- December 17, 2025
Five Seabreeze High School juniors have been selected to participate in the Tomorrow’s Leaders Program by the Futures Foundation for Volusia County Schools. Forty students from throughout the county are chosen.
During the next five months, the students will participate in monthly day-long seminars coordinated by community leaders on topics such as the court system, manufacturing, education, government, leadership, ethics, health care and social services. They will also tour several facilities.
The local students are Rachal Poling, Christopher Ringue III, Olivia Squires-Propper, Haley Stewart and Nicholas Windham.
Sports Complex to get new facility
The City Commission agreed recently to spend $85,000 to bring utilities to an area at the Sports Complex where Ormond Pride, a private football and cheer organization for children, plans build a restroom and concessions facility. It will be located at multi-use fields 11 and 12.
Ormond Pride received a grant from the Daytona Beach Racing and Recreational Facilities District for $197,289 to build the facility. Pride requested the city build infrastructure so that the utilities could be connected. Currently, the participants use portable toilets.
After voting in favor of the request, City Commissioner Richard Boehm said it was an example of public-private partnership. He said others will be able to use the facility when Ormond Pride is not in season.
“It was well worth doing,” he said.
The expense is not in the capital budget and the money will be taken from reserves, according to city documents.
City Oks fire truck purchase
The City Commission has agreed to purchase a new fire truck for $343,604.38. The city will make five annual payments of $74,702.38, with the first payment due in October 2015. Including interest, the total price will be $373,511.90.
A fire truck purchased in 1992, that is now in the reserve fleet, will be removed from service. A fire truck that was purchased in 2000, now in front-line service, will be moved to the reserve fleet.
The new fire truck is a 2014 Pierce Saber pumper. The money for the fire truck is in the current Capital Improvement Plan. It is being financed with Oshkosh Capital, of Wisconsin.
