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Jan 27, 2026County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners met on January 27, 2026, to consider routine business, multiple major development projects, and policy matters. The board approved several consent agenda items including equipment leases, grant applications for road improvements, and development orders for residential and commercial projects. Key discussions included a $1 million allocation for an Agriculture Center project using beach vending revenue (which failed 2-3), tabling the Eastern Lake Regional Beach Access project, adopting a resolution supporting law enforcement, approving planning software contracts totaling up to $1.01 million, and confirming a 42-townhome development near Commercial Parkway. The board also addressed updates on wireless broadband (Wildstar), beach nourishment, and legislative matters.
- Development & zoningSouth Walton Annex patio shade structures development order agent designation
- Development & zoningWestonwood Ranch Expansion development approval
- Development & zoningBay Grove Road Flex Space development approval
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Jan 13, 2026County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of County Commissioners met on January 13, 2026, and approved a series of consent agenda items including amendments to agreements with DeFuniak Springs and Coastal Seniors, engineering services contracts, and insurance agreements. The board also passed the Walton Forever Land Acquisition Program ordinance to preserve agricultural lands through conservation easements, approved golf course rate increases, awarded a contract for timber pedestrian bridge renovation, and endorsed event grant and sponsorship programs for tourism. Several discussion items were addressed, including a Choctaw Beach fire station renovation project, GIS mapping overlays, budget workshops, state legislative bills, and a short-term rental process workshop. A request for $5,000 to fund the Summit on the Circle event failed due to lack of a second motion.
- Development & zoningWalton Forever Land Acquisition Program - Second and Final Reading
Dec 18, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners met on December 18, 2025, and approved multiple agenda items including consent agenda items and individual requests. Key decisions included awarding a $3.74 million road construction contract for Driftwood and Ellis Roads, approving a $467,840 opioid recovery program, purchasing four properties totaling approximately $3.07 million for recreational purposes, and addressing a citizen concern about cell tower permitting at an archeological preserve site. The board also directed staff to renegotiate the purchase price of the Bennett properties, which was appraised significantly below the asking price, and tabled the purchase of the Alderberry property when a motion to approve failed to receive a second.
- Development & zoningCell Tower Permitting Review - 1939 Mack Bayou Road
- Development & zoningBennett Properties Purchase - Negotiation Direction
- Development & zoningBrannan Properties Purchase
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Dec 9, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners met on December 9, 2025, and approved multiple infrastructure, administrative, and community initiatives. The board passed a consent agenda that included routine approvals for records disposition, minutes, and expenditures totaling approximately $4.8 million across various county funds. Key substantive actions included approving ground leases for public safety communication tower sites, a state lobbying services contract, applications for transportation grants for multi-use path projects, and a supplemental agreement for the Westbay Parkway project. The commissioners also approved a pilot program to place naloxone rescue boxes in high-traffic locations to combat opioid overdoses, amended an interlocal agreement with the City of Freeport to expand wastewater utility services, and accepted a donated heavy rescue truck. In a significant land conservation initiative, the board approved the first reading of the Walton Forever Land Acquisition Program ordinance, which would establish a framework for acquiring natural, recreational, and agricultural lands, though one commissioner opposed it due to funding concerns. Additional items included approving an employee benefits consultant renewal, a restaurant development project, and various planning department updates.
- Development & zoningSunliner Diner Development Project
- Development & zoningWalton Forever Land Acquisition Program Ordinance - First Reading
Nov 24, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting on November 24, 2025, where they approved numerous consent agenda items, adopted ordinances addressing beach bonfire regulations and waterway designation changes, approved engineering contracts for road reconstruction and bridge design, awarded a lobbying services contract, and elected new board leadership. The board addressed several development projects, including approval of a hot mix asphalt plant in District 1 and adoption of a conceptual PUD for Tucker Bayou. Items removed from the agenda included the Alderberry property purchase, the ride-share program RFP, and the Eastern Lake Beach Access project design contract.
- Development & zoningSEC Freeport Hot Mix Asphalt Plant Final Order
- Development & zoningGarage 30A Major Development Order
- Development & zoningHidden Pines Townhomes Amended Final Order
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Nov 12, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting on November 12, 2025, where commissioners approved the Expenditure Approval List totaling $23.3 million, allocated $100,000 in District Four recreational plat fees for Helen McCall Park improvements, approved a $134,685 engineering contract for CR 395 and US 98 intersection design work, approved asbestos removal services for the old Thrift-Way building not to exceed $75,000, approved a task order for $451,165.15 for design and permitting of the Eastern Lake Regional Beach Access project, approved an Eastern Lake water quality test at a cost not to exceed $10,000, renewed the federal lobbying contract with Ballard Partners with a requirement for quarterly updates, approved a housing confirmation of entity document, adopted a resolution establishing a code compliance fines disposition policy, approved the 2025 County Maintained Road Index, scheduled a public hearing for November 24, 2025, on carryforward funding, extended the Bennett property closing deadline by 30 days, scheduled an executive session for a pending lawsuit, scheduled a public hearing on a conservation easement program, directed opposition letters to Alabama officials regarding a CO2 pipeline project, approved improvements to parks in District One including a Four-Mile Creek boat ramp repair for $40,000 and a Pitts Bayshore dock construction for $50,000, voided a previous $100,000 allocation for a Bureau of Land Management property, approved allowing the Walton County FFA Tractor Museum to hold a golf tournament, approved water quality testing in the Alaqua Creek area, requested the next BCC/TDC joint meeting be scheduled for December 9, 2025, approved relocating District Two offices with approximately $50,000 in renovation costs, and increased bailiff pay to $50 per hour with a three-hour minimum.
- Development & zoningEastern Lake Regional Beach Access project design and permitting services
- Development & zoningConservation easement program ordinance adoption public hearing
Oct 28, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of County Commissioners met on October 28, 2025, and approved numerous items including consent agenda measures, several ordinances related to traffic and waterways regulations, and resolutions for tax-exempt bond financing and employee recognition. The board also discussed staffing decisions, community issues such as water quality testing near a closed landfill, and planning matters. Key votes included adopting new traffic and motor vehicle ordinances, establishing boating and waterway regulations, approving expenditures totaling over $20 million, and authorizing a consultant for the Planning Division.
- Development & zoningTucker Bayou Conceptual PUD - Final Order approval
- Development & zoningInlet Beach Neighborhood Plan - Scrivener's error correction
- Development & zoningTucker Bayou Conceptual PUD Overlay - first reading
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Oct 14, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners met on October 14, 2025, and approved numerous contracts, purchases, and agreements on consent, including digital signature services, infrastructure projects, and property acquisitions. Key decisions included authorizing a $500,000 design phase for railroad crossing and intersection improvements at Northwest Florida Commerce Park; approving a $12 million property purchase at 115 Sandy Lane, a $2.9 million acquisition near Eagle Springs Golf Course, and an $80,000 purchase of lots near South 25th Street; rejecting a PGA Tour sponsorship proposal; and declining an Executive Tourism Director position. The board also scheduled public hearings on ordinance amendments regarding building regulations, fire prevention, traffic and motor vehicles, and waterways. A proposed 53-lot residential subdivision on East Nursery Road was approved, and the board deferred action on an Inlet Beach Neighborhood Plan zoning inconsistency to allow for further consideration of correction options.
- Development & zoningInlet Beach Neighborhood Plan Scrivener's Error Correction
- Development & zoningEast Nursery Road Subdivision Development Order Approval
- Development & zoningLand Development Code Text Amendments - First Reading
Sep 23, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of County Commissioners met on September 23, 2025, to address various administrative, budget, and development matters. The board approved routine consent agenda items including expenditure payments totaling $8.5 million, several grants and service agreements, and multiple requests for public hearings on building and fire code amendments. Key substantive actions included approving a $93,750 solid waste grant, refunding approximately $1.5 million in mobility fees collected before Senate Bill 180, authorizing an office lease transfer for District 4's commissioner, approving a shade structure purchase for Ghenstvile Park at an estimated $105,771, and approving a development order application for a modular clinic on Frank Maska Drive. The board also adopted the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) for the Comprehensive Plan with revisions to the recreational element, and deferred a Building Department office proposal at the South Walton Annex (approximately $8 million in building funds) pending updated cost estimates and reserve calculations. A department head confirmation motion failed, leading to a revised motion confirming several positions while excluding others, and the board defunded marketing allocations for two event grant organizations.
- Development & zoningMossy Head Modular Clinic Development Order and Site Preparation
- Development & zoningPublic Hearing - Building and Building Regulations Amendments
- Development & zoningMemorandum of Understanding with Division of Administrative Hearings
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Sep 9, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners met on September 9, 2025, and approved a consent agenda that included grant awards for law enforcement equipment, fiber optic cable installation at the State Attorney's Office, machinery donations, opioid settlement agreements, road improvements, and contract approvals for tourism and parks services. Outside of the consent agenda, the Board adopted a resolution recognizing Forensic Science Week, awarded a parking management contract, discussed Section 8 housing challenges, approved a Building Permit Fee abatement resolution, considered the Freeport Library relocation and teen center proposal, discussed the former Choctaw Beach Fire Station, and deferred decisions on Highway 98 code enforcement standards and the Echelon condominium project (which will be heard by a magistrate rather than the Board). The Board also approved the continuation of the Comprehensive Plan Evaluation and Appraisal Report to its September 23 meeting and approved a rezoning for Juan's Auto Repair.
- Development & zoningContinuation of Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Adoption
- Development & zoningLand Development Code Text Amendments - Beach Vending Operations
- Development & zoningJuan's Auto Repair SSA with Rezoning
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Aug 28, 2025County CommissionMinutes not posted yet
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting on August 28, 2025, to address three items: a proposed text amendment to the Land Development Code regarding beach vending operations, an adoption hearing for Juan's Auto Repair rezoning request from Rural Residential to Commercial on Highway 331 South, and a major development application for Echelon, a 246-unit condominium project at Seascape. The meeting agenda does not indicate outcomes, as this is the published agenda before the meeting took place.
- Development & zoningLand Development Code Text Amendments - Beach Vending Operations
- Development & zoningJuan's Auto Repair SSA with Rezoning (FLU25-000026)
- Development & zoningEchelon Major Development Application (MAJ25-000034)
Aug 26, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of County Commissioners met on August 26, 2025, with four commissioners present (Commissioner Brad Drake was absent). The board approved numerous consent agenda items including budget amendments for the South Walton Senior Center totaling over $500,000 from recreational plat fees and ad valorem tax revenues, software and service contracts, and several grant applications. The board also awarded a contract for $1,469,728.30 to construct the Eagle Springs Golf Course Phase One Maintenance Building. Two ordinances amending the county code to establish positions for the Chief Financial Officer and clarify the County Administrator role were adopted. The board approved the Bennett Property purchase for $12,000,000, extended the Morrison Spring entry program through September 30, 2025, and approved resolutions for special assessments in the Daughette Canal and Fire Rescue districts. Major discussion items included code enforcement fines totaling over $4 million, nonprofit agency funding policy changes, and allocation of $33,000 for Mossy Head Community Center repairs and $63,000 for Helen McCall park improvements. The board also directed staff to issue a Request for Proposal for a ride share program and authorized a future special executive session regarding pending litigation.
- Development & zoningResolution Establishing Highest and Best Use of Mossy Head Industrial Park Property
- Development & zoningReal Estate Closing Documents for Mossy Head Industrial Park Sale
- Development & zoningContinuation of August 28, 2025 Land-Use Hearing to September 9, 2025
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Aug 12, 2025County Commission
County Commission
Walton County commissioners met on August 12, 2025, and approved numerous contracts, budget amendments, and policy items. Key decisions included hiring a county attorney through Adkinson Law Firm, approving a $2.65 million road construction contract for CR 1883, allocating $4 million for a South Walton Senior Center, and amending the property tax millage rate to 3.5375. The board also approved a franchise agreement with Regional Utilities to expand service areas and directed staff to develop plans for ADA-accessible playground equipment. Several items generated discussion, including concerns about the county attorney hiring process and the future of economic development funding.
- Development & zoningPlanning Department Operations Audit
Jul 24, 2025County CommissionMinutes not posted yet
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting on July 24, 2025, to consider land use and development applications. The board addressed a rezoning request for property on US Highway 331 to allow commercial use, heard a request to remove a condominium development project from the agenda, and considered approving a subdivision project for administrative hearing before a judge. No votes or outcomes are recorded in the agenda provided.
- Development & zoningVan Dyke SSA with Rezoning
- Development & zoningEchelon Development
- Development & zoningEast Nursery Road Subdivision
Jul 22, 2025County Commission
County Commission
The Walton County Board of Commissioners met on July 22, 2025, and approved numerous consent agenda items, including budget amendments, facility improvements, and grant applications. The board allocated $500,000 from Managed Vendor Program funds for an ADA-accessible fishing pier and kayak launch at the former Choctaw Beach Fire Station, and approved up to $30,000 from District One Recreational Plat Fees for a safety guard rail at Choctaw Beach Park, with approximately $54,000 reallocated for remodeling the former fire station. The commissioners also adopted Resolution 2025-42 establishing a county-wide Watershed Master Plan, abandoned a portion of an alley in Walton County Plat Book 2, Page 66A, and approved Regional Utilities' franchise transfer for the Inlet Water System. The board addressed concerns about SB 180's impact on development and discussed restructuring the tourism event grant program to focus on new county-based events. Additionally, the commissioners authorized staff to engage an architectural firm to assess the Thriftway building and explore a governmental center concept near the DeFuniak Springs Courthouse.
- Development & zoningAdopt County-wide Watershed Master Plan
- Development & zoningThriftway Building Assessment and Governmental Center Conceptual Planning
- Development & zoningAbandon Portion of Alley - Walton County Plat Book 2, Page 66A
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