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Report on local government efficiency headed to state leadership
A legislatively-mandated panel will report seven pages of its findings to the state by June 1.
The Legislature’s task force on local government efficiency has effectively finalized its recommendations to streamline government processes.
The Local Government Efficiency Task Force, established by the Legislature last year, is set to hand its final report to Gov.
Ron DeSantis, Senate President
Wilton Simpson and House Speaker
Chris Sprowls by June 1. The report includes recommendations on elections, public meetings, reporting, pension plans, unfunded mandates and business taxes.
“The Local Government Efficiency Task Force finds that the status quo for several issues is a source of inefficiency for local governments,” according to the report.
Some of them are beyond rust. (Florida state prisons)
A plan to shutter up to four state prisons is alarming officials in Florida’s rural regions where correctional institutions have played an outsized role in providing jobs and supporting businesses for decades.
Senate President Wilton Simpson’s proposal to consolidate prisons and demolish four facilities drew bipartisan pushback when it was released recently as lawmakers began to piece together next year’s state budget.
Simpson, R-Trilby, has defended consolidation and closures, saying the plan is designed to resuscitate a prison system in crisis. The Department of Corrections for years has grappled with decaying infrastructure, an exceedingly high worker turnover rate and staffing vacancies so dire they now pose security threats to employees and inmates.
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Senate President Wilton Simpson's proposal to consolidate prisons and demolish four facilities drew opposition from leaders in those rural communities.