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Flagler County lays out options for beach renourishment funding; city officials ask for clearer cost breakdowns
Summary
County staff presented a beach management plan and financing options including city-led assessment, county MSBU/MSTU, dedicated millage or a half-cent sales tax referendum; city commissioners asked for more data on costs and asked the county to clarify the earlier plan.
Flagler County officials on July 22 updated the Flagler Beach City Commission on the county’s Beach Management Plan and funding options for initial construction and ongoing renourishment, emphasizing that local match funding will be required and presenting a menu of possible funding mechanisms.
Kim Carney, Flagler County commissioner (District 3), and Jorge Salinas, deputy county administrator, presented the county’s plan and funding picture, which the county says now requires local shares to finish portions of the coastline not covered by federal work. County staff said the Army Corps’ Reach 1 project (completed September 2024) covered a federal reach but that Reach 2 — the portion north of Seventh Street and a southern 1.6-mile section to the Volusia County line — still requires local matching funds. The county reported an initial…
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