Navarre Beach Fire District asks for $300K
The Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District will be asking the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners for a $300,000 loan from the county to allow the district to maintain essential operations from September through November.
The loan will bridge a gap for the department until it receives its first collection fee from the Clerk of Courts office.
The district believes that once that fee is received in November, it will reimburse the county for the full amount.
If the county is unable to subsidize the department, the district has secured a line of credit from Centennial Bank and says it is taking proactive measures to ensure this doesn’t happen in the future.
County submits mosquito control work budget
Santa Rosa County will look to submit a work order of $1.020 million for upcoming mosquito control services for the next fiscal year.
Each year, the environmental department and mosquito control division are required to submit an annual detailed work plan budget for each fiscal year to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Santa Rosa County uses money from the general fund for mosquito control activities and receives matching funds each year from the state. This year, the county will contribute $951,013 in local funds and $60,587.50 in state funds.
Commissioners can either vote to approve or deny the proposed budget plan.
Road improvements coming to north Santa Rosa
The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners will either approve or deny a $3.434 million contract with Panhandle Grading and Paving to widen and resurface County Road 182.
The project dates back to February 2022, when the board greenlit an application to the Small County Outreach Program for project design and construction. FDOT gave $843,504 in SCOP funding for the design in 2023, and the contract was awarded in 2024.
The county’s population exceeded SCOP construction requirements, and the project was moved to the Local Agency Program.
The construction’s scope includes milling and resurfacing CR 182, replacing damaged or leaking cross drains, repairing and upgrading driveway culverts, stormwater control, widening the roadway to provide paved shoulders and rumble strips, and installing new pavement markings and reflective pavement markers.
The county received four bids for the project and chose Panhandle Grading and Paving. The county received $3.091 million for the project, and the county will match funds in the amount of $343,457.
