Everett Phillips
FL · Columbia County Commissioner, District 4
Everett Phillips serves on the Columbia County Commission and has emphasized emergency medical services, emergency response and community recreation facilities.
Where Everett Phillips stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Housing Affordability (1 record), Public Infrastructure (4 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (2 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 7 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 1 oppose
Moved to approve a $2,960,000 state-funded deal to upgrade the wastewater plant design at the North Florida Mega Industrial Park to advanced treatment. The upgrade was meant to meet cleanup rules for the Santa Fe River basin. It passed unanimously.
December 22, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Seconded a motion to reject a proposed rule change that defined large livestock feeding farms (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations). Environmental groups backed the change and farm groups opposed it. The board rejected it in a unanimous roll call vote.
February 16, 2017Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Seconded a motion to accept a permanent conservation easement that a landowner offered the county on land north of Lassie Black Road. It passed 4-1.
November 20, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 7 oppose
Moved to approve a $648,591 contract for a building at the county's Gateway RC track. He also moved to shift $275,000 from tourism reserves to help pay for it. Both passed unanimously.
September 4, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to award a $1,743,364 contract to build new roadway on SW English Street and LM Aaron Drive. It passed unanimously.
February 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Seconded a motion to approve the sheriff's request to add $331,374 to his office's budget. The motion failed 2-3.
December 7, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to order two new county fire trucks at $420,000 each. It passed unanimously.
January 5, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to approve a state transportation department request to raise the total contribution for two road intersection projects from $1.65 million to $2.5 million. It passed unanimously.
December 22, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Seconded a $969,122 budget change to buy two fire engines and two brush trucks and to fix up two tanker trucks for the county fire department. It passed unanimously.
December 15, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Voted against spending $235,000 to build a park with a pavilion, restrooms, a field and a playground on land the county got from the School Board. The motion failed 2-3.
July 21, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Seconded a motion to raise the county tax on phone and TV services (communications services tax) from 1.3% to 5.22%. The money was set aside for libraries and building projects. It passed 5-0 in a roll call vote.
August 20, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Voted against lending a developer $1 million in county money, with the interest forgiven as a grant and the city on the hook to repay it. The motion failed 2-3.
May 21, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Seconded a motion to approve the sheriff's request to add $331,374 to his office's budget. The motion failed 2-3.
December 7, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to order two new county fire trucks at $420,000 each. It passed unanimously.
January 5, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Seconded a $969,122 budget change to buy two fire engines and two brush trucks and to fix up two tanker trucks for the county fire department. It passed unanimously.
December 15, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Moved to approve the county's plan and rules for using federal housing aid (CDBG Local Housing Assistance Plan) for 2025 to 2028. It passed unanimously.
May 1, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 4 support
Moved to award a $1,743,364 contract to build new roadway on SW English Street and LM Aaron Drive. It passed unanimously.
February 1, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to apply for a federal grant (CDBG) to expand the Ellisville sewer plant from 50,000 to 75,000 gallons a day. It passed unanimously.
February 16, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to approve a $2,960,000 state-funded deal to upgrade the wastewater plant design at the North Florida Mega Industrial Park to advanced treatment. The upgrade was meant to meet cleanup rules for the Santa Fe River basin. It passed unanimously.
December 22, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to approve a state transportation department request to raise the total contribution for two road intersection projects from $1.65 million to $2.5 million. It passed unanimously.
December 22, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Stepped out of the vote on a $172,857 county road paving contract because he works for the winning company, Bubba's Site Prep & Paving. The rest of the board approved the contract.
January 15, 2026
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to deny a request to rezone land from very low density homes to industrial use after many neighbors spoke against it. His motion got no second. He then voted no on the change, which failed 2-2.
June 7, 2018
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Was chosen by the other commissioners, in a unanimous vote, to serve as vice chair of the Columbia County Commission.
December 7, 2017
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Seconded an ordinance that let businesses in the county sell alcohol on Sundays and changed the hours of sale. It passed 4-1.
December 7, 2017
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Moved to keep two sharp 90-degree turns in the Herlong Road project instead of using eminent domain to take more private land. The motion passed 3-2.
July 20, 2017
Source: columbiacountyfla.com
Past race Everett Phillips ran in:
- Columbia County County Commissioner - District 4 · November 3, 2026 · Columbia County, Florida · incumbent