The City of Pensacola has four businesses–Pensacola International Airport, Pensacola Energy, Port of Pensacola and Sanitation. In FY 2014, they turned operating profits, except for Sanitation. In the proposed budget for next…
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UWF librarian shares his research on Bayview Park Cross
Yesterday, Dean Debolt, the University Librarian for UWF University Archives and West Florida History Center and John C. Pace Libraries, posted his research on the Easter sunrise services held at the City…
DROP: City General Pension
In reviewing the Individual DROP Account statements for the City of Pensacola’s General Pension, we found several employees who have completed the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) and are still working for…
Pensacola Police Department DROP
When it comes to DROP, the Pensacola Police Department appears to be in better shape than the Fire Department. Only 14 employees in the Police Pension program have entered the Deferred Retirement…
Pensacola Fire Department Drop
The City of Pensacola Sunshine Center released after hours on Tuesday the Individual DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Plan) Account statements for 20 firefighters in the program. Those 20 firefighters account nearly one…
City of Pensacola Budgeting Voodoo
One of the most objective measurements of how a company or government entity is performing is analyzing how actual expenditures compare with its budget. The budget is the roadmap for the city’s…
City of Pensacola releases DROP data
Thanks to the intervention of the State Attorney’s Office, the City of Pensacola Sunshine Center released the Individual DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Program) Account Statements for 63 city employees in its three…
Mayor’s office blocks council executive from gas tax meeting
A series of emails given to Inweekly show that when Mayor’s leadership team met with county staff to resolve the issue over the distribution of the local option gas tax the council…
City of Pensacola refuses to provide DROP data
The City of Pensacola has refused our request for additional information to clarify our original DROP request. On Saturday, we asked: “Please tell us what records are kept on DROP so that…
Pensacola and Escambia reopen gas tax talks [podcast]
Escambia County Commission chairman Grover Robinson said on “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday that Escambia County staff is meeting with City of Pensacola staff to try to work out a resolution on the local…
Quest for City DROP records continues
On Aug. 3, Inweekly made the same public record request of the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) and the City of Pensacola. We didn’t intend it to be a test, but…
Judge rules City of Pensacola must pay legal fees
This morning Circuit Court Judge Scott Duncan issued an order in the dispute between Seville Harbour and the City of Pensacola finding that Seville Harbour, who leases Pitts Slip from the City,…