Here’s What Happened at Defuniak’s Latest Council Meeting Steven Saul November 5, 2025 7:40 am DeFuniak Springs In Brief: Historic district design standards are causing a stir, with debates over enforcement versus property rights. Interim Finance Director Daniele McDaniel gets to stay until mid-2026 as the city continues its search for a permanent replacement. The city is actively looking for a new finance director, but qualified applicants are proving hard to find. Share This Story! Despite months of back and forth and multiple iterations of documents, a resolution still has not arrived for DeFuniak’s historic district. The CRA Director’s update highlighted the gap between those who want to streamline and enforce design standards in the historic district and those who believe their property should be their sole domain, regardless of its location in the city The DeFuniak Council voted unanimously to keep Interim Finance Director Daniele McDaniel on through the end of the second quarter of 2026 while the city looks for a permanent replacement for the position.   Row Continues Over Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Guidelines CRA Director Josh Ervin spoke to the latest iteration of the Historical Preservation Design Standards for the city’s three historic districts -. He told the council that the newest iteration of the design standards don’t add or remove any regulations to the CRAs buildings – they clearly delineate what those rules are in a single document.     A resident of the district, who did not give his name, spoke against the new standards... Read More