After new City and County Commissioners were elected in November, there are three new aides who will help them navigate the local government bureaucracy. They are Kyle Frost, Chauncy E. Haynes and Kristellys Estanga. Kyle Frost is County Commissioner Brian Welch’s aide. Frost also serves on the Killearn Lakes Homeowners Association board and the Big […]
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Darius Lee Allen, 26, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months’ imprisonment for assaulting a United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier with a firearm. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence. As part of his official duties, a USPS mail carrier was […]
At Wednesday’s meeting, the City Commission voted unanimously to renegotiate the City’s contract with Marpan, its recycling processor. The commissioners also received a report made by SCS Engineers on long-term strategies to continue the City’s recycling program. The City aims to collect 13,000 tons of recyclables annually and to increase the community’s rate of recycling […]
TR’s weekly report (December 6 – December 13) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s November 6th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending December 6th, shows an increase in cases, hospitalizations and the positivity rate. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported […]
The Leon County School Board recently approved entering into an interim agreement with Pittman Law Group for legal services. Under the contract, the school board will pay Pittman Law Group a monthly retainer of $6,666.66, not including any additional legal costs. The board previously worked with Ausley McMullen Attorneys and Counselors at Law, but the […]
During its meeting today, the City Commission approved new appointments to the Tallahassee Human Relations Committee (THRC). The commissioners assessed recommendations for the positions made by Mayor John Dailey, as there are currently several vacancies on the committee. The THRC works alongside the City Commission and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to serve as […]
At the December 9th meeting the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board decided not to approve a $750,000 funding request from Loved by Jesus Family Church, which asked for funding for a business and job training incubator project within the Towne South Shopping Center. Loved by Jesus Family Church presented the idea for the incubator center […]
At today’s City Commission meeting, the Commissioners authorized the City to reimburse Mayor John Dailey for attorney’s fees related to an ethics complaint. Dailey prevailed against an ethics complaint filed against him in June 2020 and is now requesting to be reimbursed for $5,092.10 in legal costs. The ethics complaint was filed by K. Lennorris […]
The County Commissioners received a status report on the County’s sidewalk program at their meeting today. The Commissioners receive the report annually to review sidewalk program activities and consider adding new sidewalk segments. Leon County funds sidewalk constructions with half of the County’s share of the five-cent gas tax and the Blueprint 2020 sales tax. […]
During their meeting today, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners approved updates on guidelines for policy debates that take place through social media websites. This comes after other counties across the state have set up specific frameworks for abiding by the Sunshine and Public Records Laws on social media platforms. In order to update […]