Suwannee County declares local state of emergency ahead of forecast extreme cold
January 30, 2026 | Suwannee County, Florida
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Suwannee County officials declared a local state of emergency on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, citing a forecast of extreme cold that officials said could harm local agricultural farmers. The declaration was approved in a short special-call meeting called that day.
An unidentified official announced the declaration, stating that the emergency was declared "due to the forecast of the extreme cold weather for local agricultural farmers." A motion to approve the declaration was made and seconded, and the body voted; the motion carried and no opposing votes were recorded in the transcript of the meeting.
Meeting remarks were brief. Officials asked whether there were any additional items; staff responded there were none. After completing the single substantive item on the agenda, a motion to adjourn was made, seconded and approved, and the special-call meeting concluded.
The transcript records the meeting as a short, procedural session focused solely on approving the emergency declaration; it does not specify any accompanying emergency measures, funding, or statutory citations. The record also includes spoken references to named participants (for example, a motion is recorded in the transcript as "Moving by commissioner Land" and a later speaker reference as "commissioner Landon"); those references appear inconsistently in the transcript and are not clarified in the record provided.
No vote tallies by individual member name or counts beyond the oral confirmation that the motion "carrie[d]" are recorded in the transcript. The county did not record or reference any specific state statute, ordinance, or authorization in the provided transcript excerpt.
An unidentified official announced the declaration, stating that the emergency was declared "due to the forecast of the extreme cold weather for local agricultural farmers." A motion to approve the declaration was made and seconded, and the body voted; the motion carried and no opposing votes were recorded in the transcript of the meeting.
Meeting remarks were brief. Officials asked whether there were any additional items; staff responded there were none. After completing the single substantive item on the agenda, a motion to adjourn was made, seconded and approved, and the special-call meeting concluded.
The transcript records the meeting as a short, procedural session focused solely on approving the emergency declaration; it does not specify any accompanying emergency measures, funding, or statutory citations. The record also includes spoken references to named participants (for example, a motion is recorded in the transcript as "Moving by commissioner Land" and a later speaker reference as "commissioner Landon"); those references appear inconsistently in the transcript and are not clarified in the record provided.
No vote tallies by individual member name or counts beyond the oral confirmation that the motion "carrie[d]" are recorded in the transcript. The county did not record or reference any specific state statute, ordinance, or authorization in the provided transcript excerpt.
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