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Commission adopts emergency policy to allow staff to make private roads passable during declared storms
Summary
To reduce life-safety risks and avoid procedural delays during disasters, the board approved a written policy empowering staff to make private roads passable during declared states of emergency, with preconditions and limited authorities consistent with attorney general guidance.
Columbia County commissioners approved a written emergency-management policy authorizing staff to make private rights-of-way and driveways passable during declared states of emergency, subject to conditions intended to comply with Florida law and attorney general opinions.
County attorney Joel and county staff explained that state law and prior attorney-general opinions limit when a county may spend public funds on private property; staff recommended a narrowly tailored policy that would serve as the board—9s legislative determination that making private roads…
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