- April 24, 2024
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All five municipalities in Flagler County have drafted proclamations in support of the half-cent tax referendum on the November ballot.
Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin read the city’s proclamation at the council’s Sept. 6 business meeting. He offered the proclamation to Flagler Schools Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and confirmed that the other municipalities in Flagler also supported the tax.
“I have personally spoken to the mayors of all the cities in Flagler County,” Alfin said to the crowd, “and all the mayors in Flagler County will equally support, in their own way, the half-cent sales tax.”
The referendum is asking voters to renew the half-cent sales tax that has been in place since 2002. The money from this goes directly to Flagler schools and will not raise property taxes.
The tax enabled the Flagler school system to give every child grade 3 and above their own tablet or laptop, leaving this district well positioned when the COVID-19 pandemic sent students completely virtual.
Bunnell and Beverley Beach read their proclamations in support of the tax on Sept. 12 at their respective city commission meetings. Marineland could not be reached before this story was published. Flagler Beach is expected to read theirs at their Sept. 22 commission meeting.
