Dorman Announces City Budget Plan for 1985 86
City Manager Jack Dorman presents a 2 080 036 state budget to the Finance Committee for 1985 1986. Public Works gets 690 787, including road materials 55 000 and improvements 200 000. Parks and Recreation receives 110 000, and Public Safety includes 200 000 to fund two deputies with 140 000 for potential police. Other allocations cover planning, finance, inspections, council, clerk, manager, general services, legal, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dorman
Finance Committee
Public Works Department
Parks and Recreation
Public Safety
Air Force battles pot growers at Eglin AFB
Authorities report two marijuana fields found on the Eglin Air Force Base reservation after tips from unnamed sources. A Thursday raid destroyed over 1,500 plants eight to ten feet tall, and the previous day 2,159 plants ten to twelve feet tall were removed. The high grade marijuana is valued at more than seven million dollars and total plants on the reservation exceed ten thousand this year.
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Air Force
Eglin Afb
FAA Ends Funding for Airport Instrument Landing Systems
The FAA will not fund any more airport ILS installations. Destin City Council weighs adding an ILS at Destin Airport, but funding would fall entirely on local communities. The agency shifts to the microwave landing system, with ILS costs estimated between 200000 and 500000 dollars.
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Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Jack Barker
Destin
Barker
Harbor Board seeks funds for dockage fees amid legal questions
The Harbor Board faces legal doubt over proposed dockage fees under the Florida Constitution and possible state preemption of taxing power. Assistant Attorney General Kent Weissinger says authorities may constrain City of Destin to fund pollution control via fees, with a push for an official opinion and possible special legislation. The plan includes annual pollution abatement fees, a lagoon preservation fee, a dry dock storage fee, and a dock permit fee per slip, with legality and earmarking under debate.
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Harbor Board
Florida
Kent Weissinger
Weissinger
Oscar O’steen
O’steen
Destin
eAn
Old Pass
Jerry LaChapelle
Attorney General's Office
DWU weighs mechanical sludge drying upgrades amid wet conditions
Destin Water Users officials debate mechanical sludge drying to replace or augment 35 drying beds, citing rainfall and variable bed performance. They consider best press or vacuum filter devices costing 100000 to 300000, plus glass covers and fans, with potential landfill disposal if needed. Work on lift stations and roadfront upgrades continues, while dredging and pipeline projects pause until after Labor Day.
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Destin Water Users
DWU
Erik Smith
Holcomb
George French
Smith
French
Leonard Nelson
Destin
M & N Dredging Company
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Jerry Miller
James Ward
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Holiday Isle
Gulfshore Boulevard
Durango Drive
Kenneth Walrond
Mortgage Loans
Susan Gustman Destin
Mortgage Department
Robin Howard Crestview Mortgage Loan Process
Helen Wall
Ft. Walton Mortgage Loan Proc
Esse
Okaloosa County
FDIC
First National Bank of
Equal Housing Lender
Mary Esther
Crestview
Ocean City
FT. Walton
Hurlburt
Your MasterCard
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Full Service Bank
Timmie T. Twister the Clown
Silent Clown
Ms. Bojangles
Timmie T. Twister
Highway
Gulf Shore Drive
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