This year’s state legislative session saw the largest budget in Florida history — $77 billion — and the fewest number of adopted bills — just 264 of the 1,812 filed — and within the shuffle, Flagler County managed some victories.
The county led the charge in the successful effort to repeal the 2011 vacation rental law that had wrested regulatory control of rentals from local governments, and it secured $500,000 in state money for money for the Agricultural Museum, and another $183,400 in appropriations for Princess Place, Special Projects Manager Andy Johnson told County Commissioners during a workshop July 7.
Below is a summary of projects in Flagler County that received funding during the 2014 legislative session, according to Johnson's presentation:
Appropriations (Projects within Flagler County):
County projects in bold:
Project; Program; Amount
- Adults with Disabilities; Vocational Rehabilitation; $535,892
- Asset Maintenance-Flagler County; Highway Maintenance; $1,076,000
- County Road 305 from S of Bridge 734008 to Bridge No. 734006; Small County Outreach Program; $2,284,947
- CR 2009 Resurfacing from Lake Disston to CR 305; Small County Outreach Program; $1,570,000
- Daytona State College-Flagler Campus Building; Education Fixed Capital Outlay; $850,000
- Flagler Beach Historical Museum, Inc.; Cultural and Museum Grants; $5,700
- Flagler Playhouse Inc.; Cultural Facilities; $150,000
- Florida Agricultural Museum; Agriculture Promotion & Education Facilities; $500,000
- I-95/Matanzas Woods Interchange; County Transportation Programs; $6,521,000
- I-95/Matanzas Woods Interchange; Intrastate Highway Construction; $1,140,750
- Old Kings from Forest Grove Drive to Matanzas Woods Parkway; Arterial Highway Construction; $4,577,603
- Old Kings from Forest Grove Drive to Matanzas Woods Parkway; County Transportation Programs; $1,140,121
- Palm Coast Iron and Color Reduction, Concentrate Treatment; Water Projects; $375,000
- Performance Adjustments to School Districts; Performance Adjustments to School Districts; $64,576
- Princess Place Riding Stables Phase II; Historic Properties Restoration; $183,400
- Rehabilitation of Taxiway "C" & "D;" Construction Aviation Dev/Grants; $1,910,000
- School Readiness Program; School Readiness Program; $1,233,769
- The Palm Coast Arts Foundation Inc.; Cultural and Museum Grants; $12,744
- The Palm Coast Arts Foundation Inc.; Cultural Facilities; $150,000
- Voluntary PreKindergarten Program; Voluntary PreKindergarten Program; $1,732,175
- Workforce Development; Workforce Development; $1,780,859
- TOTAL: $27,794,536
