The following is the highlights of the coming of the Army Special Forces by Colonel Bloomberg. Hopefully, this will also provide some useful information in understanding this group of military to our area. As noted, these families are allowed to arrive as early as this summer. With supply of affordable/quality being low for this number of folks, it will make sense for these families to show up now before the prices go up because of high demand and very low supply next year. If you have any questions about this process don't hesitate to give me a call.
Bloomberg helps squelch rumors as move from Fort Bragg nears
By MONA MOORE
Northwest Florida Daily News 315-4443
mmoore@nwfdailynews.com
FORT WALTON BEACH — Army Lt. Col. Gary Bloomberg starts every meeting he has with 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) families with the same question: “Who’s heard something crazy about Northwest Florida?”
As chief of the integration team charged with preparing the arrival of Eglin Air Force Base’s new tenants, Bloomberg has heard many myths about Fort Bragg, N.C., and Northwest Florida. He shared a few of them recently when he talked with the Daily News’ Editorial Board.
He said he and his team were assigned to Okaloosa County last summer, two years before 7th Special Forces battalions start to arrive.
He said local officials have asked whether they will need more jail space and police to handle the “rowdy” Army guys. On the Fort Bragg trips, he hears about fears of hurricanes and alligators.
Bloomberg said he was surprised in both cases.
“I almost didn’t know how to respond to the jail thing,” he said.
The Green Berets Bloomberg describes sound more like Jack Bauer of “24” than America’s Most Wanted: They are dedicated to their profession and their country.
Bloomberg calls them “triple volunteers.” They volunteered for the Army, then volunteered to jump out of airplanes and then volunteered for the Special Forces.
Its members are deployed in 18 South American countries and in Afghanistan. They deploy in detachments of 12 men or go on missions with one or two men.
The average Green Beret is 30 to 32 years old, has about 10 years of experience and is as fit as a professional athlete. He has a college degree or has attended college, is culturally sensitive and is fluent in at least two languages.
The soldiers are trained as engineers, medics, communications or weapons specialists. They usually are noncommissioned officers with an E-7 pay grade, or more than $40,000 a year.
Soldiers deploy for about seven months a year, which means families become resilient and learn to function without family members. Bloomberg said he has been gone for six of the last eight years and for half of his 16-year marriage.
The danger Green Berets face also takes a toll on families. Bloomberg said every child of a soldier knows at least one person with a father who has been killed or wounded in action.
Bloomberg also said the soldiers are family men, avid hunters and fishermen and likely will coach youth soccer.
They are going to invest in real estate — and not just in Crestview, as another rumor claimed.
Because Special Forces soldiers donotchangestations,theylikelywill retire in the area. Bloomberg considers that an advantage for everyone.
“It’s so obvious how pro-military this community is, and what’s interesting is it seems genuine,” Bloomberg said. “We’re going to add to the fabric of this community. There are no downsides for us.”
More than 2,000 soldiers — about 500 a month — will start arriving in May 2011. Because the Army allows families to move down a year ahead of time, the area could start to see the 4,300 family members this summer.
The Special Forces will be at this year’s Eglin air show. Visitors can meet one of the detachments and see a demonstration from the Black Daggers, the Army Special Operations parachute team.
Bloomberg said he never has felt more welcomed than he has on the Emerald Coast. Eglin has made accommodations for its newest tenants, including a BX and gas station (which will be open to anyone with military identification) just outside the Green Berets’ campus south of Crestview. Base officials also have made relocation resources available online and have visited families at Fort Bragg.
Through Base Realignment and Closure, Eglin has funded an overpass across State Road 85 that will allow soldiers easy access to Duke Field.
The soldiers will train with special operations units at Duke and Hurlburt Field. Bloomberg said that will create a natural synergy that will carry over to missions.
“The end result will be a better joint force,” he said. “It’s going to be amazing.”
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
STUDY REVEALS CRESTVIEW ONE OF THE BEST PLACES FOR MANUFACTURING PLANTS
If the news I have been sending you in the Blog hasn't lead you to believe "Crestview" is where it is at and where it will be, I don't know what else to say. This story below and the help of the Economic Development Council and the Crestview officials are making it a place to move to and live. As I have stated many times, our area is the target for many businesses and folks wanting to live our good life. Keep in mind, this study was not done here. It will catch the eye of businesses around the country and world. The question has also been, are we ready? I say, we will rise to the occasion with some bumps and bruises, but we will rise.
Study: Crestview one of best places for manufacturing plants
Dusty Ricketts
2010-01-29 21:44:05
CRESTVIEW — The Hub City is the seventh best small city for high-tech manufacturing companies to expand or relocate, according to a national study.
The Boyd Co. a Princeton, N.J.,-based consulting firm that provides location recommendations for companies around the world, recently completed the study of 45 cities that compares the cost of operating a high-tech manufacturing facility. The study determined the cost in each city to operate a 250,000-square-foot production plant that employed 300 hourly workers.
It would cost a little more than $20.97 million a year to run a business of that size in Crestview, the study concluded.
“(Crestview) certainly has a major concentration of aerospace industry,” said John Boyd, the company’s founder. “It’s the type of market now that really is on the radar screens for not only expansions, but for relocations.
“Wage pressures here are competitive, especially with some of the northeastern markets and the larger markets in the Midwest,” Boyd added. “There’s an abundant workforce. There’s tremendous turnover and linkages between the presence of the military and the private sector. There’s a large labor market and it tends to keep wages attractive.”
Lenoir, N.C., was the top-ranked small city, with a total estimated cost of $19.97 million a year to run the business. Although Lenoir’s total cost was lower, Crestview’s average estimated employee wage was $17.57 an hour, compared to Lenoir’s $18.91.
In addition to wages, the low cost of energy was another reason Crestview ranked so high. Boyd said Gulf Power Co. provides abundant energy at a lower cost that many other similar companies.
“In the real estate world, it’s all about location, location, location,” Boyd said. “In the site selection business, the big issue is energy, energy, energy. Energy is the most important thing when it comes to manufacturing operations right now.”
The study ranked Lynn Haven in Bay County as the eighth best small city for a manufacturing plant to locate.
Study: Crestview one of best places for manufacturing plants
Dusty Ricketts
2010-01-29 21:44:05
CRESTVIEW — The Hub City is the seventh best small city for high-tech manufacturing companies to expand or relocate, according to a national study.
The Boyd Co. a Princeton, N.J.,-based consulting firm that provides location recommendations for companies around the world, recently completed the study of 45 cities that compares the cost of operating a high-tech manufacturing facility. The study determined the cost in each city to operate a 250,000-square-foot production plant that employed 300 hourly workers.
It would cost a little more than $20.97 million a year to run a business of that size in Crestview, the study concluded.
“(Crestview) certainly has a major concentration of aerospace industry,” said John Boyd, the company’s founder. “It’s the type of market now that really is on the radar screens for not only expansions, but for relocations.
“Wage pressures here are competitive, especially with some of the northeastern markets and the larger markets in the Midwest,” Boyd added. “There’s an abundant workforce. There’s tremendous turnover and linkages between the presence of the military and the private sector. There’s a large labor market and it tends to keep wages attractive.”
Lenoir, N.C., was the top-ranked small city, with a total estimated cost of $19.97 million a year to run the business. Although Lenoir’s total cost was lower, Crestview’s average estimated employee wage was $17.57 an hour, compared to Lenoir’s $18.91.
In addition to wages, the low cost of energy was another reason Crestview ranked so high. Boyd said Gulf Power Co. provides abundant energy at a lower cost that many other similar companies.
“In the real estate world, it’s all about location, location, location,” Boyd said. “In the site selection business, the big issue is energy, energy, energy. Energy is the most important thing when it comes to manufacturing operations right now.”
The study ranked Lynn Haven in Bay County as the eighth best small city for a manufacturing plant to locate.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
EGLIN HOUSING PRIVATIZATION RUNNING INTO OPPOSITION
MY OPINION AND EXPERIENCE: As a former Military Housing Director, it does not surprise me that the program is running into opposition. What does this mean for the private sector developers/builders? It means, as the Air Force continues to wonder what to do, the private sector needs to step up and meet the needs of the housing in civilian sector by building quality/affordable homes for the newly assigned personnel to our area. As a reminder, the Air Force started this privatization program many years ago and was trying to start in 2004. Time flies when you are having fun. Also, the military housing inventory in our area has been reduced from about 2750 homes to about 1200 homes in the last year of so. Does supply and demand come to mind to anyone? We have a reduction of homes at Eglin and a increase in demand coming with the Army and the Joint Strike Fighter Test Wing coming to town. You make the call. Any questions, give me a call.
Eglin housing plan meets opposition
By MONA MOORE
Northwest Florida Daily News 315-4443 mmoore@nwfdailynews.com Air Force officials have met opposition from several points over their plans to privatize housing.
“And it wasn’t just in places like your Spout Off column and online comments,” Eglin Air Force Base spokesman Mike Spaits told a reporter. “They came up at each of the scoping meetings.”
About 200 people attended the three meetings that reviewed possible sites on Eglin’s land to build homes. The same misunderstandings came up each time, Spaits said.
Two issues are proving to be points of confusion, said Larry Chavers, chief of Eglin’s Environmental Analysis Section.
At the scoping meetings, some people thought that privatizing military housing was just throwing money at big corporations. They also believed the Air Force’s goal was to build housing off base property, Chavers said.
Shalimar resident Christina Larson opposed any housing off base, calling it “environmental mayhem.”
“I support adequate housing for everyone and therefore endorse the upgrade of military housing as need be but only on base where infrastructure already exists or damage to the natural environment has already occurred,” she said.
With the exception of the homes that will be built at FAMCAMP, Hurlburt Field will build and renovate military housing on existing sites.
The family camping area will be moved to land off Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Other proposed housing sites are on and off Eglin’s main base. Many residents have argued the base should improve existing homes as Hurlburt plans to do rather than develop a new site.
“No decision has been made on where housing will be built,” Chavers said. “NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act) requires that we study a ‘reasonable range of alternatives.’ Therefore, we are looking at a broad range of siting alternatives to give the decision makers the most robust collection of potential locations possible.”
NEPA also requires the Air Force to hold public scoping meetings and perform an environmental assessment.
Chavers called privatization the best and fastest way to get adequate housing for service members, citing information from the Web site of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
“Congress established the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) in 1996 as a tool to help the military improve the quality of life for its service members by improving the condition of their housing,” Chavers wrote in an e-mail to the Daily News. “The MHPI was designed and developed to attract private sector financing, expertise and innovation to provide necessary housing faster and more efficiently than traditional military construction processes would allow.”
Chavers said the only motivation for the proposed housing was to find a solution to the poor housing and a shortage of quality affordable homes.
The DOD has authorized the armed forces to enter into agreements with private developers selected in a competitive process to own, maintain and operate family housing through 50-year leases.
Larson said the arrangement violates NEPA. She said a key responsibility of the Air Force under NEPA, 42 USC 4331, Sec. 101. (b) (1), is to “fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations.”
“Keep in mind that Eglin Air Force Base, Hurlburt Field and Duke Field occupy Choctawhatchee National Forest, which was set aside by presidential decree,” Larson said. “No one, not even the military, has the right to construct private housing tracts in our national forests.”
Eglin housing plan meets opposition
By MONA MOORE
Northwest Florida Daily News 315-4443 mmoore@nwfdailynews.com Air Force officials have met opposition from several points over their plans to privatize housing.
“And it wasn’t just in places like your Spout Off column and online comments,” Eglin Air Force Base spokesman Mike Spaits told a reporter. “They came up at each of the scoping meetings.”
About 200 people attended the three meetings that reviewed possible sites on Eglin’s land to build homes. The same misunderstandings came up each time, Spaits said.
Two issues are proving to be points of confusion, said Larry Chavers, chief of Eglin’s Environmental Analysis Section.
At the scoping meetings, some people thought that privatizing military housing was just throwing money at big corporations. They also believed the Air Force’s goal was to build housing off base property, Chavers said.
Shalimar resident Christina Larson opposed any housing off base, calling it “environmental mayhem.”
“I support adequate housing for everyone and therefore endorse the upgrade of military housing as need be but only on base where infrastructure already exists or damage to the natural environment has already occurred,” she said.
With the exception of the homes that will be built at FAMCAMP, Hurlburt Field will build and renovate military housing on existing sites.
The family camping area will be moved to land off Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Other proposed housing sites are on and off Eglin’s main base. Many residents have argued the base should improve existing homes as Hurlburt plans to do rather than develop a new site.
“No decision has been made on where housing will be built,” Chavers said. “NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act) requires that we study a ‘reasonable range of alternatives.’ Therefore, we are looking at a broad range of siting alternatives to give the decision makers the most robust collection of potential locations possible.”
NEPA also requires the Air Force to hold public scoping meetings and perform an environmental assessment.
Chavers called privatization the best and fastest way to get adequate housing for service members, citing information from the Web site of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
“Congress established the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) in 1996 as a tool to help the military improve the quality of life for its service members by improving the condition of their housing,” Chavers wrote in an e-mail to the Daily News. “The MHPI was designed and developed to attract private sector financing, expertise and innovation to provide necessary housing faster and more efficiently than traditional military construction processes would allow.”
Chavers said the only motivation for the proposed housing was to find a solution to the poor housing and a shortage of quality affordable homes.
The DOD has authorized the armed forces to enter into agreements with private developers selected in a competitive process to own, maintain and operate family housing through 50-year leases.
Larson said the arrangement violates NEPA. She said a key responsibility of the Air Force under NEPA, 42 USC 4331, Sec. 101. (b) (1), is to “fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations.”
“Keep in mind that Eglin Air Force Base, Hurlburt Field and Duke Field occupy Choctawhatchee National Forest, which was set aside by presidential decree,” Larson said. “No one, not even the military, has the right to construct private housing tracts in our national forests.”
Friday, January 22, 2010
TROY UNIVERSITY OPENS DOORS IN CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA
Crestview continues to draw attention from higher education instituitions. This is the third college to set up shop in the City of Crestview. The others being Northwest Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and now Troy University. Stay tuned, others are coming, as well. With Eglin AFB down the road from Crestview, they bring a number of colleges with satellite campuses to assist the very successful college tuition assistance program the military gives to their active, former, and retired members. Any questions, give me a call.
Trojans arrive in Crestview
Officials welcome Troy to town
By BRIAN HUGHES Florida Freedom Newspapers
CRESTVIEW — Troy University’s newest satellite campus officially opened at noon Thursday at the former Southside Elementary School The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting for Troy. After several classes of prekindergarten students who share the Southside campus welcomed Troy officials, local officials and business leaders inspected the renovated classrooms at the school. “We’re excited we can complete the cycle from pre-K right through post-graduate here in Crestview,” said Jessica Jarosz, Troy’s site director. She credited Crestview Mayor David Cadle, Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools Alexis Tibbetts and school district Chief Information Officer J.C. Connor for leading the effort to establish Troy’s presence in the Hub City. The newest of Troy’s more than 160 campuses worldwide already offers an art appreciate course. It will soon add studies in math and music. “We’re just starting out small until we get a feel for the student population,” said Charlotte Ridgell, the college’s site coordinator.
Trojans arrive in Crestview
Officials welcome Troy to town
By BRIAN HUGHES Florida Freedom Newspapers
CRESTVIEW — Troy University’s newest satellite campus officially opened at noon Thursday at the former Southside Elementary School The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting for Troy. After several classes of prekindergarten students who share the Southside campus welcomed Troy officials, local officials and business leaders inspected the renovated classrooms at the school. “We’re excited we can complete the cycle from pre-K right through post-graduate here in Crestview,” said Jessica Jarosz, Troy’s site director. She credited Crestview Mayor David Cadle, Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools Alexis Tibbetts and school district Chief Information Officer J.C. Connor for leading the effort to establish Troy’s presence in the Hub City. The newest of Troy’s more than 160 campuses worldwide already offers an art appreciate course. It will soon add studies in math and music. “We’re just starting out small until we get a feel for the student population,” said Charlotte Ridgell, the college’s site coordinator.
NEW DENTAL CLINIC BEING BUILT AT EGLIN AFB
Growth of Eglin also continues . I had the pleasure of talking to the Base Commander at our Military Officer's Meeting and as stated before, continued growth is on the horizon. Below is just another example of the support programs being added to Eglin to meet the increased population of military personnel.
New dental clinic going up at Eglin (DOCUMENT)
Mona Moore
2010-01-20 20:02:26
EGLIN AFB — Construction has begun on a new clinic that will provide dental and medical care to the base’s growing population.
Because of new missions related to Base Realignment and Closure, Eglin Air Force Base’s population is expected to grow by nearly 4,000 people over the next six years.
The $13.6 million clinic is expected to open in September 2011, shortly before the population spikes.
The two-story 31,300-square-foot clinic will be located across from Eglin Regional Hospital and next to the Fisher House.
When the clinic opens, the hospital’s existing 21,000-square-foot clinic will be used for general medicine.
“The medical group is keeping with its strategic mission to take over the west end of the base,” Col. Gary Walker, commander of the 96th Medical Group, joked at a recent groundbreaking ceremony.
Eglin’s existing dental clinic has a 99 percent satisfaction rate, more than 7 percent more than the Department of Defense’s average.
“The best testament we can give to how effective and efficient our folks are is that you take your dental care for granted; you know it’s already taken care of in a very proactive fashion,” Walker said.
The clinic will have 52 dental treatment rooms and a new dental laboratory. Thirty people will join the existing 90-person staff.
The dental residency program also will be expanded. When the new clinic opens, the one-year program will grow from six residents to eight or 10.
New dental clinic going up at Eglin (DOCUMENT)
Mona Moore
2010-01-20 20:02:26
EGLIN AFB — Construction has begun on a new clinic that will provide dental and medical care to the base’s growing population.
Because of new missions related to Base Realignment and Closure, Eglin Air Force Base’s population is expected to grow by nearly 4,000 people over the next six years.
The $13.6 million clinic is expected to open in September 2011, shortly before the population spikes.
The two-story 31,300-square-foot clinic will be located across from Eglin Regional Hospital and next to the Fisher House.
When the clinic opens, the hospital’s existing 21,000-square-foot clinic will be used for general medicine.
“The medical group is keeping with its strategic mission to take over the west end of the base,” Col. Gary Walker, commander of the 96th Medical Group, joked at a recent groundbreaking ceremony.
Eglin’s existing dental clinic has a 99 percent satisfaction rate, more than 7 percent more than the Department of Defense’s average.
“The best testament we can give to how effective and efficient our folks are is that you take your dental care for granted; you know it’s already taken care of in a very proactive fashion,” Walker said.
The clinic will have 52 dental treatment rooms and a new dental laboratory. Thirty people will join the existing 90-person staff.
The dental residency program also will be expanded. When the new clinic opens, the one-year program will grow from six residents to eight or 10.
NORTH OKALOOSA MEDICAL CENTER (CRESTVIEW) EXPLANDING AND BRINGING JOBS
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs; It not only the Army coming to town.
North Okaloosa Medical Center requests $150K impact fee waiver
Brian Hughes brianh@crestviewbulletin.com
2010-01-15 16:43:37
At the Crestview City Council’s Monday night meeting, North Okaloosa Medical Center CEO David Sanders asked the body to waive impact fees as the local hospital prepares to construct a 40-bed “patient tower.”
Sanders said the planned $18.2-million project will take 13 months to complete, and will provide 204 construction jobs while it is being built. Upon completion, the new facility will have a $1.2 million annual payroll impact on the community with 27 new jobs, Sanders said. Currently the hospital has a $32 million annual payroll, he said.
“There will be new construction jobs created for this community and new sales taxes raised,” Sanders said in his address to the council. “The project will enhance access to patient care and clinical services for the citizens of Crestview and the surrounding area.”
Sanders emphasized, “We’re not requesting a reduction of taxes we pay to the city of Crestview.”
However, the hospital feels that the city’s requirement for more than $150,000 in impact fees is excessive, Sanders said.
Under the recently implemented new fee structure, impact fees would include $37,000 for water, $107,000 for sewer, and $8,000 for public safety, Sanders stated.
Council members seemed eager to work with Sanders to address his request. Councilman Charles Baugh Jr. asked city attorney Ben Holley if there was provision in the city impact-fee ordinance to waive implementation of the fees under special circumstances.
“There is no provision in any of our ordinances to reduce public impact fees,” Holley replied. “If you waive it for one, you’d have to waive it for everyone.”
When council President Bob Allen asked Holley if he had any advice on how to go about waiving it, the attorney replied, “not at this point.”
After the council moved on to other matters without further discussion on the request, the topic came up again during the public input period at the meeting’s conclusion.
“I feel a little disappointed in y’all,” said Tom Moody, a member of the hospital’s board of trustees, who felt the city attorney “didn’t give them much opportunity to think it over.”
Noting the city’s hospital is a public service and not like a “bunch of developers” wanting to build a housing development, Moody reminded the council “I don’t think it’s like everything else, and I do think if you wanted to do it [waive the impact fees] you could find a way…. I think there are ways to trying to do this. You are smart people, much smarter than I am. I would expect you to reconsider this thing and come through for us.”
Baugh asked Sanders if not waiving the fees was a “deal breaker.”
“It will cause us to reconsider the timeline,” Sanders said.
“Our city has several jewels that make the city what it is. Our hospital is one of them,” Baugh said, leaving the hospital’s representatives hopeful that their request was not dead on arrival.
In other matters:
Also at its recent meeting, the Crestview City Council:
• Approved the Spanish Trail Cruisers Club request to block off Main Street and receive city services for its annual car show on April 17.
• Updated the library materials selection process policy, bringing it in line with American Library Association recommendations and providing for an appeal mechanism when a book challenge is upheld.
• Scheduled a Feb. 17 workshop to discuss revisions to the city’s sign ordinance and its Joint Land Use Study.
• Approved the Public Services department’s request to pursue an Energy Efficiency & Conservation block grant available under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.
• Received a report from Mayor David Cadle on the reorganization of the Crestview Police Department. “We’ve moved some folks around,” explained Cadle.
North Okaloosa Medical Center requests $150K impact fee waiver
Brian Hughes brianh@crestviewbulletin.com
2010-01-15 16:43:37
At the Crestview City Council’s Monday night meeting, North Okaloosa Medical Center CEO David Sanders asked the body to waive impact fees as the local hospital prepares to construct a 40-bed “patient tower.”
Sanders said the planned $18.2-million project will take 13 months to complete, and will provide 204 construction jobs while it is being built. Upon completion, the new facility will have a $1.2 million annual payroll impact on the community with 27 new jobs, Sanders said. Currently the hospital has a $32 million annual payroll, he said.
“There will be new construction jobs created for this community and new sales taxes raised,” Sanders said in his address to the council. “The project will enhance access to patient care and clinical services for the citizens of Crestview and the surrounding area.”
Sanders emphasized, “We’re not requesting a reduction of taxes we pay to the city of Crestview.”
However, the hospital feels that the city’s requirement for more than $150,000 in impact fees is excessive, Sanders said.
Under the recently implemented new fee structure, impact fees would include $37,000 for water, $107,000 for sewer, and $8,000 for public safety, Sanders stated.
Council members seemed eager to work with Sanders to address his request. Councilman Charles Baugh Jr. asked city attorney Ben Holley if there was provision in the city impact-fee ordinance to waive implementation of the fees under special circumstances.
“There is no provision in any of our ordinances to reduce public impact fees,” Holley replied. “If you waive it for one, you’d have to waive it for everyone.”
When council President Bob Allen asked Holley if he had any advice on how to go about waiving it, the attorney replied, “not at this point.”
After the council moved on to other matters without further discussion on the request, the topic came up again during the public input period at the meeting’s conclusion.
“I feel a little disappointed in y’all,” said Tom Moody, a member of the hospital’s board of trustees, who felt the city attorney “didn’t give them much opportunity to think it over.”
Noting the city’s hospital is a public service and not like a “bunch of developers” wanting to build a housing development, Moody reminded the council “I don’t think it’s like everything else, and I do think if you wanted to do it [waive the impact fees] you could find a way…. I think there are ways to trying to do this. You are smart people, much smarter than I am. I would expect you to reconsider this thing and come through for us.”
Baugh asked Sanders if not waiving the fees was a “deal breaker.”
“It will cause us to reconsider the timeline,” Sanders said.
“Our city has several jewels that make the city what it is. Our hospital is one of them,” Baugh said, leaving the hospital’s representatives hopeful that their request was not dead on arrival.
In other matters:
Also at its recent meeting, the Crestview City Council:
• Approved the Spanish Trail Cruisers Club request to block off Main Street and receive city services for its annual car show on April 17.
• Updated the library materials selection process policy, bringing it in line with American Library Association recommendations and providing for an appeal mechanism when a book challenge is upheld.
• Scheduled a Feb. 17 workshop to discuss revisions to the city’s sign ordinance and its Joint Land Use Study.
• Approved the Public Services department’s request to pursue an Energy Efficiency & Conservation block grant available under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.
• Received a report from Mayor David Cadle on the reorganization of the Crestview Police Department. “We’ve moved some folks around,” explained Cadle.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
2010 - MILITARY HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR EGLIN AFB AREA FOR MEMBER WITHOUT DEPENDENTS
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The following is the 2010 Military Housing Allowance for Eglin AFB area for military members without dependents. This allowance is a tax-free entitlement. if you have any questions about this entitlement, please don't hesitate to give me a call. I have alot of experience in this area as the result of me being a former Military Housing Director for the Southeast United States.Paygrade Housing Allowance
E-1 - E-4: $912.00
E-5: $1080.00
E-6: $1182.00
E-7: $1218.00
E-8: $1281.00
E-9: $1317.00
W-1: $1200.00
W-2: $1278.00
W-3: $1320.00
W-4: $1383.00
W-5: $1425.00
O1E: $1257.00
O2E: $1308.00
O3E: $1371.00
O-1: $1083.00
O-2: $1245.00
O-3: $1329.00
O-4: $1419.00
O-5: $1461.00
O-6: $1491
O-7: $1521,99
The following is the 2010 Military Housing Allowance for Eglin AFB area for military members without dependents. This allowance is a tax-free entitlement. if you have any questions about this entitlement, please don't hesitate to give me a call. I have alot of experience in this area as the result of me being a former Military Housing Director for the Southeast United States.Paygrade Housing Allowance
E-1 - E-4: $912.00
E-5: $1080.00
E-6: $1182.00
E-7: $1218.00
E-8: $1281.00
E-9: $1317.00
W-1: $1200.00
W-2: $1278.00
W-3: $1320.00
W-4: $1383.00
W-5: $1425.00
O1E: $1257.00
O2E: $1308.00
O3E: $1371.00
O-1: $1083.00
O-2: $1245.00
O-3: $1329.00
O-4: $1419.00
O-5: $1461.00
O-6: $1491
O-7: $1521,99
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