- May 12, 2024
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Flagler County Commissioner Andy Dance is the new chair of the commission, taking over from Commissioner Greg Hansen.
Leann Pennington will serve as vice chair, taking over that post from Dance.
The positions change each year during a county commission meeting in which commissioners can nominate any other commissioner for either position. It's common, though not required, for the existing vice chair to be nominated for the chairmanship.
Once Dance was nominated, no other commissioners nominated any other commissioners for that position.
For the vice chair position, Commissioner David Sullivan first nominated Commissioner Donald O'Brien, who will not be running for reelection — he's running for the District 19 Florida House seat. Sullivan noted that O'Brien would not have another opportunity and that the vice chair seat would open up again next year.
But O'Brien replied that, following Sullivan's logic, O'Brien would nominate Sullivan.
Hansen then nominated Pennington for vice chair. In a call of hands for each nominee, O'Brien and Sullivan voted for each other, but then all commissioners raised hands for Pennington.
