Okaloosa
County League of Cities, Inc.
Executive
Board Meeting
Minutes
Monday,
December 1, 2008 CALL
TO ORDER Vice
President Craig Barker called the meeting to order at 12:01 p.m. at Two Trees
Restaurant in Fort Walton Beach. PRESENT
BOARD MEMBERS Craig
Barker (Vice President) - Destin Nick
Chubb - Cinco Bayou Charles
Baugh - Crestview Mike
Anderson - Fort Walton Beach Chuck
Bolton - Mary Esther Bill
Smith - Niceville ALSO
PRESENT Col.
Bruce McClintock - Eglin AFB Marie
Vanover - Eglin AFB TREASURER’S
REPORT: $2131.62 after paying
$64.57 for the September lunch meeting. Tina
Smith informed everyone that the 2009 Dues invoices will be mailed out soon.
She also asked if anyone wanted to lower the amount for this year since
the board is only meeting quarterly. Councilman
Smith recommended leaving everything the way it is.
Councilman Smith moved to
approve the Treasurer’s Report. Mayor
Anderson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS: -
Eglin update (Valparaiso) - Commissioner Strong
was not in attendance. There were a
lot of updates about the 7th Special Forces personnel coming to the
area and local area infrastructure concerns.
Daniel Slaterpryce (with Okaloosa County) is coordinating a grant
package. The Executive Board decided
to have a special meeting on January 12, 2009 and invite Daniel Slaterpryce and
Jeff Fanto to update them. Col.
McClintock reported that the Record Of Decision (ROD) will be released in 2
parts; the first in early 2009 and the second 18-24 months later.
Each Mayor signed a Resolution back in September in support of the JSF.
Mayor Anderson asked that the same resolution be drafted up for the
OCLOC. Mayor
Anderson moved that the JSF Resolution be approved by the OCLOC and signed by
Mayor Combs. The motion was seconded
by Councilman Smith and passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS: -
Northwest Florida League of Cities (NWFLC)
priorities - supporting resolution - The NWFLC Priorities list has been sent out.
Mayor Anderson encouraged everyone to go to Tallahassee and lobby.
If your city is a member of the NWFLC, they will pay for your room and
the mileage. Mayor Anderson will
bring the Resolution and Priorities list to the January Meeting. -
Outreach to cities who haven’t attended meetings lately (Mayor
Anderson) - Mayor
Anderson believes that something can be done to bring in the representatives
from those cities who have missed the last several meetings.
The board discussed having the meeting somewhere more centrally located,
maybe the Eglin Golf Course. It was
decided that the January meeting will be held at the Two Trees Restaurant but
the next meeting after that will be moved to the Eglin Golf Course if it’s
available. -
January Dinner (Crestview) - Councilman Charles Baugh reported that the January Dinner
Meeting will be held at the Coach -N- Four Restaurant on John King Road. ANNOUNCEMENTS/REPORTS FROM CITIES: Cinco
Bayou -
Cinco Bayou will have a holiday social on 12/11. Crestview -
Crestview is happy about the upcoming 7th SF move to the area. -
The Shoal River Middle School is still under construction.
They are hoping for a 2010 completion. - The Christmas Parade is Saturday at 5:30 Destin -
Airport Road is complete and open for business -
The City is planning 8-foot sidewalks/bike lanes to be installed on
Mountain Drive -
The utilities will not be underground but they will possibly add the
ducting for future utilities Eglin
AFB -
The Mayors’ Breakfast will be changed to the Community Leaders’
Breakfast and the next one will be held on 12/10 -
The Emerald Breeze process is moving along.
They are just waiting on bid approval. - Col. McClintock’s office is working to enhance e-mail communications. Also, they would like to have an Eglin AFB Representative at all of the City Council Meetings. Fort
Walton Beach -
The Council is still trying to negotiate with their City Manager -
The Christmas Lights at the Landing will turn on Saturday at 5:30 and the
parade is Monday at 6:30. - The City is working on a streetscape project to update the roads and trees. Hurlburt
Field No one from Hurlburt was present. Laurel
Hill - No one from Laurel Hill was present Mary
Esther - Mayor Bolton had nothing to report Niceville -
The Christmas Parade will be Saturday from 9-12 so if you are driving
through the city, you may want to take an alternate route -
Turkey Creek North is finished and the city is working on another grant -
The Council is finalizing their deal with Home Depot and Wal-Mart Okaloosa
County - No one from Okaloosa County was present Shalimar -
The Shalimar Parade will be Tuesday, December 9 at 5:00 p.m. Valparaiso -
No one from Valparaiso was present
ANNOUNCEMENTS: - January - OCLOC Dinner hosted by Crestview There
will also be a special meeting on January 12, 2009 as long as Daniel Slaterpryce
and Jeff Fanto are available. ADJOURN: The meeting adjourned at 1:02 p.m.
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