A group named the Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce created less than two years ago, on July 31, 2012, and headed by lobbyists and Mayor Marks long time campaign manager Sean Pittman and Tallahassee Lawyer Harold Knowles, is seeking to be added to the governance structure that will have influence over when and how […]
Tallahassee Reports’ continuing investigation of a lawn maintenance vendor selected by the City to maintain the various street median’s in the City has found that Southland Specialities provided questionable information on the application for a City business tax certificate. Previously, Tallahassee Reports found that the store front for the Gold Buyers of Tallahassee, located at 2784-1 […]
An investigation by Tallahassee Reports indicates that the store front for the Gold Buyers of Tallahassee, located at 2784-1 Capital Circle NE, was used as the address for another company, Southland Specialties of Tennessee, Inc. to qualify as a local vendor during the City of Tallahassee procurement process. According to state records, the registered agent […]
The City Auditor has found that over the last ten years the City of Tallahassee has paid a 9.1% broker fee equal to $3.24 million, while other cities, using a more competitive approach to secure insurance coverage has paid 5.1% in broker fees. The audit report indicates that over this period the City of Tallahassee […]
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Mayor John Marks used an electronic kill switch to repeatedly turn off the microphone being used by Dr. Erwin Jackson during the time allotted for citizens to speak to the City Commission. Dr. Jackson, who has been a frequent participate in the unagendaed speaker portion of City Commission meeting over […]
The City Commission will vote on Wednesday whether or not to award two contracts totaling over $1,000,000 to out of town contractors to pave roads with techniques that City staff says is not available from local contractors. One contract to be awarded is to Cutler Paving, which is located in Kansas, in the amount of […]
On March 12, 2014, the City Commission will address the Ethics Advisory Panel recommendations that were not adopted at the Target Issue Workshop held on November 20, 2013. The City Commission appointed a citizen Ethics Advisory Panel (EAP) that first convened on November 8, 2012. The EAP was charged with examining the various City policies, […]
On Thursday, February 27, 2014, the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted 6-1 to approve a property tax rebate in the amount of approximately $1.6 million to an out of town developer. The rebate will go to CA Student Living, a developer from Chicago, Illinois that is proposing to develop 444 College Avenue, a mixed-use […]
Rarely does a government entity decide to become smaller so that it can become more effective. But that is exactly what Innovation Park did. Innovation Park is the areas university-based research park that is overseen by the Leon County Research and Development Authority (the Authority).Among the partnerships highly valued by the Authority are those with […]
Tallahassee Reports recently reported on a City Commission vote that resulted in a New Jersey based company, APS, being awarded a sole source contract to do paving work on two City roads. As of February 23rd, one road has been paved and the other road, Maclay Blvd., has been delayed due to testing that revealed […]