Commission Votes To Put County Administrator Gilley’s Employment Contract On The Table For Discussion

June 4, 2021

The Escambia County Commission vote unanimously Thursday night to discuss their employment contract with County Administrator Janice Gilley.

Gilley is about two years into a three year employment contract that expires on June 30, 2022, unless it is terminated or extended by a commission vote.

The affirmative vote on Commissioner Steven Barry’s motion places the contract discussion on the board’s June 17 meeting, providing Gilley with the required notice.

“There’s never a bad time to talk about these things among ourselves,” Commissioner Doug Underhill said.

“In the contact, it does state that there is a review annually, and we are coming up on that time,” Commissioner Robert Bender noted.

Due to the pandemic, there was no public job performance review for Gilley in 2019, but commissioners did hold one-on-one discussions with her.

Comments

13 Responses to “Commission Votes To Put County Administrator Gilley’s Employment Contract On The Table For Discussion”

  1. lawson a berry on June 8th, 2021 1:50 pm

    Janice Gilley is a classy individual. Her only fault is that she cares for her employees and Escambia County. I support her one hundred percent!

  2. Duns Megus on June 6th, 2021 8:05 am

    Robert Jackaon [sic]:

    A term as Escambia County Commissioner, appointed by Gov. Bush after W. D. Childers (highy experienced politican) was indicted. Two terms as personal advisor to Gov. Bush.

    What experience do you have that qualifies you to judge hers?

  3. Lou on June 5th, 2021 6:55 am

    Wrapping the whole lot of commissioners together is unfair. Commissioner Bender helped us resolve an issue in a very impressive manner. Can’t get my own Commissioner Barry to call me back at all.

  4. Trisha on June 4th, 2021 6:17 pm

    To County Worker…..Every department has a budget and there are a thousand things that can happen to change how money is spent. You ask why isn’t the jail open? Well, have you actually researched what has been happening. It could be safety issues, lack of needed employees, an insurance problem, cost of any lawsuits, various unexpected expenses popping up. Who knows unless you spend the time to look it up. Most people don’t want to do the homework, it is much easier to just complain. I also am a county worker and I understand how issues come up, some are easy to fix. Others require robbing Peter to pay Paul. Maybe read the annual budget. Maybe look at requirements on how federal money has to be spent, what is covered and what is not. You can bet they have to account for every penny.

  5. Yank on June 4th, 2021 5:28 pm

    All the county commisioners need to be taken out of office. As far as Ecat, shut down.

  6. Robert Jackaon on June 4th, 2021 4:03 pm

    The Commissioners hired someone with no pertinent experience.

  7. Melissa Pino on June 4th, 2021 3:35 pm

    Dear County Worker, saw your comment and just wanted to say that it was actually 10M in covid CARES money that the ATU negotiated to help keep transit workers and their passengers safe. From a Transit budget meeting, it seemed pretty clear they planned to use the money to close the budget gap. While covid ripped through the ECAT work force, and the bus drivers were told they couldn’t even bring their own cleaning products onto the buses to sanitize (since the County wasn’t adequately doing it).

    –Melissa Pino

  8. J.Larry Seale on June 4th, 2021 3:04 pm

    Why don’t we fire the
    county Commissioner………..
    ECAT get three cent of the
    county gas tax…….
    I have yet to see any difference
    than before the three cent was added

  9. County worker on June 4th, 2021 12:01 pm

    She is a snake in the grass. She came in with people having high hopes but she has shown her true colors since then. Another commenter said there should be term limits- this is an example. Why isn’t the new jail open yet? What happened to th 5 MILLION DOLLARS the fed gave ECAT for covid related expenses?? These are just 2 of the several hundred issues. Wake up people.

  10. RETIRED on June 4th, 2021 7:13 am

    term limits for all elected officials

  11. Deborah on June 4th, 2021 6:37 am

    Janice Gilley has been a great advocate for disabled persons and has assisted many in getting valuable experience. I support her continuing contract.

  12. Oversight on June 4th, 2021 6:32 am

    Yep, Gilley’s days are numbered because she has been exposed as the internal rat doing the commissioners’ dirty work for them on their retirement plan shenanigans. It is time to vote the whole lot out.

  13. Kate on June 4th, 2021 6:05 am

    Gilley has done a wonderful job, she makes the BOC look good. She has what she has to work with, and she can do no more. Give her a raise and a 5 year contract.