Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward broke his record for outside legal fees topping $1.46 million in FY 2017.
| 2014 | Â $1,451,388 |
| 2015 | Â $1,185,192 |
| 2016 | Â $1,428,814 |
| 2017 | Â $1,469,685 |
The FY 2017 would have been even higher but the city held off paying over $45K in legal invoices until October. The new fiscal year began Oct. 1.