Marks, Lindley Offer Strong Support to PAC
A lot happened at the CRA Board meeting today. The CRA Board voted to spend almost $200,000 on leasing parking spaces near…
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Voting Conflicts On Ethics Panel Agenda
On Thursday, the Citizens Ethics Panel will meet at City Hall to continue to formulate their recommendation on a new ethics policy…
This Week’s Local Government Preview
The Leon County Board of County Commission will have a workshop on Tuesday to address the Fiscal 2014 Budget. After the workshop,…
COT Red Light Camera Program: Is it effective and how much does it cost?
The City of Tallahassee (COT) began installing red light cameras in August of 2010. Like many local governments across Florida and the…
Is the City Doing Enough to Inform the Public?
After two weeks of controversy swirling around allegations that the city of Tallahassee was charging state sales tax on electricity provided to…
The Mayor’s Gun Resolution Deleted from Tonight’s City Agenda
A resolution on President Obama’s special task force on gun safety was scheduled to be voted on at tonight’s city commission meeting…
COT Not Responsible For Notifying Customers of Tax Exemptions
The Citizens Advisory Board for utilities met today at City Hall and discussed the recent controversy over sales tax exemptions on electricity.…
City Faces Controversy Over Sales Tax on Electric Bills
During the last City Commission meeting, Dr. Erwin Jackson alerted city commissioners that the City’s utility department was charging state sales tax…
Where Does The Tallahassee CRA Spend Your Money?
The City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has spent or committed over $27 million to redevelopment activities in two sections of…
CRA Board Discusses Homeless Shelter and North Monroe CRA District
Commissioner Gil Ziffer, the liaison between the CRA Board and the Homeless Shelter, reported that the ideal situation would be for the…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: This Weeks Preview
Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting On Monday, November 25th there is a Community Redevelopment Agency meeting that begins at 11:00 AM in the…
City Attorney Recommends Reimbursing Mayor Marks $55,275 in Attorney Fees
City Attorney Lew Shelley, wrote in the agenda item that will be considered next Wednesday by the full City Commission that “Marks…