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$5 Million for Fire Station 22 Vetoed, But Palm Coast Still Nets Historic $55 Million Haul from Legislature

June 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Station 22 is in a building now 46 years old. (Palm Coast)

Palm Coast is focusing on the positive: scoring $54.6 million out of $59.6 million in legislative requests, not including more than $1 million to be earmarked for a new YMCA in the city.

Palm Coast and County Snub Role in EV Charging Stations In Shocking Rebuff to a Green Energy Grant

June 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

The free electric vehicle charging station at Palm Coast City Hall is seldom without a user. (© FlaglerLive)

Partisanship, misinformation, false assumptions and free-market ideology all played a role in Palm Coast and county government rejecting a partnership in what would have been a potential $15 million federal grant to build electric vehicle charging stations at various public locations in cities and the county.

No, Flagler Beach Isn’t Asking for Money. It’s Asking for Cooperation from County and Cities.

June 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Flagler Beach is quickly becoming "maxed out," Flagler Beach City Commission Chairman Eric Cooley says, and is looking for help from the county and its other cities to devise a balancing strategy and spread out visitors more manageably. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach is quickly becoming “maxed out” with visitors, Flagler Beach City Commission Chairman Eric Cooley says, and is looking for help from the county and its other cities to devise a balancing strategy and spread out tourists and day-trippers more manageably. He refutes the claim that the city is looking for more money.

County All But Derides Flagler Beach’s Plea for Financial Aid to Manage Visitors’ Impact

June 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Flagler Beach is seeking help managing its beaches. The county says it's already getting plenty of help. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach government has invited the county and cities to a joint meeting on June 21 where Flagler Beach will make a plea for more money to manage visitors’ impacts on its beaches and infrastructure. But the city’s invitation got a cold and at times nearly derisive reception from the County Commission.

Flagler’s Property Values Still Rose Robustly, Continuing Potential Windfall For Local Governments

May 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Taxable values in Flagler County did not rise as sharply as in 2022, but were still up a robust 12.7 percent. (© FlaglerLive)

Property values didn’t rise as sharply this year as they did in 2022. But the increase is still the second-highest in 16 years, generating substantial new revenue for local government budgets.

Flagler Replaces Confusing Letter-Based Evacuation Zones With Neighborhood Names as Hurricane Season Begins

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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As the 2023 hurricane season begins–with a forecast of 12 to 17 named storms–Flagler County’s Evacuation Zones A and B and C are a thing of the past, replaced by a more intuitive, neighborhood-named system. Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord previewed the season and a few changes ahead.

Flagler County’s Local Government Leadership Academy Graduates 13 Professionals

May 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Thirteen executives, managers and professionals from a half dozen local government agencies graduated from the Flagler County Local Government Leadership Academy at a special ceremony at the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Operations Center last week.

Hang 8 Dog Surfing Brings Out Throng of a Thousand in Flagler Beach’s Zaniest Contest Yet

May 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A drone view of just one half the segment of beach taken up by the Hang 8 Dog Surfing competition at its height this morning in Fl;agler Beach, showing the huge crowd. (© Scott Spradley for FlaglerLive)

The second annual Hang 8 Dog Surfing contest in Flagler Beach this morning drew spectators in the low thousands, double or triple last year’s turnout, as big and small dogs surfed in rough waves then donned costumes for the red-carpet competition. Fifty dogs were registered in total.

Palm Coast’s Population at 98,411 in Latest Census Estimate, 18th-Fastest Growing in U.S.

May 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Palm Coast's official municipal flower. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast grew 10.3 percent between 2020 and 2022, to 98,411 people, according to the Census Bureau’s latest estimate, released today. The city is on pace to cross well past the 100,000 threshold this year, and based on the last two years’ trend, likely did so in February or March. 

Federal Judge Signs Order Releasing Flagler County Dunes Easement It Sought for 3 Years

May 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A federal judge late this afternoon signed the order approving a settlement agreement between the county and Cynthia d’Angiolini, who for three years had held out from signing an easement that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier.

In Flagler Beach, Jane Mealy Warns Eric Cooley of ‘Consequences’ Over Conduct. He Doubles Down.

May 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Jane Mealy warned Commission Chairman Eric Cooley of unspecified “consequences” if he were to ever treat her the way he did at a special meeting last week. Cooley conceded that he had been “spitting fire,” doubled down, dismissing Mealy’s criticism as “armchair quarterbacking” and accusing her of not behaving like an adult.

Hang 8 Dog Surfing Contest Returns to Flagler Beach in All Its Ridiculous and Timely Exuberance

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

One of the larger dogs catching a wave at last year's Hang 8 Dog Surfing competition in Flagler Beach. The event returns later this month. (Hang 8)

This time the Hang 8 Surfing Contest’s organizers are better prepared than they were last year, when they expected 50 people, maybe 100 at most, and got overrun with about 500. Hang 8 since its first edition last year has caught waves of attention, and gives Flagler Beach a break from seriousness, polarization and mountains of challenges.

Flagler Beach’s Next City Manager Salary May Go Up to $165,000 as Commission Pitches for Candidates

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The next Flagler Beach city manager will have a salary of between $125,000 to $165,000, an upper range that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago for the small city of 5,000 people. The city commission in an often-snippy special meeting Thursday also rewrote the profile that accompanies the job announcement for a new manager, which will be issued this weekend.

YMCA, 3 Fire Stations, Road Projects: Palm Coast and Flagler Stand to Gain Nearly $100 Million From State

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier stands to get a $4.5 million state appropriation for its demolition and reconstruction, in addition to some $10 million in Federal Emergency Management Administration dollars. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell may be at the receiving end of the largest appropriations of state dollars for local special projects, by far, in the county’s history–nearly $100 million for roads, fire stations, pier reconstruction, water projects, a substance abuse facility and other, smaller projects, according to the $116 billion budget the Florida House and Senate published Tuesday.

Written Out of Public Eye, Profile Framing Flagler Beach Search for Next City Manager Falters on Some Facts

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The top part of the brochure's front page.

A nine-page brochure framing Flagler Beach’s search for its next city manager does not appear to have been fact-checked or written with much depth beyond Trip-Advisor-type web scans and perhaps outdated news articles. It was written without public input. The city commission discusses the brochure on Wednesday, and will adopt it on Thursday.

Flagler Beach, With Unusually Limited Transparency, Is on a Schedule to Hire Next City Manager By Mid-July

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Interim Flagler Beach City Manager Mike Abels. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is on course to hire its next city manager by mid-July, but through an accelerated timeline that involves the least public input or transparency of any recent executive searches for local governments. That’s unusual in Flagler Beach, whose commission over the past decade and a half–regardless of make-up–has prized transparency and deliberation, at times to painful extremes. It’s also about to change, the commission chairman says.

Flagler Beach Re-Launching Limited Plastic Recycling Starting May 15

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sanitation Director, Rob Smith with a Trex receptacle. (Flagler Beach)

Beginning on May 15, Flagler Beach residents and businesses may recycle plastic bags and plastic film into several receptacles that will be placed around Flagler Beach. It’s not curbside recycling just yet. But it is City Sanitation Director Rob Smith’s latest effort gradually to bring back recycling of most materials the city had suspended in 2021.

With a $400,000 Loss in 5 Years, Flagler Beach Pier’s Bait Shop Will Close Permanently as a City Business

April 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The bait shop at the Flagler Beach pier is closing on une 1. (© FlaglerLive)

The bait shop that for decades burnished the Flagler Beach pier’s quaintness and served as gatekeeper to pier fishers and visitors, will close permanently as a city-run business on June 1. The city may consider leasing the small space to a private company, whether as a shop or as a different kind of business, but it won’t decide that until May.

Flagler Beach Rotary Buys City Police a $10,000 Emergency Response Trailer

April 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The new emergency response trailer parked in Flagler Beach prior to the dedication event.

The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach is pleased to announce that the club has purchased a new Emergency Response Trailer for the City of Flagler Beach.

Much-Touted App Swiped Off as Flagler Beach Re-Focuses on Clunky Website to Communicate

April 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Flagler Beach’s year-long attempt to launch an app that would improve engagement and communication with residents is flickering out. The City Commission Thursday evening voted unanimously to end development of the app and shift money allocated for it back to improving the city’s website. There was little indication that the city was interested in further app development, though that door remains ajar.

Andrew Mintz, Man at Center of Head-On Crash at Flagler Beach Pier, Faces Felony Charge

April 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Andrew Mintz in a self-portrait on his Facebook page.

Andrew Mintz, the 34-year-old Palm Coast man at the origin of a three-vehicle crash near a crowd of officials and others by the Flagler Beach pier on April 1, has been charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding police while causing injuries or property damage, a second-degree felony with a penalty of up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

Dune Hold-Out Signed Documents Today After 3 Years, Clearing Beach Reconstruction

April 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

One of the "remnants" that had been at the center of the dispute finally resolved today, after three years, as its owner signed an easement. (© FlaglerLive)

Less than two weeks from a scheduled trial date, Flagler Beach resident Cynthia d’Angiolini this afternoon signed the two easements the county has been seeking for three years and that will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild and maintain 2.6 miles of dunes south of the pier, unimpeded, for the next half century.

Head-On Crash at Flagler Beach Pier Narrowly Misses Mayor, Her Child, Former Mayor and Commissioner

April 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 65 Comments

The Honda in the crosswalk across from the Flagler Beach Pier after this morning's head-on collision. (© FlaglerLive)

A speeding car was in a head-on crash in front of the Flagler Beach pier this morning, just as a beach clean-up involving children and other volunteers was starting. The collision took place within a few feet of the city’s mayor, her child, a former mayor, a city commissioner and the city’s parks and recreation director.

Reclusive, 15-ft Beaked Whale, Likely Sick, Strands in Flagler Beach Near Water Tower

March 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The beaked whale, striated and exhausted, in its final hours in the surf in Flagler Beach late this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

For the second time in only 10 weeks, a rarely seen whale beached on Flagler County’s sands and was put down hours later before it was to be removed from the surf and transported by truck to Orlando’s SeaWorld for a necropsy.

The Winner of a Historic Landslide and Prodigal Everyman Get Busy on Diverse Flagler Beach Commission

March 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Scott Spradley's and Rick Belhumeur's swearing-in Thursday at the Flagler Beach City Commission drew more lenses than usual, as had the election: Spradley won with over 1,000 votes, nearly twice as many as Belhumeur in second place and more than any candidate previously. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission reconstituted with Scott Spradley and Rick Belhumeur Thursday. As a group, and with Jane Mealy still its reigning dean, the commission combines experience and youth, business, law, academia, real estate, labor and Belhumeur’s Everyman.

Scott Spradley Wins Big in Flagler Beach, Belhumeur Is ‘Re-Commissioned,’ Defeating Incumbent Phillips

March 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

It wasn't a congratulatory handshake just yet--the picture was taken about an hour before polls closed--but it might as well have been: Flagler Beach Commission Chairman Ken Bryan, who decided not to contest his seat, all but passed the torch to Scott Spradley, left, whom Bryan had endorsed. (© FlaglerLive)

Attorney Scott Spradley won election to the Flagler Beach City Commission by a large margin Tuesday, an unsurprising result from an electorate looking for the analytical cool-headed approach Spradley represents, after a turbulent year in the city and the recent firing of a city manager.

In Flagler Beach, 5 Commission Candidates Play Forum Softball Ahead of March 7 Election

March 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The five candidates in the March 5 Flagler Beach election at last week's forum at the Flagler Woman's Club, on Feb. 21. From left, Doug O'Connor, Scott Spradley, incumbent Deborah Phillips, Rick Belhumeur and Bob Cunningham. (© FlaglerLive).

There were no surprises at the only forum for Flagler Beach City Commission Candidates. The questions–at least the nine that were asked–were generally un-challenging, unspecific and at times corny. The candidates are Rick Belhumeur, Bob Cunningham, Doug Bruno O’Connor, Deborah Phillips and Scott Spradley.

For 4th Year in a Row, Flagler Beach Will Have No July 4 Fireworks

February 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

With its pier condemned and other locations not feasible for a fireworks show, Flagler Beach will again have a dark July 4 this year. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach ruled out an Independence Day fireworks show again this year, opting to partner with the county and Palm Coast instead, but there will be better-funded entertainment downtown to keep the celebration from being just “a drunk day at the beach.”

Former DeLand City Manager Mike Abels Will Lead Flagler Beach as Interim for Up to 6 Months

February 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Mike Abels, center, speaking with Flagler Beach residents before the city commission meeting Thursday, with the Commission's Ken Bryan, left. (© FlaglerLive)

Two weeks after firing City Manager William Whitson, the Flagler Beach City Commission this evening hired Mike Abels, the city manager of DeLand for a decade until 2008, as its interim manager for the next few months. The commission had no choice. But based on his broad experience, it also could scarcely have secured a better interim manager.

Flagler Beach Commission Narrows Interim Choices to 3, Eliminating Cameron

February 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The Flagler Beach City Commission this afternoon as its members listened to a candidate for interim manager who'd called in by phone. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission this evening opted to narrow down a list of five candidates to three and pause before making a decision on hiring an interim manager to fill the seat of William Whitson, whom the commission fired last week.

Ex-County Administrator Cameron Has Been Lobbying for Flagler Beach Job Since Before Whitson’s Firing

February 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Jerry Cameron had started as Flagler County's "interim" administrator, but stayed three years, until 2021. He's seeking to be Flagler Beach's interim manager. (© FlaglerLive)

Former Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron had conversations or meetings with four of the five Flagler Beach City Commission members about stepping into a job at the city well before City Manager William Whitson was fired last Thursday.

Deborah Phillips, Flagler Beach City Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

February 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Deborah Phillips. (© FlaglerLive)

Deborah Phillips is one of five candidates for two seats on the Flagler Beach City Commission in the non-partisan municipal election that will be decided on March 7.

Scott Spradley, Flagler Beach City Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

February 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Scott Spradley. (© FlaglerLive)

Scott Spradley is one of five candidates for two seats on the Flagler Beach City Commission in the non-partisan municipal election that will be decided on March 7.

Bob Cunningham, Flagler Beach City Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

February 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Bob Cunningham. (© FlaglerLive)

Bob Cunningham is one of five candidates for two seats on the Flagler Beach City Commission in the non-partisan municipal election that will be decided on March 7.

Doug Bruno O’Connor, Flagler Beach City Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

February 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Doug Bruno O'Connor. He didn't mind posing in front of the Scott Spradley photograph of the pier, hanging for many years at City Hall's commission chamber. (© FlaglerLive)

Doug Bruno O’Connor is one of five candidates for two seats on the Flagler Beach City Commission in the non-partisan municipal election that will be decided on March 7.

Rick Belhumeur, Flagler Beach City Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

February 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Rick Belhumeur. (© FlaglerLive)

Rick Belhumeur is one of five candidates for two seats on the Flagler Beach City Commission in the non-partisan municipal election will be decided on March 7.

Flagler Beach Commission Fires City Manager William Whitson After Withering Criticism

February 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

William Whitson this evening, immediately after the city commission's 4-1 vote to fire him. Commissioner Eric Cooley is in the background. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission this evening fired City Manager William Whitson in a 4-1 vote, capping a rocky year and a withering night for the manager. The commission will choose an interim manager on Monday.

Judge Criticizes Low Bond and Denies Lowering it Further on 18-Year-Old in Flagler Beach Assaults

February 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Gabriella Alo during her bond hearing this afternoon, catching a glance in the direction of one of her victims and the 24 people who accompanied the victim, all of whom sat on one side of the court. The second victim sat toward the back of the courtroom on the other side, with four family members or friends. (© FlaglerLive)

In a case that’s drawn outsized attention from the Flagler Beach community, Circuit Judge Terence Perkins denied lowering Gabriella Alo’s $18,500 bond on charges of running over a 29-year-old woman who’d come to the aid of a 15-year-old boy Alo and her brother are accused of beating up on jan. 11 at Wickline Park in Flagler Beach.

Lawyers to the Rescue: County Ratifies Agreement Clearing Historic Dunes Project in Flagler Beach

February 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Not a minor role in preserving Flagler Beach's shoreline: County Attorney Al Hadeed, right, spent three years securing easements to enable a 5-year beach renourishment project to go forward in Flagler Beach, and attorney Scott Spradley of Flagler Beach played a key role in the past six weeks to secure the final agreement and clear a historic project. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission this morning ratified the final agreement clearing the way for a historic dune-rebuilding project on 2.6 miles of shoreline in Flagler Beach, starting in April 2024–almost a quarter century after the federal government started considering the stretch for long-term safeguarding from erosion and rising seas.

In Major Shift, Flagler Beach Residents Appear to Favor Sea Walls, But Misconceptions Abound

February 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The secant seawall at the north end of Flagler Beach, built in 2019, held strong during the last two hurricanes last fall, but the dunes that once covered it are gone, so is the high-tide beach in front of it, scoured as it's been by wave energy that cannot be diffused by the slope of dunes. (© FlaglerLive)

A majority of Flagler Beach residents now appear to favor so-called secant sea walls, according to 58 responses gathered by FDOT and obtained by FlaglerLive. But that support rests on a fundamental misconception–that sea walls would not only protect State Road A1A behind them, but the beaches in front of them as well.

‘We Have a Deal’: Dune Hold-Out in Flagler Beach Concedes, Clearing Path to Renourishment

January 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

One of the two dune remnants in front of Cynthia d'Angiolini's property in Flagler Beach. It's only 1,800 square feet. D'Angiolini has agreed to sign easements for two such remnants, ending a three-year wait for Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

A property owner’s three-year stand-off with Flagler County that has delayed a long-promised beach renourishment in Flagler Beach is over. Cynthia d’Angiolini through her lawyer today agreed to sign a pair of easements, clearing the way for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dune-rebuilding project–and ensuring that the south side of the city will finally get a major new protective buffer against rising seas.

Flagler Beach’s New Concrete Pier Will Be 10 Feet Higher to Account for Sea Rise and Violent Storms

January 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson sizes up the scene with a snapshot just before the city's contracted design team launched into a preliminary description of the pier-reconstruction project ahead. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach’s new, bigger, higher pier could be completed by the end of 2025 and will be designed to withstand the realities of more violent storms and rising seas, its designer told a large crowd at the Wickline Center Tuesday evening.

Sea Walls, Granite, Dunes: FDOT Options to Strengthen A1A Are Nothing Flagler Hasn’t Seen Before

January 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Some 150 people turned out at the Florida Department of Transportation's "listening session" in Flagler Beach Tuesday evening, regarding options to more permanently strengthen State Road A1A against storms, sea rise and erosion. (© FlaglerLive)

Some 150 people, including numerous Flagler Beach and county officials, turned out to see the state Department of Transportation’s four options to more permanently strengthen State Road A1A, with sea walls taking precedence over dune rebuilding. But a combination of the four options is likely ahead.

Flagler Beach Rejects Realtor’s Odd Bid to Run City Information Website Only He Would Own

January 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Realtor John Horan, left, and Matt Morton, pitching the idea of a privately-owned website that would be a portal of public, city information. The Flagler Beach City Commission, hearing the proposal at a workshop Thursday, rejected it in favor of in-house products. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Beach video)

Increasingly troubled by a perceived if amorphous failure of communication between the city and residents, the Flagler Beach City Commission considered then rejected the possibility of contracting with a local Realtor to run a city-related website, then opted to develop a new Facebook page and launch a new app on Monday.

‘You’re Killing My Husband,’ Flagler Beach City Manager Whitson’s Wife Tells Commission

January 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Becky Whitson, Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson's wife, addressed Commissioner Eric Cooley during a recess, shortly after she addressed the commission, accusing it of "killing" and tormenting her husband. (© FlaglerLive)

Becky Whitson, Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson’s wife, publicly accused the city commission of tormenting and killing her husband. She spoke late this evening during a workshop on the city administration’s communications with the public, and on meeting the commission’s priorities.

Brother and Sister Face Several Felony Charges in Beating and Hit-and-Run at Wickline Park

January 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Gabriella Alo, left, and Nicholas Alo.

Gabriella Hope Alo, 18, and her brother Nicholas Dean Alo, 21, face several felony charges stemming from an alleged beating of a teen-age boy, running over a 29-year-old woman and leaving the scene at Wickline Park in Flagler Beach last week.

In Bunnell, Rogers and Gordon and, Finally, Pete Young All Elected Without Opposition

January 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Uncontested: from left, Bunnell City Commissioners John Rogers and Tonya Gordon, and Commissioner-Elect Pete Young. (© FlaglerLive)

Commissioner John Rogers was re-elected for his fifth term, uncontested for the first time. Incumbent Commissioner Tonya Gordon ran in the special election to fill the seat Bob Barnes vacated last year, what will be a two-year term.

Divided Flagler Beach Commission Will Require Inspections of Street Golf Carts Every 2 Years

January 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

A divided Flagler Beach City Commission agreed Thursday evening to change the frequency of required inspections of golf carts used as street vehicles from every year to every two years. Some commissioners and the mayor wanted only one inspection, and none after that. The city has a few hundred residents using golf carts as street vehicles.

Army Corps Must Redesign Entire Flagler Beach Dunes Project, ‘Substantially’ Delaying It Again

January 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Hurricane Nicole carved out more segments of State Road A1A in the segment of shore that has been awaiting a dune-rebuilding project for years. That project has now yet again been delayed. (© FlaglerLive)

Because of years of delays and further erosion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must redesign the entire project to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes on the critically eroded shoreline south of the Flagler Beach pier, now that the current design is out of date. That will further delay for at least a year or more a project 20 years in the works. Meanwhile, the coast continues to erode, threatening or damaging A1A.

One Term In, Flagler Beach Commissioner Ken Bryan Decides to Pull Out of Re-Election Run After All

January 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Ken Bryan is opting out. (© FlaglerLive)

Ken Bryan, a one term Flagler Beach city commissioner and currently the chairman of the panel, has decided not to seek re-election after all. His decision still leaves five candidates, including incumbent Deborah Phillips, running for the two seats in the March 7 election.

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