Big changes for a big city

Al Everson
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Big changes for a big city
BEACON PHOTOS/AL EVERSON; THE FIRST STEP IN GOVERNING — As City Clerk Joyce Raftery, at left, administers the oath, Commissioner Emma Santiago, at right, recites the lines of promise to uphold the U.S. and state constitutions and the Deltona City Charter. Santiago was actually elected in the Aug. 20 primary, in which she received a clear majority of votes in a three-person race against incumbent District 2 Commissioner Troy Shimkus and Elizabeth Chavez.

The 2024 election cycle brought changes to Deltona City Hall.

One returning member of the City Commission and three newly elected ones began their terms in office by taking their oath Nov. 11. 

Despite the holiday, the Deltona City Commission assembled in session Monday morning, Nov. 11, to reconstitute itself following the election. Amid the excitement and celebration of those elected, the seven-member City Commission is up to full strength and ready to set policy and guide Deltona into the future.

The “old” commission quickly voted 5-0 to approve the perfunctory resolution affirming the election results for seating the “new” commission. Outgoing Vice Mayor Jody Lee Storozuk and Commissioner Dana McCool, who were defeated in the Nov. 5 election, did not attend the transition meeting.

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Al Everson
Born in Virginia, Al spent his youth in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, and first moved to DeLand in 1969. He graduated from Stetson University in 1971, and returned to West Volusia in 1985. Al began working for The Beacon as a stringer in 1999, contributing articles on county and municipal government and, when he left his job as the one-man news department at Radio Station WXVQ, began working at The Beacon full time.

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