Board of County Commissioners determine 2026 committee assignments

Published on December 17, 2025

December 17, 2025 – The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners have selected committee assignments for the 2025-26 fiscal year and are prepared to get to work. Leann Pennington, who represents District 4, will serve her first year as commission chair following two years’ service as vice chair. District 3 representative Kim Carney also committed to serve her first year as vice chair.

Committee assignments to these important boards and committees provide Flagler County commissioners with community input, expertise, and diverse viewpoints that help the Board of County Commissioners make informed decisions.

Chair Pennington selected to serve as designee on two committees: Flagler County Library Board of Trustees and on the Heritage Crossroads – Miles of History Heritage Highway. She will also serve as an alternate on these eight committees: Career Source Brevard Flagler Volusia; Department of Juvenile Justice Council; Department of Juvenile Justice Advisory Council; Early Learning Coalition of Flagler & Volusia County; Family Life Center; Flagler County Cultural Council; Flagler County Tourist Development Council; and, Public Safety Coordinating Council.

“As the commission chair, it is important to be involved in many of these very important committees,” Pennington said. “These committees provide us with a broad understanding of both local and regional needs.”

Vice Chair Carney is the designee for the following committees: Department of Juvenile Justice Council; Department of Juvenile Justice Circuit Advisory Council; Early Learning Coalition of Flagler & Volusia County; and, the Flagler County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. She also serves as an alternate on the following committees: Canvassing Board; Flagler County Library Board of Trustees; Friends of A1A Scenic & Coastal Byways Group; Friends of A1A Subgroup – A1A Scenic PRIDE; School Planning Oversight Committee; Town of Marineland CRA Board; and, the Value Adjustment Board.

Pam Richardson, who represents District 5, serves on six committees as the designee: Canvassing Board; Family Life Center; Flagler County Cultural Council; Public Safety Coordinating Council; Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board; Value Adjustment Board. Additionally, she is an alternate for two committees: the Flagler County Affordable Housing Committee and the Volusia Flagler Transportation Planning Organization.

District 1 Commissioner Andy Dance is serving as the designee for the following committees: Career Source Brevard Flagler Volusia; Flagler County Tourist Development Council; Volusia Flagler Transportation Planning Organization; School Planning Oversight Committee; and, the Small County Coalition of Florida. He will also serve as an alternate on the Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board.

Greg Hansen, who represents District 2, will serve as designee on the following committees: Agricultural Museum Board; Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byways Group; Friends of A1A Subgroup – A1A Scenic PRIDE; Management Advisory Group for GTMNERR; and, on the Town of Marineland CRA Board. He additionally selected to be an alternate for the Small County Coalition of Florida.

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