Tag: Pensacola City Council
Myers asks obvious question about hatchery items on agenda
In November, Pensacola City Council members Brian Spencer and Sherri Myers wanted to discuss the fish hatchery that Mayor Ashton Hayward wants built on Bruce…
City Council and CRA are not the same
The Pensacola City Council members are also members of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency. However, they are two distinct legal entities under Florida law. A…
Pensacola City Council approves mayor’s Triumph Gulf Coast project list
The Pensacola City Council approved Mayor Ashton Hayward’s list of Triumph Gulf Coast projects. It was an add-on agenda item. Knowing the Escambia Board of…
Citizens want Pensacola to reconsider fish hatchery
Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth want the Pensacola City Council to reconsider its lease of Bruce Beach to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for…
Pensacola airport bonds rated BBB-, positive outlook – but where’s the new AUL?
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Pensacola, Florida’s ‘BBB-’ rating on $30.6 million of outstanding series 2008 airport capital improvement revenue bonds issued on behalf of Pensacola…
Have you heard the one about the Pensacola City Council, vote of confidence, circus, First Amendment rights?
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers has asked her fellow council members to pass a vote of confidence in favor of Council President Brian Spencer, whom Mayor…
Offshore Inland cannot make balloon payment
On Aug. 31, Crystal Yasurk, vice president of finance and administration for OffShore Inland, sent Port of Pensacola Director Amy Miller a letter notifying the…
Council reviews Triumph wish list
Note: My initial post had the meeting date as tomorrow. It’s Oct. 5 – working on our Best of the Coast issue has me off…
Less than half of Pensacola voters want $8.25M Bayview Community Center, over 80 percent want more info and input
On the eve of the final hearing for Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s FY 2018, City Administrator Eric Olson emailed the City Council the master plan…
Burgess Road sidewalks survive second public hearing and final budget vote
Last night, the Pensacola City Council unanimously approved a $226.6-million budget for FY 2018. The budget included $1.6 million for sidewalks and street drainage on…
Council president wants meet to vote on holding a meeting on Confederate statue
Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer has responded to Mayor Ashton Hayward’s recommendation to hold a workshop for public input on the possible removal of the…
Pensacola panhandling set to come up next month
by Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and the City Council have tried to boot panhandlers out of downtown for years without success. The…
