Transportation department hasn’t made concessions for U.S. 90 widening
Commissioners frustrated by booming bear population
The problem is becoming…unbearable.
“I’m quite tired of hearing FWC tell you as a citizen or me as a citizen that you’ve got to rattle pans, or put up fences, or put your garbage out after a certain time or pay for an expensive bear can” to keep Florida black bears from snooping around people’s homes, Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Bob Cole said Monday.
County prepares to move into new courthouse
Santa Rosa County will move the Florida First Judicial Circuit Court into a $42-million new facility this summer, but it hasn’t decided what the future holds for the 95-year-old downtown Milton courthouse.
“My preference would be to sell it to the public and hope they can do something useful with it,” Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Bob Cole said last week.
Mayor vetoes proposed charter amendment
Milton Mayor Heather Lindsay vetoed a proposal to lower residency requirements for her office after the city council’s July 12 regular meeting.
The Milton City Charter currently requires candidates for mayor to have lived in the city for at least three years.
Operation Safe Summer busts Milton man
On July 9, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested six alleged online sexual predators. One of the six arrested is a Milton resident.
Jordan Scott Towery, 28, was arrested after he solicited sexual activity from an undercover officer, who was posing as a 14 year old girl. According to the arrest report, Towery drove to a predetermined location in Okaloosa County to meet the juvenile. Instead of being greeted by an underage girl, Towery was greeted by deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Probable case of Monkeypox in Santa Rosa County
Mayor vetoes proposed charter amendment
Milton Mayor Heather Lindsay vetoed a proposal to lower residency requirements for her office after the city council’s July 12 regular meeting.
The Milton City Charter currently requires candidates for mayor to have lived in the city for at least three years. But, despite the mayor’s veto threat, the city council voted 6-2 for a ballot referendum asking voters to change the requirement to just one year, the same residency requirement for city council candidates.
Council considers applying for grant funds to make Broad Street improvements
Higher property values could shape budget discussion
The Milton City Council will begin building the 2023 budget at a workshop at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at City Hall.
The key question: should the council leave the property tax rate – the millage rate – unchanged and reap an additional $170,000, or should it “roll back” the rate to keep tax bills the same as last year’s?
Sand available at four locations in preparation for flooding
Heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding, particularly of low lying and urban areas, is possible beginning late today, Tues., July 12, with the threat increasing through Sunday morning, according to the US National Weather Service in Mobile.
Two to four inches of rainfall are possible north of I-10 with those closer to the coast receiving four to six inches of rainfall. Storms could train over the area increasing the threat of flash flooding.