- January 11, 2025
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Flagler Beach residents Scott Spradley and Rick Belhumeur have won the two open Flagler Beach City Commission seats.
The polls closed at 7 p.m. on March 7 with a 2,600 voter turnout for the commission seats. Spradley — a bankruptcy lawyer who recently represented the county in the dune easement hold-out case — won by a landslide 38.55%, or 1,034 votes.
It was a closer race between Belhumeur and the incumbent, Vice Chair Deborah Phillips. Belhumeur won 546 votes to Phillips’ 474, a difference of 72 votes.
Belhumeur is a returning city commissioner: He served on the commission for six years until he lost in 2022 to Commissioner James Sherman.
The commission had two seats up for election: former Commission Chair Ken Bryan’s seat, and Phillips’ seat. Bryan announced in early January that he would not be running for reelection, but Phillips was one of five candidates vying for the seats.
Spradley and Belhumeur will be sworn in at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, ahead of the 5:30 p.m. City Commission meeting.
The commission will need to immediately elect a new chair- and vice-chairperson.
