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Keystone Heights adopts Local Mitigation Strategy resolution to prioritize emergency projects
Summary
After a presentation by Clay County Emergency Management, the city council unanimously adopted Resolution 2026-15 to add prioritized mitigation projects to the Local Mitigation Strategy, with the Flood Vulnerability Study and Nightingale Culvert cited as candidates.
The Keystone Heights City Council on June 1 adopted Resolution 2026-15, approving the city’s participation in the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) plan after a presentation by Clay County Emergency Management Director Tim Devins. Councilman Brandon Ludwig moved to approve and Councilman Ryan Knight seconded; the motion passed 5–0, and Mayor Nina Rodenroth and City Manager James Booth signed the resolution after the meeting.
Devins told the council that “the LMS is to have projects identified and ready to begin in the event of an emergency,” and said the city’s Flood Vulnerability Study will help identify sites. The presentation listed practical, near-term projects chosen so response and repairs can start quickly after storms; the council discussion singled out the Nightingale Culvert as a possible LMS project.
The resolution was read aloud by City Attorney Rich Komando prior to the vote. The adoption creates a prioritized list of mitigation projects that staff can pursue for state and federal funding and that could shorten response times and reduce damage in events such as major hurricanes. City staff said the Flood Vulnerability Study and subsequent project scoping will inform which projects are submitted to the LMS next.
