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Okaloosa County commissioners confirm health administrator, approve several land‑use and funding items; debate reefs and license‑plate readers
Summary
At its Jan. 6 meeting the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners unanimously concurred in Michelle Shelton as the county public health administrator, approved a rezoning and a phased development agreement, authorized a $1.9 million FDOT grant application and awarded a tourism construction contract; commissioners also heard extensive public comment on plans to reef the SS United States and held an informational briefing on license‑plate readers.
The Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners met Jan. 6 and unanimously concurred in Michelle Shelton as administrator for the Okaloosa County Health Department after a short presentation from Aaron Otis of the state health system. Aaron Otis said the state presented Shelton for the county’s concurrence, citing her 28 years of military public‑health experience. Michelle Shelton said she was honored to serve, invoking a Shirley Chisholm quote that “service is the rent that we pay for living.”
The board moved through a set of routine and substantive actions, voting without recorded opposition to approve a small‑scale future‑land‑use map amendment and rezoning for a 3.05‑acre parcel in Baker (to allow outdoor storage and a commercial building), to adopt a development agreement that phases parks and recreation delivery for the large Independence residential project, to authorize submission of a $1.9 million Florida Department of Transportation grant application for Wind Haven Beach stormwater and road…
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