Bradford County, Florida, repealing
[58:34] all resolutions in conflict and
providing an effective date.
[58:38] » Thank you. Um
>> Madam Chair, I'll make a motion to
[58:41] approve the resolution as read by our
county attorney. Second.
[58:46] » Second. Now, any at this time, do we
need to ask for again for any public
[58:50] comments before we take the vote?
>> Um, it it doesn't hurt. If you would
[58:55] like to do that, that would be fine.
>> I know we had a motion in a second, but
[58:59] are there any public comments at this
time? Want to make sure we didn't know
[59:03] we look anything. If not, okay.
All right. We had a motion in a second.
[59:08] All in favor by sign I. Any oppose? Four
over. Okay. [clears throat]
[59:15] And I think that was it.
>> No, we have one more.
[59:19] » I think we skipped.
>> Did we skip one?
[59:22] » That was 3C.
>> Yeah, this was the uh the next item is
[59:25] just for the board of county
commissioners. That'll be at your next
[59:28] » Okay.
>> Right.
[59:29] » All right. So, this concludes our um
planning and zoning um before we move on
[59:34] into our regular county commissioner
meeting. So, the planning and zoning is
[59:39] now closed.
And um before we get started into our
[59:44] regular county commissioner meeting, do
we have any other comment cards that
[59:49] anyone needed to submit?
[59:54] Okay. And
if you would bring it to me quickly and
[59:59] then we're going to move into opening
our county commissioner meeting.
[1:00:08] Thank you. Okay, ladies and gentlemen,
um
[1:00:13] let me shift gears here a second.
Great.
[1:00:22] Okay, our county board of county
commissioner meeting is now called to
[1:00:26] order. And if you would stand again for
our invocation and our pledge of
[1:00:30] allegiance.
Heavenly Father, we come this morning
[1:00:34] thanking you for your grace and your
mercy and your love. We thank you for
[1:00:37] all of the people that are gathered here
today in person and those who are on
[1:00:41] online. And Father, we ask today uh that
you help us to employ the wisdom given
[1:00:47] to each of us to do your will and to do
good for our communities and to show
[1:00:53] compassion and understanding towards one
another. And Father, today I ask for a
[1:00:58] special blessing for those who are ill.
I ask a special blessing for my friend
[1:01:04] and brother in Christ, Ricky Thompson. I
ask for special blessing for those whom
[1:01:09] you we know to be ill and those who we
may not know that are suffering from
[1:01:13] illness. And Lord, I asked for comfort
for the families who have lost their
[1:01:18] loved ones. And and we pray that we
begin to seek help through other means
[1:01:24] other than violence towards one another.
protect our families and our law
[1:01:28] enforcement and those who have to deal
with situations like we had on
[1:01:33] yesterday. And Lord, protect our men and
women who are deployed in the military.
[1:01:38] Protect them from harm and hurt. Now
Lord, we ask that you bless this meeting
[1:01:43] that it be productive and pleasing your
sight. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
[1:01:47] » Amen. I pledge allegiance
>> to the flag of the United States of
[1:01:51] America and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation [clears throat] under
[1:01:56] God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[1:02:05] » Hi, Mr. Thompson. Hi.
>> Okay. Now,
[1:02:09] » resolution.
>> Oh, have mercy. Okay.
[1:02:16] Now again uh
[1:02:21] » we will open our meeting up uh for
>> yeah a lot of build and suspend
[1:02:29] » our attorney [laughter] for our public
hearing again for our um
[1:02:35] » Yes ma'am. Um if we're starting on 2A as
I understand correct?
[1:02:40] » Yes. We're going to do a lot of what we
just did over again, which is um seems
[1:02:45] duplicitous or duplicative by um the
public, but this is how the law requires
[1:02:52] to make sure that everybody has plenty
of time to soak in what they're hearing
[1:02:56] uh and make any comments they may have
one way or the other. Um and the board
[1:03:01] is sitting today both as a land
development board and as as a um as a
[1:03:09] county commission. Now, they're sitting
as a county commission and uh in that um
[1:03:14] in that posture, that's where we are
right now. And uh they're going to be
[1:03:18] considering the ordinance first that I'm
about to read.
[1:03:22] An ordinance of the board of county
commissioners of Bradford County,
[1:03:25] Florida, amending the Bradford County
Land Development Regulations relating to
[1:03:29] an amendment to the text of the Bradford
County Land Development Regulations to
[1:03:32] revise the subdivision regulations as
set forth therein providing for
[1:03:36] severability, repealing all ordinances
in conflict and providing an effective
[1:03:40] date.
>> Okay. Thank you. [snorts] Um and again,
[1:03:44] our group is here for the presentation
which is repetitive, but we'll go
[1:03:48] through our procedures as required.
>> Yes. So, I'd just like to reiterate that
[1:03:53] we'd like to incorporate the
presentation made at the planning and
[1:03:56] zoning board into this item. Uh, unless
y'all have any additional questions,
[1:04:01] we'll just forgo the presentation to
keep from duplicating that effort.
[1:04:06] » Okay. [snorts] Um,
are there any public comments at this
[1:04:10] time? Mr. Steel, come forward.
[1:04:20] Paul Steel, 14167 Southwest 101st Avenue
Stark. Um, I appreciate the
[1:04:26] clarification that was presented, but I
believe the uh as currently drafted,
[1:04:32] it's the uh uh
amendments are very confusing. Uh, today
[1:04:39] is the first time I've heard of this
special committee that was referred to.
[1:04:44] I've never seen it applied on any
anywhere any previous uh uh applications
[1:04:51] for zoning changes. And so I think it's
uh if it's there, it would be good to
[1:04:57] actually document that some way in the
plan so that you understand who is who
[1:05:03] this committee is because they're
they're going to be playing a completely
[1:05:07] different more aggressive role in the
revisions that you've made than that
[1:05:12] committee has uh made in the past. And
so I think I'm again I'm urging you uh
[1:05:19] to spend a little bit more time on this
because it's a really important part of
[1:05:25] your land development regulations going
forward. And I think it's important to
[1:05:28] try to make sure you're clear uh what it
actually in entails. And I also wanted
[1:05:35] to one of the things I think that you
should consider it's not so much with
[1:05:40] this but it's part of what we're seeing
today is that if you had a separate
[1:05:45] zoning and planning board made up of uh
citizens you would have five additional
[1:05:51] eyes looking at all of this material and
I think it would produce a better
[1:05:56] product to have more people looking at
this. So I would urge you in going
[1:06:00] forward that you consider uh stepping
down as a zoning and planning board and
[1:06:05] appointing uh five members of a board
from the community. Thank you.
[1:06:10] » Thank you.
>> All right. Any other
[1:06:16] » I just want to address the issue with
the uh TRC. That committee was actually
[1:06:20] is actually already in your LDR. So that
that's nothing new. It's something
[1:06:23] that's been around for a long time in
your LDRs. Um again that TRC meeting is
[1:06:29] um just staff is it's after you know the
subdivision application has been
[1:06:35] submitted and they uh pass that
application copies around to different
[1:06:42] staff members for review. That TRC
meeting is meant to meet and be able to
[1:06:49] you know address any comments and all
that and then be able to provide those
[1:06:53] to the applicant. So, it's an important
committee. It's been established. It's
[1:06:58] already in your LDRs. All we did was we
we further explained what the TRC and
[1:07:04] who who's who's involved in the TRC
um and what their role is. And
[1:07:10] ultimately um the TRC is um you know to
keep from having one person have the
[1:07:16] power to say yay or nay on a plat the
TRC recommends the approval denial or
[1:07:23] whatever to the LDR administrator. So
you know that that that function is um I
[1:07:29] feel like very clearly explained and the
process is clearly explained. It's a
[1:07:33] process we elaborated on that you
already had. So, and if you have any
[1:07:38] questions, I'd be happy to go in more
detail about it.
[1:07:42] » Madam Chair, if I may. Brandon, if you
don't mind, we're we're in a different
[1:07:46] proceeding now. And for the record, the
clerk would like you like for you to
[1:07:50] state your name.
>> Oh. Oh, sorry. Uh my name is Brandon
[1:07:53] Stubs. I'm the uh planning and GIS
manager for North Florida Professional
[1:07:57] Services and acting as uh your staff.
>> Okay. All right. Thank you. Are there
[1:08:03] any other public comments regarding um
this this ordinance? Um Miss Bo Hastings
[1:08:14] Bo Hastings Stark Florida. I'm hoping
that uh it's going to be less corrupt
[1:08:19] with this passing now. you know, with
the last, not the last planting his own
[1:08:24] and lady that got fired, but the one
before, you know, he had to resign
[1:08:27] because of all the shady crap being
done, giving plaques, replats. And then
[1:08:32] I got a question about this subdivision
at the end of my road, you know, that
[1:08:38] there were supposedly signs put up, but
there really wasn't. I noticed on the
[1:08:43] 4th at the last the meeting on the 4th
when I was leaving that road and it was
[1:08:48] a subdivision and it's always been
private. It was private land that was
[1:08:52] sold. Uh and then they made eight 5 acre
parcels and then you could put one
[1:08:58] family house per thing and I noticed it
was being graded in lime rocked and I
[1:09:03] put out some questions. I actually
called Miss Andrews. I never got a call
[1:09:07] back. Uh I talked to Mr. Riddic and he
actually called me back and said that
[1:09:12] Jason told him that that's always been a
private road and that is absolutely not
[1:09:17] true. That is not a private road. And
then it was a subdivision, the Vicory
[1:09:21] subdivision with the K because an actual
resident made complaints about it. Uh
[1:09:27] Miss Shocky, she never got a call back.
She's been waiting, I think, 6 to 8
[1:09:32] months for a call back, but was told,
"Well, you'll like what we're doing."
[1:09:36] Which the last plan in his owning guy,
Mr. Andrews had to resign over which
[1:09:41] really is no accountability cuz you
still get to take your your uh what your
[1:09:47] retirement and all that. You just get to
resign. But something's going on here
[1:09:51] and it's kind of crazy. So, I'm
wondering what good old boy bought land
[1:09:55] down there in that so-called subdivision
down from me because now all of a sudden
[1:10:00] it's a private county road putting on
the taxpayers and Miss Spooner couldn't
[1:10:05] even get her roads that she needed put
on a list to get done just to get put on
[1:10:10] the list. But yet, you got a road now at
the end of my road that's
[1:10:16] county maintained on the taxpayers, but
ain't nothing been said about it. So
[1:10:22] something ain't right there. I'm going
to keep digging. I'm going to find out.
[1:10:26] And then I was also told that Mr. Dods,
the one that's over this that told Mr.
[1:10:31] Rick all this stuff that he actually
works on Saturdays for the guy that
[1:10:35] dumps the lime rock at the lime rock
company. Wouldn't that be a conflict of
[1:10:39] interest to the
the constituents of this county if you
[1:10:45] know he's over the road department and
yet he's working for the people who's
[1:10:49] dumping the rock? I mean, isn't that a
conflict of interest? Maybe I can get
[1:10:53] some answers on this. I don't know. I
can't never get a call back, but maybe I
[1:10:57] can get some answers on this at the end
of the meeting. Thank you.
[1:11:00] » Thank you. Are there any other public
comments on the consideration and
[1:11:06] enactment of the ordinance amending the
Graphic County Land Development?
[1:11:10] » Madam Chair, if I may, Director Dots
would like to speak to the board if
[1:11:15] Okay. You'd allow it. Uh,
[1:11:25] » good morning.
>> Morning.
[1:11:27] » Just for clarification, I wanted to talk
about that road. Um, it's been a county
[1:11:31] road all the way to the very end that I
know of since I've been here. Um, one of
[1:11:37] my employees that lives on that road has
lived there for 20some years. And he
[1:11:41] said it's been a county road that whole
time. And I also want to clarify that I
[1:11:46] have never worked a day in my life for
Bridget Trucking and that's who delivers
[1:11:51] our line brock.
>> Jason, is the sign does the sign reflect
[1:11:55] that it's a county road?
>> Yes, ma'am.
[1:11:58] » Okay. Okay. Now, are there any other
public comments regarding the
[1:12:05] consideration and enactment of an
ordinance amending the Bradford County
[1:12:09] land development regulations
related to the subdivision regulations?
[1:12:14] Miss Kate Ellison.
[1:12:21] Kate Ellison, 971 Southeast 32nd Way,
Melrose, Florida. I just wanted to
[1:12:27] clarify if this is the regulation that
we that was discussed earlier that is
[1:12:35] uh a landowner can divide their property
into two and no more than two. I that's
[1:12:42] my understanding of what was discussed
before but it wasn't discussed in this
[1:12:46] meeting.
>> Thank you. Mr. Stubs or Miss Can you
[1:12:49] clarify?
>> Yeah. So, what she's referring to is
[1:12:54] what's considered a one-time lot split.
That's under Florida statute. And um but
[1:12:59] there is a procedure that was written
into the subdivision regulations to be
[1:13:04] able to divide your property without
subdividing, but it doesn't just include
[1:13:10] um lot splits or you know dividing into
two. It doesn't limit you. you can, you
[1:13:16] know, subdivide um, you know, as many
lots as you want as long as you comply
[1:13:21] with the code. But, um, again, that
that's just one part would be the U lot
[1:13:27] split application. And then you have the
subdivision requirements. But yes, this
[1:13:32] is the same thing we just made the
presentation on to the planning and
[1:13:35] zoning board. Mhm.
>> And you most specifically was addressing
[1:13:39] the subdivision um issue as opposed to
the lot split.
[1:13:45] » Correct. Yes. There's um
like I said the all the changes were
[1:13:50] changes to reflect uh changes in Florida
statute and to
[1:13:57] um provide more procedural clarification
on the process and u provide additional
[1:14:03] processes that would make uh a lot
easier for people to divide property.
[1:14:07] » Okay. Any other public comments at this
time?
[1:14:11] Okay. Board, any other discussion? No
ma'am. I'll make a motion that we
[1:14:17] approve the ordinance as read by our
county attorney. Okay. The motion by
[1:14:20] Commissioner Do to approve the ordinance
as read. Is there a second to the
[1:14:24] motion? Second.
>> Second by Commissioner Re. Any further
[1:14:27] discussion? If not, all in favor by the
sign I.
[1:14:30] » I.
>> Any oppose? for [clears throat]
[1:14:36] uh
[snorts]
[1:14:39] next is uh item B consideration of
special permit application SP26-01
[1:14:47] the next tower development group LLC.
[1:14:56] Okay.
>> Yes, Madam Chair. Again, my name is
[1:14:58] Justin Taber. I'm a senior planner with
North Florida Professional Services and
[1:15:01] we're here this uh morning representing
you as your uh zoning department. Okay.
[1:15:07] » Um this item we did not have on the
planning commission agenda. It just goes
[1:15:10] straight to the board of county
commissioners. So I do have a
[1:15:12] presentation that I'll run through
briefly for you and then the uh
[1:15:14] applicants agent is present as well.
This is SP26-01.
[1:15:18] It's a special permit for essential
services for a wireless communication
[1:15:22] tower. The application has been
submitted by Next Tower Development
[1:15:24] Group 2 LLC.
Uh the subject property is a portion of
[1:15:30] a 10.25 acre parcel. It's a subset that
is approximately a quarter acre.24 acres
[1:15:36] and this is on tax parcel 04561-
0-000000.
[1:15:45] Uh the slide that you see here shows the
location of the subject property with a
[1:15:48] red border. Uh this is the overall 10.25
acre tract. Uh the proposed location for
[1:15:54] the tower is in the southeastern corner
of this property.
[1:16:00] Uh this is the current future land use
map. Uh the current f future land use uh
[1:16:04] is agriculture 2 and then likewise the
zoning is also agriculture 2.
[1:16:13] Uh this is an overall site plan showing
the entire 10.25 acre parcel. Again, you
[1:16:19] can see in the southeastern corner is
the location of the proposed uh wireless
[1:16:24] tower.
And this is a more detailed site plan
[1:16:28] showing the location of the tower. Uh
there would be one access point provided
[1:16:32] to the tower from Southeast 144th
Street.
[1:16:38] And uh pretty typical from what you see
with uh these types of towers. You can
[1:16:42] see the elevation here.
[1:16:46] With respect to consistency with the
county's comprehensive plan, uh we have
[1:16:50] reviewed for consistency and find the
application to be consistent with uh
[1:16:55] goals, objectives, and policies that are
within the future land use element. The
[1:16:58] evaluation and findings report that we
presented to you does uh provide further
[1:17:01] detail. And I'm happy to answer any
questions you have about comprehensive
[1:17:03] plan consistency.
And for landmarks, if you all like me
[1:17:09] visually trying to picture where the
location is. So if you know 230 where
[1:17:13] the hospital highway road is uh down
near the county line between Bradford
[1:17:18] and Klay County is the uh location.
>> Yes. Thank you for the clarification.
[1:17:22] Yeah.
>> All right.
[1:17:26] Um with respect to compliance with your
land development regulations, uh there
[1:17:29] are provisions established in section
14.11 of the land development
[1:17:33] regulations that uh pertains to the
approval of special permits. Uh we have
[1:17:38] reviewed the application for consistency
with those and found to find and and
[1:17:43] have found it to be consistent with
those regulations therein.
[1:17:46] And our recommendation for you this
morning is to approve the special permit
[1:17:49] for the uh plus or - 265 square uh not
square foot 265 ft self-support
[1:17:55] communications tower on tax parcel
number 04561-
[1:17:59] 0-000000
[1:18:03] and I'm happy to answer any questions
that you might have this morning.
[1:18:05] » Okay. So while you're here at this time
we'll uh entertain any um public
[1:18:09] comments.
[clears throat]
[1:18:15] And madam chair, I did uh want to just
remind you that the applicants uh is
[1:18:19] here and present if you have any
questions for him.
[1:18:21] » Okay.
All right.
[1:18:25] » Madam Chair, I'll make a motion that we
approve application SP2601
[1:18:29] for Next Tower Development Group LLC.
>> All right. Motion by Commissioner Dohy.
[1:18:34] Is there a second to the motion? Second.
Second by Commissioner Andrews. Any
[1:18:38] further discussion or questions? Not.
All in favor by the sign. I I 40. Okay.
[1:18:46] All right.
[1:18:52] Okay, that was B.
[1:18:58] Um, now we're on item C.
Um this is S260619A
[1:19:08] the Keystone Height RV Park LLC and Tom
High on the Hog Real Pit Barbecue Inc.
[1:19:14] Land use change for residential single
family um-1 RSF-12
[1:19:20] commercial intensives C1 for Bradford
County parcel numbers 05542-
[1:19:28] 0-000000542-
[1:19:34] 0-00100
and 0544-00200
[1:19:43] and we'll
have our attorney or
[1:19:48] » Sure. I I'll I'll read the ordinance and
I talked to staff and they would ask
[1:19:53] that we incorporate their pre previous
comments
[1:19:57] um for both this and the next item. And
of course, if the board has any specific
[1:20:03] questions of either
um professional staff or myself
[1:20:08] um that has occurred to them since our
last discussion of this matter, then
[1:20:12] then we're we're available to discuss.
>> Okay.
[1:20:15] » All right. An ordinance of Bradford
County, Florida, amending ordinance
[1:20:18] number 91-09, the Bradford County
Conference of Plan as amended, relating
[1:20:23] to an amendment to the future land use
plan series of the Bradford County
[1:20:27] Conference Comprehensive Plan pursuant
to application S
[1:20:31] 260619A
by the property owner under the
[1:20:34] amendment procedures established in
section 163-3161
[1:20:38] through 163-3248 Florida statutes as
amended providing for the amendment of
[1:20:42] the future land use plan map series of
the comprehensive plan from residential
[1:20:47] low to commercial of certain lands
within the unincorporated limits of
[1:20:51] Bradford County, Florida, providing
severability, repealing all ordinances
[1:20:54] in conflict, and providing an effective
date.
[1:20:58] Um,
does the board wish for any further
[1:21:01] presentation on this as we have
previously had in the previous session?
[1:21:07] Um, any public comments regarding it?
Okay. Um the strong
[1:21:17] [snorts]
[1:21:23] bion strong ly Florida
I really don't
[1:21:28] I don't live in Keystone so it really
that doesn't really matter to me. What
[1:21:35] matters to me is whether or not item E
is going to affect me and that's the
[1:21:43] fire assessment. We need to remember
that
[1:21:48] with this that growth is going to come
and that this entity needs to
[1:21:56] have a fire assessment assessed on them
and it's fair just like everybody else.
[1:22:07] Any other public comments regarding
this?
[1:22:12] Okay.
All right.
[1:22:17] Hearing none, uh,
[1:22:21] entertain a a motion for approval.
>> Yeah, I make a motion to to approve the
[1:22:25] ordinance as read.
>> Second.
[1:22:27] » Um, the motion by Commissioner Reic. Uh,
second by Commissioner Dory. Any further
[1:22:32] discussion by the board? All in favor by
sign I. I.
[1:22:35] » Any opposed? 40. Okay.
[1:22:43] Next is item D Z26-01
Keystone Height RV Park LLC and Tom High
[1:22:50] on the Hog Real [clears throat] Pit
Barbecue Inc. um zoning change from
[1:22:55] residential single family to commercial
intensive from Bradford County parcel
[1:23:01] numbers 05542-
0-0000005
[1:23:10] 42- 0 D-00
and
[1:23:16] 05544-00200
[1:23:20] and our attorney will read Yes, ma'am.
And as I described earlier, we're now um
[1:23:26] in the zoning phase. We previous did the
comprehensive plan phase. Um the staff
[1:23:32] had presented comments on this
particular ordinance uh in the prior
[1:23:38] hearing and uh would incorporate those
comments. Of course, if anybody has any
[1:23:43] questions on those comments, now is the
time to do so after I read the uh zoning
[1:23:50] ordinance. An ordinance of Bradford
County, Florida, amending ordinance
[1:23:53] 96-07, Bradford County Land Development
Regulations as amended, relating to an
[1:23:58] amendment to the official zoning atlas
of the Bradford County Land Development
[1:24:01] Regulations as amended pursuant to
application number Z26-01
[1:24:06] submitted by the property owner of said
acreage providing for reszoning from
[1:24:10] residential single family- RSF-1
to commercial intensive which is CI of
[1:24:17] certain lands within the unincorporated
limits of Bradford County, Florida
[1:24:20] providing severability, repealing all
ordinances in conflict, and providing an
[1:24:24] effective date.
[1:24:28] » Okay. Thank you. At this time, are there
any public comments?
[1:24:36] [snorts]
>> Madam Chair, I'll make a motion that we
[1:24:38] approve the ordinance as read by our
county attorney.
[1:24:42] » Motion by Commissioner Dohy. Is there a
second to the motion?
[1:24:45] » Second.
>> Second by Commissioner Andrews. Any
[1:24:47] further discussion by the board? If not
hearing none, seeing none, all in favor
[1:24:51] by the sign I.
>> I.
[1:24:52] » Any oppose? 40.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate
[1:24:57] your patience and time this morning.
>> And I appreciate everyone's patience out
[1:25:01] there as well. Uh, okay.
Agenda item E is the
[1:25:09] fire assessment fiscal year 2026 through
2027
[1:25:14] um
annual rate.
[1:25:25] Okay. And I will ask our attorney again
if you should read the resolution.
[1:25:31] » Thank you, Madam Chairman. A resolution
of the board of county commissioners of
[1:25:35] Bradford County, Florida, relating to
the provision of fire protection
[1:25:38] services, facilities, and programs in
the county. Establishing the rate of
[1:25:42] assessment for the fiscal year
commencing October 1st, 2026, imposing
[1:25:47] fire protection assessments against
assessed property located within the
[1:25:51] county, approving the assessment role,
and directing delivery thereof to the
[1:25:55] tax collector,
providing for severability, and
[1:25:58] providing an effective date.
Okay.
[1:26:04] At this time, are there any public
comments
[1:26:11] Hastings?
[1:26:19] Bo Hastings start Florida. I think if
we're going to do this fire assessment
[1:26:23] again, when the fire chief needs a
truck, he ought to be able to get it.
[1:26:27] You know, a few months back, he asked
for a truck. it wouldn't have cost the
[1:26:30] taxpayers not one penny. He had
everything figured out from selling the
[1:26:35] old truck that kept going in and out of
the shop to the reimbursements for the
[1:26:39] Medicaid and Medicare. Had every bit of
the money and then this board didn't
[1:26:43] approve it. Then we come back after the
fire in Samson City where people died
[1:26:49] because there was no fire tanker there
at Samson City. It was somewhere else.
[1:26:53] Uh, and then you approve that one for a
grant and the county has to match
[1:26:59] $61,000. So then that cost the taxpayer.
So if you're going to do this fire
[1:27:06] assessment again and approve it every
year, then when he needs a truck and
[1:27:09] there's money there to get that truck,
then the fire department should be able
[1:27:14] to get the truck and the equipment they
need. That's all.
[1:27:17] » Any other public comments,
Miss Strong?
[1:27:31] Vonda Strong Lie.
I have to say that um when the taxpayers
[1:27:40] in
each of the municipalities
[1:27:44] look and need
a fire
[1:27:52] situation. We need to have equipment
when we need equipment.
[1:27:58] And for you guys to sit and say, "No,
you don't have the money. No, the fire
[1:28:07] department can't have equipment," it
slaps us in the face.
[1:28:12] Um, when the fire chief says that he
needs equipment, he needs equipment.
[1:28:18] If Lahi decides that they don't want to
participate, what is this board going to
[1:28:25] do? If Hampton says, if Brooker says
that they don't want to participate,
[1:28:31] what is this board going to do?
What's going to happen at that point?
[1:28:35] Stark has already said they don't want
to participate. What are you going to
[1:28:39] do? I think you need to decide
what's going to happen once you assess
[1:28:46] the taxpayers. You need to be better
stewards of our money. And at this
[1:28:51] point, you're not being very good
stewards of our money.
[1:28:56] I think that you need to decide
what it is that you're doing with our
[1:29:02] money every year when you assess our
money. And you're not being very good
[1:29:09] stewards of our money.
When you assess this fee,
[1:29:16] you have a business that's coming in
again and you're not
[1:29:23] assessing them properly
and you need to look at how you're
[1:29:28] assessing that business.
It's not fair
[1:29:32] when you look at how you assess
everybody else.
[1:29:37] Be better stewards of the taxpayers's
money.
[1:29:44] any other public comments at this time.
[1:29:48] Um,
Chief, do you have any comment you want
[1:29:52] me? Okay. Um, at this time, I'll ask for
a motion for approval.
[1:29:59] » I'm sure I'll make a motion to approve
the resolution as read by our county
[1:30:02] attorney.
>> Motion by Commissioner Dory. There's a
[1:30:04] second to the motion.
>> Second.
[1:30:06] » Second by Commissioner Andrews. Any
further discussion at this time? Um if
[1:30:10] hearing and seeing none, we take a vote.
All in favor?
[1:30:14] » I.
>> Any oppose? For all.
[1:30:19] » Okay. Now, believe it or not,
uh we're down to item three. Any public
[1:30:27] comments? I do have three persons if
you've already addressed your concerns.
[1:30:32] One was Miss Strong and one was Miss
Hastings and the other one is Cameron
[1:30:38] Bakas.
Okay.
[1:30:46] » Good morning, Madam Chair.
>> Good morning.
[1:30:49] » Um, for the record, my name is Cameron
Bakus. I live at 16526 Southwest 137th
[1:30:54] Avenue, Brooker, Florida. Um, my name is
Cameron Bakus and I'm a representee of
[1:30:59] Community Action Recycling Empower
Servicemen, Inc., a local nonprofit here
[1:31:03] in Bradford County. Over the last year,
we have been going around this area in
[1:31:07] search of a bonafide mission for the
community at large. Our main areas of
[1:31:12] concern are things that are prudent to
the entire community of Stark and the
[1:31:16] county residents as a whole. We have
been fortunate so far this storm season,
[1:31:22] but this will not always be the case as
we get deeper into the season. This
[1:31:27] brings me to my first two main concerns.
Storm water drainage and wind damage
[1:31:32] mitigation. Many neighborhoods
within the Star City limits have open
[1:31:37] culverts for roadway and residential
property drainage. These therefore enter
[1:31:42] into the city's main storm drainage
system and include but are not limited
[1:31:47] to Alligator Creek flowing into Lake
Row. This city has grown up from the
[1:31:51] swamp land that has that it was founded
on and as such systems in place that
[1:31:56] have become our primary relief from
flash flood rain events are in desperate
[1:32:01] need of maintenance to operate as
designed. This is a community issue to
[1:32:05] mitigate flood type damage to personal
property. In the season uh 2004 or 24,
[1:32:13] Hurricane Debbie dropped 10 to 20 ines
of rain in the region causing flash
[1:32:18] flooding in local townships within
Stark.
[1:32:21] Which brings me to the wind event
mitigation protocols that the city of
[1:32:24] Stark has legal authority to step in,
hire a service, clear the hazard, and
[1:32:31] place a lean against the property.
or that cost can be rolled directly into
[1:32:36] the owner's official county tax bill.
Trees located near infrastructure that
[1:32:40] may pose a significant risk to life or
property need to be addressed foremost,
[1:32:45] but many areas have tree limb debris in
the drainage canals such as along the
[1:32:50] CSX railway corridor within city limits.
As the railway is a one is the one
[1:32:55] reason why Stark became incorporated in
1867.
[1:32:59] It is it bisects the city. Therefore,
crossing before crossing Alligator
[1:33:05] Creek, we feel it is imperative that the
community leaders and alderman take an
[1:33:08] active role in addressing any blockages
in concert with CSX as quickly as
[1:33:14] corporately possible.
Lastly, the state government has
[1:33:19] introduced a pilot program to research
the feasibility of using digital
[1:33:23] currency here in Florida. Georgia has
already begun setting the stage for us
[1:33:28] here with the Georgia Payment Stable
Coin Act. We feel it would be a prudent
[1:33:33] step in leading this county into a
digital age that will be agreeable to
[1:33:37] all residents of Royal Florida as we
here in Bradford County have become
[1:33:42] accustomed to a rather simplistic way of
life and endure to keep unity in
[1:33:47] community by supporting each other.
>> Thank you. Okay.
[1:33:57] Mr. I think that you need to still speak
to this
[1:34:03] Mander
[1:34:14] strong in Lahi.
I was here at last month's meeting and
[1:34:20] what greatly disturbed me was the way
that the
[1:34:26] commissioners spoke to our chair, Miss
Spooner, when she tried to speak on
[1:34:34] behalf of her constituents in her
district.
[1:34:40] Some of the commissioners
spoke very
[1:34:45] downgrading to her and it was
heartbreaking.
[1:34:51] Some of the commissioners
failed to be as respectful to Miss
[1:34:57] Commissioner Miss Spooner as she was to
others.
[1:35:05] Miss Spooner is always compassionate
when she is speaking in her district.
[1:35:14] It was very heartbreaking
when Miss Spooner took over her
[1:35:20] district.
The roads in her district had not been
[1:35:25] paved at all.
How do I know that? Because I live in
[1:35:30] her district.
Over the years,
[1:35:37] none of the roads in that district had
ever been paved before
[1:35:43] and no one cared.
All over Bradford County, we have roads
[1:35:49] that have continuously been paved
over and over and over,
[1:35:56] but nobody seemed to care until Miss
Spooner came along.
[1:36:02] Nobody cared about how Miss Spooner
treated anybody in our district until
[1:36:10] she came along. But the other some of
the other
[1:36:16] commissioners seemed to only care about
their district, not the county as a
[1:36:20] whole.
And they were very disrespectful. and it
[1:36:24] was heartbreaking because she cares
about the county, not just her district.
[1:36:32] I think that we need to take a look at
how we treat everybody
[1:36:40] and not just ourselves.
We need to be respectful to everybody
[1:36:47] and not just look at
our own district because when the money
[1:36:55] comes in from taxpayers, it funds the
entire county and not just our district.
[1:37:05] Miss Spooner thinks about everybody's
district
[1:37:10] and not just her district.
Thank you, Mr. Strong. Uh, Miss Hast.
[1:37:24] » Oh, that's crazy. This third time I get
to speak today. Y'all probably ready for
[1:37:27] me to shut up. But anyway, you know, I
never was involved in any of this stuff
[1:37:32] until that fire tax meeting at the
Charlie E. John's building. And it
[1:37:35] really opened my eyes to the way that
the people here, the constituents are
[1:37:39] actually treated in our county and the
corruption that goes on. And people can
[1:37:43] roll their eyes and say, "Oh, there's
none of that." Oh, but there is. And
[1:37:47] I'll just say, you know, Mr. Dodge, I
understand. I wasn't referring to
[1:37:51] Pritchette Trucking, sir, but I'm
telling you that subdivision was just in
[1:37:56] a whole bunch of stink up here and
that's why Mr. Andrews had to resign.
[1:38:01] » So, you need to to I will address the
commission. That was a subdivision
[1:38:06] because you even stated, Mr. Daltry,
that you seen signs put up down there
[1:38:10] for a public hearing that actually
wasn't there. So, them saying that
[1:38:15] that's always been a private road, that
is a bald-faced lie. But uh you know, I
[1:38:20] never wanted to get involved in politics
or any of this stuff with my county, but
[1:38:25] when I seen the way people were treated,
it was absolutely disgusting. And Miss
[1:38:29] Spooner, you were very treated very bad
at that meeting. Your road should have
[1:38:34] been allowed to be put on there. I mean,
because if it gets near the country
[1:38:39] club, gets a pothole, it gets
resurfaced, and your roads have never
[1:38:42] been paved. Those people can't get in
and out. the ambulances can't get in and
[1:38:47] out if somebody needs to go and it does
need to be taken care of. And I do want
[1:38:52] to say I appreciate you answering the
phone when I call you because
[1:38:57] my commissioner won't answer me. Won't
return a call since August the 4th. I've
[1:39:02] called twice. I've got no call back. You
answered the phone. I called Mr.
[1:39:07] Riddick. He answers the phone. And I
will say Chief Carter always answers the
[1:39:11] phone. And if he don't, he always calls
me back. And I just want to say I
[1:39:15] appreciate that. But I'm going to keep
digging in this stuff. I'm going to keep
[1:39:19] telling people what's going on. And
y'all just y'all need to make smarter
[1:39:25] choices for your constituents
because you ran to be there for your
[1:39:31] constituents. I mean, I know Miss
Andrews, at the last meeting when you
[1:39:34] walked in, you told me, "Bo, I seen
where you called." Okay. If you seen
[1:39:38] where I called, why didn't you call me
back? I have to wait two weeks till you
[1:39:43] see me in a meeting for you to speak to
me or address the issue that I have. I
[1:39:48] mean, that's just that's not right. I
called the other day. I didn't get a
[1:39:52] call back. I mean, do I need to move to
a new district so I can get a
[1:39:57] commissioner to at least answer me? And
I know we get the higher up departments
[1:40:02] up here. They say, "Oh, you always
answer. Everybody always answers phone."
[1:40:06] No, you don't. But the ones that do, I
do appreciate you. But like I told y'all
[1:40:11] when I started all this almost a year
ago, I'm going to scream it from the
[1:40:15] rooftops. Guess what? I'm going to
scream it from the rooftops. Thank you.
[1:40:20] » Thank you, B.
>> Okay. Um, thank you. Did I miss anyone's
[1:40:24] um public comments? Mr. Steel, briefly.
[1:40:34] » Paul Steel, 14167 Southwest 101st
Avenue, Stark. I have uh two comments on
[1:40:41] uh agenda items. The first comments deal
with item seven, approval of the tourist
[1:40:47] development invoice uh for the batting
cages. Uh I noticed that the minutes
[1:40:52] were not included in your packet uh for
that item. Uh I think it's important to
[1:40:58] have those minutes. Uh I noted that it
says that the meeting was on August
[1:41:03] 20th.
I can't I do not see how uh you could
[1:41:07] have approved minutes before you. I'm
not sure whether you can use unapproved
[1:41:12] minutes for uh evaluating whether this
in fact is a legitimate item. So I would
[1:41:18] urge that you uh uh table that item
until you can get a set of approved
[1:41:24] minutes. The next item I wanted to refer
to is item eight. It's the uh surplusing
[1:41:30] of the warehouse building. I just wanted
to ask if uh you've contacted the state
[1:41:35] of Florida uh agency that transferred
that uh building to you for specific uh
[1:41:42] reasons which was uh at that time uh uh
an aerospace type or aeronautical
[1:41:50] uh activity and if they're okay with you
selling it at this point for uh and the
[1:41:58] proceeds from the sale going to the
county I think definitely uh the county
[1:42:03] needs to get rid of it. Uh if you can
sell it and keep the money, that's
[1:42:07] great. If you can't sell it, I would
urge you to ask the state to take it
[1:42:12] back. I think the long-term liability
for that site uh to the county is uh far
[1:42:18] too great to be actually holding it and
allowing any activity on the site.
[1:42:24] And the third item I wanted to address
is uh relating to the budget. Uh
[1:42:31] uh I would urge you to consider moving
the codes enforcement officer position
[1:42:36] out of the sheriff's department into
zoning uh
[1:42:41] simply because I don't believe it's
appropriate to have that officer in the
[1:42:45] sheriff's department uh uh based on my
experiences uh with the the at current
[1:42:52] uh uh the current the position the
individual holding that position
[1:42:57] currently and you're being asked to
actually add another position to the
[1:43:01] sheriff's office budget. I believe that
that that position should be in zoning
[1:43:06] and it would be more efficiently run
within the zoning department. Thank you.
[1:43:11] » Thank you.
Did I miss any other public persons?
[1:43:17] All right. Um item four
[1:43:24] is the approval for our consent agenda
from um A through E. Is there a motion
[1:43:31] for approval of the consent agenda?
>> I make a motion to approve the consent
[1:43:35] agenda.
>> There's a motion by Commissioner Reic.
[1:43:39] Is there a second to the motion?
[clears throat]
[1:43:42] » I'll second the motion.
>> Second by Commissioner Dory. Any further
[1:43:45] discussion, questions?
All in favor by sign I
[1:43:49] » I oppose a four.
Um
[1:43:55] » madam madam chair if I may. In the
absence of commissioner Thompson uh
[1:44:00] director Dods would be happy to take
this item.
[1:44:04] » Okay. Do we have representatives here?
>> No.
[1:44:08] » Okay.
[1:44:11] » Good morning again.
>> Good morning. So, this request did not
[1:44:14] come through me, but it did go through
Commissioner Thompson from the family
[1:44:18] that requested the road dedication. Um,
obviously he's not here, so I wanted to
[1:44:23] [clears throat] give you a brief update
on what that was for. Um, as far as I
[1:44:26] know, none of the family is here.
>> Okay.
[1:44:30] » Okay.
>> Thank you.
[1:44:31] » Thank you.
[1:44:38] » All right. Um, come back, Mr. Dods.
>> [laughter]
[1:44:43] » Um, item six, public works director
Jason D.
[1:44:49] » We need to vote on it.
>> Madam, Madam Chair, before before Jason
[1:44:53] starts, do we
[1:44:57] » Yeah. Yeah. That's an action item, the
road dedication.
[1:45:01] » Okay.
>> So, we'll need that. In the in the
[1:45:04] absence of
>> um Commissioner Thompson, u we'll ask
[1:45:09] for approval of um the requested
honorary road dedication um to Mr. C. W.
[1:45:18] Moore. That's on Northwest 45th Avenue.
>> Madam Chair, is there is there something
[1:45:23] you could read in case they're watching
on the uh YouTube channel? This one
[1:45:28] says, um, board of Bradford County
Commissioners, Brefford County, Florida,
[1:45:32] certificate of honorary dedication
hereby dedicates Northwest 45th Avenue
[1:45:37] in remembrance of Mr. C. W. Moore in
honor and remembrance of Mr. CW Moore
[1:45:43] and in recognition of his life,
character, and legacy. May this honorary
[1:45:47] dedication serve as a lasting tribute to
his memory and the place he held within
[1:45:52] our community on September 1st, 2026.
Excellent. Thank you.
[1:45:58] » Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll make a
motion that we approve the road
[1:46:00] dedication as read.
>> Second.
[1:46:03] » Motion by Commissioner Dor, second by
Commissioner Andrews. All in favor by
[1:46:07] the sign. I
>> I
[1:46:09] » you have a comment,
>> Jason. Do you know the story behind
[1:46:12] that?
>> I don't, unfortunately. I wish I did,
[1:46:15] but I don't.
>> Um, I know.
[1:46:20] » All right. Thank you. And Mr. Dodge,
you're up. Um,
[1:46:24] » yes, ma'am. So, I noticed the sheriff
got out of here before we got to this
[1:46:28] point, but anyhow, that's just my little
poke at him this morning. Um, this is
[1:46:33] actually um for the fleet service. We've
started doing some of the work for the
[1:46:38] sheriff's office and they currently do
not have a line item for the budget on
[1:46:42] fleet maintenance. So, we have no way to
build that back to them. Um, so with him
[1:46:47] adding the $25,000 to fleet would give
us a GL to build the sheriff's office
[1:46:54] work that gets done there.
>> Jason, what what kind of services are we
[1:46:59] talking about there? And the only and I
I'll explain why I'm asking is um
[1:47:06] because it's $25,000. It doesn't sound
like a I mean when you're repairing
[1:47:11] vehicles and stuff like that, that
doesn't sound like very much money. So,
[1:47:15] I'm wondering um are we talking about
like repairing their vehicles and and
[1:47:22] or what are we talking about?
>> They handle their services as far as oil
[1:47:25] changes and stuff like that. Most of
their vehicles are under warranty. These
[1:47:29] are for the vehicles, the fleet vehicles
that are out of warranty. So, it's
[1:47:33] typically brake jobs, um CV axles,
things like that.
[1:47:38] » So, this is a good amount.
>> Yes, ma'am. That should be fine for
[1:47:41] what? For this year.
>> Okay. Um, Mr. Do I ask um I don't know
[1:47:47] if they still have it in um through the
graph of VOTE, but is there um an
[1:47:53] automotive service that they still have
through the vocational school?
[1:47:57] » I am not aware of one. I think they've
cut that out.
[1:48:01] » Okay. If there were such um I know in
the past they had helped in years past
[1:48:07] with basic things like oil change or
brakes and things like that, but maybe
[1:48:11] that would be something to also
supplement
[1:48:14] as if you know that were also available.
>> Yes, ma'am. That'd be a great option.
[1:48:18] » Okay. And um and while you're there, I
know we're going to vote vote on this or
[1:48:25] we can take action, but I want to ask
you a couple of more things while you're
[1:48:27] up there.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[1:48:29] » Um with the rainy season that is as it
is now, and I know that you guys are
[1:48:35] doing the best you can. You're down, you
know, you're short. Um, is there any way
[1:48:40] that we um that we can get some extra
help um in with the roadside areas now
[1:48:49] and whether or not we can make um use of
more of the inmate labor. Um some of the
[1:48:57] area by the time you get from the south
end to the north end, we may have three
[1:49:03] or four feet of growth. Um, is there
anything further that we can do to help
[1:49:10] mitigate and and take the roadside um
areas to have more care?
[1:49:16] » Yes, ma'am. [clears throat] We've
actually added another crew to help
[1:49:18] catch that up. Um, during a high heat
index day, the work crews have to be
[1:49:24] turned in early. So, we typically have
them for about 4 hours and then we got
[1:49:28] to turn them in. But, I do have a
supplemental crew that is out doing that
[1:49:32] same work.
>> Okay. And I want to give a shout out um
[1:49:36] Mr. Strong called me last night. Our um
that two 225 was in such bad condition
[1:49:43] that he mowed it for the county to help
us out. And so if there's anything that
[1:49:49] we can do to employ the um division of
correction in Lai, maybe that could
[1:49:54] could help too.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[1:49:57] » Okay. And I want to say on 235
yesterday, I don't know who the
[1:50:01] gentleman is that ms, but he is so good.
I mean, he gets everywhere. And he had
[1:50:10] it set right down in the middle and was
just And that was his last strip
[1:50:15] sometimes. And I know that you hire
different people and they have to get
[1:50:19] accustomed though. I I can't imagine how
they do it anyway, but um there may be
[1:50:25] strips left and and things, but whoever
this gentleman is, and like I said, he
[1:50:30] was on 235 yesterday. He does an
outstanding job. And if you know who it
[1:50:35] is, please tell him that. We greatly
appreciate it.
[1:50:38] » Yes, ma'am. I definitely will and thank
you for that recognition.
[1:50:41] » Okay. For the action of the 25,000 for
approval.
[1:50:48] Motion motion that we um that we approve
the additional uh 25,000 not additional
[1:50:54] but that we add the uh 25,000 to the
line item uh at the sheriff's office for
[1:51:00] vehicle vehicle maintenance. Okay.
>> Second.
[1:51:03] » Okay. Motion by Commissioner Rick and
second by Commissioner Dohy that we add
[1:51:07] the 25,000 line item to the sheriff
office. All right. Um any further
[1:51:12] discussion? If not, all in favor by sign
I.
[1:51:15] » All right.
Okay.
[1:51:18] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[1:51:20] » Okay. Um item seven is the approval of
the tourism development council's
[1:51:25] invoice for the batting um batting cage
scoreboard and renovation upgrades to
[1:51:32] the road complex. And I know we have
Miss Diana here and um she can come up
[1:51:39] uh cuz I'mma put her on the spot.
So I'm putting you on the spot.
[1:51:45] Um,
okay. In the in the meeting, um, the
[1:51:53] Miss Diana and the board asked for
$90,000.
[1:51:58] Um, but the board, um, made a
recommendation to give 150. Um, you
[1:52:08] know, and I initially say, okay, they
didn't ask for 100. Just give them what
[1:52:11] they asked for, the 90. So, uh, anyhow,
um, I would I'm I'm asking
[1:52:19] um if this board approves, and we
haven't voted on it yet, but approve the
[1:52:25] funding that our county um, uh, parks,
we have one in Lincoln City, we have the
[1:52:34] Pleasant Grove, and I, I had a series of
pictures sent to me about the condition
[1:52:39] of the park equipment in Pleasant Grove
and also um and you didn't know this and
[1:52:47] I just got there but anyways like
example their merrygoround
[1:52:53] is chained up and the kids can't use it
because it's deteriorated
[1:53:00] um that th those equipment parts be
replaced so that it can be used. It's a
[1:53:05] beautiful park, but if you can't use the
equipment out there for the kids and
[1:53:08] it's not safe and then they're um they
have um an apparatus where they go
[1:53:14] through like a I call it a jungle gym
kind of thing. Um but some of the parts
[1:53:20] are deteriorated. So if this board uh
approves the funding that we that we
[1:53:27] upgra up upgrade uh these pieces of
equipment or repair what could be
[1:53:31] repaired. And then in the um Lincoln
City area, which is another nice park,
[1:53:38] it has no lighting. Uh if they could
implement put some lighting out there
[1:53:43] and the um what you call it, the
volleyball net replacement is needed. Um
[1:53:50] and so just sort of be safe and um
>> you madam chair. I'd request that Mr.
[1:53:58] Dods address that.
>> Yes, Mr. Dod
[1:54:00] » saver on this one.
>> Okay. So, um, our maintenance supervisor
[1:54:04] is currently working with trying to get
a grant for the equipment at Pleasant
[1:54:08] Grove that is damaged and that's why we
have it secured where people can't get
[1:54:11] in get on it or get hurt. So, but we are
working to try to get that replaced.
[1:54:16] » Okay.
>> May I add to that?
[1:54:17] » Yes. Um, Commissioner Ready.
>> Okay. Um, Mr. Cornay, um, uh, Dave Fox
[1:54:24] from Fox Enterprise.
>> Um, myself and, um, what's the
[1:54:30] » Rick Stevenson? Rick Stevenson. We met
out at Pleasant Grove. I walked over
[1:54:34] every bit of that facility. Um, our
county maintenance people have done an
[1:54:39] excellent job putting boards and
screwing them into the steel that's
[1:54:43] there. Um, you know, making very nice
repairs. They have not repaired this one
[1:54:47] here, the merrygoround, but anyway, was
out there. Um, I have uh applied through
[1:54:53] the county and uh we have made a request
for $200,000
[1:54:58] uh for playground upgrade at Pleasant
Grove and that was about what three
[1:55:03] we've been working on it for a while. We
actually had a meeting with pictures and
[1:55:06] everything getting it ready to turn in
um what about 3 weeks ago I guess.
[1:55:10] » Yes, sir.
>> Okay. I appreciate that. And um so and
[1:55:15] the other thing and Commissioner Rick
and and Mr. to see on. So, is there a
[1:55:19] regular um I guess regular inspection or
checking on the um play equipment that
[1:55:27] the county has?
>> Um the Bradford Sports United is only
[1:55:32] responsible for Edwards Road and Thomas
Street. That's it. That's our um the uh
[1:55:38] lease agreement we have with the city.
The other parks are not um in our scope
[1:55:44] or realm of what we're doing. We're just
trying to take care of Thomas Street and
[1:55:47] Edwards Road. Uh even the splash pad at
Edwards Road is still being operated and
[1:55:52] run by the city. Um so we have nothing
to do with that. But I will say this
[1:55:57] also um actually the same day, the same
people, we met at the Ever Road complex
[1:56:05] uh with Dave Fox and um we are also
applying for a $200,000 grant to redo
[1:56:12] the playground equipment at Edwards Road
and the canopy that was torn off in the
[1:56:18] storm. Um the last update I got um two
weeks ago, it's supposed to be in in
[1:56:24] four weeks and installed. So that canopy
will be back over that playground
[1:56:28] facility.
>> Okay. And Mr. Carnegie, just and
[1:56:33] Commissioner Rick, from my
understanding, whatever recreational
[1:56:37] funding that we had, we actually turned
that all over to United Sports, right?
[1:56:45] » Um not sure the question. Are you
talking about county funds that were
[1:56:50] that were
>> the county funds that we had went to
[1:56:52] them for um
>> $150,000
[1:56:57] of it went to Bradford Sports United?
Yes, ma'am.
[1:57:01] » And so Rachel, I'm putting you on the
spot.
[1:57:04] » Did we have anything over the 150 in our
recreational category?
[1:57:08] » Yes, ma'am. And each of your uh
recreation your your parks, you do have
[1:57:12] a maintenance line item. There is some
funding in there, some just general
[1:57:15] maintenance.
>> Okay. We didn't delete those. We added
[1:57:18] funds from the general fund into
recreation to handle that.
[1:57:21] » All right.
>> And madam chair, I hate to be that guy,
[1:57:24] but Dena, we need Dena to say her name
and tell us who she is.
[1:57:28] » Sure. She'll be glad to so we can
correctly pronounce it.
[1:57:31] » Dina Diana uh with Bradford Sports
United.
[1:57:34] » Thank you.
>> And Dena, uh Miss Diana, thank you for
[1:57:38] letting me put you on the spot um with
that. you all um have done um an
[1:57:44] excellent job um with the sports united
and Commissioner Reic um at the helm and
[1:57:49] helping. Um so anyhow um I just wanted
to [laughter] make sure that we can
[1:57:57] consider uh if this board approved the
extra fund that it can also help with
[1:58:03] the county um parks because I do know
that the DD funds can be used for
[1:58:08] recreational things. Okay.
>> But only to bring in tourists.
[1:58:13] » Yeah.
>> They can the funding can only be used
[1:58:15] for tourists. Um to put heads in beds um
and um
[1:58:23] » uh they can the funding cannot be used
for salaries or anything like that. Can
[1:58:26] only be used strictly to bring people
into the city. You you want to read that
[1:58:31] one?
>> Yeah. It's uh so one of the definitions
[1:58:34] of
what is it like for the TDC is um to
[1:58:42] recreation activities have to bring
community members from outside of their
[1:58:47] county into the county for either an
overnight stay or a day that's going to
[1:58:53] bring extra money into the town. So for
gas or
[1:58:58] » hotel stays or restaurants, whatever it
might be, but they have to bring people
[1:59:01] in to spend the duration of the day
essentially.
[1:59:06] » Okay. All right.
>> Thank you.
[1:59:08] » Can I ask a question while you're still
there?
[1:59:10] » Yeah.
>> Do you mind, chair?
[1:59:12] » Yes. Go.
>> I just I was curious. I had heard maybe
[1:59:14] it's been in a newspaper. I I do not
know. But what has the uh um community
[1:59:20] involvement been so far with youth
signing up for the different sports?
[1:59:24] what's happened so far.
>> Um, so are you asking like how many kids
[1:59:29] have signed up? Okay. Yeah, for sure. So
for the fall, we've had 256 kids sign up
[1:59:36] for softball and baseball and that
season lasted March until about June.
[1:59:43] And then for flag football, we had 50
kids sign up. So we had three teams and
[1:59:47] I think that was one of the first years
that we've had flag football in the
[1:59:50] county. I know we had tackle football,
but to bring flag and get 50 people for
[1:59:54] our first year, that was great. Um, this
fall season right now, we have 206 kids
[2:00:01] sign up, and you can typically estimate
half of what you had in the spring. So,
[2:00:06] we're already surpassed that, which is
wonderful. That means we're growing. Um,
[2:00:10] and we have 16 teams this spring or this
fall, excuse me. And then for flag
[2:00:15] football, I think we have 20 kids signed
up right now, but that season doesn't
[2:00:18] start until November and December. So,
we'll have seasons going on from now.
[2:00:24] They've already started, so August until
December. And then we'll pick um
[2:00:28] softball and baseball back up in
February. So, we only really have
[2:00:32] January and like June and July off and
everything else. There should be people
[2:00:38] coming into the town for tournaments or
games and all of that kind of
[2:00:43] recreation. Yes.
>> Thank you very much.
[2:00:46] » That's informative. tell them about the
work day and the participation.
[2:00:50] » Oh yeah, if you don't mind. So, we also
had a work day just last last Saturday
[2:00:55] or two Saturdays ago, um August 22nd,
and we had
[2:01:01] a list of probably 15 to 20 things that
we needed to get checked off before we
[2:01:06] could get our our season started. And I
think we had about 30 to 45 people that
[2:01:12] ended up coming out in groups of five.
So people would come, some would leave,
[2:01:17] and more would come back. And we ended
up getting everything that was on that
[2:01:20] list completed, which was amazing
because no one there was getting paid. I
[2:01:25] paid them in lunch, but other than that,
no one was getting paid. They all just
[2:01:28] came out because they see the good
things that we're doing in the community
[2:01:32] and for the kids, and they just wanted
to put their time in. Some were coaches,
[2:01:36] some were just families, community
members. Um, who is the new commissioner
[2:01:42] that came out? What was his name? Jason
Bennett. Jason Bennett came out which we
[2:01:48] were very thankful for because he's
really strong and some of the stuff we
[2:01:51] were doing. We had to toast some posts
and um he did an excellent job.
[2:01:56] » Yeah. Yeah. So him and uh we had the the
new baseball coach. He was out there. Um
[2:02:02] I can't everyone's names are slipping
but they we had Antoine Brown. Yeah. We
[2:02:08] had so many people there just from the
community whether it's coaches and
[2:02:11] community members. So, they see the good
that we're doing and they they want to
[2:02:15] buy in, which is great.
>> And I will say this, what just amazed me
[2:02:19] is um we had two skid steers out there
and then another uh gentleman I know
[2:02:27] their names, but I don't want to mention
them because um you I'll put put them on
[2:02:31] the spot. But anyway, we had another
gentleman bring a huge lift with big
[2:02:35] tires on it and drove it to all the ball
fields, redoing all the netting behind
[2:02:39] the back stops. It was it was just
amazing. If you'd have seen all the
[2:02:43] people there and again the work that got
done it was just amazing.
[2:02:47] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[2:02:50] Um so do you have any plans for the
extra 60?
[2:02:54] » Yeah. So I mean any extra money that we
can receive is only going to help one
[2:02:59] the kids and two the program. So
we have we got the 150 from the county.
[2:03:06] We got the 150 from the city, but
without funding, it's very hard to
[2:03:12] continue to provide for the kids and do
the stuff that we do. To break down um
[2:03:18] our registration really fast, we charge
$100 for
[2:03:23] 8U through 12U or 8U through 14U
depending on softball and baseball and
[2:03:28] then 75 for T-ball.
$65 of that goes to uniforms because
[2:03:35] it's $35 for a jersey and $30 for a hat
and then the rest of it goes to umpire.
[2:03:42] So, we are we have no more of that. For
flag football, it's $50. Same thing,
[2:03:48] it's $35 for their jersey top. Um, but
the rest of that money ends up going to
[2:03:55] their official fees. And the reason why
we do $100 is because we do have
[2:03:59] families that can't afford it. So, we're
trying to keep it as
[2:04:05] reasonable and inexpensive as possible
without breaking their pockets. Um
[2:04:10] because that's how we're going to get
more kids in. So, if we can get these
[2:04:15] grants and these extra funds, we'll be
able to continue to keep our prices low
[2:04:20] rather than having to raise our price
cuz everyone around us is between $130
[2:04:25] and $150 if we continue, like I said, to
get these fundings. We can keep our
[2:04:29] price low and continue to get as many
kids as we do because they can afford to
[2:04:35] play.
>> Okay. Thank you. And thank you for
[2:04:38] letting me put you on the spot.
>> May I add one thing,
[2:04:41] » Commissioner Ready? And and also I
really want to thank Andy Reading
[2:04:44] because this was like um a total shock
when he recommended giving us 150. But
[2:04:50] also Andy Reading um has been out to the
fields. He sees what we're doing. The
[2:04:55] last 150 that we got from the TDC board,
we probably stretched that and turned it
[2:05:00] into about $250,000 worth of
improvements. And I tell you, if we get
[2:05:05] the 150 this time, we've already been
talking about it quite a bit. We're
[2:05:09] going to try and stretch that end to
close to $300,000 worth of improvements.
[2:05:13] Now, what does that mean? That means
that the more improvements we can do to
[2:05:17] that facility, the more teams um that
we'll be able to bring in, the the
[2:05:23] better tournaments we'll be able to
have. Um because
[2:05:29] without the tournaments,
this program is going to go broke in
[2:05:32] about three years. That's the bottom
line. We've got to be able to bring in
[2:05:36] good tournaments. Uh Babe Ruth
Association's already been talking to us
[2:05:40] if we can pick up the district
tournament. Uh we won't be able to pick
[2:05:44] it up in the spring season, but they're
definitely talking to us about picking
[2:05:47] it us up next year. That brought in what
was it? 3,500 people
[2:05:51] » just about. Yeah.
>> 3,500 people to PALA where they hosted
[2:05:54] it our the last uh Babe Ruth tournament.
So again, Andy Reading has seen that the
[2:06:02] more people we bring in, that's more
money going back in to the heads, the
[2:06:06] beds, and um which also improves the TDC
funding. Um and board, I just want to
[2:06:13] run this by you. I didn't know if you
knew this. Right now, the current
[2:06:17] balance in the TDC is $855,59753.
[2:06:24] There's $500,000 in a um a CD earning
3.7% interest. So there's three thou
[2:06:33] $353,59753
[2:06:38] in the checking account. And also I
figured it up from this year it's
[2:06:44] bringing an average of $20,26349
[2:06:49] in per month off the uh bed tax. So, the
TDC is doing good, but if we can get
[2:06:57] this facility improved to bring in
better quality tournaments, again,
[2:07:01] that's going to help the TDC to grow.
And the biggest benefit
[2:07:08] over everything um excuse me, is our
kids because and that's what Andy Redd
[2:07:14] sees. He sees that our kids will be able
to benefit by this extra money which
[2:07:20] without the TDC money would never
happen. It would never happen. So,
[2:07:27] and Pam was at the meeting and again I I
thank Andy for for um for for thinking
[2:07:34] outside the box and really helping us.
[clears throat]
[2:07:39] » Thank you all. You've done a good job in
and presenting. Um, if you've heard the
[2:07:44] wishes um for the um approval of 120,
excuse me, $150,000
[2:07:50] u from the TDC um for the uh Bradford
United.
[2:07:57] » I make a motion to approve the 150,000
from TDC.
[2:08:02] » Okay. Motion by Commissioner Dhy uh and
second by Commissioner Andrews. Um any
[2:08:07] further discussion or questions? All in
favor sign I. Hi.
[2:08:10] » Hi.
>> Okay, we go four or Thank you.
[2:08:14] » Thank you. Thank you.
>> Okay. Um,
[2:08:18] next important item, item eight, um,
regarding the approval to declare the
[2:08:24] 301, uh, vacant warehouse building, um,
which is our commerce building, which is
[2:08:31] the Douglas building, um, at 142 81 US
Highway 301 south of Stark. parcel
[2:08:39] number 04712-
0-00000000
[2:08:44] as a surplus property and I I wanted us
to be able to discuss uh what that means
[2:08:52] for us um what it means for the county
um what did it what does it obligate us
[2:08:58] to do what are the rules surrounding it
and um our attorney um when I was
[2:09:06] looking at it and and I asked Mr.
Carnegie as well. I said, "Well, if we
[2:09:12] surplus the building, does it um limit
our ability to lease it to to
[2:09:20] some entity that may be interested in
it?" Cuz sometimes when you think of
[2:09:25] when you surplus something, you say,
"Well, you know, we don't really have
[2:09:28] any use of this anymore. Let's sell it
off." And it is my understanding that it
[2:09:34] still would not prohibit us from being
able to lease it if we have an entity
[2:09:38] who wanted to come and and lease it um
from us that we could still do that or
[2:09:45] we're not restricted to take um I guess
the offer if it's not what we want
[2:09:54] want to correct. Uh
>> your understandings that you've
[2:09:58] articulated are all correct.
>> Okay.
[2:10:02] Okay. Well, thank you. And then the
other question I had is that I know that
[2:10:08] under the um Florida statutes 1250
45 um that
[2:10:15] um the county could through the economic
development category, you know, label as
[2:10:22] such. But if we do based on the statute
125 U 2035
[2:10:30] is the surplus. It means that you would
put it out um you know for for bid to
[2:10:37] whomever wants to and then give it a
offer it the highest bidder that that we
[2:10:45] would accept that if that's what we want
to do.
[2:10:48] » Yeah. you you and I I don't want to
correct to answer your question. Yes.
[2:10:56] What you've just articulated is correct.
That's what would happen.
[2:10:59] » Okay. You don't have to accept any.
You you and I think that's what you're I
[2:11:05] don't want to assume that's what you're
getting at, but in other words, your
[2:11:08] options are all available to you up and
any any action that you took
[2:11:14] today uh on deciding before you would
not preclude you in the future from
[2:11:19] deciding this isn't enough. We've
decided to go in a different direction.
[2:11:22] All of those things you could you those
options all remain available to you.
[2:11:28] Yes, sir. And thank you for um
clarifying that for me. But I wanted our
[2:11:32] citizens to know that this doesn't limit
us. It doesn't say that we're going to
[2:11:36] go out and sell it tomorrow or or it
doesn't um obligated us obligate us to
[2:11:42] sell it, but we can still lease it if we
had a a generous offer. Okay. But those
[2:11:48] those are the things that is correct.
>> Okay. That I wanted to
[2:11:52] any comment discussion from the board?
Miss Andrew, do you have something?
[2:11:56] » And and it would come back before the
board,
[2:11:59] » correct?
>> Oh, absolutely. Okay. Um, yes.
[2:12:03] » I was just just making sure that someone
else couldn't make the decision and then
[2:12:07] it just be presented to the board. This
is what we got. I would like to know
[2:12:11] that it would come back before the board
for their approval.
[2:12:15] » It would uh and
what you described as a scenario would
[2:12:21] not happen. In other words, it would not
be somebody who goes on your behalf and
[2:12:26] enters into a contract that you're now
bound to honor
[2:12:30] um down the road if you later decide
that that's not what you you know the
[2:12:35] direction you wanted to go or wasn't
enough or what for whatever reason that
[2:12:39] that the board decides to not move in a
direction that would was recommended to
[2:12:44] you or offered to you, you you retain
the ability to change direction.
[2:12:50] » Okay.
Okay. Any other questions, discussion?
[2:12:56] » Yes. Um, Miss Miss Rhoden.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a quick
[2:13:00] question. It might be a question that
the county attorney um so property
[2:13:04] liability insurance. Our normal practice
is when we surplus an item, we go ahead
[2:13:08] and remove it from the liability
insurance as well as our asset because
[2:13:12] we're getting rid of it. But in this
case, we're not, it sounds like. So,
[2:13:14] » I would not.
>> So, I just wanted to confirm we still
[2:13:17] need to keep it insured.
>> Oh, absolutely.
[2:13:20] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Okay. All right. Okay. Anything else?
[2:13:26] All right.
That helped my head.
[2:13:30] All right. All right. Um, do I have a
motion for the approval to declare the
[2:13:37] 301 vacant warehouse building, better
known to us as the Douglas building, um,
[2:13:42] as surplus?
[clears throat]
[2:13:46] » Yes. I'll make the motion to approve the
surplus property.
[2:13:48] » Okay. The motion by Commissioner
Doherty. Uh, is there a second to the
[2:13:52] motion?
>> Second.
[2:13:54] » Second by Commissioner Rick. Um, any
further discussion or questions? All in
[2:13:59] favor?
>> I I
[2:14:02] » Okay. All right. Thank you.
[2:14:07] Whoa. All right. At this time, we
received the clerk report. Mr. Thompson,
[2:14:12] » I don't have anything. Uh again, I want
to thank the board this year for getting
[2:14:16] the budget early, for us all getting
together and getting this thing done
[2:14:19] early. It was so much easier and it'll
also impact us again on our next audit
[2:14:25] when it comes around. We'll be well
prepared for that with our budgets
[2:14:29] getting in early and and and all that. I
do appreciate it.
[2:14:33] » If you don't mind, I I do have a
question.
[2:14:35] » Okay. Go ahead, Miss Angress. Um, I've
heard of a lot of different
[2:14:39] organizations
um
[2:14:42] like moving the bank account into um an
establishment where they can earn more
[2:14:50] interest or something. Is that something
that we've looked at or
[2:14:54] » we constantly
>> consideration?
[2:14:56] » We have our um reserve funds that we
keep invested and I've always shopped
[2:15:01] around locally to the banks to get the
best CD rates on them. I've always went
[2:15:05] between uh TD community DLP and uh
Capital City, but there's all there's
[2:15:12] new people entering the area now and
they're talking about
[2:15:17] actually I I was giving a presentation
the other day of over 100,000 a year in
[2:15:21] savings on the operating accounts
>> and that's what I had heard.
[2:15:25] » Yeah. I mean, so I'm getting some um
starting to get some input like that.
[2:15:30] That was very impressive. And they say
they can beat the CD rates. Yeah.
[2:15:35] » So, that's that's definitely something
we will look at in the future. I want to
[2:15:39] take the board's guidance on that. Um,
you know, but I mean, I shop banks
[2:15:45] anywhere in the country, right?
>> You know, the way banking is now, but,
[2:15:49] uh, we don't want to do that. We want to
keep it local most we can.
[2:15:52] » Oh, yeah. I think we got some good
options out there, too.
[2:15:56] » We do. We sure do.
>> Yes. Okay. All right. Um, any other
[2:16:03] questions for the the clerk? All right.
And
[2:16:06] » that's that's it, ma'am.
>> All right. Thank you.
[2:16:09] » Oh, I did miss Miss Miss Bler, I'm
sorry. I did want to say I was thinking
[2:16:11] about the sheriff's here at
>> the parks. You were I don't know if he
[2:16:14] was in here when we were talking about
the parks while ago and she was talking
[2:16:17] about the equipment being run down. When
we I was at the sheriff's office and
[2:16:20] even now since I've been here, it's a
constant thing with people out there.
[2:16:24] We've tried to put lights up, they shoot
them down. We take and try to keep the
[2:16:28] bathrooms nice and clean. They rip the
sinks off the wall. They
[2:16:32] rip the plumbing out of the wall. They
kick kick kick until they we have to pay
[2:16:36] uh you know a plumbing company a lot of
money to come in there and put all that
[2:16:39] plumbing back in. But if you guys
or anybody else I don't know what the
[2:16:46] answer is to give all y'all a key to go
unlock them in the morning and lock them
[2:16:50] in the afternoon about 6:00 or or what
to stop this vandalism but it's been
[2:16:55] ongoing problem for the last 18 years.
>> It's any part doesn't matter. I can tell
[2:17:00] you being the police chief got
vandalized most every
[2:17:07] cameras up
and go every every
[2:17:13] other
[2:17:17] [snorts]
[2:17:24] summer time they want their birthday
parties in the afternoon
[2:17:29] they
[2:17:33] versus win.
[2:17:37] [clears throat]
We
[2:17:40] came
[2:17:50] out.
[2:17:58] [clears throat]
>> All right. Um, anything else from the
[2:18:01] » That's it. I just want when you were
talking about the maintenance budget, I
[2:18:04] was just going to say that maintenance
budget doesn't go far when you're
[2:18:06] replacing all those fixtures.
>> Okay.
[2:18:10] All right. Sheriff, you're next.
Anything for us?
[2:18:12] » No, ma'am. [clears throat]
Get through the budget process
[2:18:18] again.
[2:18:24] » Well, thank you. And then I got you on
the spot. Uh the I saw I saw on the
[2:18:29] Facebook the the removal of the flock
flock camera. Is that correct?
[2:18:34] » License plate reader.
>> Okay. Our decision until some
[2:18:38] legislation can be enacted to make sure
we're also
[2:18:42] privacy.
>> Yes.
[2:18:48] We pulled ours contract still there but
until we get some legislation done when
[2:18:52] somebody misused. I spoke to Mark
yesterday. Matter of fact, we was having
[2:18:57] discussion when we got notice from the
governor's office. We knew something was
[2:19:00] coming. Uh it helps us in the contract
when the permits get pulled that we're
[2:19:05] not in violating our contract. We have
these companies. Every every county has
[2:19:10] something. I remember one sheriff said,
"What are you going to do
[2:19:13] [clears throat] about
they didn't know we had
[2:19:19] those and some people were leaving them
up?" Some sheriff were leaving them up
[2:19:21] in the county right away. counties like
voted not in the county right away it's
[2:19:26] a
security look until the next great
[2:19:31] murder abduction happen it's going to go
one way but I have learned doing
[2:19:36] something I can tell you this two weeks
ago we was able to call this back um the
[2:19:41] phone once we got the little picture
back we had a lady in our county $8,000
[2:19:48] I was able to do the practice once we
got the dealership name off the back of
[2:19:52] vehicle back to the dealership.
Dealership is able to phone number the
[2:19:56] phone. We back
and this this is going to be so far over
[2:20:01] $2 million
[2:20:07] success after success. However, it's a
balance of keep our community safe while
[2:20:13] also
we get some legislation punishment and I
[2:20:18] don't want our data. I still have big
briefness to all your data with driver's
[2:20:23] license
insurance companies and everything else.
[2:20:27] That's okay.
I want to sell our dat.
[2:20:43] » Yes. So, are you taking them from all
areas or just
[2:20:47] » Okay. Yes, sir. And that that that
concern I know you have to by law do
[2:20:52] follow the law pick them off the state
rope and I'm thinking about in cases
[2:20:56] where they have helped with child
abduction with those kind we all trust
[2:21:01] me my phone's not quick step out earlier
but other sheriffs are calling we're all
[2:21:06] trying to figure we all worry about the
same things we want guy we're in
[2:21:11] business protect our communities
right we are
[2:21:17] constitutional rights
[2:21:27] Yes.
>> Right. And I appreciate and I just, you
[2:21:31] know, you all have to deal with some
very um
[2:21:35] um emotional situations when you you you
encounter death where somebody has
[2:21:41] murdered another person and um that's um
a big toll on your your staff. Um and um
[2:21:49] so I commend the people who are having
to go out there and and deal with
[2:21:55] you. We're big enough to small work.
we're somehow connected
[2:22:01] whether it be your kids at school with
them, whether it be somebody you work
[2:22:04] with that we're all some kind of parent
connected that makes it more.
[2:22:11] » Okay. Thank you. Um any
county manager? [clears throat]
[2:22:18] » Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Madam Chair. One
thing I'd like to bring up is uh Patriot
[2:22:22] Day is coming up here next week or in a
little over a week. 911. uh will be here
[2:22:28] before you know it. And of course we um
we take the time out in our busy
[2:22:32] schedules to remember uh those that were
um killed tragically at the World Trade
[2:22:37] Centers and other areas of our country
back in 2002.
[2:22:41] Um what I would like to say is that uh I
don't know how many years we've been
[2:22:46] doing this now, Chief, but the fire
department does a stair climb that day
[2:22:51] on 911 at the uh football stadium. So,
we'd like to invite everyone to come out
[2:22:56] and participate in that. Um,
[laughter]
[2:23:01] you me and you, me and you stand there
and watch, sheriff. We'll supervise.
[2:23:05] But, uh, but yeah, I just wanted to make
everyone mindful of that. And then the
[2:23:09] last thing is on the last page of your
agenda. We have listed the upcoming
[2:23:14] meetings. I'll read them off for the
record. Uh the first is the public
[2:23:19] hearing to adopt the tentative millage
rate and budget on Tuesday, September
[2:23:23] 10th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. The second is
the public hearing to adopt the final
[2:23:29] millage rate and budget Tuesday,
September 22nd, 2026 at 6 p.m. And the
[2:23:36] third, of course, is your regularly
scheduled board of county commission
[2:23:39] meetings. However, it will be on Tuesday
rather than Thursday, September 22nd,
[2:23:45] 2026 at 6:30 p.m.
>> All right,
[2:23:49] » that's all I have, Madam Chair.
>> Okay, thank you. um our attorney with
[2:23:54] Bradley.
>> Um just real quick um that discussion
[2:23:59] about the flock cameras um
because it all it does get into sort of
[2:24:04] some legal things about um fourth
amendment protections and that sort of
[2:24:09] thing. Um but you know there are certain
things that are true
[2:24:16] even though our society is so rapidly
changing when it comes to you know
[2:24:21] computers and the internet and social
media then you know now we say AI. Um
[2:24:27] but the concept that if it's free
you're the product
[2:24:34] » has been true for a long time. Like when
someone buys you lunch, usually they're
[2:24:38] trying to sell you something. When um
Facebook offers you a free social media,
[2:24:45] they are tracking you and what you care
about and what you want and what you
[2:24:50] like and what you desire and all of
that. Um, and so when the balance that
[2:24:57] the sheriff's talking about is very
reasonable and what you have to be
[2:25:01] mindful of is what are the the the
people who own the cameras and use the
[2:25:08] cameras.
Um, you know, what is the arrangement
[2:25:12] with them?
If you're getting a good deal, it's
[2:25:16] usually because they're getting
something.
[2:25:20] And and that's what he's talking about.
I I when I hear the sheriff talk about
[2:25:25] because he's always been a good Fourth
Amendment uh person balancing these
[2:25:28] things. Um but that's what we got to be
mindful of going forward is, you know,
[2:25:34] if you're using it for certain things
and the data is protected.
[2:25:40] Um
that's one thing. If it's if it's then
[2:25:45] collected and then monetized,
that's yours and it's being used for
[2:25:51] things that are beyond what um perhaps
you know the good things that come of
[2:25:56] it. And so that's the balance that
everybody's dealing with right now.
[2:25:59] » There's nothing wrong with
it,
[2:26:03] » right?
[2:26:09] People say, "Oh, what are they going to
do about the toll booth?" I can tell you
[2:26:13] that the toll boost don't sell your
data.
[2:26:16] » They don't use it for that. I got to get
subpoena and sometimes they warrant it,
[2:26:22] » right? Which is how it should be.
Another
[2:26:24] » how it should be done
>> unless it's an accident circumstance.
[2:26:27] And in that case, right,
>> right?
[2:26:31] » If I'm working a three-month old murder
case, it's not
[2:26:37] if it's abduction right now, an
emergency. Yes. But we document that. We
[2:26:43] document why there's a request. Why did
you do that? We have some reasons. We
[2:26:47] don't want people misusing the system.
Track your exife, your girlfriend, your
[2:26:52] neighbor you don't like. Those are
things prevent. There's too much easy
[2:26:56] access to it. And we've got
that's all we're asking for at the
[2:27:01] legislative level. A lot of agencies are
already doing that. We do that. We we
[2:27:06] have an audit system that goes into
place. checks and balances. But
[2:27:09] unfortunately, [snorts]
>> and what we've now learned, and this is
[2:27:14] public record, these are things that are
I mean, the companies, whether it be
[2:27:19] Meta, which is Facebook, or some of
these other companies, they they have an
[2:27:24] obligation to their shareholders
to maximize revenue.
[2:27:29] Um they are not here to help on these
issues
[2:27:35] because the most important and expensive
commodity today is people's data and
[2:27:43] it's you can make a lot of money from
it. And so we can't simply just put our
[2:27:48] hands up and say we'll let the free
market reign on some of these things.
[2:27:56] » Okay. Thank you. [clears throat]
>> All right. Madam Chair, I'd like the
[2:28:00] opportunity to correct a mistake that
was made regarding the first public
[2:28:04] hearing.
The public hearing to adopt the tenative
[2:28:08] millage rate and budget is Thursday,
September 10th, not Tuesday.
[2:28:14] » Thursday, September 10th.
>> Thursday,
[2:28:17] » 2026.
>> All right.
[2:28:18] » At 6 p.m.
>> Okay.
[2:28:22] » Thank you.
>> All right. Okay. Anything else, Mr. Kne?
[2:28:27] » Thank you. Um and county attorney
um commissioners. Okay.
[2:28:35] Comments.
[2:28:38] » You want to go first?
>> Oh, I don't have anything. I just I
[2:28:42] wanted to
say that again. What was the date?
[2:28:46] » Thursday.
>> Thursday and September.
[2:28:48] » Thursday instead of Tuesday. On
September the 10th.
[2:28:51] » On the agenda, it's misprinted as a
Tuesday.
[2:28:54] » September 10th is actually a Thursday.
Okay.
[2:29:00] » Okay. Ready?
>> Okay. Good.
[2:29:04] » All right.
>> Now, I was confused on that because I
[2:29:06] had mentioned to you I didn't think I
was going to make it in time, but that's
[2:29:09] perfect. Thank you.
>> All right.
[2:29:12] Commissioner's comment.
>> Yeah. Um, I just uh thank everyone for
[2:29:16] being here today and thank you so much
board for the uh confidence and uh the
[2:29:20] support on 150 for the Bradford Sports
United. Um, I really do appreciate it
[2:29:26] and the kids definitely appreciate it.
Thank you.
[2:29:29] » Thank you, Mr.
>> And I would like to thank every
[2:29:32] everybody for being here um today
because there's a lot discussed and um a
[2:29:38] lot done, a lot of learning going on.
And um but I will Miss Pinter I too just
[2:29:45] want to say that I'm very sorry about
the roads. Um I'm sorry that it came
[2:29:51] about the way it did. Um, I'm sorry the
outcome was the way it was and it was
[2:29:58] something that I believe that Miss
Strong said is that we have to be
[2:30:03] careful in everything that we do and all
of our projects. We must include
[2:30:10] everyone.
We are here to serve the county, not
[2:30:14] just our district, the whole entire
county. And sometimes it may be in an
[2:30:19] undesirable place. it may be in a um a
very poor neighborhood instead of an
[2:30:27] upper class neighborhood or however you
would want to classify that. So we have
[2:30:31] to be very careful with that in um in
making those decisions about what roads
[2:30:38] go on the list and what roads get gets
done and and um I was discussing some
[2:30:44] projects with Mr. Cornnegay yesterday
and um because of that I'm just I'm
[2:30:50] going to request um some information and
um Jason and Mr. Cornne is the one that
[2:30:57] I think he had some people draw up the
the work schedules that you guys do like
[2:31:04] who's doing what and where on such a
day.
[2:31:13] » Okay. Um, and I I wanted to look over
some information just to kind of refresh
[2:31:19] myself. And so I just and if you'll just
mention the dates, um, is the year uh,
[2:31:25] 2024. If I can get those for that year,
and it may take a little while, but if
[2:31:31] you would get Miss Doy to pull them up
for me, I'd appreciate it so that he and
[2:31:35] I can sit down and talk about some
projects. So, um, but like I said, I
[2:31:42] think that we need to be very
transparent. I think that we need to
[2:31:46] ensure that, um, that we're in form on
on things that are happening and, um,
[2:31:53] things that
really make a difference in our county.
[2:31:58] So, um, we have to make sure that that
that's [clears throat] happening and
[2:32:02] keep them informed. And um
and with that, I just will ask um
[2:32:10] Kenny's brother is very very ill, my
cousin, and I just ask that y'all pray
[2:32:17] for um him and his family, all the all
of our family. Um because
[2:32:24] he's a very dear man. So, and with that,
Miss Gruner, I'll turn it over to you.
[2:32:29] » Okay. Um you all know me and know me
well. You know my heart. I thank each of
[2:32:34] you for being here today. Um, as our
meeting is taking place, I'm happy to
[2:32:39] say that the PACE staff is over at the
RJ introducing themselves to the staff
[2:32:45] there. So, we're happy to have them to
come to Bradford County to provide
[2:32:48] services to um teenage girls who need
that assistance. And also just uh also
[2:32:55] the reminder that the Florida
Association of Counties um innovation
[2:32:58] and policy board meeting will be taking
place in Jacksonville the week of
[2:33:02] September 15th uh through the 18th and
that's why we had to shift our our
[2:33:07] meeting. Um and also just uh to share
was with me and Mr. Carneg and u Miss
[2:33:15] Durk and the gentleman from the um from
the Keystone airport. the governor
[2:33:22] presented $75,000
uh check to the county for the strategic
[2:33:26] planning. Uh that was last Thursday. Um
the um
[2:33:35] the Florida Department of Transportation
representative was there and and
[2:33:38] sheriff, I did ask him if he could look
at the elevation issues and the speed on
[2:33:44] the bypass areas of 301 um area where we
have so many accidents between 227
[2:33:51] and the 301 corridor. So he said that he
would uh look into that. Um and again
[2:33:57] and I did address earlier with M um Mr.
Dog, they're doing the very best that
[2:34:02] they can with the roadside with the
limited number of staff that they have,
[2:34:06] but we have a lot of overgrowth uh which
um creates a safety when you can't get
[2:34:15] down your roadways or the sidewalks. And
so any help that we can suggest to them
[2:34:21] uh through the inmate services um um or
any extra help that we can get them to
[2:34:28] mow. I don't know if it's possible to
have some temporary help during the what
[2:34:32] I call the rainy season where one week
you you cut your grass and the next week
[2:34:37] it's back up. Um so all that we can do
and again I wanted to thank um Mr.
[2:34:42] Strong for helping out in Lai on 225
area. Um
[2:34:48] and um the again I want to emphasize the
importance that we maintain our um the
[2:34:55] safe uh the safety of the children who
are utilizing our parks by making sure
[2:34:59] that the equipment there um is kept up
to date and maintained. So specifically
[2:35:06] as I mentioned earlier the Lincoln City
needs some lights and also just
[2:35:11] equipment wise just replacement of their
volleyball net. Um but lighting for for
[2:35:17] safety and then in Pleasant Grove is
just the um the equipment there um the
[2:35:25] merrygoround and the the apparatus and
then it needs pressure washing um so
[2:35:30] that it's a a clean service that they
use. Um again, I thank each and every
[2:35:35] one uh of you here today and um our
folks from the professional planning
[2:35:41] department being here to explain some
things to us and we'll continue to work
[2:35:46] um diligently together with our finance
department and get ready for our budget.
[2:35:51] All right. Um sharing
Donald
[2:36:01] on the 4th 11:30
would like to discuss
[2:36:08] we'll be there open to the public
question you want to ask something
[2:36:14] that's coming he's a senator now
representative from Miami
[2:36:20] area but also he's familiar with the
He's been
[2:36:28] going.
[2:36:36] » Okay.
>> All right.
[2:36:39] » Madam Madam Chair, if I may. Thank you,
Sheriff. I forgot all about that.
[2:36:44] » Yeah, I I appreciate it. And I would
like to add that um our um our UFIFAS
[2:36:48] office is helping us organize that
event. Uh Lizzy Whitehead has assembled
[2:36:54] a list of um farmers and agricultural
leaders throughout the county as well as
[2:36:59] surrounding counties. So um we um I
believe she's already reached out to a
[2:37:05] number of them and we hope to have a
good crowd on Friday at the uh Charlie
[2:37:10] John Center. So, once again, like the
sheriff said, if uh if we could get some
[2:37:15] attendance from uh county commissioners
and whoever else you may think of that
[2:37:19] would be interested in attending, uh it
should be a good event. Thank you.
[2:37:23] » Okay. And Miss Andrews did mention to
you about our our former clerk Chris
[2:37:27] Thompson's illness and your solicit your
prayers for them. You can't find a finer
[2:37:32] man than he a giver u to our community
and to everyone uh in need. And you know
[2:37:39] just this past what week I guess two
Dolly Parton um had passed away and give
[2:37:45] me five seconds to to u make a tribute
to her and then we'll close our meeting
[2:37:52] and I
will
[2:37:57] love you. [screaming]
I will always love
[2:38:04] you.
[2:38:07] » This meeting is a journ.
[2:38:12] [laughter]
>> That took a lot [clears throat] of
[2:38:14] nerves. Before I could
>> Taylor
[2:38:22] form
Lisa said you were looking for my form
[2:38:27] from the last meeting.
Oh no. Thank you.
[2:38:35] [laughter]
>> Oh yes, sir.
[2:38:38] » He was
[2:38:42] before [laughter]
y'all bringing us.
[2:38:48] » Oh no, Mr. Steel. Mr. Steel.