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		<title>COT Has Been Spending Reserves Each Year Since 2006</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=933</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[City Deficiencies Fund]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To understand where you are, sometimes it is useful to look at where you have been. With the recent approval of a 15% property tax increase to plug the hole in the COT&#8217;s General Fund, Tallahassee Reports decided to take a look back. 
The first task was to look back at the budgets over the previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Government Burden on Tallahassee Economy Growing</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=918</link>
		<comments>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=918#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Economic Analysis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tallahassee Reports has completed an analysis that indicates that the COT government spending has increased as a percentage of the Tallahassee&#8217;s Gross Domestic Product from 2005-2008. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the measure of all goods and services provided.
Using Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data on Gross Domestic Product and City of Tallahassee expenditure data, the analysis indicates the COT GDP grew 11.6%, while COT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Aides Do COT Commissioners Have?</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=905</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[city commission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Mustian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Marks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During a recent public hearing on the COT budget, a number of citizens criticized Mayor Marks for having four aides. Each time a citizen leveled the charge, Mayor Marks shook his head as to say no that is not the case.
A quick perusal of the budget for the Office of the Mayor indicates there are four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COT Clarifies Use of Reserves</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=893</link>
		<comments>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=893#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tallahassee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuel Hedging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raoul Lavin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rate stabilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rate studies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tallahassee Reports has written about the $172 million in reserve funds the City of Tallahassee has tucked away. Part of the $172 million includes approximately $95 million in a &#8220;rate stabilization fund.&#8221;
During an informative discussion with Assistant City Manager Raoul Lavin, he detailed the parameters regulating the use of the rate stabilization fund.
The uses of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions About Assistant City Manager Answers</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=874</link>
		<comments>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=874#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assistant City Manager]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[city commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Term Rate Stabilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preston Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raul Lavin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schedule of Reserve Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Morning Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, September 8th, Assistant City Manager Raul Lavin addressed several issues on The Morning Show with Preston Scott. Research by Tallahassee Reports indicates that answers given by Mr. Lavin on the deferred compensation and the electric utility reserve funds are not consistent with information contained in publicly available documents.
Deferred Compensation
On the deferred compensation, Mr. Lavin said:
&#8220;It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COT Reserve Funds Exceeds $172 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=866</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[airport fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gainesville Regional Utility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rate stabilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve accounts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sewer fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solid waste fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water fund]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the Tallahassee City Commission taking a serious look at raising taxes and cutting services, Tallahassee Reports - and a number of other interested citizens &#8211; have begun to dig into the proposed 2010 budget.
Tallahassee Reports has focused its analysis on the City&#8217;s &#8220;Reserve Accounts.&#8221;  The City has reserve accounts for the General Fund, Electric Fund, Gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COT Commissioners Make More Than Gainesville Counterparts</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=837</link>
		<comments>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=837#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tallahassee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deferred compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gainesville]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Data from a public record request submitted by TallahasseeReports.com to the City of Gainesville indicates that there is a significant disparity between the cash benefits of the elected leaders in Gainesville and Tallahassee.
The City of Gainesville has a Mayor and six City Commissioners who work part-time. The Mayor makes $39,000 a year and the City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Charter Violation Discussed After Compensation Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=828</link>
		<comments>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=828#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[city charter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing investigation by Tallahassee Reports into the April 13, 2005 vote that increased City Commissioner compensation by approximately $21,000 continues to uncover new details.
Discussions with city officials has revealed that the initial report that the elected officials received employer paid deferred compensation and that appointed officials received employee paid compensation was incorrect. In fact, both the appointed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioner Mustian Weighs In On Compensation Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=823</link>
		<comments>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=823#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[city charter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[deferred compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Mustian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The research into the deferred compensation issue continues to reveal new information. Today, Commissioner Mark Mustian, the only Commissioner that voted against the measure, stated the following:
I saw the deferred compensation as an increase in salary and my view was that is was something that needed to be addressed in the City Charter.
Further research has determined that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did City Commissioners Violate City Charter With Compensation Vote?</title>
		<link>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=800</link>
		<comments>http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=800#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tallahassee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allan Katz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Gillum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city charter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Lightsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deferred compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Mustian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Marks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tallahasseereports.com/?p=800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The investigation and research into the April 13, 2005 vote by the City Commission, which resulted in an approximate increase of  $22,000 in City Commissioner compensation, continues to reveal new details and raise troubling questions.
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the elected City Commissioners are the only city employees who receive employer paid  deferred compensation. The benefit afforded [...]]]></description>
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