Who applied to be an assistant city administrator

Former County Administrator Bob McLaughlin did not apply. The man who followed him as interim and handled the BP Oil Spill did –Larry Newsom. Policy…

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Gas tax revenue allocation goes back to staff

Wisdom prevailed at the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meeting last night. Rather than negotiate the percentages of how the Local Option Gas Tax…

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Big drop in city transportation expenditures over the past five years

Included with Olson’s letter is a spreadsheet that shows how the old allocation formula was calculated in 2006. The city expenditures were much higher from…

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Mayor Hayward and Olson fight to keep old tax allocation

Yesterday afternoon, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson sent Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown a letter requesting the county continue the current Local Option Gas Tax…

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How Escambia County calculated gas tax allocation

Amy Lovoy, Assistant County Administrator, calculated the new allocation formula for Local Option Gas Tax revenue. Here are the notes she provided with her spreadsheet:…

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City releases new policy for federal emails (update)

Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson sent out this email to city department heads: After consultation with the City Attorney I am clarifying my email dated…

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State Attorney: City needs to rewrite federal email policy

Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson has to rethink his policy on how city employees  handle emails from federal accounts after the State Attorney’s office notified…

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Good news from city hall, Aug. 28

Late yesterday afternoon, the mayor’s office sent out its digital “Upwords” newsletter. City government had some wins: During the first quarter of 2015, Pensacola International…

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Hayward announces tentative agreement with general employees union

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced today that he has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with the City’s AFSCME collective bargaining unit,…

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Sallis signs voting conflict form

Planning Board member Scott Sallis has signed a Form 8B – Memorandum of Voting Conflict. It is for the vote that occurred on July 14….

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Planning board members say they relied on city staff

Planning Board member Scott Sallis read a written statement into the record at the Aug. 11 board meeting. He said that he voted on the…

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City Hall: The Wobbly Wheel of Pensacola

Pensacola is an exciting place to live. Downtown Pensacola is booming and more development is on the way. The YMCA of Northwest Florida this morning…

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