Editing Santa Rosa County, Florida (section)

===Board of County Commissioners===
The Board of County Commissioners serves as the legislative and policy setting body of Santa Rosa County as established under Section 125 of the Florida Statutes. As such, the board enacts all legislation and authorizes programs and expenditures within the county. The board appoints a professionally trained county administrator who is responsible for policy and budget development and implementation.

The board comprises five members, elected countywide. Members must reside within the particular districts for which they seek election. Each year the board organizes itself, selecting a chair and vice-chair from among its members to preside at commission meetings.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Current Santa Rosa County commissioners
|-
! District
! Commissioner
|-
| 1 ([[Pace, Florida|Pace]]/Central to western region) || Bobby Burkett
|-
| 2 ([[Milton, Florida|Milton]]/central to northeastern region) || Kerry Smith
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| 3 ([[Jay, Florida|Jay]]/central to northwestern region) || Rhett Rowell
|-
| 4 ([[Navarre, Florida|Navarre]]/southeastern region) || Ray Eddington
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| 5 ([[Gulf Breeze, Florida|Gulf Breeze]]/southwestern region) || Colton Wright
|}

The commission meets in regular session beginning at 9:00&nbsp;a.m. the second and fourth Thursday of the month in the Commissioner's Board Room in the Administrative Center, 6495 Caroline Street, in [[Milton, Florida|Milton]]. Called meetings and workshops are scheduled periodically and are advertised and open to the public.