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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Coffee With a Commissioner- 5-23-2018



We held our monthly Coffee With the Commissioner event yesterday morning at McDonald's on Highway 98  and Blue Angel Parkway.

Issues discussed included wage disparities between and among mechanics that work for Escambia County as compared to the Bus Mechanics that work for ECAT.  This is a very real problem and an overnight fix will be impossible, but I am looking at what needs to be done with this.  It is a legitimate beef from our mechanics that make less than $15 per hour as they watch ECAT mechanics that just arrived as de-facto county employees making $22 per hour.

Coffee with a commissioner event 5-23-2018


Another topic discussed was creating more synergies between the communities of the west side of Escambia County and Perdido Key, along with business development in this same geographic area.
Coffee with a commissioner event 5-23-2018

"The important things from my perspective are community safety, economic development, jobs and infrastructure" stated one attendee who is affiliated with the Perdido Chamber of commerce.

We also discussed the following topics:

--Bay Center Replacement
--Sheriff's Budget settlement
--upcoming budget for FY 2019
--Alcohol Ban being overturned

We look forward to next month's coffee--everyone is welcome!
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