City of Tallahassee, Police Union Reach $5 Mill Wage Agreement

City of Tallahassee, Police Union Reach $5 Mill Wage Agreement

The City of Tallahassee and the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) have reached an agreement on collective bargaining contracts for the Police Officer & Investigators Bargaining Unit and the Sergeants & Lieutenants Bargaining Unit The estimated three-year base cost for the wage component of the agreement is $5,067,136 and will cover the period of October 1, 2017 […]

City Attorney Cassandra Jackson to be Paid $203,528

City Attorney Cassandra Jackson to be Paid $203,528

At their next meeting, the city commission will consider an employment contract for recently appointed city attorney Cassandra K. Jackson. The contract calls for an annual salary of $203, 528 with an initial term of five years. The annual salary can be changed annually by the city commission. In comparison, the Leon County Commission’s head […]

City of Tallahassee Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $300,000

City of Tallahassee Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $300,000

A Tallahassee firefighter, who claimed racial discrimination and retaliation, has agreed to a $300,000 settlement pending City Commission approval. Reginald Brown was employed as a firefighter with the City in 1986. On October 8, 2013, Mr. Brown retired from his employment with the City of Tallahassee after being told that his employment would be terminated, […]

Jeremy Matlow City Commission Campaign Ad Generates Buzz, Raises Questions

Jeremy Matlow City Commission Campaign Ad Generates Buzz, Raises Questions

Jeremy Matlow, who is running for City Commission, released a campaign video late last week which immediately generated what political consultants call buzz. FloridaPolitics.com, a popular statewide blog wrote a story about the ad after its release.  As of Sunday afternoon, the video has been viewed over 10,000 times and shared on Facebook by 116 […]

Seven Months Later, Interim City Manager Still Investigating Football Ticket Scandal

Seven Months Later, Interim City Manager Still Investigating Football Ticket Scandal

Seven months after Tallahassee Reports broke the story about City Manager Rick Fernandez soliciting $500 football tickets from city lobbyist and city vendor Adam Corey, the interim city manager, Reece Goad, is still investigating allegations that other city employees also used tickets provided by Corey. City Manager Rick Fernadez eventually resigned his position because of the […]

City Commission to Consider RFP for New Police Headquarters

City Commission to Consider RFP for New Police Headquarters

At the February 28th City Commission, elected leaders will consider a Request for Proposals for the acquisition of real estate for a future public safety campus along the South Monroe Street / Orange Avenue corridors. See map below. The Tallahassee Police Department has conducted operations at headquarters located on Seventh Avenue since 1972. Over the […]

City Commissioner Nancy Miller Solicited Favor from Paige Carter-Smith, Waste Pro

City Commissioner Nancy Miller Solicited Favor from Paige Carter-Smith, Waste Pro

Tallahassee Reports has recovered an email that shows City Commissioner Nancy Miller soliciting a donation from Waste Pro – a city vendor – through Paige Carter-Smith for the North West Florida League of Cities. The solicitation email was sent from Miller’s official City of Tallahassee email. Records show that Carter-Smith was not registered as a […]

Local Real Estate Developer to Under Cover Agent: “Scott Maddox can kill this”

Local Real Estate Developer to Under Cover Agent: “Scott Maddox can kill this”

Listed below are unedited passages from the “AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH WARRANT” detailing the FBI’s undercover investigation into corruption in Tallahassee. The Undercover Investigation In 2015, the FBI initiated a covert investigation into alleged corruption by local officials in Tallahassee. During the course of this investigation UCs (Under Cover) posed […]