County commissioners wrestle with how to use NextEra money

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A recent workshop that county officials held to decide what to accomplish with the $1 million contribution that NextEra has earmarked for recreational improvements was all over the place. In the end, however, a semblance of clarity and direction ensued from the messy discussion on Thursday evening, Jan. 7. The commission’s final instruction to Planning Official Shannon Metty, who has more or less been tasked to coordinate the various projects, was to