Category: government

MILTON — Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Nichols, since taking office in 2009, has regularly returned his office’s unspent revenue.
“One of the great pleasures of serving as your Santa Rosa Ta…

MILTON — Santa Rosa commissioners have decided against a special election for a half-cent sales tax to pay for a judicial center and jail expansion.
The board moved to Thursday putting out a reques…

MILTON — The City Council has decided not to amend a city ordinance, therefore, not allowing boarding houses under special exception within residential zoning districts.
  At an August Committee…

MILTON — At the Tuesday City Council meeting, the amended alcohol ordinance passed the second reading, officially allowing sale and consumption of alcohol near or on the property of places of worship…

MILTON — The City Council decided to amend Milton's comprehensive plan to add language showing they do not support four-laning Highway 90 through downtown. At the Oct. 10 meeting, the council voted o…

MILTON — Councilwoman Ashley Lay resigned during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. With tears in her eyes and “mixed feelings,” she said, she decided to end her term as a council member, citing p…

MILTON — The City Council and city staff on Monday decided to amend a zoning ordinance to make boarding houses permitted by special exception in all residential areas. At an Aug. 17 Committee of the …

MILTON — Santa Rosa commissioners’ recent approval of Blue Water Holdings Santa Rosa County Inc.’s permit to build a construction and demolition debris disposal pit in East Milton is a step toward en…

MILTON — Santa Rosa commissioners have unanimously supported hunting with hounds in a case between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and property owners in the Blackwater State Fo…

MILTON — During a Thursday Committee of the Whole meeting, the City Council decided to change language of a city ordinance, allowing churches the option to serve or sell alcohol on their premises. At…