The Pensacola City Council was given a report on the demographics of the 23 boards of the city. The boards aren’t that diverse and don’t reflect the demographics of the city. Women only make up 32 percent of the appointees. Minorities – African-American, Hispanic and Asian-Americans comprise only 19 percent.
Male | Female | White | Minority | Unknown | |
General Pension | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Fire Pension | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Police Pension | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Architectural Review | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Gateway Review | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Planning | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Zoning | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Board of Adjustments | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Fire Appeals | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Code Enforcement | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Parks & Rec | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
CMPA | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
Environmental | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
International | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Eastside | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Enterprise | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Fire Education | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Human Services | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Area Housing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mass Transit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Human Relations | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
PEDC | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Library | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
79 | 38 | 93 | 22 | 3 | |
68% | 32% | 79% | 19% | 3% |