Author: redtape

The Tallahassee City Commission Wednesday will consider a five-year, $317,000-a-year base salary as a part of the contract for incoming City Manager Karen Jumonville. That’s about $13,000 higher than her predecessor Reese Goad, who spent 10 years as city manager and 27 years with the city.[…]

Two years ago, when Tallahassee wanted to make its Inspector General harder to fire, City officials said the requirement for a supermajority had to be placed in the City Charter and “could not be done in ordinance.”[…]

There are bad nights for a football team, and then there are bad nights for an entire city. Monday was both on a national scale.  For any growing business or high school senior thinking about relocating to Tallahassee, this was the city’s one chance to make a first impression, and it blew it.[…]

If you live, work or own a business in Tallahassee, City Hall’s proposed FY2027 budget has a little something for you. 

And by “something,” we mean a higher bill.[…]

OK, City of Tallahassee, explain this to taxpayers like we’re stupid. Earlier this year, City Hall paid nearly $3.9 million in incentives to get 171 employees to leave. Now, just months later, the city’s proposed FY2027 budget calls for 20 more employees than it has in the current budget.[…]

Four months ago, Madam Sunshine looked into her crystal ball. Today, the City Commission made her prediction official.[…]

TALLAHASSEE — Red Tape Florida has filed a series of public-records requests with the City of Tallahassee seeking information about taxpayer-funded vehicles provided to some of City Hall’s highest-ranking officials.[…]