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Leon County lifts burn ban, tables permit for hay‑meadow burning after rescinded motion
Summary
The Commissioners Court voted March 9 to lift the county burn ban and to table a proposed written permission agreement for burning or preparing hay meadows after a motion to approve the permit was rescinded during the same meeting.
The Leon County Commissioners Court voted March 9 to remove the countywide burn ban and to table consideration of a separate written permission agreement for burning or preparing hay meadows during a burn ban.
Commissioner Joey Sullivan moved, seconded by Commissioner Kyle Workman, to approve a draft permit that would allow landowners to burn or prepare hay meadows during a burn ban. After the motion initially carried, Sullivan rescinded his motion and then moved to table the agenda item; Commissioner Workman seconded the second motion and the court carried the motion to table. The result leaves the draft permit without approval and the item pending at a future meeting.
Shortly after the permit item was tabled, Commissioner Sullivan moved, with Commissioner Paul Bing seconding, to lift the burn ban countywide; that motion also carried. The court did not provide additional details in the record about any replacement rules or conditions following the ban’s removal.
The sequence—approval, rescission and tabling of the permit followed by a separate vote to lift the burn ban—was recorded in the official minutes. No members of the public made comments on these items during the meeting record, and no specific enforcement or timeline instructions were included in the court’s stated motion.
