BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Keystone Heights voters passed a charter amendment 22-10, changing one seat on the airport authority from representing Camp Blanding to an additional seat representing Keystone Heights.
The change was prompted by a Florida National Guard request that its members not vote on municipal matters. The town’s governing document had to be changed since the seat was designated as a Camp Blanding seat in the city’s charter.
During the city council’s May 6 meeting, City Attorney Rich Komando blamed the low turnout on the election’s mail-in-only status.
“I do want to thank the 32 people who voted,” he told council members, “and that’s something I really hope you consider when you make a decision to do a mail-only ballot, but fortunately, the amendment did pass with 68.75%”
