- November 18, 2024
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Palm Coast’s City Council voted unanimously April 15 to approve an interlocal agreement with elections supervisor Kimberle Weeks for the city’s upcoming elections.
“We’re hoping this brings the saga to a conclusion today,” City Manager Jim Landon said at the Palm Coast City Council meeting April 15. “City Clerk Virginia Smith did a great job in working with the supervisor of elections to address two major concerns the city council had with the interlocal agreement that was presented to us by the supervisor of elections.”
Weeks, who initially refused to negotiate over or alter the interlocal agreement she had proposed for the elections, agreed to two changes to address the city’s concerns, Landon said.
One is an added provision that would let the city amend the agreement with an addendum to place a referendum on the ballot if a proposed referendum meets ballot requirements. A petition is circulating in the community to eliminate the city's red-light camera program.
The other is a minor change in wording to clarify that Weeks would have access to alternative city facilities for polling only “in emergency situations,” according to the amended agreement. Weeks would determine what constitutes an "emergency situation," according to the agreement.
“With those two changes, we are receiving approval with allowing us to move forward with placing the two city seats that are up this year on the county ballot, and placing this behind us,” Landon said.
No community members responded when Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts called for public comment on the interlocal agreement, and the council voted without discussion.
