Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved spending $141 million to buy more than 42,000 acres, including more than 1,500 acres in the Wolfe Creek Forest northeast of Milton in Santa Rosa County.
The Santa Rosa County Commission will have its final Fiscal Year 2024 budget hearing at 6 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Sept. 19, in the Commission Meeting Room, 6495 Caroline St., Milton. The Board of County Commissioners is expected to officially approve a total overall budget of $251,355,646.
After months of workshops and debate, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners will review the final draft of its updated Land Development Code at a special meeting beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18.
The City of Milton will pay former clerk Dawn Molinero money she says she’s owed, but only if she signs a “hold harmless or release of liability” agreement with the city related to her termination last month.
The Milton City Council reviewed the following items at its executive committee meeting Tuesday, Sept. 5, and is expected to give final approval at its Sept. 12 regular meeting.
Santa Rosa County Animal Services is hosting a Community Cats Day for Santa Rosa County residents Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter, 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton. Up to 40 stray/feral cats will be accepted for free spay and neutering through community cats program funding.
Participants must be Santa Rosa County residents and are required to show proof of residency in Santa Rosa County. Participants can bring up to three community cats per participant, first come, first served.
Who lets the dogs walk? The answer, at least between 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bagdad Mill Site Park, is the Friends of the Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter.
Parents tired of waiting in traffic to drop their children at school need to help school board and county officials find a solution, Santa Rosa County Commissioner Sam Parker said last week.
