The current Pensacola City Council will hold the city government hostage for 20 more days. Jack Nobles, Mike DeSorbo and Marty Donovan will ram as much as possible down our throats as…
Tag: Port of Pensacola
Boone Report: Port director says lease is good deal
by IN reporter Sean Boone by Sean Boone Pensacola Port Director Clyde E. Mathis says the proposed Council amendment to the lease between the Pate Stevedore cold storage company and the city…
Severe buy-out clause in Port lease
City staff is presenting on Dec. 8 to the city council’s Enterprise Committee a lease amendment for Pate Cold Storage that will extend the lease through 2022 and take away the city’s…
Halcorp invests $5,500 in council
Today the Pensacola City Council’s Enterprise Committee will decide whether to renew the lease of the Houston-based asphalt company Halcorp at the Port of Pensacola. Considering the 2007 Council Goals & Priorities…
Boone report: Halcorp may get extension
by IN reporter Sean Boone Next week City Council will decide if the 20-year Halcorp contract for the Port of Pensacola–which expires this year–should be renewed. Since coming on board with the…
Port activity declining
C.C. Elebash shared these figures on the Port of Pensacola: Operating Activity Principal cargo (in tons) FY 2004 Frozen food (int’l export) 0 Sulfur (domestic barge export) 43,879 Asphalt (domestic barge import)…
Do not close the Port
I am not arguing to close the Port of Pensacola. However, we should not extend, renew or amend any long-term leases at the port until we’ve pursued other uses for at least…
Port costs us real money
Blog reader Robert insists “The City has not contributed taxpayer dollars to the Port in more than 5 or 6 years.” This got me curious since I wanted to know how it…
Feb. 25, 2005: Council passed policy for mixed use
On Feb. 25, 2005, the Pensacola City Council passed the Port Administration and Operations Policy. It states: Mixed-use development opportunities on appropriate parcels of land within the port, particularly on border parcels…
Oops, Port was suppose to have a profit
BST Associates submitted to the Pensacola City Council a study of the Port of Pensacola in Sept. 2004. It considered mixed use, a cruise ship and maritime museum. According to BST, the…
Port net loss is $5.6 million over past five years
There is a lot of misinformation about the finances of the Port of Pensacola. Some will insist that the Port of Pensacola is not losing money. I checked the audited Comprehensive Annual…
What is the status of Port leases?
According to this Santa Rosa Chronicle article the Halcorp lease expired July 8, 2008!!!! Why didn’t the city council draft a Request for Proposal for the Halcorp site? If Halcorp came back…