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For the first time since the legislationâs inception, the Florida Keys will receive a full allocation from a state act designed to improve water quality in the chain of islands.
With the state legislative session ending today, the Keys are expected to receive a full $20 million allocation from the state Legislature for the Florida Keys Stewardship Act.
âI think we are in good shape from an appropriations standpoint,â said state House Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada. âJust have to hope no cuts from the governor. Still so much more we will need to get the roads elevated. My goal is to work on getting the funding from (the state) Resiliency Bill 7019.
The Islamorada Village Council moved one step closer to finding a new manager and is considering a no-bid social media contract with a firm several councilmen used during their campaigns.
The Islamorada Village Council’s lengthy meeting recently opened with a presentation on the upcoming Oxitec project, which uses genetically-modified mosquitoes to fight a variety of diseases, and was followed by
A battle has begun in Islamorada about the citizens right to attend Village Council meetings in person and the cityâs handling of public records requests.
Islamorada village government representatives said they are being overrun with public information requests at a time when the Village is also limiting attendance at council meetings because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Maria Bassett, Islamoradaâs acting village manager and finance director, shared a partial list of public information requests to illustrate the volume and complexity of some of the requests. Some are real estate-related generated by builders, permit technicians or Realtors seeking site information, ownership or lien information; others are residents investigating a topic.