Escambia County not in a hurry to set Local Option Gas Tax allocation with Pensacola

Last Thursday, the Pensacola City Council passed an inter-local agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for the allocation of the Local Option Gas Tax….

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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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City of Gulf Breeze funds street paving using other sources, not just gas taxes

Gulf Breeze City Manager Buz Eddy told Inweekly that the city of Gulf Breeze spends about $450,000 on paving and sidewalks. Half of the expenditures…

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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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