Category: politics

MILTON— The July 6 Santa Rosa County School Board meeting included a visit from Jessica Janasiewicz, a lobbyist who discussed multiple education-related bills that Gov. Rick Scott recently signed.
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MILTON — The city’s Historic Preservation Board has requested the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation to remove Milton’s downtown district from the “2017 Florida’s 11 To Save,” or endangered, lis…

MILTON— In late March, the city of Milton began exploring options for recording council meetings and streaming them live on the city’s website.
According to Brian Watkins, the city manager, Milton …

MILTON— Pat Lunsford has served on the Milton City Council for almost 20 years and said a lot has changed in her time as an elected official.
Lunsford was born in Wallace, an unincorporated communi…

MILTON — The city council will search for a new city attorney after discussion at Thursday’s executive committee meeting.
An item on the June 22 meeting’s agenda was to approve a new hourly rate fo…

MILTON — Starting June 27, Santa Rosa County teachers will have a choice to make regarding their union representation.
By secret ballot, they will be able to vote whether to remain with the Santa R…

MILTON — Some members of the city council and residents are concerned about the future of downtown Milton.
City leaders during a June 13 council meeting discussed inclusion of the Milton Downtown D…

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Rob Williamson will assume the role of chairman of the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization July 1, according to the West Florida Regional Planning Coun…

MILTON — A strategic plan has never been developed for the Santa Rosa County Economic Development Office, according to Economic Development Director Shannon Ogletree. He and his office, with a consul…

MILTON — A discussion on expanding the City Council’s duties to include hiring and firing city employees will continue next month.
At a May 1 Executive Committee meeting, Councilman Jeff Snow menti…