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Votes at a glance: Destin City Council, April 21, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal council votes taken April 21, 2025: EIR acceptance and procurement for Crosstown Connector; Shores at Crystal Beach direction; multiple routine approvals including Morgan Sports Center deviation and the Destin Fire District beach safety contract; consultant engagements and ordinances.
The City of Destin City Council took the following recorded actions on April 21, 2025. All votes noted below were recorded aloud by the clerk during the meeting and are summarized here.
- Crosstown Connector (agenda item 4A) — Motion to approve advertisement for the RFB for Crosstown Connector Phase 1 (stormwater) and an RFQ for construction engineering and inspection services, subject to city manager and legal review. Vote: 7-0 (approved). The council later accepted the EIR re‑evaluation in a separate vote, 7-0 (accepted).
- Shores at Crystal Beach (agenda item 4C) — Motion directing county staff to prepare variances and incorporate LSV parking standards into city‑owned public parking lots, realign sidewalks per code, and change the western lot to a one‑way configuration. Vote: 7-0 (approved, direction to county staff).
- Morgan Sports Center minor deviation (agenda item 4B) — Motion to approve a minor deviation to the major development order relating to batting cage, restrooms and maintenance facility so the procurement for batting cages may proceed. Vote: unanimous (7-0 approved).
- Destin Fire District beach safety contract (agenda item 4D) — Motion to approve the 2025 beach safety contract with the Destin Fire District as included in the FY2025 budget. Vote: unanimous (7-0 approved).
- Kimley‑Horn consultant engagement for SS4A grant work (agenda item 4G) — Motion to engage Kimley‑Horn for $38,000 to prepare a federal SS4A grant application for the Stallman/Harbor Boulevard intersection and to direct staff to identify funding. Vote: unanimous (7-0 approved).
- SRS Master Plan workshop date (agenda item 4H) — Council selected June 9, 2025 for the SRS master plan workshop (no roll‑call recorded beyond unanimous consent).
- Purchasing resolution corrections and other administrative items (agenda item 4I and related) — Staff reported typographical corrections and updated language to the purchasing resolution; action to adopt corrections was completed per consent.
- Ordinances — Ordinance 25‑01 LC and 25‑02 CC (contractor insurance and contractor revocations, second readings) were adopted on second reading (7-0). Ordinance 25‑09 LC (exception to alcohol separation rules for certain tax‑exempt veteran organizations) was adopted on second reading (7-0).
- Consent agenda — The consent agenda passed by recorded roll call (7-0).
Several items were informational and did not require votes (including HarborWalk Phase 2 Q&A and the Live Oak Fiber permit revocation, which staff had executed administratively and reported to council). Staff will follow up on action items such as advertisement of RFB/RFQ documents, variance submittals by the county, consultant tasks for the SS4A grant, and provision of requested parking/enforcement data.
