Expect recycling to heat up in the Pensacola area. Our cover story (Trash Talk) frames the issue and the players. The Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Commission will discuss it at…
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Sorrell may leave ECUA
Stephen Sorrell, executive director of the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, is a finalist to manage the nation’s largest desalination plant. The plant recently has passed a final round of testing and is…
Main St. Plant relocation should be ok, too
While the PNJ mentions that the relocation of the Main Street Sewage Treatment plant may be in jeopardy because of the Florida Supreme Court Ruling (Ruling may affect park plan), that plan…
What is the ECSO budget
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office proposed budget for 2007-08 can not be found anywhere online. From the Escambia County website we can learn that from the general fund ECSO gets $79,700,000 plus…
NAS does what ECUA should have done
The Monday edition of the News Journal has an article on how NAS Pensacola decided to forego building a new wastewater treatment plant on the base after Hurricane Ivan. They realized how…
A bunch of garbage
The Pensacola City Council will vote on Thursday to raise its garbage pick-up fees. The monthly rate will increase $2.35 from $19.85 to $22.20 and a $1.30 fuel surcharge will be added…
IN letter dead wrong on ECUA
From Jim McClellan: Rick, the letter in this week’s IN regarding Steve Sorrell was way wrong. I’m going to do a letter for next week, but I would appreciate it if you…
County confirms
My sources inside Escambia County confirmed that Main St. Plant is a done deal. Kevin White will still vote against it, but ECUA director Steve Sorrell and Co. Administrator George Touart have…
Main St. Plant is done deal
ECUA board and its citizens advisory committee approved in principle the financing plan for the relocation of the Main St. Sewage Treatment Plant. They will vote 5-0 when the interlocal agreements are…
Talking Points 1/3/07
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Is the Main St. Plant vote by Co. Commission legal?
There is some question whether the Escambia Co. Commission has the right to force ECUA to enter into a 20 year contract with the county’s Perdido Landfill. ECUA is a government entity….