By IN Reporter Michael Rutschky A motion to reduce the Sheriff Office’s budget by $2.5 million was rejected on Thursday at the Board of County Commissioner’s second public hearing regarding the county’s…
Tag: 2008-09 county budget
Good News
This is a huge step in the right direction. Escambia County Commission reduces the county’s 2007-08 property tax millage rate from 8.017 mils to 6.9755 mils in the 2008-09 fiscal year –…
Where are ECSO cuts?
Mike Whitehead continued his tour de force on budget cuts – which we still believe are really from former County Administrator George Touart. Face it. Comm. Whitehead has not pushed for many…
Panel needs to study ECSO budget
Okay, it’s time we quit ignoring the pink elephant in the room. The biggest sinkhole in the Escambia County budget is the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office budget. It has grown astronomically over…
Bay Co. sheriff wants to run jail
According to News Herald, Sheriff Frank McKeithen wants to run Bay County’s jail. The Bay County Commission will meet June 17 and is expected to vote on McKeithen’s proposal to run the…
Fear in county complex
“Rick, you know how vindictive Whitehead is. You just don’t know what he might do if he is removed from the chairmanship.” These are the exact words from a person inside the…
Speak out on County budget
Escambia County Commissioners will hold a series of budget meetings in each district during the month of May to allow residents a chance to review and voice opinions on budget cuts. Meeting…
Santa Rosa & Escambia Joint Meeting
Here’s the report from Chrissy Littledale on this morning’s joint meeting between our two counties. Joint Meeting of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners and the Santa Rosa County Board of…
County ombudsman to be created
The PNJ story on county reorganization missed a key point. The restructuring creates an “Ombudsman” position. The Ombudsman will hear taxpayers’ complaints or suggestions about county service and be tasked with helping…
Ford suggest deep cuts to commission salaries
According to WEAR’s Dan Thomas, Clay Ford has suggested to putting county commissioner pay on equal footing with state legislators. In Escambia County that would mean a pay cut of about 44…
Government Budgeting for Dummies
In July 2007, we published our Ballsy Plan IV – Government Budgeting for Dummies I reviewed the article this morning and found we weren’t too far off with some of our ideas:…
Sarasota County uses budget to create jobs
Sarasota County hopes to be an economic engine for the ailing local economy by fast-tracking more than four dozen projects, which it estimates will spur the creation of 900 jobs over the…