Walton County Commission Meeting Summary

Summary

At its regular business meeting on Tuesday, September 22, the Walton County Board of County Commissioners granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to AmeriPro EMS of Florida to provide ambulance services countywide, and approved using TDC beach trams and drivers for the October Walton County Fair, with Commissioners Donna Johns and Tony Anderson each offering up to $5,000 from discretionary funds to help cover roughly $1,500 in fuel costs. Code Compliance Director Tony Cornman reported that a mitigation program for old code-enforcement fines, in place since a November 2025 policy, closed 25 cases and collected about $300,000 before expiring September 30. Commissioners also approved an additional stop sign near Mossy Head Main Street and Stewart Circle, appointed Kris Preteroti to the Design Review Board, authorized an RFP for a Parks and Recreation Master Plan, voted to fund nonprofit discretionary requests at 50 percent (excluding the Tanner Mock Foundation and 30A Cats), and discussed updating county drug-testing and phone-monitoring policies, MOU oversight, and the hiring of a Tourism Department executive director, which the board decided to defer until new members are seated. Commissioner Johns also won approval for up to $15,000 for bocce and volleyball courts at Driftwood Park and up to $200,000 for a shade structure at Paradise Park. The board further approved first readings of Land Development Code amendments affecting the Bay Shoreline Protection Zone and other code sections, with adoption hearings set for October 13, 2026, continued two rezoning requests (Shorey and G&K East Hewitt) to later dates, and passed a lengthy consent agenda including opioid funding agreements, a $300,000 state grant for the Northwest Florida Regional Agriculture Education Complex, and a $430,201.20 contract with Ameripro Outdoors of NWF LLC for multi-use path maintenance.