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News Segment 1

Accident

They don’t know who he or she was, but a log truck driver was pulled from the burning vehicle by a good samaritan. A call came in Tuesday morning of a tractor-trailer that had overturned on Highway 2 and burst into flames. The FHP reports 45-year-old Michael Curry, of DeFuniak Springs, was driving the international semi loaded with logs on Highway 2, just east of 331, when it drifted onto the north shoulder. Curry was unsuccessful in his attempt to recover the vehicle on uneven ground. It rolled onto its right side and became engulfed in flames. Curry was pulled from the burning vehicle by an unknown passerby.

Charges are pending further investigation. Curry is listed with serious injuries.


Walton County Budget Hearing

Walton County will not have to advertise a tax increase as the Commissioners approved the final resolution for the budget year starting October 1st. At the final budget hearing for Walton County, the millage was set at 3.6018 mills, less than the rollback rate by 1.28%. This means no tax increase advertising.

Walton’s budget is set at $97,067,253. Just under a million of that is for North Walton Mosquito Control. The County assessment is $10.946 billion.

The Holmes County Commissioners also set their final millage. The millage rate is 9.6605 mills.
The budget can be found on their website: www.holmescountyfl.org.

WCSB Agenda

The Walton County School Board will hold a special meeting at 5 PM Thursday evening to discuss the Performance Appraisal System and several other items.
5.01 - Agreements / Contracts
Approval of Contract Agreement Between the Walton County School District and Sacred Heart Hospital  
8.01 - Executive Financial Summaries Approval of Monthly Financial Report July and August 2012
11.05 - Approval of IDEA, Part B, Entitlement and IDEA Part B-Preschool Entitlement for SY 2012-2013
15.01 - Trip (Bus/Van) Requests
a. Approval of Travel of Walton County Student and Employee for Intake Interview at The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida (R. Ragle)
b. Approval of Walton High School Softball Schedule (J. Hicks)
c. Approval of Paxton High School Girls Basketball Schedule (J. Hicks)
d. Approval of South Walton High School Band to Travel to Opp, Alabama (J. Hicks)

Action Agenda Items
9.19 - Evaluation System RTT Presentation of School Leader Performance Appraisal System - State Model (S. Alford)

News Segment 2

Osborne Says He Will Proceed

Alan Osborne says he will contest the claims made by Robert Nelson and being looked into by the Florida Elections Commission. Osborne says he is not ready to issue a statement about the case due to not having yet received the letter dated September 21st. He does say, based on what was sent to him earlier, that he disagrees with the claims and will ask for the case to be investigated.

The Elections Commission is giving Osborne a choice to pay a small fine and neither admit or deny guilt since this is the first time the possible offense has been considered. A complaint was filed by former Walton Commission District 1 candidate Robert Nelson about a packet with political statements handed out just before the August 14th Elections. The packet did not have a political disclaimer.

The Elections Commission says the case has not been investigated, but they will proceeded if the smaller fine is not paid. Osborne says he will allow the case to proceed to the probable cause hearing. Osborne also says he will waive confidentiality.

News Segment 3

Walton Commission Meeting

As the Walton Commissioners started their meeting, several items were added to the Consent Agenda. Commissioners agreed to designate $80,000 of District 5 Recreational Plat Fees to Helen McCall Park and $60,000 to Padgett Park. They also approved set-up of operations for newly elected Commissioner Bill Imfeld for the District 3 office in the amount of $26,268. They also agreed to donate three surplus computers to the Friendship House.

Walton County Health Department Administrator Holly Holt presented the core contract for the year, the service fee scale and asked to remove surplus property. The Health Department is a combination County/State operation. The Commissioners did not accept a staff recommendation to move human resources to the Clerk’s Office, rather agreed they need to continue and not make drastic changes until the new commissioners are onboard. They also approved an agreement with DeFuniak Springs to cover Building Inspection Services and discussed letters of credit based on collection of one for Windsor Estates. The question is if a contractor does not complete the infrastructure in a neighborhood, and the county collects on the letter of credit from the bank, how much do they have to do. Attorney Toni Craig said they only have to do as much work as the funds provide for. It was suggested the county move to a process where they require the infrastructure to be complete before the final platt is given.

TDC Director Dawn Moliterno said four beach access are actually being leased by the county from the government. She asked to proceed with Walton taking ownership. These accesses are already managed by the TDC and leased from the Bureau of Land Management. The BLM wants Walton to take the property, meaning the county would own it. There is a small cost of $100 for each parcel to cover administration fees. The commissioners approved several motions in order to meet the ordinance requirements. The accesses are Dune Allen, One Seagrove, Phillips Inlet and Walton Dunes. Several of these are areas the county is looking at building more parking.

The TDC also asked to change the agreement with Southwest Airlines and how the tax for marketing is used. This is in response to the airline no longer providing a leg to Orlando, putting them in breach of contract. The Airline has added a leg to Houston and St. Louis and agrees that 50% less can be spent on their marketing. The money can be used for another airline or airport and the TDC will bring back how it will be used back to the commissioners.

Commissioners also approved rolling over encumbrances for capital projects, approved lifeguard services with South Walton Fire District and agreed to designate Gulf Place as a beach neighborhood. Commissioners approved releasing a lien for a SHIP mortgage and a code enforcement fine lien for property that has been cleaned up.

Commissioners also met earlier in the day in a workshop session to discuss the RESTORE Act. This concerns money from the Federal Government as part of the BP Oil Spill. The commissioners are trying to decide which counties should work together in a consortium, or wait and let the state set it. There is also concern about the fair distribution of funds and who pays for the costs to administer. The workshop will continue next Wednesday at 9am.

News Segment 4

Looking for the arrest report? http://jailpublic.co.walton.fl.us. This is the new jail search page. Use the drop down calendar to find dates.

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In High School Volleyball
Thursday, September 27
Walton hosts Catholic 5 and 6 pm
Freeport at Port St. Joe 5 and 6 pm

In High School Football
Thursday, September 27
Walton JV at Freeport 6 pm
South Walton JV hosts Graceville 6 pm
Friday, September 28
Walton at Northview-Dothan 7 pm
Freeport hosts Graceville for their Homecoming Game 7 pm
Holmes County at Port St. Joe
Chipley hosts Cottondale

It’s the first away game of the season for the FSU Seminoles on Saturday, September 29th. Join us right here on WZEP as we air the game. Pre-game at 3 pm. Kick-off at 5 pm. Go Noles!

The Gulf Coast Pro Baseball World Series will be coming to Douglass Crossroads Park on October 6th and 7th. More information and brackets will be released at a later time. For sponsorship information, call 333-2684.

Obituaries - Listen in the morning, just after noon and the 4pm hour
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Darwin Dunlap, age 74, of Miramar Beach, passed away September 24. Clary-Glenn is in charge of the arrangements.

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