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View Comments Homebuilder Edwin Henry threw both Santa Rosa County and the city of Milton for a loop Tuesday when he made a surprise last-minute offer to donate hundreds of acres of his own land for the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in Milton.  But while County Commissioners were almost giddy at the idea of Henry's offer — "I think this is an amazing development," said District 1 Commissioner Sam Parker — Milton City Manager Randy Jorgenson wasn't immediately sold on the idea. "Where did that come from?" Jorgenson told the News Journal after the meeting. "We've been a...

/ Santa Rosa County Administrator Dan Schebler will be given a letter of reprimand for the county’s failure to apply for state money for road projects. The board’s unanimous decision, during a seven-hour meeting Tuesday night in Milton, doesn’t put the matter to rest. District 3 Commissioner James Calkins said he would look into having an independent “third party” investigate what went wrong. At issue was the county missing a March deadline to apply to be considered for money from the state’s Small County Outreach Program (SCOP). Schebler took responsibility for the missed deadlin...

Credit Pensacola News Journal The board’s unanimous decision, during a seven-hour meeting Tuesday night in Milton, doesn’t put the matter to rest. District 3 Commissioner James Calkins said he would look into having an independent “third party” investigate what went wrong. At issue was the county missing a March deadline to apply to be considered for money from the state’s Small County Outreach Program (SCOP). Schebler took responsibility for the missed deadline. A majority of commissioners said the lapse was not worth firing Schebler, who has been with the county since 2017. A crow...

View Comments Santa Rosa County Administrator Dan Schebler did not resign and was not fired at Tuesday night's County Commission meeting, following a long night of debate in which several residents called for his termination after one of his employees missed a funding deadline back in March. Schebler will instead receive a formal letter of reprimand in his personnel file, but the majority of the board didn't have an appetite for more severe disciplinary action. James Calkins was the lone commissioner who supported removing Schebler from his office, and he found support for his position ...

How Santa Rosa County could be affected by Florida's new impact fee bill, HB 337 View Comments As the issue of impact fees continues to swirl in Santa Rosa County, a new state bill that is expected to be signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis could affect the future of impact fees in the fast growing county.  House Bill 337 caps impact fee increases to no more than 12.5% in a given year and no more than 50% over a four-year period. That requires states to "phase in" impact fee increases over a several-year period, instead of making big changes all at once.  “What the issue is for any county or j...