A yes vote was to approve the motion.
County Commission Chairman Scott Brannon was not present at the outset but arrived during the course of the meeting.
Presentation on behalf of Walton County Public Works of a $23,000 contract and administration and construction inspection proposal by Preble-Rish for Hwy. 2 road improvements, consisting of a temporary culvert with a single-span bridge, the last of the March 2009 FEMA-funded storm repairs.
A motion for approval by Larry Jones carried 4-0: Sara Comander-yes; Cecilia Jones-yes; Larry Jones-yes; Kenneth Pridgen-yes.
Presentation on behalf of Walton County Public Works of a $36,273 deductive change order on the CR-280 road improvement project, a SCOP grant project contracted to the C.W. Robert company. The change order involved the addition of several guard rails and the deduction of another guard rail, surface course, and temporary erosion control features.
A motion for approval by C. Jones carried 4-0.
Recommendation by Jay Glover of Public Financial Management, consultant to the county, to 1) advertise requests for proposals (RFPs) to select a bank loan provider for the $75 million required up front from the county for the U.S. 331 bridge expansion project, 2) in the event that the results of those RFPs were unsatisfactory, to authorize a separate RFP process to select a bond underwriter or underwriters to provide the funding, and 3) to establish an evaluation committee to review RFP responses.
A motion by Comander to authorize the RFPs carried unanimously.
A motion by L. Jones to have the BCC sit as the evaluation review committee for the RFP responses carried unanimously.
Recommendation by Gerry Demers, interim county administrator, to advertise RFPs for publishing services on legal advertisements/official notices for the county.
A motion for approval by Comander carried unanimously.
Request by Toni Craig, county attorney, for the tabling of the proposed ordinance to establish procedures for acquisition of real property by the county, due to the need to incorporate revisions to the ordinance requested by commissioners.
A motion to table the ordinance to the June 26 meeting carried unanimously.
Request by Craig for approval of an agreement providing for a permanent easement and right-of-way access between the county and the Boushy family in connection with approximately 6.5 feet of the family’s property along the Oyster Lake outfall,
A motion for approval by L. Jones carried 4-0, with Comander temporarily out of the meeting room.
Request by Dawn Moliterno, South Walton Tourist Development Council (TDC) executive director, on behalf of the tourism council, for approval to advertise RFPs for advertising agency services for the TDC, due to the owner of LKM, the TDC’s current ad agency, closing that business.
A motion for approval by L. Jones carried unanimously.
Request by Moliterno, on behalf of the tourism council, for approval to amend the contract with Curley & Pym, TDC public relations agency, to extend the contract for a third year, with dollar amounts to remain the same.
A motion for approval by Comander carried unanimously.
Request by Moliterno on behalf of the tourism council, for approval to advertise RFPs for beach safety and lifeguard services, with the addition to the program of an option to increase lifeguard stands annually.
A motion for approval by Pridgen carried unanimously.
Small-scale amendment request by Powell Family Investments to change 4.57 acres located on the west side of Lake Jackson, southeast of SR-85 on Lake Road, from Rural Residential to Rural Low Density, with the condition that only uplands on the west side of the lake would be used for septic tanks.
A motion by Comander to approve the amendment with that condition carried unanimously.
Small-scale amendment request by SELRAHC, L.P., to change 6.64 acres on the west side of Lake Jackson, southeast of SR-85 on Lake Road, from Rural Residential to Rural Village, with the condition of no septic tanks being located on the lake side of the property.
A motion for approval with that condition carried unanimously.
Small-scale amendment request by Sara S. Taveprungsenukul to change 0.14 acre in Blue Mountain Beach, at the corner of CR-30A and Flounder Street, from Residential Preservation to Neighborhood Commercial. The property had previously enjoyed legal nonconformity status when used as a doctor’s office and a real estate office, but that status had expired due to a cessation of such use.
Due to concerns of negative impacts on the neighborhood posed by some uses possible under the proposed land use, L. Jones moved to table the item and allow the applicant to proceed jointly with the amendment proposal and the development order application procedure for the proposed use.
The motion was approved unanimously.