A Leon County report states that the Supervised Pretrial Release Program (SPRP) has saved $13,539,062 in jail costs by diverting defendants into the program during 2018. The Leon County’s SPRP is an alternative to monetary bail for defendants who are likely to appear in court and unlikely to present a danger to the community if […]
At the Tuesday Leon County Commission, officials voted to approve a $1.3 million funding level for the Community Human Service Partnership (CHSP) for fiscal year 2020. In addition, the County Commission voted to approve a five-year annual commitment of $100,000 to the Kearney Center/Homeless Shelter, $87,500 for county commissioner district budgets and $27,000 for special […]
Today the Florida First District Court of Appeal, after hearing oral arguments, denied an appeal filed by Jorge Piekarewicz and J. D. Rayburn and affirmed a lower court decision made in favor of Killearn Golf Course owner Barton Tuck. The decision affirmed a ruling made by Leon County Circuit Court Judge James O. Shelfer. The […]
At their last meeting, the Leon County Commission accepted the Concurrency Annual Report for 2018. One of the main purposes of the report is to evaluate the Level of Service (LOS) standards for roadways. LOS definitions are provided below. The report indicates that of the 444 roadway segments monitored, there were 21 roadway segments operating […]
Last week, the Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to move forward with a study to determine the feasibility of building a citywide, fiber optic utility. More specifically, the votes means that city staff will now begin developing an RFP for the study. City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow was supportive of the idea and is interested in […]
Approximately 300 people showed up to the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency kick-off meeting at the Holy Comforter School to hear a presentation about the Northeast Gateway. After an informal question and answer session and a 45 minute presentation by officials, speaker after speaker voiced their concern about how the project would impact Killean Estates by connecting […]
Kevin Robert Lee, 35, of Tallahassee, Florida, was arraigned on Friday in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with twenty counts of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, theft from a lending institution, and three counts of filing a false tax return. The indictment was announced […]
The Florida Commission on Ethics voted to accept a settlement in the case against former Tallahassee City Manage Rick Fernandez. The investigation found that Fernandez accepted Florida State University skybox tickets for football games from local lobbyist and city vendor Adam Corey. The investigation also found that Fernandez received a $5,000 catering discount at the […]
Data housed by the Florida Department of Education shows that students in Leon County Schools that chose home education grew 44% from 2016 to 2018. This growth rate is over five times the 7.7% rate recorded for the state of Florida. The data shows that in 2016 there 1,406 homeshooled students in Leon County. This […]
On Monday, March 11th, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency will hold a public meeting to discuss Phase 1 of the Northeast Gateway project which constructs a four-lane Welaunee Boulevard from Fleischmann Road to Shamrock Road in Killearn Estates. A review of project plans shows that Phase 2 of the Northeast Gateway will connect Shamrock to Mahan […]