Council Faces Light Agenda in Destin Meeting
Destin City Council plans a light agenda for Monday night with one speaker from the Destin Woman's Club on Clement E Taylor Park and a tentative Florida Highway Patrol address on law enforcement support. Committee reports from six panels and a possible attendance update from Public Safety Chairman Richard Duke frame the 7 p.m. session at the Destin Community Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Destin
Fran Beaird
Destin Woman's Club
Clement E. Taylor Park
Florida Highway Patrol
Richard Duke
Public Safety Committee
General Services, Waterways, Public Safety, Recreation
Destin Community Center
Insurance hike already in effect on charter boat policies
A 20 to 40 percent rise in charter boat insurance, reported in Wednesdays LOG, actually occurred last May and began in June. Boat owners who paid premiums since then have already felt the impact. Destin Insurance and Bonding Company president Edward Harmon says no further increases are expected before this fishing season and such increases are not usually followed by more hikes.
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Destin Insurance and Bonding Company
Edward Harmon
Harmon
Destin May Get Liquor Money
Destin may collect 38 percent of liquor beer and wine license fees from local businesses. Liquor licenses cost 1750 annually while beer and wine only licenses are 280 and grocery store packaged beer or wine licenses 200 each year. Fees are due September 30. City must provide charter census data and boundaries to state regulators to determine eligible businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Destin
R.E. Baxley
Division of
Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
Baxley
City of
State Department of Business Regulation
Ohio Firm Initiates Work On East Pass Weir Closure
An Ohio firm began unloading 18 000 tons of stone to close a 1 000 foot weir in East Pass west jetty, with a March 30 deadline. South Shore Equipment Co of Avon, under a $500 000 contract issued Oct 31, faces a $715 daily penalty for delays beyond March. The project aims to reduce sand transfer and shorten dredging cycles in East Pass Channel.
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Ingrid Kreis
East Pass
Alton Colvin
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
South Shore Equipment Co
Avon
Ohio
Corps
Gene Gay
South Shore
Gay
al Johnson
Colvin
Choctawhatchee Bay
Council To Pick New City Hall
Destin City Council weighs three site options for a temporary City Hall at Perfect Exposure, Davis Plaza, or Plaza De Listo. Each option lists space, rent, parking, and lease terms with deadlines to move in and start planning a permanent building. The decision focuses on current and near term needs and parking proximity to Benning Drive.
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Tina Harbuck
Destin City
General Services Committee
Beth McCabe
Davis Plaza
Plaza de Listo
McCabe
Tom Rappazini
Perfect Exposure
Benning Drive
Rib Shack
William Frank Davis
Davis
Mountain Drive
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Weir
Rodeo Dock
Licors
Sun
Maltezo’s
Seascape
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