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Consolidated Government Bill Filed In Florida House
March 3, 2009
State Rep. Greg Evers filed a bill in Florida House Monday afternoon that, if approved, would led to the formation of a commission to study the consolidation of the governments of Century, Pensacola and Escambia County.
Once a consolidation plan is created by the study commission, it is to be submitted to the Escambia County Commission, the City of Pensacola and the Town of Century for action before submission to the Escambia County legislative delegation by January 15, 2010. Once approved by the legislature, the plan would presented to Escambia County voters.
Century, Pensacola and Escambia County will not be required to pay for the commission, under the house bill, but they will be required to provide clerical, technical and legal assistance to the commission.
The commission, to be appointed by July 1 of this year, would include up to 25 members from various groups in the county.
The commission will include:
- Five members appointed by the Escambia County Commission, with one member being appointed from each district
- One member appointed by the Century Town Council, with that member being a resident of Century
- Two members appointed by the Pensacola City Council, both of them being residents of Pensacola
One member will be appointed by each of the following groups:
- NAACP
- Escambia County Taxpayer’s Association
- League of Women Voters of Pensacola Bay Area
- Pensacola Young Professionals
- Pensacola Ministerial Alliance
- Escambia County Farm Bureau
- Home Builders Association of West Florida
The president of the University of West Florida will appoint one member with expertise in local government matters. The sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser, clerk of court and supervisor of elections will each appoint one member.
The chief judge of the First Judicial Circuit will appoint two Florida Bar members with legal expertise in local government matters.
One member will be appointed by the Escambia County School Board, and the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority will appoint a member.
A special advisory committee on public safety will be appointed under the house bill, consisting of the following or their designee:
- Escambia County Sheriff
- Pensacola Police chief
- Escambia County Community Corrections Bureau
- Escambia County Public Safety Bureau Chief
- Pensacola fire chief
- Escambia County Medical Director
- chairperson of the Escambia County Fire Services Advisory Board
- Police Benevolent Association of the City of Pensacola
- Police Benevolent Association of Escambia County
- Chapter of of the International Association of Firefighters of the City of Pensacola
A special advisory committee on economic development will be appointed, including members appointed by the following groups:
- Pensacola Junior College
- Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
- Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce
- Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board
- Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce
- local chapter of the Florida Black Chamber of Commerce
- Florida’s Great Northwest
- Town of Century Chamber of Commerce
- Walnut Hill Ruritan Club
- Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce
An advisory committee on health care will be appointed by:
- Baptist Health Care
- Sacred Heart Health System
- West Florida Hospital
- Escambia County Health Department
- Escambia County Medical Society
Click here to read the entire bill (pdf format).
Comments
8 Responses to “Consolidated Government Bill Filed In Florida House”
we, centurions have done without for so long until it’s just another day in the neighborhood. but, this time we are going down fighting. we refuse to let pensacola keep taking from century. this is my home town and I love it. I am wondering if this one for all going including century? There was a map pulled out some year’s ago and century wasn’t on the map.. sure there’s crime up here, but there’s crime in pensacola also. When my children were small my husband and I chaperoned many field trips. We served on P.T.O.’s (before we had enough members to become a P.T.A.) Band Boosters, Advisory Board’s. I never regreted a day. I look at the parent’s of today. get off your high horses and speak out. this is your time
Very simple. This is a move to remove the debt from the city and placed on the county, Does anyone really think that pensacola could run the county? Of course not. If you read the Q & A section on the EAFO website it seems that they are not having any luck holding meeting’s in the north end. Hey Scott and Jason, we are NOT interested in joining EAFO’s vison of your government. So no matter how you write it we are going to vote it down. The good people of the city will have to figure out how to save their own rear ends. All for one should change their name to ALL For US. I Think if you start running down their supporter’s list you will find that this really is a downtown driven cause. We have voted it down before and we WILL vote it down again.
Here we go again. This is going to be crammed down our throats if we like it or not. The North end does not have the voteing power to stop it. There are too many people south of nine mile road that do not give a hoot and will vote for it because they bill benefit from it more than anyone north of the Molino cross roads. Lets give it our dieing shot and vote NO for what ever good it will do when the time comes. We need less government–not more. Leave the North end folks alone we like the way things are now. Pure and Simple
This is just a sorry state!! This want fly!! Just more greed in progress. I say STOP IT NOW!! Kevin White needs step up on this one and say STOP IT NOW….OR JOIN THE RANKS OF THE UNEMPLOYED!!
I say “NO” I smell a rat on the horizon. And, it smells like a red one, building its nest……….two steps forward, and one step back. I say no more steps, period!!!
Yes, those greedy pensacola residents are behind it. The same ones that pay city as well as county taxes but receive only city services. The same ones who finance full time police and fire departments which boast lower crime rates and lower ISO fire insurance ratings. They also have better parks , sanitation housing etc, all run with minimal problems. Are they bellyaching about ECUA taking over trash and going to one day a week? Are they griping about the paid and volunteer firefighters squabbling? Do they have their jail being investigated by the feds? The answer is no to all of the above, so maybe we could learn something from those greedy people ……what do you think?
We all know how the vote will go. Pensacola will vote for it, but the county, especially north escambia will vote against it.
They want our money. Greedy Pcola residents are the ones behind this all for one crap.
Here we go again; more of our tax dollars being poured down the drain. Larger government is not what this county or any other in the state needs, but it appears that the “All for One” agenda is going to be force fed to us anyway. You notice who is driving the train on this one, our very own Greg Evers! Of course he is in his last term with the house of representives, and maybe that’s the reason he pushing this issue because he’ll need a j. o. b. in a year and some change.