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all right uh Board of County commissioners of Bradford County Florida is February 20th 2025 at 6:30 at this time I'm going to ask uh Mr David Kirkland if he'll lead us in prayer a flag salute if I may Mr chairman yes we
had um a citizen that passed away yesterday Mr Benji bass and I just ask that all of you remember him uh remember his family in prayer please let us pray heavenly father in the busyness of
today we just pause to give you thanks and praise for your love your grace and your mercy that you've extended to each of us Lord we ask that as this commission does their work tonight that you would give them wisdom Common Sense
Lord just the will to do what they know they need to do and we just ask you to continue to bless this County we pray for the bass family and ask that you bring your peace and your comfort to them Lord we pray for our First Responders our military men and women we
ask that you watch over them and bring them safely home to their families in Jesus name I pray amen amen I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all and uh commissioner Thompson will not be with us tonight at this meeting and um so moving on if it's okay with the board I'd like to move uh item four
up to the to the front for for the uh Awards uh life saving Awards presentation uh but before that I do that uh Sheriff I got to ask a favor I we have a a very special uh event tonight uh Captain Griffin it's
her birthday she's been at work all day long she's come to the meeting tonight so they've asked for the sheriff to sing Happy Birthday if y'all if y'all sing with me happy birthday to you happy birthday to
you happy birthday [Music] happy birthday to [Music] you I got to admit I think that's the first in 40e coming of commission meeting so that's that's pretty good then I told you I wasn't going to do
anything right I told you I wasn't going to do anything I was up to the challenge but he wouldn't tell me what I didn't know what you was coming up with but hey I was with it I hey I grew up real and Freckle I want go with the program long time ago otherwise I wouldn't have stood a chance
mama said I had a face for radio but uh with that being said tonight is something very special and I was going to do the presentation and present this but I'm going to let somebody but I'm G to speak this part I'm G let him come up you know our jail we we take for
granted they do so much each and every day from inmate work squads our work programs to now our certificates and and inmates are getting something on our release doing that to mental health they're dealing with people we live and
work with each and every day the majority of people inside that jail are not bad people they've made bad decisions now there is some evil over there so they have to balance that what they do each and every day they get griped at they get mama's calling Daddy's calling wives calling
girlfriends sometimes the girlfriend and the wife's calling happens and they have to deal with that they get a lot of accusations that aren't true my baby got beat up my baby's sick and y'all won't do nothing he did he's been on medication and y'all aren't getting
medicine we have the best nursing staff anywhere above not but with that comes our correction staff so tonight I'm not GNA I'm let Lieutenant Johnson finish up the rest of it but on November 19th why housed in a multi-purpose cell for
behavioral problems so that tells you we already had a problem when they in that cell itate William I don't want to say his last name was seen covering the camera in a Cell so that means all those cameras now you go in there there's there's 90s something cameras throughout
our jail to try to capture every corner of it they're having to pay attention to all that they noticed it so somebody was paying attention doing what they're supposed to be doing and uh Sergeant the instructed C Miller to go to the cell front to see what he was doing when
Miller arrived he noticed mm Heath had cut himself and was bleeding he notified Sergeant D Su Sergeant D Su immediately responded and seen a very large amount of blood coming from underneath the C Door that's tell how much blood we had
wasn't a little bit wasn't a minor cut Sergeant dece notified central control to activate EMS she placed inmate Heath and restraints for security purposes because as we know Miss Andrew you know they would do that to try to form an escape or cause harm to somebody else
another mate they want to cause harm too following proper protocol and her and C Miller escorted into the program room she grabbed a towel and applied pressure to his wound to stop the breeding until EMS arrived the inmate was transported to the hospital where he was treated for his
wounds and returned to jail he was then placed in the constant observation on suicide watch we were this close to having another fatality in our facility but because of the Brave and immediate actions of our staff we saved
Untold dollars in lawsuits medical and all those other things now I'm going to leave it here and I'm going to turn it over to Lieutenant Johnson can tell you a whole lot more about it and he's the one that actually submitted this to the Florida police Hall of Fame of the life saving award sen [Music]
Johnson thank you sherff good evening um so my job was to go in review the video footage um when I one of the things I came across on I was reviewing the video footage is that um the inmate was asking for help he had
cut himself when the flap was open um he asked for help he realized that you know this has went too far I've cut I'm bleeding and I'm I'm fixing to die um so that was one of the things I noticed during the video
um it uh I got with major mckenley and um that was the thing that I wanted to recognize them this this tragic situation could have been very tragic we I want to turn this into a positive and influence others to take this job you know serious um so with saying that I
would like to um have Sergeant Carla du Su and Deputy Daniel Miller up here and what I wrote something real quick I I just want to want to read congratulations on receiving this life-saving award this recognition is a testament to your incredible bravery and
quick thinking in a moment of Crist your actions not only saved the life but also inspired those around you to strive for excellence and emergency response your commitment to helping others and your Readiness to act when it mattered the most amplify the qualities of a true
hero you have shown us all that with the right training and determination we can make a significant difference in this community so i' like to congratulate you and present these Awards to you if I can I'd like to get him with the
board of County Commissioners when get behind with the background give my hand than don't ask and I don't know if the community is aware or not but we the sheriff operates the jail under the authority of the board of County Commissioners and we strive hard in
excellence and a lot of that comes from major Dom M Kenley and her Command Staff that really I know it looks like women run everything they do they are they are even at my house so I get that so I want to thank you as a Board of Commissioners for always putting the support behind
they really have a thankless job a lot of times and go unnoticed but it's because of actions like that and Miss Su she tired on us one time but Dawn persuaded we had we we we was able to bring her back and she's outstanding and of course Now jazz her
daughter and that beautiful uh son she has I wish I had hair like that God I wish I did but you know we've got her she's our victim Advocate and she's also uh it's in final print for our yearly report that y'all will be seeing in our booklets come jazz is kind of taking over that function and I love Zach but
jazz is really putting a final uh finesse to that you'll see an upgrade in that this year so again thank youall and thank you for supporting us yes thank you all so much thank you yall are welcome but you don't you don't have to stay for the whole meeting
so thank you thank you if yeah thank you all again for everything you do for all right continuing on with our agenda uh the second item on our agenda is
public comments uh if anybody from the audience would like to make a public comment if you would please fill out a card and come forward uh when I state your name and when you come forward just go up to the microphone and tell us your name and address and then you'll have three minutes to speak um the first one
I have here is uh Mrs strong you want to be second [Music] my name is z strong post office Fox 530 ly first I want to say that
um I am forever here um for my mother's ditch recently I saw on the uh website where the Govern Governor that they are
going to be investing a lot of money out of Camp Landing we spent a lot of money on the south end of Bradford County um Mowing and I saw that it takes
approximately a month to mow in districts four and five well with the money that the governor is going to spend at Camp land and people coming into the north of our
County wouldn't it be nice to start a mowing on the North End also namely around my mom's area you know like on 225 going out toward Camp
Landing so that we can make a good impression coming into Camp landing and into law and into Bradford County you know so they're going to spend multiple millions of dollars so
shouldn't we spend some money and present Bradford County in a good light with people coming into Camp Landing because they're going to come through ly so to make sure that that area is
mowed that's what I'm just saying is is can we can we make sure that that area is mowed more so as much as we mow on the south end can we make sure that we present Ludi in a positive light and
make sure it looks good with the money that they're going to be spending out at Camp Landing thank you next I have uh Mr John Miller thank y' all for having me tonight I'm
representing TDC um which is tourist development commission as y'all well know uh we had a meeting today say your name your name and address please John
Miller uh uh 4 14709 Southeast 26 AV thank you okay thank you um the meeting this afternoon is our we meet once a month we' run the
conference center and um the conversation today came up and we talked about at extent of maybe TDC taking over the
Association um not take not in that manner but having a person run that that's a paid person or TDC they would also run the conference
center and um we would commit to U Financial wise um help pay any bills if we have to to cover the conference or
cover the fairgrounds and it was pretty unanimous in the TDC that this may be a good thing um I know Dale uh the person Rond and
pharoh Association has some issues right now and um he's a wits in and of course um he may need some help in the next few weeks of
covering some money they owe to to Mr gissy and um I think there's a way to make that work and the primary thing would be the professional
management someone that can book the building and make sure it's straight make the conference center the same way we need um management we need more use in the conference center and both the
fairgrounds and the conference center is committed for the well-being and the of Bradford County for the people that's the only reason that we have the conference center is for people to have
weding and engagements and if if the governor comes to town maybe that's the spot for him to come also um it's pretty difficult to run that association with a
volunteer uh so I think there may be a way to uh join for forces we're both under the
the control of the County Commission we do get uh Motel taxes receipts and um it just might make some sense to do that and I'd be happy to answer any
questions that any of you have um at this point in time I what I would do is recommend that you take it on under consideration and maybe have a workshop or some joint effort and this might need
to be done in a a pretty quick U time frame so yes sir I I'll get with Mr corn gay and the rest of the board can talk to him too on their own but I do appreciate
you coming up and yeah and telling us and that that was a very good TDC meeting today I do appreciate it sometimes in 20 30 40 years you need a new approach we may need a new approach at TDC I'm not sure the fairground can
stand a different avenue of doing business it's a big asset yes um those buildings are very important for the residents of this County the kids of this County
I think we need to protect them as much as we can thank you so much yes sir thank you all right that's all the public comment cards I have so seeing no more I'm going to move on to item three the approval of the consent agenda do I have
a motion I make a motion to approve the consent agenda I have a motion from commissioner alry to approve the consent agenda do I have a second second second from commissioner Spooner um there's no questions all in favor by sign of i i i any motion
carries 40 all right next is item number five Keystone Heights um Airport Authority uh Mr David Kirkland good evening chairman rck and Commissioners it's good to be with you tonight I appreciate this opportunity to provide you with an update on some
things about the Keystone Heights airport that you may not know and uh some information about projects that are upcoming I first want to start off by saying special thanks to Scott corn and the efforts that um he had put in place
to ensure that the new Access Road um into the airport with the Deo grant funding was completed and then it was completed on time and it was a crunch but Scott you got it done and we greatly appreciate all the efforts you
and Jason Carter and everyone who is involved in that and uh also want to say that the Keystone Heights Airport Authority we really value the partnership that we have with Bradford County um and we just look forward to the positive uh impact that we'll make
together as the airport continues to grow and and have a regional impact in in our area so with that I'm told that Amanda has me all taken care of I will stand this way if you don't mind a
little bit of history about the Keystone Heights airport uh you see that 42j uh the FAA assigns to every airport in the United States a ID number and
that specifically each one is different for each airport uh 42j is kind of unique because uh the airport was commissioned in 1942 it was originally commissioned and
named the crystal uh Lake Army Airfield because of its proximity to Crystal Lake somebody in DOD or in the Army airpt at the time I guess didn't like the name so that same year though it got changed to Keystone Army Airfield it uh it was a place for
training Pilots that came from all over the United States and um in 1945 it was decommissioned it sat for a while and it's my understanding that the Department of Defense came to both
Bradford and Clay counties because the Keystone airport actually straddles both counties and ask each of those Commissioners if they wanted the airport and both counties said no so the city fathers at hstone Heights
said will'll take it and so in 1947 Keystone Heights acquired the airport from the federal government jump forward a few years and in 1991 the city of Keystone Heights
implemented the keyone heights uh Airport Authority it was Keyon Air Park at the time Authority and basically they were oversee the day-to-day operations of the airport we are the only public use airport in both Bradford and Clay County
a little bit about public use airports in Florida Florida has 129 public use airports and it's broken down into three categories as you see there commercial Service uh international airports that would be like your Jacksonville Orlando Miami and others that we have in the
state you have general aviation airports Keystone patka Willison Lake City and then you have military airports Nas Jack Egan mcel uh mcdeal Homestead and in the than others that that we have in the state of that and
in those 129 public use airports in n in 2023 fdot did a Statewide Aviation economic impact study the total impact is $336 billion in
2023 of that you'll see how it's broken down in the military industry alls visor spending on Port activity ities that's a lot of money that has positive impacts on airports and local communities getting more specific with
the Keystone Heights airport in the past three years here's just four examples of $3.8 million of different projects that we have done at the airport and our engineer always goes out and tries to find all the local contractors that they can that are qualified to do the
work so we've had a positive impact on our communities and it's good for uh local businesses as well here's uh some future projects every year and I was sharing this with chairman reic earlier we meet with the
FAA and fdot Aviation and space ports once a year to look at projects that have been actually put in a um Construction program and that gets funded either by
the FAA and or fdot and I'll share some more about that here in just a minute we look through our projects again and so from 2025 2031 we have these projects that are going to be done at the airport $14.9 million in
projects so again a lot of that work will involve local contra contractors local businesses uh when we have these crew Crews that come in for these long-term projects they're staying in local motels they're eating at local
restaurants so it's a good positive impact so the funding sources uh mentioned Florida Aviation grant program that's under fdot and then the Federal Aviation Administration the FAA so with the Florida Aviation grant
program under do since 198 3 this program gets funded by aviation fuel taxes and there's that amount per gallon for every gallon that somebody pumps into their airplane whether it's 100
lowed or a jet a type fuel a portion of that goes into this uh State Transportation trust fund 92% of that goes there the remaining 8% gets deposited into the General Revenue fund so that's fdot
that's Florida Aviation grant program on the federal level we have the FAA those funds get funneled through an airport Improvement program and that's funded through airport Airway trust fund that
comes from taxes and user fees on airline tickets International passenger departure fees and fuel taxes so there are certain things that the FAA will do at the airport mainly just runways and uh
lighting as far as hangers and other improvements taxi ways fdot form uh funds a large portion of that Economic Development um we're a
significant we think we're a a significant economic asset for Bradford and Clay counties there's 2400 Acres there at the Keystone Heights Airport we're a prime site for Aviation related Enterprises and logistic
operations um we have a lot of people that fly into our airport because we're centrally located here in North Florida uh they don't have to get involved with some airspace restrictions flying around Jacksonville or some of the other large cities so coming into our airport is a
little bit easier we also have great fuel prices we try to be competitive with everybody around us um we're a potential Catalyst for local and Regional Economic Development we've already attracted some interest from Aviation and aerospace
companies and um we're ready to be the economic Corridor that will diversify the Region's economic base and and we mean more than just Keystone and more than just Stark um again we span over in Clay County so we want this to be a
large Regional impact in our area we are collaborating with both north East Florida and Clay County Economic Development corporations um fact met with Crawford pal who is with Klay County and uh today
on on another project and Amber Shepard with Northeast Florida Economic Development Corporation has been um a real asset in fact she has introduced two companies uh one's international company that is looking at the airport and some
properties that we have so uh we're looking forward to moving um forward with things that are going to impact our County counties and region in a in a positive way um some things that
we're doing right now we have some Appropriations request in for the legislature this year we're asking for some funding to put deceleration and turn Lanes on State Road 100 at both airport entrances the sheriff can attest to the fact that there's been numerous
accidents out there and it's it's all because of people trying to turn in from either way East or West into the airport and they get rear ended water SE project is also an Appropriations that we're looking at and that would be uh serving the airport and
going back out Airport Road to State Road 100 and going back toward Keystone to connect there at the RV park where the water sewer line ends right now so that's a project and then one of the other thing is a strategic economic development plan for that 2400 Acres
that we have there at the airport the Airfield itself that you see depicted in that graphic is uh about 600 acers so we've got a lot of other properties there that uh are available for development I always like this statement
that a mile of Highway will take you just one mile but a mile of Runway will take you anywhere and with that any questions Mr yeah um Mr ker can you speak to the long-term benefit of the
airport uh project for braford County um I know that um there are lots of projects in the future which would um bring in employment for people who would work during those projects but could you speak a little bit to the long-term
benefit that um would be helpful to Bradford so with with for example the new access road that will open up that whole west side of the airport for commercial and light Industrial
Development we want companies that will come in that are clean commercial light industrial that will also be bringing good paying jobs and that will be here for the long term not just somebody that's going to come in and want to make
some widgets and then you know in five years they're gone um the FAA does limit us on our contracts and leases that we have with potential tenants of U 20 years but then we can negotiate for extending that as
well and and that's what we try to do with all of all of these tenants is make them aware that look we're we're looking to be long-term Partners here with you okay and one of the other thing to ask I know that at one point you all were
doing um Aviation training those Pilots that maybe from Dayton or whever would come for the training will that continue so that you would be a source of uh of a training institute for for people like that yes so we have actually a couple of
different types of training going on one is with general aviation we have uh three uh certified flight instructors that have their own businesses and their training Pilots for general aviation and a lot of those will go on maybe to be Airline Pilots as well a lot of training
that's required but we have that going on there we also have mhd Rockland that is still doing the recurrency training for uh those Allied Nations that have Pilots that have to go through recurrency training uh they're still
doing that at the airport as well and one last thing and I'll leave you alone um when I was at the Florida Association of of County's conference um they have some Aviation programs um I guess more Central Florida and the Miami area where
they do short trips um so that if a person wanted to go let's say from Orlando to to Miami they could on the short trip is that something in the future that you see that keyone could do we could do it our runways would
accommodate uh charter flights that's basically those short distances that you're talking about and typically those are smaller private companies that provide that service but we have that capability to serve them thank you commiss Anders go ahead oh go ahead
I just have a couple of questions um do you ever see it becoming more commercial I mean is it large enough that it could become a commercial airport it's not large enough for the
runways that would be required for commercial aircraft but the bigger factor in that is that the FAA is the one that says whether or not you can move from a general aviation type airport to a uh commercial type airport
and we don't have the number of operations that they always require operation being a takeoff and a landing so they they have this Matrix that they use for determining that and we don't he
have near the level uh to even approach them about that okay and just one more question and it was about um it's about the construction of the roads um and I don't know if Keystone was part
of or assisted in the the road that we did pay before um and I guess what I'm I'm asking is when we start this program or this I mean the Dell Lanes and and stuff
like that um we whenever we did the first road we kind of shut everything I mean Jason pretty much was out there every day I mean for long long hours and it kind of really I mean we don't have enough help as it is I just was wondering is it
where Keystone do they have a road department where they could help no with some of the work no they don't and with respect to those Dell Lanes and turn Lanes what would happen there if if we're blessed to get the appropriation funding our engineer will go out and bid
that so that there will be private contractors u under Dot's uh inspection as well doing that work well and I think that's what happened last time right because there were several companies that were out there Paving well what happened in that
particular instance with the Deo Grant we were under such a time constraint not to mention a financial constraint that the only way we could get it done is if we did it our elves oh okay yeah and so that's that's what ended up happening there and then in terms of um it not
being connected into 100 currently is because the airport's in the process of moving that fence line so that we can semis and have room to pull off the highway before they get to the gate so as soon as the airport gets the uh the fence line moved then we'll just go in there and connect it in a matter of days
okay and that contractor has started doing that work today this week actually and I just want to say thank you for coming and sharing with that I mean some of us understands the plans but I I I did not I didn't know any of the plans so thank you for coming and and doing
that for me you're welcome let let me just add one more thing um I've been on the board since 09 and I'm G to share some numbers here and it's not because I've been on the board but just to show you the progress that has happened at the Keystone Heights airport in 2009 we
were a $6 million entity as of our last audit this past year we're now a $17 million entity so there's some big things that have happened at the airport and uh positive things so we want to see that
continue Mr chairman and M Andrew if I could add to what Mr corn was saying it would have cost us a tremendous amount of money with that Grant and having to give that Grant back and then also uh just affecting future grant opportunities so it was it was great the
way it worked out it really was but uh and also I'll add that uh and Mr Kirkland um I know I've come out and visited you before out there but it's a it's a nice field trip so if you ever get a chance to go out there and really check it out uh it's pretty neat
operation um Mr Kirk I wanted to ask I know you and I have had discussions about this in the past but are there any any future plans uh again for some type of like you know training that is related to Aviation because you know we always talk about the trades and you
know we primarily it's Electrical hbac Plumbing and you know there's so many other trades that are out there that just go uh you know unnoticed the building inspection departments U uh you know Aviation whether it's avionics or
whether it's the the actual uh you know working on the planes that type of stuff so uh has there been any more discussion about that about uh providing some kind of training out there we have looked into that in fact we we have one of our board members that sits on the um
Keystone Heights High School CTE okay Council and um one of the things also this same board member was an instructor at um FSCJ at Cecil Field for A&P
airframe and power plant mechanics and so he has actually had a couple of students that he knew that he was able to get down and actually take them over to mhd Rockland and they've had an opportunity to get some Hands-On
training there with that um a new board member that we have Buck Bernie is involved with emry riddle uh we've been trying to work with the school systems with uh getting an aviation curriculum in the
schools um aopa which is a aircraft owners and Pilots Association it's a huge organization Aviation organization they have an approved curriculum for Flight Training and ground school and Flight Training uh
that's free to any school all all they have to have is one representative from that school go and get certified uh in that material and it's real easy and but we've just not been able to to get that done yet I just I
know we talk about you know future opportunities out there at the airport uh and then having some kind of a uh you know just a a Workforce a trained Workforce to be able to you know come out there and I'm not to sound like a broken record but I I think putting you know third graders on a bus and sending
them out for a field trip and letting them see airplanes fly around is is fascinating and uh again it just gives them something else to think about for you know future career or whatever it might be so and we welcome that we've had several field trips of uh kids from
Keystone come out and um they they have a big time bet Rockland's great they open up one of the p3s so they can climb all around in that and uh we have some of our other Pilots bring their airplanes up and open them up so they can see a general aviation airplane
and and then see a P3 so uh we welcome that we we love to have um kids and adults yeah come out and visit and are there any future events coming up um I know there was the the air show that you know I think that was at the celebration
that the 80 Year celebration but is there something on the horizon anything coming up like uh whether it's static displays or just anything that that people can come out and see and yes so there's two things that are going to happen um the snowbird
arabaticum um it will finish up on March 29th which is Saturday but the they start on the Wednesday prior to that I don't have a calendar in front of me but they will be there and they'll be weather permitting they'll be doing a competition they have
their own competition they have their own judges and groups but the Public's welcome to sit in the parking lot or in the field bring a chair watch an air show I mean it it'll be one airplane right after another that will be competing um on the 29th Keystone Heights the city of Keystone Heights is
celebrating its Centennial this year and it started off in December with a with a G and our next event is going to be a centennial Spring Fling it's going to be at the airport on Saturday March the 29th from 10:00 a.m to 4: p.m. we're
going to have a live band there there's going to be vendors there's going to be food trucks and it's going to be open to the public and what will be nice is that the snowbird competition will be finishing up on Saturday so the Public's going to get a a nice weather
permitting uh if if can fly they'll get a a nice show to see all right well thank you Mr carkin appreciate it and and I'm sorry go ahead just want to ask you all did some kind of a show maybe it was two years ago with cars or trucks or
some kind of community event that was our 80th anniversary okay that we had um some show cars come out yeah and in addition to that we also had static display as far as aircraft for the public to look at
and we had a big time celebrating 80 years okay and now actually that was my question if you was going to do something like that because that was a great event I I took my grandsons to it with the cars and and the race cars from the firm and the uh the airplanes you
and I believe that one big airplane I can't think of the name of it yall had opened but everybody might have been the one from Rockland but everybody walked through it it was just a great show so if if we could have one of them more than every 20 years or whatever it was just a great show I think real
good turnout maybe 85 you know couple years out okay and if I can just ask one more question since you mentioned Rockin and I don't know because I haven't asked for an update but is there any further um conversation about the Douglas
building with them at all do you know yes ma'am there is we've uh as a matter of fact um someone on behalf of the county met with them week before last I believe last week a week before last and um we're trying to come up with a plan
to to get them in there without them having to put four five $6 million in up front because that's their hesitation now uh back when we first started the conversation the number was more like 2 million but um we're looking at different opportunities different options including grants and other
source of funding from uh Florida commerce Amber Shepards helping out with that and so is Marty Shaw so the to answer your question yes we're still in talks and we're encouraged okay thank you you're welcome and and I thank you
that the Keystone airport we keep saying it that's the that's the diamond in the rough for Bradford and and and uh Clay County and uh you guys are polishing it up more and more and I'll tell you when that thing takes off it's it's going to be great for both counties so I I can't
thank you enough for all your work you've been doing and thank you so much for your presentation we do appreciate it and again whatever we can do to help you let us know thank you very much thank you again thank you all right for this next item item
six I guess I'll turn it over to um Mr corn yes um Mr Andrews do you want to lead the conversation on this item yeah oh uh before we do that we'd like to pull 6A item 6A yeah I'm sorry
and only address item 6B yes we would like to remove that from the agenda that way I could have more of a one one with the board discuss various fees related with what this discussion is about so we take off 6A 6B is the C plan uh comp plan land availment regulations text amendment to our subdivision regulations
as the board knows the last year or so we've had an influx of minor subdivisions in the county uh so we're looking to upgrade the our road Section Street section and our subdivis section five the subdivision section of land development regulations um the price in front of you
is $25,200 this price includes uh the north Florida planning services to uh help include any amendments to the comp plan related to the subdivisions and a complete Rite of the subdivision regulations to ensure they meet the comp plan and County
standards Visions also includes going through the comp plan and ldrs to make sure these changes are not in conflict with anything we have in our records as of now uh this money will include is a is a lump sum so to speak of any type of amendments future land use Amendments of
which is changing the land use the amendments to the comp plan which basically we're discussing tonight to change some regulations rules regulations in the section five subdivision street regulations as it compared as it relates to minor subdivisions um also the amended zoning Atlas zoning amendments uh Land
Development regulations so this price is a little high but we are getting a good bit of uh of work for our buck now they have proposed an hourly rate been in speaking with Mr stubs which is the gentleman I've been in contact with at North floridaa Professional Services it'll probably much be a wash so to speak by time we get all this work done
uh so it's pretty good price I mean we are getting a lot of bang for our buck as everybody always says but uh this but this relates to as the board has asked Mr cor to get with me to amend the regulations to let's take care of these minor subdivision roads because more and more people are coming in here and like we see from the things in the past you
know we just can't keep up with the roads we've got now and so this this regulations this rewrite so to speak will help bring the road based Street basically Street seed is what they're called Street seed um help with more of a firmer bed so to speak put on like dirt then you'll have a basee of lime
rock then you'll have like a 20ft driving path the thick basically you're you're changing the thickness of the lime rock in the millings or the surfacing the asphalt surfacing but this is basically this is what this is getting this is what this comp plan ask is for about and this will take this is just
having North Florida Professional Services uh look's see look completely through our subdivision regulations and again as they relate to other items in our ldrs or Land Development regulations in our comp plants that we're in compliance with state local issues so that's what this is this is
about chair um Mr Andrew so the the formal I guess fee of this of the 6520 for the amendment of The comprehensive plan is a different no that that that is included with this money this money so the 22 the
25200 is was has this is that the 65 the 6520 is related is lumped in with this 25,000 25200 okay that had me a little confused yes ma'am yeah but that was just that would be a down the road that would be like a single line item if we
had to make a text Amendment to the comp planned in the future then it would be the flat fee of 6520 but what this money is for right now is to look at and rewrite and help us make sure our subdivision rules and regulations particularly as they relate to New Roads and minor subdivisions are correct and
current does that make sense okay so then just for my clarification so it's it's going to take care of the subdivision regulation so what about any other this no this money is geared toward just our subdivision rules and regulations in our comprehensive plan
and our Land Development regulations so in addition to the 25 we would whatever that may be related to residential or any other development will be an addition to that the again that's yes ma'am this this the this money is set aside for any type of rules
and regulations that relate to our subdivisions not just necessarily the the Road SE the road discussion but anything else we have in our subdivision rules and regulations keep repeating myself but that's where this money's tagged for and then the line item I've getting you in exhibit a page one basically
schedule of fees and operations again that's a lump some of the first six items and then they break then exhibit B they break or they exhibit a they break these item down items down per dollar
amount so again the 22 the 25200 is like I said the six items that uh if we if we need to do them and we've already got the money covered and but they're again it covers their services Mr chair if I got to ask a question sure we will hold them to a standard as far as what the road is
going to be because I don't I mean we want to make sure that it's a good road and not just them running out doing a thin layer here thin layer that and then some um millings on time right yes ma'am we have not mean interrupt you but we
have started with meeting with uh Mr Crawford our building official and also Mr dods our Public Works guy that we meet with the developer before they get started to make sure here's what we expect of you and I know this will probably be a difficult question but how long before we can get
that going and it may be a few months I think is what Mr stubs told me because they have to do quite a bit of review okay but the the last few minor subdivisions that have come through my office have been off County Main M roads that are already there okay but anything that goes in ter mostly because your
nine Lots will fit on the side of a county maintained or a hard top or state road but once they start we get into the bit 10 Lots or more that's when you get into these interior roads and uh that's where this will be a big help but we do we do meet with the individuals developer let them know here's what
expected of you the being the developer Mr chairman if I may yes sir another thing the Board needs to keep in mind is that once these changes come back and the product is produced that'll come back before the board for review so you'll you'll be able to see what changes were made what specifications
were put forth and all that sort of thing okay I guess the only question I had and I think the the price of the 25 was um in line with other comprehensive PL yes ma'am I'm sorry you go ahead but
um but that was for I think for everything regardless of whether it was um or sub or residential are are you talking about our previous planning Council the amount we paid them yeah well we I know two
years ago we were paying them over $23,000 is that about right R yes for my department yeah and we essentially got nothing no no that that that's not the question I'm having I'm just saying the amount seems to be the same you know around the same which is reasonable but
that it covered everything not just for a subdivision that's these are these fees will be compatible with what we were paying in the past okay but this this this money is for the lump sum to let's make sure we got everything in our subdivision rules and regulations taken
care of at one time so if we had to go back in front of someone wanted to do a land use change or zoning change which that would again be related to this this department related to this this money that makes sense I I'm kind of through the chair to commissioner
Spooner just because I see some of these types of um full comprehensive plan rewrites that are being done with my other clients to do that comprehensive of a level of work you're looking at six figures those are huge numbers not something as small as this this is
actually in line with the price of doing taking off a small piece at a time and trying to do those those changes yeah we're get we're getting more more items out of this money so to speak speak instead of just them the
changing some things in the comp plan the ldrs they're doing a complete review for us and then if we have to make some type of land use change or zoning changes that money's already in there okay this this money doesn't go just to the the comp plan rewrite it goes to
everything involved with this this look going through our subdivision rules and regulations and if they have to do a land use change or zoning change this money will come out of that and board keep in mind I mean you know when they're stay izing subgrade when they're putting down base material and they're putting pavement down and they're doing it right that's the longer
we don't have to touch it or or any future board that's why I hoping that we'll set a good strong standard yeah yeah I mean it's it's a it's probably just a at a minimum like a do type standard very close because we will increase the thick the thickness of the
lime rock that's supposed to be laid down and also the thickness of the asphalt or millings that may go on top of that or that will go on top of that Y and now your machines I think they make 18t wide machines anymore I think there's 20 foot wide asphalt paving machines so that's basically the width of the road will be the hard toop will be at least 20
feet but then again that's what this discussion is about and this this rewrite and review is approaching is it looking at all you really need is just consensus of the board for him to go ahead and yes you don't you don't want a motion a second and a vote just no this just discussion I mean I thought it was just
a discussion ex if they if they want to approve it you can make a motion to vote to approve to move forward okay yeah it's on the agenda so you can you can take action okay so all right yeah if the board would like take action and go ahead and get them started on this progress process because the sooner they
get it done the better off the board is going to be especially on the Planning and Zoning absolutely and the ask would be that uh staff direct staff to move forward with North Florida Professional Services uh for the contracted amount of 22 or I'm sorry $25,200
okay I will make that motion that staff moved forward with North quter Professional Services for the comp plan and at the amount of what Mr corn said 25 $ 25,2 $200 yes sir and I will happily second that okay we have a motion and a second is there any other
discussion all in favor by a sign of I I motion carries thank you very much thank you Mr chairman thank you thank you for being at the meeting tonight thank you so much thank you all right moving on to item seven the Clark's report all right everybody G uh Dana's going to
get up and give us the state of the county address for uh October through January of this year only touched on the big departments the general fund fire rescue and road department thank you man'
good evening board evening uh tonight I plan to present a brief update on revenue and expenditures for the first four months of fiscal year 2025 if you take a look at the single sheet I passed out you we will be reviewing the general fund the fire
rescue fund and the road department fund first we have the general fund we began fiscal year 25 with a fund balance of $17.9 million revenue for the first four months was5 .7 million expenditures
total 7.9 million resulting in a use of the fund balance of $2.1 million for the first four months making the current F fund balance 15.7 million as of the end of January if revenue and expenditures continue at the same rate you can expect
the fund balance to be around $1.3 Million by the end of this fiscal year do you have any questions about the general funds four four month update no all right uh let's move on to fire rescue we began F fiscal year 25 with a
fund balance of $835,000 revenue for the first four months including budgeted transfers from the general fund was $2.6 Million expenditures total 2.4 million resulting in a savings to their Department's fund balance of around
224,000 for the first four months months making the fire resis use fund balance just over a million dollars as of the end of January if revenue and expenditures continue at the same rate you can expect the fire resc use fund balance to be around $1.5 million at the
end of this fiscal year any questions about that no okay uh finally uh let's review the road department fund we began fiscal year 25 with a fund balance of just over a million dollars revenue for the first four 4 months including budgeted
transfers from the general fund was 642 th000 expenditures totaled 85,000 this resulted in a use of their Department's fund balance of around 162,000 for the first four months making the road Department's fund balance 860,000 as of the end of January if
revenue and expenditures continue at the same rate you can expect the road Department's fund balance to be just over 500,000 by the end of this fiscal year any questions any questions Bo I don't have any questions thank you very much thank you
you're welcome thanks D sheriff's report nothing all right thank you County manager's report thank you Mr chairman we have a few things we need to cover uh first of all the northeast Florida Economic
Development partnership that we're a part of um we currently have two board members uh commissioner Andrews and uh Pam Whittle from the Chamber of Commerce it's time to uh to appoint either reappoint or um select another
commissioner to participate on that I will tell you that Pam wood has rolled off and now Amber Shepard will be the the other and if Miss Andrews would like to continue um serving on that board that would certainly be appropriate I would love to make a motion if we need a
motion just consens just consensus good all right congratulations commissioner all right the second thing is um a couple of you had mentioned to me about a uh a program to where we could
beautify the roadways the roadsides uh in terms of litter and clean up and all that sort of thing I had a conversation with Jimmy Crosby at city of Stark recently and he and I agreed that we could probably do a joint make that aint joint effort so he and I are going to
sit down and come up with a plan a proposal to uh to put that in place just wanted to give you that update um at the last board meeting I tried to show you the explainer video from the uh that was produced through
the Strategic plan Grant and it wouldn't work but we're going to try that again now and hopefully it will work welcome to Bradford County Florida where businesses grow and communities Thrive located in the heart of northeast
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Bradford County has to offer visit our website or contact us today your future starts here it's better in Bradford all right there you have it so it uh it's currently being broadcast on our YouTube page uh we're having our
developer put it up on our website and uh the I believe the uh Economic Development Corporation is also putting it on well I know they are putting it on their website so hopefully we'll get some traction out of that I thought it was very well done I was pleased with the with the way it turned out and I hope you are too
so la the last thing we need to talk about is you heard Mr Miller explain the thoughts and the discuss some of the discussion that was had today at the TDC meeting um we I at that meeting I reminded the
group that a year ago when we were faced with the same situation that this board uh had agreed unanimously to uh pay off the note for the property and and help with the management of the of the fair uh we find ourselves now in a very
similar position and what I would like to ask is is this is it the board's desire to uh to direct the board chairman and the county manager to move forward with the uh possibility of purchasing the note and taking over
management of the airport airport on my mind commissioner long day Fairgrounds yes yes chair R yes yes and I think this is a wonderful wonderful opportunity for our our board
uh for the county um and as you mentioned that we made the offer you know last year so there's so much potential there um in need I would absolutely encourage our board to to do
it is that a consensus and I do have a question um because of how everything happened last year um I just want to ask you was there someone from the actual Fair Association that met with you that brought brought
it to you that asked us to do this or so so the first the first I knew about it is when I actually read about it in the paper and then um and then I had an opportunity to speak with Bob Milner and he you know he said that that that would
certainly it's now would be the time if the count is going to do it to you know to to address that so and then of course like I said today at the TDC meeting um there were two Fair uh board members present and it seemed like they were you
know yes I just wanted to make sure that so that people don't um see us jumping and yeah yeah and there's something else that we should probably say at this point um I do not believe it's the
intent of this board well let me back up I know that it's not the intent of this board to acquire this property and for any other reason than to save the fair for the for the kids Bradford County kids and every everyone else that that
benefits this is not an effort to start some sort of Enterprise fund where we turn it into a money-making operation it's just not that and I think it's important that the public knows that we're not going to buy low and sell high right
right yeah this I'm sorry any other any other questions more well I you know I know we talked about this also moving forward if this is something that we go into I mean we certainly can't keep things the way they are because then we're going to end
up a year from now having the same discussion so we've got to figure out you know what that's going to look like before we do anything now I will say that you know based on the the the newspaper article that if it goes into foreclosure I mean
you know we certainly want to save it from that because there's no telling at that point you know who could end up with it and what it may end up being unless it's somebody that has an interest in actually you know having it as a fair and and I know that's what we want as a board and I know that the
citizens want that um you know to have the fair but I we just can't we can't continue to operate it the way it's been operated um so we've got to figure out you know what that looks like and you know I I don't think anybody on this board's been in the fair business and
certainly um anybody on staff has so so whatever ideas have come up or you know you know consultations from you know anyone else outside of Bradford County that is in the fair business but
uh again I mean we can easily say I I just don't think this board wants to be pulled into the same mud hole that the fair Association has been in because you know they've caught enough you know just by not performing and you know if it continues on that way then we're going
to get pulled into that same conversation all that was said can I speak for a minute yes yes uh all that was said with important caveat left out of there that I don't think anybody on this board would let a takeover happen and US invest one .7 something million
dollars without having total control of the boardly at least half the members or something of the sort because this place has just been running the ground and we can't like commissioner dhy said we can't let
we can't keep the same thing going like it's been going and Bor if we don't move on this we the citizens could actually lose the whole Fairgrounds that's the way this is going if this goes up for a public sale there would be no more Bradford
County Fair and I just I can't even imagine the thought of not having the Bradford County Fair or the Bradford County fairg grounds this is this is our opportunity and um we need to jump on it and jump on it fast and I I think it's
worth saying that we have to realize it's going to cost us money to make this successful we're going to have to hire staff or a staff member that like Mr already said has some some sense of what
how you run a fair because we don't know but we can find someone who and I I mean we're going to have to do that in order to pull us out and it's not just a fair it's I mean there's a lot of events that need to happen out there to to Really
you know keep this thing open and keep it going so uh you know just like Mr Kirkland was talking about you know having events they need you know they being whoever you know ends up being on an association uh plan events just like all the fairs that are
around us that have multiple events throughout the year and um count for example right and if you really look around those other uh counties um it's their County that has the fear in know
uh and in our case uh if you look back historically years ago um um that's how it was but anyhow I think it would be a lost opportunity if we don't take um advantage of the situation now and it will be a loss to our whole Community um
you you look at the fair has been going on since I was a kid and that's been a long time ago so it offers an opportunity it offers uh other activities that can take place out there I know a year ago um they talked about some of the plans that were being made
to have a simulated um Rodeo or um different uh shows out there um and it's an opportunity to to expand but yes we' have to have some changes in the
management um but it's an opportunity that we we can't fail our community and not move on it and I would like to add too that the the Riding Club I mean you know that's been a big thing and I don't know why they were ever
in the way of anyone down there in the corner and I don't know why that that can't come back uh because there are you know people that U are very passionate about that and you know whatever that looks like um I think we need to you know try to work with that Riding Club
also if if we move forward with doing this and you know offer you know that back to them to be able to you know have their events that they have yeah there's a lot of major changes we can make but board the first one is we need to secure
this Alan right that's the bottom line that was my comment is you know when you look at everything as far as what the possibilities are there can be an overwhelming number of logistical hurdles but as tonight what your county manager is asking you to do is he's asking for consensus so that we have to
resolve the debt and the ownership issue first all these other things will come back to you for further decisions if we resolve those two things first so as long as there's consensus to kind of begin that negotiation and disc discussion process that's really kind of the first step that needs to be taken
tonight okay is that good yes yes yes okay all right so we have consensus uh the chairman and I will work closely together to come up with a uh a way forward and then it may be that we end up calling for a special meeting before
March 4th um that's a real possibility so kind of be prepared for that uh if not then we'll take care of the business on on March for okay thank you okay County attorney
report okay the sheriff does have a comment I'm sorry we only had 20 days response I just want toess again moving forward publicly saying that anybody out
there that have anything to say commiss the first time we about any commission spoke with on myself this is all about Bradford County we can't stand I tell you we talk with an individual in the state
today thank you sherff yes okay all right last item uh commissioner comments uh commissioner Andrews um I just think that we've covered a lot of very important things and very happy that um we do have this
opportunity to save that and um I guess that's about all I have okay thank you commiss SM yes and I just like to acknowledge um the Samson City's U groundbreaking for um the air for the um
P station um living quarter um and moving forward with that and also um the sheriff's help from years ago and helping that money to be made available
through um through the grant um also I wanted to pick on my sheriff and just ask if everything is okay in terms of um um your area getting uh with the financial folks so that everything would
pan out we thought we finally through that good fin report okay all right all right and then I just wanted to acknowledge that we've gotten some compliments to this board that we're
having budget workshops and also the fire assessment giving our citizens a chance to come and ask any questions that they want or bringing in information forward and so I appreciate that and let us just continue doing a good job thank you thank you
commissioner do yeah I don't really have anything other than Mr Miller thank you for being here I know that you asked if there were any questions of course during you know public comments but uh just always want to thank you for being invested in this County like you always have been and uh
you know appreciate your concern and also just uh you know even you know we talk about the the Civic Center and you know doing whatever it takes down there to you know keep that active as well so again thank you for your community support we appreciate that um other than that again just to you know reiterate
what miss Andrew said in the beginning pray for the bass family uh Benji was just he was a great Soul you know such a loss you know so certainly keep him in your prayers and uh just you know thank you all for your work and appreciate
everybody being here thank you and I thank everyone for being here tonight and thank you sheriff for helping us and Mr Miller I I can't thank you enough really do we'll get this thing moving forward and um get it get it done right and fast so um and uh last comment I
have is the uh don't forget about our toxic uh Roundup it's this Saturday right here in the Courthouse parking lot from 9:00 to 3 um if you're like me if you change your oil in your lawnmower or cars or whatever and you got it in containers it's super easy all you have
to do is pull in there's people there you don't have to get out of your car they'll unload it and take care of it and you're on your way it's super fast super efficient and I think Benny Jackson and our road department for uh for for always running so smoothly so I
just want to make sure everybody's aware of that and uh if there's nothing else come before the board H I think the hockey game's on all right meeting adjourned for