I attended the February 19, 2026, Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
All commissioners were present.
This meeting included a Planning and Zoning portion.
At the beginning of the meeting, Presiding Commissioner Skelton stated that the State Auditor had agreed to conduct a state audit of Camden County. Commissioner Gohagan also informed us that the City of Camdenton had met and agreed to pay its 25% portion of the cost share program for traffic mitigation on Highway 54.
The first agenda item was “”PZ25-0204 Reed Hldgs. GP LLC – Rezone R-1 to B-2.”
The address was 1237 Runabout Road. The applicant plans to build some garages. They will use some of them for their business and rent out a few of them. They’ve talked to the surrounding neighbors and everyone is fine with it.
There was no opposition present. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved this unanimously.
The Commission approved the rezone unanimously.
The second agenda item was “PZ25-0205 Four Seasons Land Holding Co – PUD.”
The applicant had called and asked that this item be tabled because the project was put on hold. Nobody was present for or against the proposal.
The third agenda item was “Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) Rewrite Committee.”
Kris Franken presented the proposed changes to the ULUC. The committee plans to make changes to the ULUC one section at a time. Some of the changes were:
- AR and A1 zoning minimum lot sizes reduced from 5 acres to 3 acres.
- Class A and Class B modular homes allowed on R-1 lots.
- Use of an RV as a residence would now be approved as long as they meet complied with any POA rules.
- B-2 zoning would required bars to apply for a Conditional Use Permit.
The fourth agenda item was “Sheriff – Request to Apply for Various Annual Grants:
- DWI Overtime/Enforcement – $6,077.44
- HMV Overtime Enforcement – $5,317.76.
- Dedicated DWI Unit & Full-time DWI Enforcement- $175,715.52.”
The representative from the Sheriff’s Office explained that these were prior grants renewed annually. The main change was that this would add an additional corporal position as a dedicated DWI unit and a vehicle to go with it.
The Commission approved these grants unanimously.
The final agenda item was “Various County Campus Concrete Projects.”
The County Maintenance Supervisor was directed to seek a RFQ for these projects.
As the meeting prepared to adjourn, Commissioner Dougan stated that he had something he would like to add. After last meeting’s closing comments, I prepared myself for a raucous finish.
Instead, Commissioner Dougan requested that the Commission receive a budget report from the County Treasurer and County Auditor once a month at a Commission meeting. Nobody seemed to object to that.
And that was that.
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