Crestview council takes up annexation, budget; minutes pending
The Crestview City Council met Aug. 10 for a budget workshop and a regular meeting that included first readings on the Third Avenue annexation and related rezoning, as well as a discussion of anti-data center rules. Minutes from these meetings have not yet been published, so no official actions are recorded. The Planning and Development Board also held public hearings Aug. 3 on the same annexation and rezoning items.
Annexation and rezoning on Third Avenue and other properties
The council's Aug. 10 agenda included first readings on several ordinances: Ordinance 2027 (Third Avenue Annexation), Ordinance 2028 (Third Avenue Comprehensive Plan Amendment), and Ordinance 2029 (Third Avenue Rezoning). The council also considered first readings on Ordinance 2030 (Garden Street Rezoning) and Ordinance 2032 (Harrisburg Estates Rezoning). These same items were the subject of public hearings before the Planning and Development Board on Aug. 3, which also listed Ordinance 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, and 2032 on its agenda. No votes or outcomes are available because minutes have not been published.
Budget workshop and joint CRA meeting
The City Council held a budget workshop on Aug. 10 to review a draft budget presentation. According to the agenda, no votes or final decisions were scheduled; the meeting was primarily a discussion and information session. Later that day, the Community Redevelopment Agency and City Council held a joint special meeting to review the draft budget and hear a presentation of audited financial statements by Purvis Gray. That agenda also included approval of minutes from Aug. 25, 2025, and Sept. 29, 2025, along with reports from the CRA director and city manager.
Anti-data center rules and other action items
The council's regular meeting agenda included Action Item 10.1 on anti-data center prohibitions. The agenda also referenced the FY27 employee benefits plan, task orders, a Head Start lease extension, and grant agreements as part of the consent agenda. Specific details on these items were not provided in the agenda summary.
Coming up
Two meetings are scheduled in the next 14 days:
- **City Council (Mayor's Advisory Council)** – Aug. 17: The advisory council will review a youth survey, receive an update on a private organization youth townhall, consider an extension of the Crestview 101 Citizen's Academy, and get an update on the Okaloosa County 250 Celebration. The agenda is largely procedural, with no votes on ordinances or contracts.
- **Special Magistrate** – Aug. 18: A public hearing will consider red light/school zone violations (case numbers 1012000000270870 and 1012000000271951) and code enforcement cases, including animal control matters and cases 26-157, 26-239, 26-469, 26-375, and 26-343. Interested parties may appear and be heard.
All recent meeting minutes remain unpublished, so residents should check the city's official channels for final actions and decisions.