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The Latest News: January, 2025

Music in KCB

Music fills KCB this season. Here's the schedule:

Tiki Seekers, Inch Beach "Music by the Inch," January 19
Brothers of Others, Sunset Park, January 26
John Bartus, Sunset Park, February 2
The KCB Band, Sunset Park, February 16
Lady A Band, Sunset Park, February 23
KCB DAY, Key Colony Beach City Hall, March 2

Rick Lieder Band, Sunset Park, March 9
Ericson Holt, Sunset Park, March 16
79th Street Band, Sunset Park, March 23
Mark Shelton, Inch Beach "Music by the Inch," March 30

Townhall Meeting January 13

First up, the City Commission will host its monthly "Townhall Meeting" in Marble Hall and as a Zoom webinar on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. This Townhall will include golf carts and other traffic and parking issues. There may be fireworks.

Townhall Meetings are planned for the Monday before each monthly city commission meeting "in season".

Come in person! Attend on Zoom!
Have your questions and comments ready!
The city commission really wants to hear from all KCBers!

Be persuasive. Be focused. Be present.

Please attend the meeting to hear the news and to tell your story or make your requests. The commission invites all KCBers to air their interests and concerns on these topics. Really. They do want to hear from you. Town hall meetings educate the commissioners who have pledged to include your issues at the commission meetings.

From the Agenda:

Mayor Foster will discuss golf carts.

Vice-Mayor Raspe will introduce a new firework ordinance.

Commissioner Colonell discussed parking plans for the new Pickleball courts last month and will continue the discussion of parking and traffic.

Commissioner DiFransico has an overall plan for the parking, bathrooms, water fountains, and pathways that support our recreation facilities between 7th and 8th Streets.

Commissioner Harding will review flood insurance.

KCB is our little city. Be there. Be ready. Be focused. Be persuasive. And please volunteer to help our gem.

Click or tap here to email the commissioners and city clerk your questions and comments to.

Download the 1-13-25 Townhall Meeting Agenda
Download the 1-13-25 Townhall Meeting Commissioners' Packet.

Join the 1/16/25 meeting from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
Please click this URL to join. https:/us02web.zoom.us/j/83030738687?pwd=aGnAJzjjKUoFutctqtpUqTpYEDF4lb.1
Passcode: 466712

What will the KCB City Commission do at the Public Hearing and Commission Meeting in January

The City Commission will host a regular monthly meeting in Marble Hall and as a Zoom webinar on Thursday, January 16, beginning at 9:30 a.m. We had hoped the city would post the commissioners' packet(s) for the meeting in time for KCBers to respond.

The agenda includes:

The agenda shows no "public meeting" items.

The commission will honor wastewater plant operator Dave Evans for 45 years of service to the city. Building Official Tony Loreno will report on City Hall renovations.

They will approve by consent a Warrant for $1,047,477.47, reappointing Joe Turgeon as a full-time Utility Board member, and changing the date of the June City Commission meeting.

The commission will discuss and approve installing two corn hole setups costing $3,440 as well as considering McCourt to do the Tennis Court wind screening, both as recommended by the Recreation Committee.

The commission will discuss and approve an amendment to their Resolutions for the Miscellaneous fee schedule.

As we learned in prior meetings, the new fees still include building permits (with added fees for the city engineer, legal, fire safety, and many more), a new garbage service charge, variance charges, application charges, trailer parking changes, and more.

The prior commission disbanded KCB's (free) citizen-led Code Board in favor of hiring the Florida Department of Administrative Hearings to hold code proceedings. Commissioner Harding still has not answered these questions:
  • Is it true that the work formerly done by citizens didn't bring in enough revenue?
  • Is it true the DOAH magistrate has rubber stamped whatever the city lawyers or the code enforcer told him to do?
  • Isn't it true that Florida law mandates that municipal fines and fees shall raise only enough revenue to cover the cost of administering the department?
  • Why can KCB "sweep" thousands of dollars from the building department fees and fines into the general fund?
The commission will adopt three more resolutions and do the first reading of one ordinances:
  • The Ordinance adds a chapter for golf carts with fines and penalties.
  • They will adopt the amendments for the Fee Schedule for Building Department Permits and Services, the Miscellaneous Fee Schedule; and the updated Schedule of Code Enforcement Violations and Penalties.

The city attorney will report on fireworks.

Commissioner Harding will give the December financial summary, the Wastewater Sampling Summary Report from January 13th, 2025, an engineering design update of the Maintenance Building Dry-Floodproofing, and the Pedestrian Safety engineering design improvements.

The agenda had no topics listed for reports and comments by the other commissioners.

Download the Key Colony Beach Regular City Commission Meeting and Public Hearing Agenda.
Download the City Commission Meeting and Public Hearing Commissioner's Packet. The packet was not available on the city website until the day before the meeting.

Join the 1/16/25 meeting from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click this URL to join. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86378158615?pwd=j8x8Hh8aLFyyOcf7zM5DdlwjEWXfwF.1
Passcode: 869340

Applications for Residential Flood Mitigation Close January 31

MONROE COUNTY--Grant funds are available to elevate, demolish/reconstruct, or sell your home that is below base flood elevation, at risk of flooding, or has flooded before with a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) flood insurance claim. The deadline is the end of this month.

The Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program is available to all Monroe County homeowners. The program cannot buy any properties that are condominiums or cooperatives or have common area maintenance requirements. The federal program is administered by the State of Florida in partnership with Monroe County.

Monroe County is accepting applications for the fiscal year 2024 FMA grant program. The deadline to apply closes January 31. Call program administrator Mike Lalbachan (305.453.8796) or visit https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/fma to apply and for more information.

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