FCBCC-Regular-Meeting-4.1.2026

1 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING COURTHOUSE ANNEX, COMMISSION MEETING ROOM APRIL 1, 2026 9:00 AM MINUTES Commissioners Present: Ricky Jones-Chairman, Jessica Ward-Vice-Chairman, Cheryl Sanders, Ottice Amison, and Anthony Croom, Jr. Others Present: Michele Maxwell-Clerk of Court, David Theriaque for Michael Shuler-County Attorney, Michael Moron-County Coordinator, and Erin Griffith-Fiscal Manager/Grants Coordinator, Jessica Gay-Clerk to the Board Call to Order Chairman Jones called the meeting to order. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Commissioner Croom led the Board in Prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Approval of the Agenda Chairman Jones speaking, Mr. Moron, does anything need to be added to the agenda, or does it need to be amended in any way before we approve it? Mr. Moron speaking, yes, not added, but amended. Mr. Chairman, so first I would like to move up my discussion Item 14 about code enforcement. I would like to move that up before you do any of your department directors reports after public comments. The reason being, the sheriff has, as you can see, quite a few of his staff here today and I would like to expand that discussion to now include RVs/campers and the possibility of the sheriff working closer, or with Mrs. Smith under code enforcement, he would like to bring that under his fold, because we have resolved some of the issues, we had the last time. A lot of those are now resolved, and he thinks together they can accomplish more with the support of his staff. So, I would like to have that discussion, make it early so that these fine gentlemen that are sitting in the back room do not have to sit all day, and they could leave and do all the things the sheriff wants them to do. Also, Jennifer Daniels does not have a report, but she is online. She would like to address you about something that came up late yesterday, about a burn ban. So, she is online to discuss that with the board, so know that she is there. And I think that is it for now. I just love we have a very cool deal here with the Supervisor of Elections and her sticker contest. That is very cool. I know some of you thought when you saw Lauren walk in the door, she was coming back, wrong answer. That is not what she is here for. Chairman Jones speaking, you do not have to dash hope that quickly. All right. Anything else? Michael, is that it? Mr. Moron speaking, I hope that is it for now, sir. Chairman Jones speaking, so we need a motion to amend the agenda as it has been published and then use it to the rest of this meeting. On a motion by Commissioner Amison, seconded by Commissioner Croom, and by a unanimous vote of the Board present, the Board approved the agenda as amended by Mr. Moron. Motion carried 5-0. Approval of Minutes and Payment of County Bills 1. Approval of Minutes 2. County Bill List for Payment On a motion by Commissioner Ward, seconded by Commissioner Sanders, and by a unanimous vote of the Board present, the Board approved the Payment of County Bills and the FCBCC Regular Meeting Minutes from 3/4/2026 and Special Meeting 3/25/2026. Motion carried 5-0. Awards and Recognitions 3. Honorable Heather C. Riley -- Supervisor of Elections -- Sticker Contest Winner Mrs. Heather Riler, Supervisor of Elections speaking, good morning. At the beginning of the year, we issued an invitation to our middle and high school students across the county to participate in an ‘I Voted’ sticker contest. We issued a challenge for them to create something that was civic minded, that was county minded, that was colorful and fun, and we had great participation from ABC Middle School. I want to present our winners here this morning. If I could ask Miss Ella Donahoe and Miss Thea Croom to please come forward.

2 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 They did a fantastic job in representing our county with their artwork. First, I want to present Miss Ella Donahoe with her first-place certificate and a check for $50 and Miss Thea Croom with her second-place certificate and a check for $25. We are just so thankful that they participated in this. All the artwork is just beautiful. Anybody that would like to come take a look at the artwork, it is hanging in our early voting room, so it is there, and they have little plaques underneath that tells why they chose the artwork that they did. I also want to give Miss Ella a copy of what her sticker is going to look like. Every voter in the primary and general election will have the opportunity to either get this ‘I Voted’ sticker or the 250-anniversary sticker this year. We want to thank them for their participation, and we are so proud, and we hope next year we have even more participation. So, thank you both so much. Each of the Board members offered their congratulations to the young ladies. Public Comments Mr. James Grater speaking, hey, there. I am James Grater at 108 22nd Avenue in Apalachicola, and I am speaking on behalf of the Moving Education Institute, which Frenchy Haynes here is a director of. I am speaking from my personal experience as a volunteer there. I think Frenchy is trying to get some continued support for the program, but last summer was my first experience with the program, and I was volunteered. We did one project, which some of you may have seen, called Letters to our Fathers. We created a video. It is about six minutes long, but this project incorporates many of the arts that the participants, the students, had to be very creative. It involved writing, reading, painting, choreography, and dancing. My part, the project was, Frenchy had asked several of the students to write letters about fatherhood. It could be about their fathers. It could be about their feelings of fatherhood. So that was a writing exercise, and then I recorded individually with my wife's help, we went into a private room, and each one read their letters. So that involved speaking, kind of. I used to work at NBC. I sometimes recorded the announcers there, and it was like a producer, the talent, and an engineer. So that was kind of a professional experience for these students. Then my wife and I went through all these letters and edited sections out that we thought would be pertinent to a larger piece, and then I wrote some music that was going to be part of a kind of a dance performance piece. So, I incorporated their fragments of what they were speaking with music that I wrote, created a soundtrack, and gave that to Frenchy. The other part of the project was the students had to write, create paintings, like five by seven paintings about fathers, and some of them are really abstract. They are really cool paintings. They were at the HCA this summer exhibition. So, it involved painting and another creative aspect of it. Then these paintings were put on rollers, and it was that they were incorporated into the choreography. So, Frenchy and the students created a choreography for this performance piece, which we later recorded and I edited. So anyhow, it involved many aspects of the arts. I was really impressed with the students. I think they all learned a lot. They were very polite. It was a pleasure to work with them. So, I hope the county can come up with some funds. I think it is a really valuable program. Ms. Kathleen Binder speaking, I am at 108 22nd Avenue, and that is my husband, and he is actually very modest. He is an Emmy Award winning editor. So, these kids got to work with somebody that has had a lot of experience. We need Thea and Ella in this program next summer. My husband, and I moved here, and we are hoping actually to do a music camp for kids. He is a composer. I am sort of a would-be musician, but then we heard about Frenchy’s program, and two years ago, we went to a performance, and these two old people sat there with tears running down the face. The kids were just so beautiful to watch. So, this last summer, we did get involved. I knew Jim was going to help them write music, but I contacted Frenchy at one point and said, with the kids, I just thought it would, I have been trying to get kids to come to my house and paint a mural. I thought it would be really fun to have kids do this project, because we do not have kids, and I like to, we like working with kids. Anyway, Frenchy said, no, they cannot come to your house to do that, but would you be interested in helping them make paintings? So here, I am not an artist, Ella and Thea would have been a better art facilitator than I was, so I went to Donna Ingalls shop to get some advice. She donated some fabric. Then I contacted other artists in the community, and now, because of that, we have a potter this summer that is going to help the kids do pottery. So, I do want to encourage you all friends, they are going to ask you for money. I think it is definitely worthwhile. No cost, it is free for the children. Some of the older children get paid to work with the kids. Frenchy does not get paid. Jim and I spent a bazillion hours on this project, and we are so glad we did. We are going to send you a video of Letters to our Fathers. It will make you cry. It is so beautiful. It is very poignant. Some of these children do not have relationships with their fathers. They have complicated relationships with their parents, or that parent. But it is beautiful

3 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 and it is heartfelt and very creative. Anyway, I hope you support the project. I have watched Frenchy work with these kids. It looks like chaos when you go in. He has a fabulous rapport with them. He gets them to express themselves in ways I would not expect let me just ask, have you all ever been to one of the Mei finales here? Okay, you have Commissioner Croom. It is like watching joy. It is so joyful. And even if I just if you have not been before, I encourage you to come to one of these, the final performance, because it is joyful, and to see little ones this, like this tall drumming is pretty amazing. So anyway, that is all. I have to just cheerlead about this program. Thank you. Mr. Frenchy Haynes speaking, good morning, Franklin County Commissioners. My name is Frenchy Haynes. I live at 210 17th Street in Apalachicola. I have been a citizen of Apalachicola for 36 years now, with my partner, Dr Willie Tolliver. In 2021 at the end of the pandemic, I was offered the opportunity by Valentina Webb to start a Summer Arts intensive. And then back in 2021 it was a Summer Arts sports intensive, and it has grown over the last five years. I would say last year was our biggest and best year. We partner with FSU, Panama City, FAMU extension program, a number of different nonprofit organizations that all provide in kind services, as Kathleen mentioned, I am not on salary, but I do get paid in many other ways. I am a former New York City public school teacher and administrator in arts. I am still a professional dancer, dance with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater of Harlem Nikolai dance theater. I work with Merce Cunningham, so I have an intense professional background in dance. When I met my partner 36 years ago, I said to him, when I retired, I am going to start a Summer Arts program, and also, at some point, I am going to bring dance and theater to Apalachicola. It happened in 2021 with the help of Valentina Webb and Gulf Coast Career Source. Since 2021 we have expanded. We have visual arts, theater play writing, food growth, food justice, where the kids grow food, and that is in partnership with another nonprofit organization. We have West African dance, contemporary dance, hip hop jazz. We have had tennis this year. We are going to have pottery free of charge. The only people that are on salary are the kids, because Career Source provides up to 15 kids with summer youth employment. They make $4,500 over eight weeks, we expanded the program and 2023 to include six- to nine-year-old, because I think the younger, we start them, the better chance they have at becoming productive citizens in our county and in the world. This year, we are at a $20,000 deficit. I have raised $30,000; it costs us $50,000 to do the camp and that is providing a space rental. FSU provides technology resources. The kids have become certified in Google Docs, Google Suite, and Google Slides. This year, we want to expand that to creating websites and also an introduction to programming. This is all free of charge, and in 2023 we raised the funding to go from $547 per participant to $1,000 per participant over the six to eight weeks this year, we are back to $547. I am trying to make up that deficit in 2024. The county awarded us with $5,000. I would like to have you guys come back to support us again. We did not get funding for last summer, and as Kathleen mentioned, we are not just an arts program. We are about supporting academics and having kids’ mentor and support each other to make it through life and provide life skills and learn how to work together and work side by side with professionals. They get to choose which professionals they want to work hand in hand with as an internship. Kids pick the arts, they pick dance, they pick music, they pick visual arts. Some of them want to do the food growth, food justice component. What is really special about it is that they get to choose. We do not make them do everything. I could not see saying to oh, Anthony, you are going to dance this summer, because it is part of the program. If you are not interested in dance, you do not have to dance. It is a chance for a child to explore their creativity in a group setting where everybody is equal. I know I am over my time, but I would love to have the county come back and be a community partner with moving education and our community moving education summer program. Thank you, and I will send for each one of you, the videotape. Chairman Jones speaking, if you would just send it to Mr. Moron, he can get it to all of us. The Board moved to Code Enforcement discussion item 4 on Mr. Moron’s report at this time. Mr. Moron speaking, item four, our March 25th special meeting, the commission board asked that the process, you know, to bring a code enforcement ordinance to the board for approval is considered a priority as we move forward. After the meeting, Commissioner Amison contacted me, and he asked if there were no objections from the other board members, he would like to take the lead on this project. His intention is to meet with staff, create a draft ordinance, perhaps using the draft ordinance that was discussed at a previous meeting and the section of the work color code enforcement ordinance that applies to dangerous structures. I attached both documents as a starting point, the draft that is created from that meeting will be

4 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 circulated to each Commissioner for your comments. Then your comments, of course, will be incorporated into the draft ordinance. Then we will send that to the attorney for their review, and after the attorney’s review, the board can then schedule a workshop and or public hearing before final approval. The reason I asked the board to move this up today is because yesterday, Dwayne and James, some sheriff's offices came in, and they are having a problem with RVs again. It is getting bad again, and they kind of wanted to know how we can work together to get the stronger, first, a stronger RV ordinance and to help with enforcement. We talked about that a bit. I talked about it over with Steve and Angela. I said, you know what? I will probably ask the board in the morning. My intention was to ask you guys to discuss that. Then at lunchtime, going to Izzy's, the sheriff was there, actually the sheriff and Shep, the assistant state attorney. They were outside. I met them, and we talked about it, about that, for a while. And the sheriff even said, look, you know, he would really like you guys to consider as we get closer to budget, code enforcement. He likes Mrs. Smith, but he believes if she is working as part of the sheriff's department, then enforcement could even be, he thinks it will be a better situation. Let me just summarize it to that level, he likes her, he likes the work she does, but he thinks she needs more enforcement back up, you know, to be more effective, commissioners. I would tell you; I know we have discussed this before, but I think a lot of the problems we had in the past that has been solved. We say certified. Actually, she is going for more classes here in a couple of months to enhance her certification. There was a point brought up last time we discussed this, that maybe in the future, if Sheriff Smith were not the sheriff anymore, what we could do. I thought about that last night. The best thing to do would be, instead of putting money in his budget to fund an individual position, what we could do is create a contract with the sheriff's department that is renewed every year. And that contract would be similar to what we have right now with the DOH to provide that, but that's related discussion. What I kind of wanted some of, maybe James would come up, would explain to you some of what they are going through dealing with right now with RVs, you know, and how we have people setting up RVs in the right of way right now. And please, I am going to say this. I know how people react. I am not saying all, I am not even saying most, but there are some cases where campers are being used for drug issues, sale, creation, and I am sure these gentleman, could maybe discuss that better than I can, but they would really like a closer relationship with the board and with code enforcement and the board and for us to work for now, you know, working moving forward and on a possible discussion of the sheriff, just assuming code enforcement here in the future, we could do it as a trial basis for a year. The software, hopefully that will be ready within the next 60 to 75 days. They are doing the front end of the software right now. Basically, they too, had to prepare for ADA because, again, that ADA requirement coming up here in the 24 th . Mr. Chairman, it is nationwide. That is not a Florida rule, that is a nation rule. So, they have customers throughout it is a federal rule, so they have customers throughout the state. So, they are working on the front end to do that. And as they were doing that, Angela kind of told them some of the commission awards comments about making it as easy as possible for the public to find information. Remember now they will now citizen serve. Will now be doing our they now do our billing department in the permitting, zoning, and permitting, and now they will be doing code enforcement. So, they are redoing the front end first, and then they will finish up code enforcement after that front end is completed. So, we are still waiting on them. Yes, they are still working. They are working now, Commissioner, they are actually working with Angela now, but more on the front end afterwards, they do the back end. They have already been working on that for a couple of two or three months. No, they just what we had this discussion before, yeah, but it took a while, was delayed, before we actually got the agreement signed commission, so it has not been that long not even going to do even going to, I am not going to touch. I am going to kind of comment on the other software right now. That is but I would like to invite someone from the sheriff's department up so maybe they do it kind of reinforce what I was saying, and you guys could ask them questions again. We are not talking about the sheriff taking over code enforcement today. That is not for today. That is a future discussion. But I want them to, you guys to know some of the problems. What I would like, in effect, is, if you guys agree to allow Commissioner Amison to take the lead with this, not only is he looking to do the or dangerous houses, the one that needs to be torn down, let him go ahead and do a new RV camper ordinance at the same time. Remember, we had an ordinance. It did not pass. We already had software designed to issue the permits that would tell us that they would put on the side of the side of a camper, and the sheriff's department could drive by and look from the road and see whether or not that permit was still valid. It expired. How long they have been there? Do they fit within the seven and 14 days? All those rules, we had an ordinance already for that. We had a software system. The chairman was key with that. So, you know, we were almost there to that mark. I cannot remember why that ordinance did not pass. I am sorry,

5 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 my memory fails me in that one, but yes, kind of would be you allowing Commissioner Amison to pick up that ball and run with that one too. Commissioner, I know I am tagging you with more than we talked about a couple days ago, but I am hoping that you do not mind picking up with both and doing both at the same time. Okay, Mr. Chairman, I am done. I will let you do you. Commissioner Ward speaking, Mr. Chairman, I will say that the thing with the RV ordinance and I directed you guys’ way back when we got Bree on board. I think that the big and I met with Bree and I met with Angela, and I met with all the people before that were before them. We have got to get a handle on it. And the issue with the RV ordinance is we all know we do not want to make anybody homeless. We also have the ordinance with the seven to fourteen days. That is, to me, stupid. Okay, I am just throwing that word out there. Know, a lot of people do not like that word, but if you, if you have got that, you know, it is like I was explaining to Attorney Shuler one day, if you have an RV on a piece of property, you can move it just an inch, and that is technically moving it. Does that give you another seven to fourteen days? So, there was some ambiguity in that. I have been pushing for code enforcement since I have been on this board. I am going to continue to do it. I feel like we have come a long way. I feel like that we are where, way further along than what we were. I told somebody other day; I feel like we are getting on the ball with it. Then I feel like we keep getting, like, hits with certain things that have happened recently, but the RV ordinance is going to be very difficult, and that is one of the reasons why it did not pass, and why we had so much issue, so many issues with it, is there is just we have got a lot of people in our community, especially in my district. My district is the world's worst about the RV situation, and it is something we got to look at too. I see both sides, but again, I feel like the blighted structure ordinance and the RV ordinance very important issues, and we definitely need to get them done sooner than later. I know you and I talked about the software. So, you and just so the rest of the board's aware, I would rather them work on this software and get it basically applicable to our county, not, you know, Gulf County, Wakulla, and we are all different. I asked Sissy and Angela to be involved with it too, because she is the one that is going to be utilizing the software. I wanted it as user friendly for not only her, because she is the one going to be doing the software, and Angela, but also for us to be able to go in there, and our citizens to be able to go on there too. Just to make it as transparent as possible. So, I told Michael, I said, what is another month or two to get it perfect? Because I would rather get it perfect then. I know there is going to be tweaks that need to be made along the along the way, but I would rather have something very good and very, very easy to do, versus it not being what we want and then having to go back two months later and reinvent the wheel a whole other program, or a whole other little intricacy in that program. So that is what I feel about that now. I will help any which way. I know Commissioner Amison, and I cannot talk about it, but if he wants to help me help with the RV or whatever, I will be more than happy to help out any which way I can. Commissioner Sanders speaking, so, I personally do not have no problem with Commissioner Amison doing what has been requested. Yeah, I think he is a good one. Commissioner Ward speaking, he agreed to the other but he has been voluntold here on the spot. Commissioner Amison speaking, just let y'all know after the last meeting, and we have had this even with the RV ordinance and with code enforcement. You know, we have had enough dialog right here, and we are all familiar with the county as a whole. So, I see where we are having, you know, roadblocks amongst each other, with our separate districts. My train of thought would when Michael was is, hey, why don't I just get with staff? Because their boots on the ground, they are the ones that that sees more than what we do on a day-to-day basis. Let us just get a good collective group in there and sit down. Let us take what we have and tweak it, because I think I could find a good balance. Because at the end of the day, we got to count to three to get something done and I think we can get there and get it done, rather than trying to each one of us pieces together, call an attorney. It just does not seem to be I do not know how it is gone for years and years, and do not really care. I just look forward. But I think it would be a better transition to getting something passed. You know, if we can do that collectively, get something together, get it out to the commissioners, all of us take a look at it and y'all know me, I got thick skin. If you do not like something, tweak it, and then we can get it to the attorney versus individuals. This is no reflection on the attorneys, but they are sitting there, he is sitting there listening to five different people trying to put something together. It just, I think it is a lot smoother process if we do at this point. And I do not mind doing it, but in the RVs, I have got some again, in my district, not as bad as your district, but I have that same issue. I do not want to create a homeless situation, and I have got some ideas with that, with and I have had discussion with staff on it in the past, of ways of doing that ordinance with the RVs, concerning the RVs to where it would, over time, kind of clean itself up. You know, I have got some ideas.

6 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 I will get with staff. We will get it on paper. We will get it out. Everybody takes a look at it, we will play around with it, and maybe we can find something we can all digest. That is what I am trying to do. Commissioner Ward speaking, Mr. Chairman, if I could just echo that I feel like too. It gets frustrating for me as a commissioner, because a lot of the complaints I get are code enforcement related. It does seem like a long process. I mean, here we are. We first started. My RV has been a problem before I was on the board, but I on the board, I have been on the board six years, and it is kicking that can down the road. I am tired of kicking cans down the road. I want something that we can like Commissioner Amison said, it does seem like there is a lot of process, and every time we come for a public hearing, we always table it because of something, some reason or not, which is why we decided to go with the public workshop. But still, that is again, a delay, because we have to advertise. It just delays things, I feel like, the way Commissioner Amison has talked about, we may not need a public workshop. I know I would like the public to be involved. But if we, I mean if we tweak it enough, yeah, I mean, of course, public workshop is important too, so that the public can put their, you know, speak their piece, instead of having at a public hearing, thus changing things on the fly from what the public says as well. So, I just want to get this, all this stuff, hashed out. I know right now I was talking about the blighted ordinance is a priority, but now the RVs is a priority, which they've always kind of been a priority. We just kind of been kicking that can that we do not need some cases that go hand in hand. Mr. Moron speaking, yeah, Mr. Chairman, to follow up on Commissioner Ward. So, I think this process that Commissioner Amison and is talking about is going to how he is going to help is, I do not think we are going to need a special meeting just for a workshop. I think a workshop could be incorporated into a regular meeting. The public hearing will be I think that is where you need to have something, you know, separate. But, yeah, I love this approach. I think it actually work. I really do. Chairman Jones speaking, the only thing I will say is there are some outstanding issues right now. I know that there are some issues that, in talking with Sissy, letters to be written that will probably have to be assisted by Attorney Theriaque. There are actual issues we are working on that I do not want to delay a month or two about the however long facilitator that we need to have some conversation with Attorney Theriaque and or the Sheriff's Department. We need to get whatever we need to get to help Miss Sissy, do what she is doing. Mr. Moron speaking, actually, Chairman, that would be those could be examples that we use along the way to as they work through it. How we deal with those? Chairman Jones speaking, I just want to make sure the board intended to have those at the same time. Commissioner Sanders speaking, what kind of timeline are we looking at? Michael? Do you know what kind of timeline? Mr. Moron speaking, I was thinking weeks, maybe not so many months, because I do not think it will take that long. I mean, the conference, may take a little bit longer because we really need the sheriff's department involved in those discussions. So that may take a little bit longer commission, but I see the commissioner sitting out with staff rather sooner rather than later, and I am circulating whatever they come up with to you guys. We incorporate your changes and we discuss it. You know, at a meeting coming up on the RV ordinance, we have been dealing with that for many, many years. I know I have got several in the area over there, east of land art that has come in there, and they are living out of them. But then when they go to check it out, nobody is there. So, I mean, we need to, yeah, if we are going to do the on the ordinance, just like the commissioners want to be done, we need to go in and do it. Commissioner Ward speaking, Mr. Chairman, obviously the sheriff's office needs to work with them, because the complaints they see we may obviously do not see, and Sissy may not even see, yes, so I think you are right. It goes hand in hand. And I do not know if any of them want to come up with the speak they can do rock paper scissors or whatever. Mr. Moron speaking, kind of dropped the name already. He is sitting there looking pretty but he is good. Captain Hamm speaking, good morning commissioners. Chief just said, go up. So, we met with Michael yesterday. We get a lot of the complaints throughout the county. They are really not coming to the building department; they are not really coming to the commissioners. They are coming to the sheriff. They are coming to the sheriff's office. We hear it when we are in the streets, as we are patrolling. Our guys are patrolling. We are seeing it. It is not just the RVs that we are having issues with. It is the sheds. I mean, we have got people living in sheds that you know, do not have running water, do not have power, do not have sewer attached to these sheds. The campers do not have water, power, sewer, so they are just letting the fecal matter go on the ground. You know, they are running by candlelight. They are running by whatever means of light they have. They have got generators running, disturbing the neighborhoods. They are keeping the yards full of debris, trash, just whatever you can think they are pulling into the yards. They are pulling them in. And sometimes you may have one camper in the yard, or you may have four. Some of them may be decent campers. Some are halfway falling apart, and they have got tarps over them with people still living in them.

7 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 And drug use is a big issue with that, because they are taking campers from one property to the next. You know, we go in there and the owners finally kick them off this property. Well, they take that camper, move it four blocks over, and they are living on another piece of property. And then we are doing the same thing we were doing there. They are moving all their junk down to the other property. They are selling drugs out of that house. They have people coming and going all hours of the night. I mean, that is, that is the reports we are getting. That is, I mean, we have got deputies working all these areas. I think I gave seven properties to the building department yesterday, took photos, labeled everything, who was the property owner, what addresses, and took the visual time to, like, put it out to work, showing what is wrong with the properties? I mean, they are a nuisance. They are a nuisance in our county, especially when you start getting the people in there selling drugs and all. I mean, I have no issue with somebody living in a camper, that that is what they can afford, you know. I mean, not everybody can go in and afford a $300,000- $400,000 home. You know, not everybody can go in and afford a mobile home. I mean, used to you could buy a mobile home decent price. Now they are outrageous, you know, some people that are what they can afford and I am fine with that. I believe the sheriff would possibly be fine with that. But keep it nice. Keep it you know, to where, if we have children running in the neighborhood. They are not running through your property, possibly getting hurt, having refrigerators out in the yard with the doors on them, which is, you know, by law, illegal. I mean, it becomes a nuisance in that aspect. The RVs are a big issue. You know, you take an RV and you put it behind somebody's house, and then you got four families living in one RV. I mean, it is a big issue for our county, so that's kind of really all I have. Spur of the moment. Commissioner Ward speaking, Mr. Chairman, I did not think about sheds, and that is why we, you know, again, the communication because, yeah, I did not think people would be living in those. Captain Ham speaking, no, I mean, I actually sent Michael some yesterday of people living in sheds over here on 26th Street. We have got some over on 25th Street. I actually spoke to Sissy this morning. She calls me quite a bit. She calls the sheriff's office if she needs assistance or a deputy to go out just to be, you know, kind of do a standby with her if she does not feel real comfortable going to that house. So, we do communicate with Sissy very well. If she has an issue, whatever, we are very responsive to her. And we appreciate that, you know, her trying to work however she can. But, I mean, we do. We have a lot of people that just have old, abandoned cars in their yards. I am sure if you have rode around, they're just sitting there. They are unlocked. I mean, if a child got into that car playing hide and go seek, somehow that car locked up, and it gets hot during the summer, you know, that is not a good scenario, you know. But that is the biggest thing, is they are using a lot of the RVs to bounce here to there, to here to there. But, I mean, we, we went to a house other day. There is a shed in the back, a lady's living in the back. There is no water, there is no power. We go in looking for a subject. There's meth pipes and every other thing you can think of sitting around in the shed. You know, we have had that issue down with Commissioner Amison, you know, there is actually an RV on Oyster Road that is encroaching on county right away, and not by an inch or two, but by feet. You know, if you are not familiar with the county right away, some of the right of ways are up to 100 feet in our county. You know, I think the smallest we have is probably 60, maybe 50, you know. But that is one thing me and Colonel Coulter did several years ago. We got in there and we went to Mark Currington, and we got the right of ways for our county. We were able to go in there and clear a lot of the right of ways, you know, go in there and say, hey, you got to clear the right of way. You are on county property, you know. Or they got, you know, NTAS or went to jail for illegal dumping, you know, but that is one of the biggest issues right there. I mean, is the RVs people living in the sheds, you know, the drug use that these people are doing because they do not, how can I rephrase this? They do not want to get out and get a regular job. They would rather sell their drugs and live however they can continue, not just selling the drugs, but using the drugs as for themselves. So that is kind of the issue we are having. So, any assistance we can have, you know, would be greatly appreciated. Anything we can do. You know, we are always here to help. Commissioner Croom speaking, Mr. Chair, I got questions. Captain Hamm, you mentioned 25 th and 26th Avenue. Are y'all working with the city of Apalachicola code enforcement too? Captain Hamm speaking, I actually spoke to Sissy yesterday, our thoughts, and I ran it by Major Segree, our thought. And I am sure your thought was probably the east side was always the city, the west side was always the county. We always figured that's kind of how it broke up. That is even how we take calls. We figured the county city line was always dead middle in that road. I found out this morning that the city has actually, I guess, been working the west side of 25th but some of the photos that I took and information I sent was off 25 th . so, I mean, I can run down the list right now. what all I saw. Commissioner Croom speaking, fortunate for me, you know, my district is in the city of Apalachicola. I do not deal with a bunch of those complaints. However, I know it is a county

8 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 wide issue as well, you know? So, I am very in support of fixing this code enforcement issue that we have and Commissioner Amison wanting to step up and take the lead in helping us. I am very supportive of that. Mr. Moron speaking, Chairman, I think the most heartbreaking case was when he, James said to me yesterday, there's a, will not call any names, that there is a situation where the kids are in the back in a shed, but they are selling drugs on the camper, the RV up front. Chairman Jones speaking, do we need the action for this? Mr. Moron speaking, we do not. I just wanted to make sure there with no objections to or any specific comments you wanted to direct to Commissioner Amison. Commissioner Sanders speaking, Mr. Chairman, can we take item five while Major Segree is here? Mr. Moron speaking, so item number five, in similar fashion, Commissioner Amison is willing to meet with Barnacle representatives to discuss a draft contract for your review, which, after we meet and we hammer out, they have, they sent something received from Brad, go to forward it to the commission. We will sit with them, schedule a meeting, and we will have something afterwards, let the attorney look at it, and then from there, it will be presented to the board for your review. Any, again, same way, same fashion, any comments about the Barnacle you would like Commissioner Amison to? Chairman Jones speaking, I think that they need to, if we are going to have Barnacle we are going to have, they need to get ready to put whatever they have on Alligator Point on St. George Island. Because I know last weekend that is not a blade on anybody. I was trying to help someone that was stranded in a vehicle that someone else had started helping it out, kind of helped finish the job, but it wound up having to get towed. We had to wait all day long for the tow truck because they were on the island towing so we waited until eight o'clock for the tow truck to get to us. Mr. Moron speaking, so yeah. Because one of the things we needed on the island, correct me, if I am wrong, commissioners. One of the things that they said could be a negotiating point is a free drop off on St George Island as part of that negotiation. Could keep that as part of negotiations to get that done? Commissioner Ward speaking, yes, Mr. Moron. I do not know if we want to talk about this now or later, but I did do a ride along on Alligator Point. So, if y'all want to me to discuss that real quick. Saturday, as promised, the Barnacle situation, I said I was going to be active, and ride along with a deputy out there, I did Saturday, I rode around between 11 and 12. There were some, as far as the barnacle goes, the deputy explained everything to me how it worked. The only issue that we found was, well, for one, we did not have to deploy one, which is a good thing. You know, the issue that we found was, when he showed me the box, there was something where one was not charging, but I think it would not be in, maybe the plug, not the barnacle device itself, but when we pulled it out of the box, it would not go to the app on the phone. It was not recognizing the device. So, he logged out and logged back in, and then it worked. So that was the only issue. And then I found out after the fact, that once I got done my ride along, I guess he deployed one. I did not hang out long enough. So, I guess the next time I go out, I will have to go out a little later in the afternoon. But there were some things that that the deputy expressed, some, I will not say concerns, but just some issues that he thinks that we as a board might need to bring up and address. One was that and I know we have discussed this before, and refresh my memory, the county property that is there. I know we talked about in the past, making that into a parking lot. Is that still something that we are looking at doing, or we do not have to answer it now? Commissioner Sanders speaking, I'll answer later on in the board meeting, because I have got a letter to do with that parking area. Commissioner Ward speaking, and then another one was, there is a at the old, if you ever been out there, their old firehouse, there is a stop bar. So, when he when he approached the intersection, it is really not an intersection. There is a stop bar, like a stop painted and a stop bar painted on the road, but there is no stop sign, so you have got people stopping, but there is no stop sign, which I don't see or need, that there needs to be a stop there, because it's no it's just a curve. It is right there by the but I think it was a stop when it was all one road, before the storm took it out. But so, I did not know if maybe we needed to put a stop sign there, or if there needs to be a stop there. If not, we need to maybe get the road department to scrape up that or pave over that stop bar. That was another thing I was going to bring up. Then in that same general area, and it is on the count in the county, right of way, um, kind of off that there is a sidewalk there, but people were parking along there. The question was, can they get barnacle for parking there? But there are no parking signs. So, if that is an area, we are going to allow people to park, then we need to communicate that with the sheriff's office so they do not barnacle those vehicles. Otherwise, if we do not want people parking there, then we need to make sure there is no parking signs there so there is no confusion. Does that make sense? Chairman Jones speaking, it does but I thought we had designated parking areas. Commissioner Ward speaking, we do. But people where they are parking, and I got pictures. I should have sent them to you to share, but anyway, they are parking basically

9 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 on the side and accessing the beach from the county property. There are no parking signs. The first parking sign starts right when you turn on the Chip Morrison down not far from the old firehouse. Chairman Jones speaking, yeah, but if you are not careful, you are going to wind up, so if you say you cannot enforce parking because there is not a sign, I mean, I got 15 miles, we need to put signs on. It is going to look like coming on Apalachicola bridge. Do not make no sense. So, we do the opposite, say, parking a lot in designated that is what I thought. That is what, that is what I was trying to make, yeah, because if we start having to put a have a sign for where they cannot park, we are just going to have a lot of signs. Commissioner Ward speaking, well, I just, I did not know, in a court of law if they ever decided to say, for example, a vehicle was barnacled, and they take it to court saying they barnacled my vehicle because I parked in this spot. But there are no parking signs telling me I cannot park there. I did not know if that was something that we needed to address. Chairman Jones speaking, the places we do have signs that say you can park here, are the parking areas. Commissioner Sanders speaking, well, one thing you got to remember, too, there is not going to be, weeks from now that we are going to be realigning all those roads down there. And so all of that is not even going to be like it is now. So, I mean, as soon as we get the permits from DEP, I can take, you know, to take the firehouse down and realign that road. There is going to be another traffic pattern. Commissioner Ward speaking, well, I will send Michael some pictures too, so he could look at it and see maybe what the next step we need to take. Then I think there was another, nope I think that is it. Commissioner Amison speaking, so I have a question. Since we have Mr. Segree and this board together. I had a constituent approach me a couple weeks ago in the hardware store. This was in concern with St George Island about parking, which would go hand in hand, and what we are discussing with Alligator Point. But if it is a county right away, is it legal to park on the county right away? Commissioner Ward speaking, technically, it is not. Commissioner Amison speaking, I mean, is there any law against it? Major Segree speaking, is that not something wrote into one of our county ordinances that prohibits parking on those right of ways on Alligator Point? Specifically, I believe. I do not know if it addresses that currently for Saint George Island, but I do believe it, it prohibits that on Alligator Point itself. Commissioner Amison speaking, because, I mean, having this discussion, if there is not anything in writing, I mean, realistically, we cannot run and scatter. Well, I mean, Florida DOT did it, but I do not know if we can afford that many signs to properly post all county right away. There is no parking so it may be something if this, you know, if it continues to be an issue, we may have to look into that. Now, you know, I do not know how we would handle that, but, and like I said, that is why I am asking you, since you were law enforcement, you may know if we have something in place, but we will research and look at it absolutely. Major Segree speaking, just really quick to speak to the to the barnacle. Since we started using it again this year, throughout the month of March, you have seen the report I have sent to each one of you guys, I am sure. It literally has worked flawlessly. I know that there was a brief incident over the weekend where it may have took a minute or two for it to do its thing, but I've, I've deployed it multiple times since our last conversation, and it has worked again as designed, flawlessly attached to the vehicle, the individuals, the owners or drivers, whichever you want to call it, they have removed the barnacle without issue, without problems, and deposited the device back into the drop box. We have not had really any issues at this point. And I think moving forward, as we have talked several times for Saint George Island, we are going to experience a lot of a lot of problems over there. And it is something, of course, that the board wishes to move forward with. I think it is going to be again, our best deterrent, our best way to battle the parking problems. It is already proven itself. I feel like, just on Alligator Point, we went from one weekend I deployed roughly six barnacles or seven, to just this past weekend, there were only two deployed. So, I believe that the people are seeing it. They are they know that they are going to get barnacled, and of course, they are hoping to avoid that, which is, again, at the end of the day, I think that the best result is that we have zero parking problems. The device is working. It is working great. Commissioner Sanders speaking that is why I wanted Major Segree up here to see what his opinion at the barnacle was. So going forward, having to do the contract with Barnacle, then we are aware of all the circumstances. But I know in the past, I got multiple complaints every week about the problem. I think doing the rocks on Chip Morrison there, at that parking spot there that did excellent. And I thank APTA for bringing that to our attention and down there and the folks down there. But you know, anything we can do on that parking issue, whether it be Alligator Point or the island, because we do. I mean, you look at your numbers that you sent in back in March, in that two-day speed study that you did, over 4,400 people in two days went to Alligator Point. That is a lot of people going to Alligator Point. Major Segree speaking, although we have got spring break right now, we're still not in the busy season. Commissioner Sanders speaking, I know you got Alligator Point. I mean, you got Saint George

10 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 Island on top of Alligator Point. And you can imagine, because the roads are good over on Alligator Point, I mean, St George Island, you know, the roads are good on Alligator Point. Now I can remember a time when it was not so. But anyway, I just, I like seeing those numbers, where we know how many people we are accommodating down here in this county and the services that they require to have. Chairman Jones speaking, do we need the action on this commission? Commissioner Sanders speaking, Commissioner Amison if you do not mind, just kind of keep Brad in the loop on the contract. And if he needs anything or anything, as far as barnacle goes. Commissioner Ward speaking, Mr. Chairman speaking, I will say that I do feel like the barnacles would benefit St George Island as well. And talking to the deputy I wrote around with, he seemed to think the same thing. So, it is just a matter of that negotiation, getting us a box with six free barnacles. Commissioner Amison speaking, I mean, that's music in my ears. I am glad it is working. I am glad we got a need for it, but we still got to have a discussion on a year of, which is fine. I mean, we can get past that. We just got to find a good common ground with them. Just on personal note, my little niece came into town last night after she drove around the whole nation to get to Florida. She is a young driver. Her little friend come down for a couple days because spring break and everything. And I told her, when I was reading this, I said, do not go to the island and park anywhere. Last thing I want to see is the commissioner's niece getting towed over there because I noticed our discussion. But and get ready because Atlanta is coming. They will be here Friday through next weekend. I know there is some island residents out there that's probably got a tear in their eye right now, but some of us businesspeople were smiling ear to ear. But anyway, appreciate the sheriff's department, and I will be in touch with Mr. Segree in the future here, Mike, soon. And that one other note, Commissioner Amison wants to know when he is going to get a raise. Since I am doing all this, right, yeah, just bring candy. Get that sugar free stuff, I am trying to make some changes. No, I appreciate it. Appreciate the confidence y'all got in me. I think, I think I can work with staff on all this stuff, work with the sheriff's department, Mike, when I think we can find something that we can all agree on, and it will be a quicker path to getting something done. And to answer your question, Commissioner Sanders about a timeframe on this. I did not catch that in time earlier, but I have already text staff and told them to get ready, because we are fixing to go ahead and start getting in this. Thank you, Commissioner. I appreciate y'all. The Board recessed at 10:06 am and reconvened at 10:15 am. Department Directors Reports Chairman Jones speaking, Franklin County Board of County Commission now back in session, we are moving to our department directors, reports. Commissioners, as you can tell, Mr. Neighbors and Mr. Davis, do not have any action items on their reports. So, if you have anything you would like to discuss with them, they did have some informational items included. The Board moved to Mrs. Griffith’s report at this time. 4. Howard Nabors – Superintendent of Roads and Bridges a. Action Item(s) None b. Informational Item(s) 1. Employees attended the Customer Service/First Amendment Learning Session held at the Apalachicola Courthouse Annex. 2. Detail of Work Performed and Material Hauled by District (see attached documents) (February 26, 2026 – March 26, 2026) 3. Calendar of Inmates Received February 26, 2026 – March 26, 2026 (see attached documents) 5. Fonda Davis – Solid Waste Director a. Action Item(s) None b. Informational Item(s) VACANT POSITION: FOR BOARD INFORMATION: Due to employee separation in the Solid Waste Department, we now have a vacant Equipment Operator position that will be advertised soon.

11 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 6. Jennifer Daniels – Emergency Management Director Chairman Jones speaking, Mrs. Daniels, does not have an information item, but we do want to have a discussion about burn ban. Mrs. Daniels speaking, yes, sir, Commissioner, good morning. How are y'all doing? I have had a few people call here asking about a burn ban, and so I reached out to our fire departments and to Division of Forestry. As of right now, Division of Forestry, they are still issuing some burn permits, and those are for certified piles and certified FAS on acreage with approval. I have been talking to, or I have spoken to several of the fire departments. I have not been able to speak to all of them yet. At this time, the three that have responded, which was Lanark, St. George Island, and Carrabelle, are all three saying that they do not really see the need for a burn ban at this time. However, Carrabelle just said, let them know, they will go with whatever the rest of the fire departments would like to do. I pulled up the drought index, and as of this morning, we are at 377 and the minimum is 253 and the maximum is 488 so we are kind of right in the middle there. I do not want to make any recommendations at this time until I have spoken to all the fire departments, I would say. But I just wanted to make sure and give you all the information I have. Because I know some of you have reached out, and that you have been getting calls and questions also. Chairman Jones speaking, yes, ma'am, and that is a good thing. It is really, it is really difficult to do. I mean, it is not saying we cannot, but it is difficult to do a burn ban. If the state forestry of doing one, they own 90% of our county, yes. So, it is kind of mean, it is kind of difficult. Admittedly, they do not have as many people living in their part of it, but still so. But it is something we need to continue to monitor. So, thank you for the update report, commissioners. You have any questions for Mrs. Daniels? Commissioner Croom speaking, Mr. Chair, I have one thing Jenny and I spoke of this yesterday because I wanted to information of how, you know how a burn ban is implemented. And she gave me the whole process. I got a call from a fellow Commissioner over in Gulf asking me, were we under burn ban? And I told him no, and think they are going under one. And as Jenny explained to me, right at the line, or we were right at the line, so the drought line. Commissioner Ward speaking, Mr. Chairman, I actually was going to, I am going to EOC today to get our back my badge for and I was going to ask about it, because I have also been getting messages and phone calls. But I do know, because Jen and I have discussed about it before, what the process is in terms of the Department of Forestry. So that, that was my response the individuals I got info from. But I was going to ask her about it again, since I did see Gulf County did go under one. But anyway, I entrust that obviously we are going to do what we need to do. And Jen, if something comes up in an emergent manner and you need to do one, we can always hold a special meeting if we have to. Mr. Moron speaking, if I may. Hey, Jen, will you take this opportunity to inform the board and the public about the badges, because that is actually an information item on my report to encourage, you know staff, and you know staff and any other county official that they need to get those badges as soon as possible. Mrs. Daniels speaking, yes, sir, we have updated one of our software programs this past year. It is called Salamander, and what it allows us to do is how, normally, when you come to the EOC during an activation, you have to do a sign in sheet every day, and you have to, you know, fill out all of your information every time you come in and out of the building. So, the software salamander actually will track the time that you are here for us for FEMA reimbursement process. And so, we are creating IDs for everyone who is who is active here at the EOC, which would definitely be all of you with the Commission. What you will do is you will get your ID. I just need a quick headshot picture of you and my girls will fix your ID, and it will have a barcode on it. So, when you come to the front door, there is a scanner at the front door, you will just scan your barcode. It logs you in, no more sign in sheets, no more sign out sheets. You are not having to fill out all that extra paperwork. We are just trying to streamline it a bit. Anyone who is active here at the EOC during an activation, we are trying to get those IDs made up in advance. That way, when you come to the door, if you do not have an ID, we do have the ability to do a quick ID, but we would really like to again, streamline so that that we are not holding you up to get into the EOC, to get into the meeting or where you need to make decisions right then at that time. Chairman Jones speaking that is a good thing. It probably helped to little bit less paperwork. Mrs. Daniels speaking, yes, that is going to make life a lot better for us. Commissioner Ward speaking, Mr. Chairman, just so Jennifer's aware, I did speak to Jessica yesterday, so I will be coming today, after the meeting to get mine, but I do want to say I will for you any email I get. Apparently, there's email gets people get confused between Jessica Gay, myself, and Jessica Lockhart at EOC, and I get her

12 | P a g e F C B C C R e g u l a r M e e t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 2 6 emails something like we were I said, we are going to start charging people $1 for every time they confuse. I am up to about $50 now, the rest of the girls. But anyway, anything, anything I get, I will forward to you guys, because I know I have already gotten some that I guess they just reply to me, or they could anyway. I will forward y