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County owns 1,400-plus acres near future 87 connector

Written by Staff Reporters on April 3, 2014. Posted in News.

After sustained public criticism over plans to spend millions on land for a proposed new county courthouse, Santa Rosa commissioners decided March 13 to also include an option on the ballot for using county-owned or donated land in East Milton.

Santa Rosa tax office tops state in organ donor registrations

Written by Staff Reporters on March 27, 2014. Posted in News.

In Florida every driver’s license customer is required to be asked if they want to be an organ donor, and last month Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols’ offices signed up more donor designees than other county in the state.

Santa Rosa Fair starts April 4!

Written by Staff Reporters on March 27, 2014. Posted in News.

The 23rd Annual Santa Rosa County Fair is set to start April 4,and plans are in place for all the typical amusement rides. However, leading into the midway is a special section which sets the fair apart from many others.

Roche family has been saving lives in Santa Rosa for decades

Written by Staff Reporters on March 20, 2014. Posted in News.

Tom Roche was a larger-than-life man. He served as fire chief in Navarre and became the first director of Santa Rosa County Emergency Management. His son, John, inherited that same passion for saving lives and started Lifeguard Air Ambulance 24 years ago.

County property reconsidered for courthouse

Written by Staff Reporters on March 20, 2014. Posted in News.

For three weeks Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Jim Melvin heard citizens protesting county plans to spend $3.75 million on a site for the proposed courthouse. Opposition was so strong that Melvin felt it doomed the entire project, which depends on voters passing a temporary sales tax increase. Therefore, he added site selection back to board’s agenda March 13.

Two county recycling centers to close

Written by Staff Reporters on March 6, 2014. Posted in Community.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted Feb. 27 to permanently close two of the county’s 23 recycle drop-off sites. The Tiger Point Park Road and Five Points/Chumuckla Highway recycling drop off sites will permanently close March 14 due to health and safety risks resulting from illegal dumping.

Household hazardous waste collection in south Santa Rosa

Written by Staff Reporters on March 6, 2014. Posted in Community.

Residents of south Santa Rosa County have the opportunity this month to dispose of household hazardous waste at no charge without having to drive to the Central Landfill in Milton. Amnesty Day will be held from 8 a.m. to noon, March 29 at the Santa Rosa County South Side Service Center, 5819 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Midway. Amnesty Day is not a recycle day, but a special day for disposal of household hazardous waste that should not be thrown out with household garbage.

Clerk’s site shows county money information

Written by Staff Reporters on March 6, 2014. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Donald Spencer made good on his campaign promise to put county financial information online. Spencer’s site contains not only audited financial statements but also a monthly investment report.

County joins state-led marketing effort

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Business.

Santa Rosa County has joined a state-led economic development marketing effort aimed to lure companies to Florida. Commissioners approved allocating $25,000 from the county’s electric franchise fee to participate in the Team Florida Partnership Program for one year at the board’s Feb. 20 meeting.

More than $36 million in county reserves

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County has built up a general fund reserve of $22,137,847. That fund is unrestricted and may be used for purposes such as operating the county during a disaster. Santa Rosa County’s total reserves top $36 million, but some of those funds are restricted, committed or assigned for a specific use.