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Resident group raises legal notice and referendum concerns over annexation ordinance change
Summary
An attorney for community groups told the Flagler Beach City Commission that a January amendment to the city’s annexation procedures eliminated a previously available citizen referendum for large annexations and that posted notice did not make that change clear.
John Tanner, an attorney representing Preserve Flagler Beach and Beulah Creek Inc., told the Flagler Beach City Commission during public comment that a January ordinance amendment removed a citizen referendum that had allowed voters to approve annexations exceeding 5% of county acreage. Tanner said members of his organization first learned of the change while the annexation process for Veranda Bay was underway and that published legal notice did not make clear the removal of the referendum right.
Tanner said his group views the change as a loss of citizen voting rights for certain large…
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