As many of you know, City Councilwoman Maren DeWeese has proposed gradually drawing down the City’s reserves from 15 to 10%, in order to cover the projected FY2011 budget deficit and other issues. It’s understandably a controversial proposal, so in order to promote a healthy discussion, let’s look at the history of the City’s general fund reserve.
In 1994, at the behest of the City Manager and Finance Director, the City Council established a policy of maintaining a general fund reserve. The reserve target was initially set at 7.5%…
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An addition to today’s Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole agenda could result in the City declaring the Community Maritime Park Associates an “instrumentality” of the City and assuming control of all appointments to the board.
To date, the City Council has only appointed one-third of the twelve-member board, which oversees the Community Maritime Park development. According to City staff, the designation of the CMPA as an instrumentality of the City and the City’s assumption…
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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 (ECCSC).
Resolution #35-08, adopted by the Council in November 2008, clearly specified that the City Council “shall communicate its approval or disapproval” of the consolidated government charter. Unfortunately, Mayor Wiggins, writing the letter on behalf of the Council…
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Many of you have known for some time that former State Senator and Escambia County Commissioner W. D. Childers is scheduled to be released this week from state prison, where he has served nearly three years after being convicted of bribery charges. If you’re new to Pensacola, or otherwise unfamiliar with the details, check out Bill Cotterell’s excellent piece in this morning’s News Journal.
Progressive Pensacola takes this opportunity to renew our call for the renaming of W. D. Childers Plaza in downtown Pensacola. The short one-way street, which connects…
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