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County and Flagler Beach collaborators discuss surtax, lifeguards and visitor data platform; tourism director offers new mobility and visitation metrics
Summary
A post‑workshop collaborative update covered a deferred half‑cent discretionary sales surtax, expanded lifeguard coverage, parking/shuttle ideas and a new geo‑data platform for visitor monitoring. Tourism director Amy Lukaszczuk said the county recently contracted a vendor to collect cell‑phone based visitation data at 25 points of interest.
After the beach management discussion, commissioners reviewed a collaborative agenda with the city of Flagler Beach and other partners covering revenue options, visitor surveying and beach user services.
Commissioners agreed not to pursue a half‑cent county discretionary sales surtax this budget cycle after noting they lacked four supporting votes. The board asked staff to bring a brief, two‑page…
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