Wellington seeks to annex 257 acres

Question is up to voters in the possible addition

WELLINGTON — The village has taken its first steps to annex 257 acres of unincorporated land along Southern Boulevard and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road.

The council voted Tuesday to approve the question registered voters in the proposed area will see in their March 2024 ballot to answer if they want their properties incorporated into Wellington.

If approved, the village’s boundary would expand north, crossing Southern Boulevard for the first time. Some residents raised concerns the annexation would bring more development and density to their rural suburbs in the area.

“We are concerned. We like our lifestyle,” Nancy Gribble told council members Tuesday. “I don’t know what’s going to stop you all from continuing to the west.”

The village council is scheduled to vote on the referendum question in January and February before it goes on the ballot on March 19, when residents will also elect a new mayor and two new council members.

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