The City of Gainesville will soon be cashing a $34 million check from the federal government. City leaders are still brainstorming how it should be spent.
On May 10, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced its $350 billion plan to provide economic relief to cities and counties across the country. This money comes from the American Rescue Plan Act, a stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden in March. At Thursday’s policy meeting, Gainesville city staff unveiled a written form for commissioners and residents to propose relief projects with a due date set for two weeks.
Anyone interested in submitted ideas is asked to email the city s equity and inclusion office at equalopportunity@cityofgainesville.org.
Gainesville City Commissioners vote to end the Pay-As-You-Throw program
The 27-year-old system is coming to an end in Gainesville May 17, 2021 | 6:10am EDT Plastic bottles and cartons were placed inside of orange and blue bins for recycling on Southwest 23rd Drive in Gainesville on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
With a newborn baby in her house, Nina Bhattacharyya finds it increasingly important to save money and cut down on waste.
However, with the Gainesville City Commission’s May 6 decision to remove the Pay-As-You-Throw program, the Zero Waste Gainesville founder is concerned about her ability to do so.
Pay-As-You-Throw began in Gainesville in 1994, and the purpose of the program was to create an incentive for residents to produce less waste by making it more expensive to own a larger trash bin, Bhattacharyya said. Homeowners can choose from four trash bins, each with a different size and price. The smallest bin h
Here’s a look at what to expect from each outgrowth of the new census.
Redistricting
Redistricting is the “redrawing of congressional and state legislative districts to adjust for uneven growth rates in different parts of the state,” according to flsenate.gov.
“Whenever a new census comes out, that means that we do redistricting so that all of the districts have equal population and people can be represented fairly in terms of their population,” said Dr. Michael P. McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida.
Redistricting occurs when congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn every 10 years to adjust and ensure equal population and representation.