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WCBCC Budget and DFS Meeting

 

The Walton Commissioners will hold the first of two budget hearings this afternoon at 5:01pm in the South Walton Courthouse Annex. The commissioners will also meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:00pm for a workshop on Code Enforcement and then hold a regular Board meeting at 4:00pm.

 

The DeFuniak Springs City Council is to meet this afternoon at 6:00pm at City Hall on Highway 90. After the opening items and past minutes, there is a request for streets to be closed for the homecoming parade. Scarlett Phaneuf has a Walton County Economic Development Alliance update.

 

Mayor Harold Carpenter is to address the City Manager applications. Council member Ron Kelley is to address facility rental fee waivers. Council member Mac Work is listed with employee cell phone use, travel budget, industrial park and T-hangers at the airport, a change in the membership of the negotiating committee and clarification of an advertisement of employee positions. Council member Kermit Wright has the old health department building.

 

City Marshal Mark Weeks is listed with advertising for an open position; the city attorney has the ordinance on run-off elections and moratorium on utility rate increases; and planning director Greg Scoville has Jerry Evans Funeral Home to construct a crematorium.

 

Assistant City Manager Bill Holloway has the enterprise zone member appointment. Interim City Manager Kelly Schultz is listed with advertising for an open position, airport consulting services, removing power poles, and a north terminal complex site development. Finance Director Sara Bowers has the bills to be paid.

 

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WCSB Special Meeting On Tuesday

 

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

5.01 - Agreements / Contracts

Approval of Agreement with Special Olympics (R. Satterwhite, Special Olympics Coordinator) (C.Anderson)

8 - FINANCE - Jim McCall

8.05 – Purchase Orders Exceeding $25,000.00 (J. McCall)

8.10 - Annual Financial Reports

Approval of Financial Report and Final Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011 (J. McCall)

 

ACTION AGENDA ITEMS

3.03 - Public Hearing: Budget

Public Hearing to Approve the Final Milllage and Budget for Fiscal Year 2011-12. Public Hearing has been advertised to begin at 5:15 PM (J. McCall)

25 - ADMINISTRATION -

25.35 - Student Expulsions

Approval of Student Expulsions as of September 13, 2011 (C. Anderson)

 

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ECMS Gets Visitor

 

Florida’s Commissioner of Education, Gerald Robinson, visited Emerald Coast Middle School Friday. The Commissioner toured the beautiful, new state-of-the-art technology school and held a round-table discussion with Superintendent Carlene Anderson, Principal Charlie Marello, Assistant Principal Meredith Spence, Director of Facilities Mark Gardner, and Emerald Coast Middle School Parents Advisory Council Team Leaders Diana Kish, Christy Gibson, and Elizabeth O’Brien.

 

Elizabeth O’Brien said they are very proud of the schools in Walton County, calling them “excellent with a real sense of community”. According to Diana Kish, the energy at Emerald Coast Middle School is contagious. She said Principal Marello and Assistant Principal Spence lead with enthusiasm making it an exciting place to be.

 

During the round table discussion, Commissioner Robinson asked Anderson what the rest of the State of Florida could learn from Walton County. Anderson replied that they focus all decision making on how it will impact student learning because that is what matters.

 

Commissioner Robinson stated he was very impressed with Emerald Coast Middle School and Walton County.

 

Emerald Coast Middle School is the newest school in Walton County and rich in technology. Students are learning through the use of integrated technology on a daily basis including with iPads.

 

ECMS Principal Charlie Marello says that integrating technology into the everyday lives of students is vital to prepare them for the real-world. He says the teachers use interactive smart boards everyday at ECMS and students have access to PC computers, Macbooks, and iPads for learning tools. Marello says students are engaged and learning.

 

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Dorothy Cheryl Watson, age 66, of DeFuniak Springs, passed away Thursday, September 8, at North Okaloosa Medical Center.  A time of visitation will be held Monday, September 12, at Davis-Watkins Funeral Home, 1474 Highway 83 North, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433, from 6 until 8 p.m.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 13, in the chapel of Davis-Watkins Funeral Home beginning at 2 p.m.  Committal services will follow at Magnolia Cemetery.  Flowers are being accepted. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.daviswatkins.com. Arrangements and services are under the direction of Davis-Watkins Funeral Home.

 

Mr. Allen Richard Kenyon of Freeport passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, September 15, at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, 32053 West McCabe Road, Santa Nella, CA 95322. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Mrs. Ruby Mary Kenyon.

  

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