Approx 200 attendees at Meet & Greet for BCU’s new President Dr Albert Mosley….welcoming comments from Mayor Derrick Henry, Commissioner Paula Reed, Volusia AALC Chair Rufus Johnson, NAACP President Cynthia Slater, City Mgr Deric Feacher
County Council approved several infrastructure/planning projects via Transform386 to reduce flood risk, modernize essential utilities, and advance recovery efforts in Daytona Beach, Orange City, Port Orange, NSB .…..
Daytona Beach PD seeking new recruits….must pass their Physical Abilities Test plus background check, polygraph exam, etc)...starting pay $19 an hour plus health care benefits
Deltona City Commission has workshop to update their current travel policy…proposed flat $4000?
NSB City Commission hosts workshop to consider 7 proposed City Charter amendments
School Board, County Council, Cities set their maximum TRIM property tax rate…all to host final Budget hearings in September..look for FY 2025-26 budget/tax rate chart in next week’s Volusia Matters newsletter
County Council approves FY 2025-26 Budgets for Halifax, SE Volusia and West Volusia Tourism Advertising Authorities
Several personnel shifts of our friends in Volusia
School District’s Half Cent Sales Tax Oversight Committee updates their capitol projects’ goals
DB Shores City Commission updates procurement policy..set city manager’s procurement approval limit at $100,000.
FY 2024 Volusia’s GDP was $27.5 billion….ranking us 14th out of Fla’s 67 counties
Fla Chamber’s Mid‑Year Business/Economic Report regarding the state's economic performance... Fla had estimated 1.4% growth in GDP (approx $1.76 trillion…adding 142 k jobs (a 1.4% increase) 3.7% unemployment rate
After Fla Supreme Court ruled with Gov Desantis to maintain his plan redrawing black-majority District 5 along I-10 into 3 other Congressional Districts….he’s now considering to call Special Session to redraw other Congressional districts
