During yesterday's City Council workshop on the Mercer Study, Councilman John Jerralds broached the often-taboo topic of tax increases, saying that an increase in ad valorem property taxes may be...
The decision by City Council last year to commission the Mercer Group's study of City employees' compensation and pension benefits was ill-advised. City employees already knew they were underpaid —...
Attached below is Mayor Wiggins' letter to the Northwest Florida legislative delegation regarding the City Council's position on the proposed consolidation plan developed by the Escambia County Consolidation Study Commission...
After concerns were raised here and by several City Council members, City Manager Al Coby has pulled the City's deposits from poorly-rated Coastal Bank and Trust, moving the $28 million...
Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the...
Supporters of the consolidation plan developed by the Escambia County Consolidation Study Commission (ECCSC) plan have organised an "informational meeting" to be held later this month. The event is billed as...
The compensation and benefits study commissioned last year by the Pensacola City Council has been completed. The study, performed by The Mercer Group, is available below. The $25,000 study was criticised...
The committee recently established by the Pensacola City Council to study Councilwoman Maren DeWeese's "Pensacola's Promise" proposal will hold its inaugural meeting tomorrow afternoon. The meeting will be held beginning at...
The office of Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford has unveiled a new website. According to a news release, "redesigned and enhanced site builds on the success of the original...
The Pensacola City Council has a special meeting and two workshop sessions scheduled for this week. The busy week starts tomorrow (Tuesday) with a budget workshop on outside agency funding for...
Word on the street this evening is that the downtown post office will be staying open. The station had been on a list of locations which the Postal Service was considering...
Delegation, The Pensacola City Council has voted to disapprove the current plan of Consolidation that was submitted January 15th to the delegation. The majority of Council clearly feel that the...
An attempt to bring the proposed consolidation plan back up for discussion at tonight's meeting of the Pensacola City Council failed. The Council's Committee of the Whole previously voted not...
The Pensacola City Council this evening voted to deny Hancock Bank's request to rezone its parcel at 4980 North 12th Avenue from ATZ-1 to ATZ-2. The City Planning Board had...
Emails recently obtained by Progressive Pensacola show that Escambia County Consolidated Study Commission (ECCSC) chair Ken Bell collaborated with pro-consolidation figures to fundraise for the ostensibly objective study commission. On September...
One the of the biggest unanswered questions surrounding the Escambia County Consolidation Study Commission (ECCSC) is why the commission dissolved almost immediately after completing its charter proposal. Unlike other similar...
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