Franklin County meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Franklin County agendas: airport funding shifts, land-use ordinance hearing, EMS blood program

Minutes for all three meetings covered in this roundup have not been published, according to the meeting records provided. What follows is what was scheduled, presented, or proposed — not what was decided.

Airport panel takes up Runway 24 permitting, master plan contract and hangar funds

The Airport Operations Economic Development committee held a special meeting Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 9:30 am at the Fort Coombs Armory in Apalachicola. Interim Airport Manager Steve Kirschenbaum was scheduled to present three items for the committee to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners: an FAA-funded Runway 24 permitting proposal described as a safety project, an airport engineering agreement for a Master Plan update with the airport engineer of record, and a request to reallocate surplus FDOT hangar funds.

On the hangar item, the agenda states that $1.5M in FDOT funding becomes available in July 2027. Hangar Complex Phase 2 needs $968,000.00, leaving about $532,000.00 surplus. Staff proposed formally asking FDOT for a grant scope adjustment to move the surplus toward airport equipment and facility upgrades, which staff say saves the Airport General Fund over $500,000.00. Public comments were allotted up to 5 minutes per speaker, with the meeting accessible in person or via Zoom. The document is marked DRAFT and the agenda and reports are noted as subject to change.

Public hearing set on draft land-use ordinance

The Board of County Commissioners scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 5:05 pm. Land Use Attorney David A. Theriaque was set to present a draft ordinance, followed by public comments with a 5-minute limit per speaker and possible commission action to adopt the proposed ordinance. The agenda does not name the ordinance or describe its subject matter. The meeting is accessible in person or via Zoom and was not live-streamed on FCTV.

EMS blood program, tourism grants and airport items on regular agenda

The board's regular meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 9:00 am at the Fort Coombs Armory. The agenda is largely informational, with department directors reporting on library programs, extension work, tourism grants, airport projects and a proposed EMS prehospital blood program. Several sections of the agenda text are incomplete or cut off.

EMS proposed a prehospital blood program with OneBlood, with a projected operating cost of about $150 per month and state-provided blood coolers at no cost. The Tourist Development Council requested approval of $5,000 annual increases for four vendors — Bay Media, Tidemark Marketing, Forgotten Coast TV and Oyster Radio — and $5,000 increases for six museum grants and four visitor centers. The TDC Board recommended approval of 2026/2027 Promotional and Museum Grants totaling $276,000, comprising 54 event promotion grants and 6 museum grants.

Airport items included approval sought for Backroads Consulting environmental permitting at $3,100 for Runway 24 RPZ and approach clearing of approximately 18.4 acres, and AVCON Task Order No. 18 for the North Quadrant Master Site Plan at $176,100, fully funded by Florida Department of Commerce Agreement No. D0347 with $0 local match.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings for the next 14 days were listed in the records provided. Residents should check the county's official meeting postings for agendas and any schedule changes.

All items above are drawn from agendas only; outcomes will be reported when minutes are published.

Franklin County agendas take up airport funds, land-use ordinance and EMS blood program

Franklin County's airport committee and the Board of County Commissioners were scheduled to take up airport funding, a land-use ordinance and a proposed EMS blood program over the past week, according to agendas for three meetings. All three records are agendas only — minutes have not yet been published — so no outcomes, adoptions or vote tallies are known from the documents provided.

Airport: hangar funds, master plan and Runway 24

The Airport Operations Economic Development committee held a special meeting Oct. 6 at 9:30 a.m. at the Fort Coombs Armory in Apalachicola. Interim Airport Manager Steve Kirschenbaum presented three items for the committee to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners. The agenda is marked DRAFT and the agenda and reports are noted as subject to change.

The items were:

• A Runway 24 RPZ and approach surface permitting proposal, described as an FAA-funded safety project.
• An Airport Master Plan Update engineering agreement with the airport engineer of record, drafted for County review and execution.
• Hangar Complex Phase 2: $1.5M in FDOT funding becomes available in July 2027; Phase 2 needs $968,000.00, leaving about $532,000.00 surplus. Staff asked the committee to formally request an FDOT grant scope adjustment to reallocate the surplus toward airport equipment and facility upgrades, which staff say saves the Airport General Fund over $500,000.00.

Public comments were allowed for up to 5 minutes per speaker, with the meeting accessible in person or via Zoom.

The Board's Oct. 7 regular meeting agenda listed three airport items, including a $176,100 AVCON Task Order No. 18 for a North Quadrant Master Site Plan, described as fully funded by Florida Department of Commerce Agreement No. D0347 with $0 local match, and a $500,000 FDOT grant reallocation. Approval was also sought for Backroads Consulting environmental permitting at $3,100 for Runway 24 RPZ and approach clearing of approximately 18.4 acres.

Land-use ordinance public hearing

The Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing Oct. 7 at 5:05 p.m. Land Use Attorney David A. Theriaque was scheduled to present a draft ordinance for review, followed by public comments and possible commission action to adopt the proposed ordinance. The agenda does not name the ordinance or describe its subject matter. Public comments were accepted on the hearing item with a 5-minute limit per speaker. The meeting was accessible in person or via Zoom and was not live-streamed on FCTV.

EMS blood program and tourism grants

The Board's Oct. 7 regular meeting began at 9:00 a.m. at the Fort Coombs Armory. The agenda is largely informational, with department directors reporting on library programs, extension work, tourism grants and airport projects.

• EMS proposed a prehospital blood program with OneBlood, with a projected operating cost of about $150 per month and state-provided blood coolers at no cost.
• The TDC requested approval of $5,000 annual increases for four vendors (Bay Media, Tidemark Marketing, Forgotten Coast TV, Oyster Radio) and $5,000 increases for six museum grants and four visitor centers.
• The TDC Board recommended approval of 2026/2027 Promotional and Museum Grants totaling $276,000, comprising 54 event promotion grants and 6 museum grants.

The agenda notes that several sections of its text are incomplete or cut off.

What the records do not show

Each of the three meetings is documented by an agenda only. No minutes, vote tallies or adoption results were available in the supplied records, and the Oct. 6 airport agenda is marked DRAFT. The absence of published outcomes is not evidence that no action was taken.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings were listed in the data provided for the next 14 days.