Okaloosa
County League of Cities, Inc.
Executive
Board Meeting
Minutes
Tuesday,
September 2, 2008 CALL
TO ORDER President
Gary Combs called the meeting to order at 12:01 p.m. at Two Trees Restaurant in
Fort Walton Beach. PRESENT
BOARD MEMBERS Gary
Combs (President) - Shalimar Craig
Barker (Vice President) - Destin Heyward
Strong (Secretary/Treasurer) - Valparaiso Nick
Chubb - Cinco Bayou Charles
Baugh - Crestview Mike
Anderson - Fort Walton Beach ALSO
PRESENT Col.
Bruce McClintock - Eglin AFB Marie
Vanover - Eglin AFB MINUTES:
March 3, 2008 and April 7, 2008 - Mayor
Barker moved to approve the minutes from the March 3, 2008 and the April 7, 2008
Meetings as written. The motion was
seconded by Mayor Anderson and passed unanimously. TREASURER’S
REPORT: $2196.19 after paying
$61.69 for the April lunch meeting and $393 for Mayor Anderson’s EDC meeting
airfare.
OLD
BUSINESS: -
Joint
Land Use Study (JLUS) Policy Committee Meeting update (Mayor Anderson)
- Commissioner Heyward Strong passed out a table that shows a decibel levels
comparison. He also stated that
Valparaiso has a history of supporting Eglin AFB.
Mayor Anderson believes that the League should get involved but would
like all 9 cities present since several members aren’t completely comfortable
forwarding the information on to their prospective councils.
Col. McClintock offered to go to any of the council meetings to brief the
council members and answer all questions regarding the study.
Mayor Combs suggested that Col. McClintock speak at the next quarterly
dinner meeting. Everyone agreed that
would be a good idea and Councilman Chubb agreed to handle the details. -
Update on DOR Rule 12D-8.0062 (Recapture Provision) -
Mayor Barker reported that the City of Destin has mailed out several letters to
local Representatives and Departments expressing their opposition.
The responses they’ve received were “less than encouraging”.
It was suggested that this item remain an “old business” item for
future updates. NEW BUSINESS: -
Resolution
2008-02 - Requiring Legislature to operate under the Sunshine Law (Attachment)
(Mayor Anderson) - Mayor
Anderson moved that the Okaloosa County League of Cities adopt Resolution
2008-02 and authorized President Gary Combs to sign it.
The motion was seconded by Commissioner Strong and passed unanimously. -
BRAC “welcoming kits” (Mayor Barker) - Mayor Barker stated that he has been approached by several
people regarding the military welcoming newcomers.
Col. McClintock gave a brief explanation of the standard newcomer policy
for the Air Force which includes each member being provided a sponsor to show
them around and answer questions, etc. It
was suggested that the newcomer in question may have been from the Army. -
Clean Water Initiative Partnership (Mayor Barker)
- The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) determined that there is poor water
quality anywhere there is a high concentration of boats.
The Destin City Council recently voted to go out with RFPs for a mobile
pumpout station (similar to garbage service).
Mayor Barker informed the board that there are grants and state money
available for free mobile pumpout services so the cost of running this service
may be almost nothing to the cities. -
Appoint/Nominate New Officers (Mayor Combs)
- Mayor Anderson moved to nominate
Mayor Barker as the 2009 President, Commissioner Strong as the 2009 Vice
President, and Councilman Chubb as the 2009 Secretary/Treasurer.
The motion was seconded by Mayor Combs and passed unanimously.
The new officers will be sworn in at the January Dinner Meeting. ANNOUNCEMENTS/REPORTS
FROM CITIES Several
Board members had to leave so Mayor Combs suggested that everyone review the
attached updates after the meeting. Cinco
Bayou Crestview Destin (attached) Eglin
AFB - Col. McClintock reported that
Shirley Piggott recently retired and her replacement will be coming over from
Duke Field in about 2 weeks. Fort
Walton Beach Hurlburt Field Laurel Hill Mary Esther Niceville Okaloosa County Shalimar -
Waiting for Okaloosa County to fix the drainage pond at the courthouse
annex -
Waiting on response for enclave complaint letter - still no erosion
barrier in place -
Waiting on response for corner gas station complaint to Okaloosa County -
Town’s new maintenance building should be complete by the end of the
month -
2 years in, the Commission had to turn the issue of the school board land
swap over to the Town Attorney -
Giuseppi’s Restaurant building is still for sale Valparaiso ANNOUNCEMENTS: - October - OCLOC Dinner hosted by Cinco Bayou ADJOURN:
The meeting adjourned at 1:09 p.m.
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