Gilchrist County residents expressed their opposition to the Water First North Florida project at Monday’s meeting of the Board of County Commissioners.The board planned to discuss a proposed resolution from the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council opposing the project.The Water First North Florida project is a project that is designed to recharge the aquifer in North Central Florida.Suwannee River Water Management representatives say Jacksonville’s … Continue reading Citizens express opposition to Water First North Florida project at county commission meeting

Amanda Burton, who was offered the position of office employee for the Town of Bell, declined the position, Mayor Sandra Moore confirmed.Moore said the Bell Town Council would address how to move forward with the position at its next meeting. Continue reading Top candidate for Bell’s office employee position declines offer

Trenton reversed course on its plan to implement speed-detection cameras in its school zones Monday.During her report at the end of the meeting, City Manager Brittany Mills asked the City Council about completing a request for proposals for the cameras.At that point, multiple board members expressed that they were not interested in moving forward with the project.When Mayor Robbi Coarsey Avery asked if it was … Continue reading Trenton votes not to move forward with school zone cameras

The Town of Bell hired a new office employee last week to fill an upcoming opening.The Town Council voted, 4-1, to hire Amanda Burton to fill the space that will be vacated by Michelle Rose, who submitted her resignation earlier this year.Burton has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and had done accounting work for her husband’s company.Councilman Gary Blankenship was the only one to vote … Continue reading Bell hires new office employee, initiates contract without checking with town attorney

The Gilchrist County Board of County Commissioners voted to advertise possible speed limit changes on several roads in the county Monday afternoon.The first road was NW 100th Street, as well as 101st, 102nd and 103rd. County Administrator Bobby Crosby recommended changing the speed limit on those roads to 25 miles per hour.The roads are currently unmarked, and unmarked rural roads have a default speed limit … Continue reading County to begin process for multiple possible speed limit changes

Bell Town Clerk Michelle Rose resigned at Thursday night’s meeting.Rose will remain for the next four weeks as the town works on how to move forward.Bell will be reverting its clerk position to its original responsibilities as listed by the town charter.The clerk position had taken on some of the duties of a town manager, but, going forward, the clerk will only be required to … Continue reading Bell Town Clerk resigns

The Gilchrist County Board of County Commissioners voted to move forward with a 1 percent fire surtax.The surtax would go toward fire and EMS services.The county will have to undergo an operational audit by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.Once OPPAGA concludes its audit, the surtax will go on the ballot as a referendum. It requires a 60 percent vote to pass … Continue reading County Commission votes to move forward with 1 percent fire surtax

The Trenton City Council was scheduled to discuss its Public Safety Chief position at Monday’s meeting.But with only three members of the council in attendance, the council chose to table the discussion until its next meeting.The council did approve a pay increase for its interim lieutenant position with its fire service.The council voted to move forward with a $200 per month pay increase for interim-Lieutenant … Continue reading Trenton tables review of Public Safety Chief position until next meeting

What are you trying to do with the clerk position?So, the way that, I think it was about 10 years ago, maybe a little longer, the board decided after Dan Cavanah quit being the town manager that they didn’t want a manager.They decided to take Michelle’s position — which is the clerk duties, and all the clerk duties are is show up at the meetings, … Continue reading Lovett explains her plan for Town of Bell’s clerk position