In the wake of the release of a 50-page report into Santa Rosa County’s dealings with Waste Pro, two top county employees have been disciplined.
Andrew Hill, the environmental manager for the solid waste division, has been suspended for 10 days without pay for his “failure to effectively manage and enforce the waste hauling contract,” according to the notice of action placed in his county personnel file.
A prospective aviation technical school, housed in the former Santa Rosa hospital off Stewart Street, is in the works between Santa Rosa County, the City of Milton and, possibly, the school district.
After over four years of service to Santa Rosa County, on Tuesday, July 13, County Administrator Dan Schebler submitted a letter to voluntarily terminate his employment agreement with Santa Rosa County. This will take place in 90 days.
Just three hours before a BOCC meeting that included a Guardian Program resolution on the agenda, Superintendent Dr. Karen Barber and Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson made a joint press release announcing the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program will not currently be implemented in the county.
With numerous allegations swirling around the Santa Rosa County-Waste Pro contract, a third-party legal investigation found there have not been any improper dealings between county staff and Waste Pro.
The Florida Department of Education on Tuesday released a report showing that 54 percent of third-grade students this year scored “satisfactory” or above on the state English-language arts exam. Here are percentages of students in each county that scored “satisfactory” or above:
On April 29, 2021, a complaint was received by the human resources department from a county employee in reference to an improper business relationship between county staff and the waste hauler franchisee. To investigate this allegation, the county utilized an independent third party. Santa Rosa County has received the report from the independent investigator, which found no evidence of improper dealings between county staff and the waste hauler franchisee.