What are the three most important characteristics of a city manager?
Marilyn Farrow, a first-term member of Milton’s City Council, asked that question of her Facebook followers. The top three responses: Honesty, integrity, and a spotless employment record.
The City of Milton is inviting interested residents to attend one of two one-hour public meetings Thursday, May 25, to review the U.S. Highway 90 design priorities.
“We’re going to display and share with the public what came out of the charette process that occurred at the community center, and we’ll talk to anyone who has questions as it relates to those specifics,” City Manager Randy Jorgenson said at the city council’s regular meeting May 9.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that would clear the way for moving Northwest Florida’s Garcon Point Bridge into the state turnpike system.
Dr. Joanna Johannes, president of Lighthouse Christian College, said that “God must have another plan.”
Windermere LLC, a private investment company based in Milton, bid $660,000 to buy the former state hospital at 5500 Stewart Street opposite Milton High School. The City of Milton bid $600,000 for the property, with the college pledging to pay $100,000 of the city’s bid in exchange for use of the facilities as its headquarters.
A geologist hired by opponents of Milton’s plan for a $70-million wastewater treatment facility concluded that the project “will be a complete and total failure if constructed on the proposed site.”
An attempt to encourage Milton’s elected officials to behave on social media turned into a First Amendment rally at the city council’s May 9 regular meeting.
The American Red Cross of North Florida is hosting a Shelter Fundamentals and Simulation event at noon Saturday, May 13.
The event will be held at the Clyde L. Gracey Community Center, 5629 Byrom St. in Milton. Potential evacuation shelter volunteers, observers, and partners are welcome to attend by registering online.
Santa Rosa County rejected Jubilee in September, but its developers are determined to try again beginning later this month.
“I don’t think people really understood what we’re proposing,” Ron Reeser, owner of The Eagle Group LLC, said Monday, May 1, before a meeting with area residents at the Pace Community Center. “They’re concerned about flooding, and they’re concerned about traffic. We need to show them how our plan will help the county address those issues, not just in Jubilee, but in the surrounding area.”
