Planning commissioners say vision reflects public workshops; urge testing with state

Aug 13, 2026

Members of Levy County's planning commission told commissioners the draft vision statement reflects extensive public workshops and urged the board to send the draft to the state for review rather than preemptively narrow it, saying state feedback is the appropriate test of SB 180 compliance.

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Members of the Levy County Planning Commission told the board that the proposed vision statement was the product of multiple public workshops and reflects what residents said they wanted for the county's future. Kim Wheeler, a member of the planning commission, said, "The vision statement does not go against SB 1 80," and urged the board to recognize the statement as a description of the county's values rather than an immediate set of prohibitive rules.

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