Palm Coast council reviews Tallahassee session, adopts legislative priorities and adds policy positions

Palm Coast City Council on Aug. 19 received a post‑session briefing from the Southern Group lobbyist Laura Beamer and city staff and moved to adopt its 2026 legislative priorities and related policy positions. The council reviewed funding wins from the 2025 session — including a roughly $2.5 million state appropriation toward the city’s wastewater project and a smaller direct appropriation for an equalization tank — and set next steps for appropriation requests due this fall.

‘‘We did very well,’’ Laura Beamer of the Southern Group told council members after running through statewide budget and bill outcomes. She said the city’s two largest water‑project requests were funded and survived the governor’s veto pen: ‘‘You did very well on wastewater,’’ she said, noting the city received an appropriation in…