Leon County Commission Meeting Briefs: October 14, 2025

Below are the news briefs from the Leon County Commission meeting held on October 14, 2025.

The Board approved 15 Consent Items.

General Business

Item 16. The Board voted unanimously to accept the Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Board Retreat Overview. Each year, the County Administrator presents the Board with a proposed overview for the Annual Retreat.  The Annual Retreat provides an opportunity for the Board to receive a status report on the implementation of the County Strategic Plan’s 102 Strategic Initiatives, 16 five-year Targets, and 4 Bold Goals to update the plan for FY 2026.

Item 17. The Board voted unanimously to accept five staff recommendations related to the Opioid Litigation Settlement Funds Fiscal Year 2026. The vote accepted the $926,843 in direct and State of Florida-allocated opioid litigation settlement funds and authorized the County Administrator to enter into and execute agreements with Big Bend Community Based Care, LLC, to utilize settlement funds for the provision of substance abuse treatment services resulting from opioid abuse and the purchase of EMS equipment to address opioid use disorders in the community, approved a budget amendment, and approved agreements with DISC Village, Leon County Detention Facility, and 2-1-1 Big Bend.

Item 18. The Board voted unanimously to accept the legal analysis -as requested at the September 23, 2025, Board meeting -and not to advance the issue related to who should operate and maintain the fire department to the Citizen Charter Review Committee.

The analysis stated that the consideration of an amendment of the Charter to pose the question of whether the City or the County should operate and maintain the fire department would constitute nothing more than an advisory opinion and would not be binding on the City or the County.  Moreover, passage of a resolution by both the City and County Commissions and dual referenda of the City and the County electors would be required for a complete transfer of the fire department from the City to the County, absent a change in general or special law that otherwise permits or requires the transfer of services without dual referenda, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 4, of the Florida Constitution. Unilateral action by the Board and County electors to effect a transfer would be unconstitutional and unenforceable.

Item 19. The Board voted unanimously to make full board appointments to the CareerSource Capital Region Board and the Tourist Development Council. The Board voted to appoint Corrie Melton, to the CareerSource Capital Region Board for the remainder of a four-year term ending June 30, 2029. The Board voted to appoint Emily Johnson-Truitt to the hotelier seat on the Tourist Development Council for a four-year term ending October 31, 2029. 

Public Hearing

Item 20.  The Board voted 6-1 (Proctor voted no) to hold the First and Only Public Hearing to Consider an Ordinance Regarding the Use of Speed Detection Devices in School Zones. The proposed Ordinance authorizes the placement, installation, and operation of automated School Zone Speed Detection Systems (speed cameras) on County and state roadways within the unincorporated areas signed as school zones.