City to discuss electric rates, senior transportation program Thursday
Gainesville Regional Utilities’ high electric rates will be a key topic for debate at Thursday’s Gainesville City Commission meeting as the board considers strategies and options for how to return to...
View ArticleNavigant Consulting asking for $33,000 more for GRU investigative review
Navigant Consulting, an international consulting firm that conducted an investigative review of Gainesville Regional Utilities and issued a 179-page report regarding its findings earlier this year, has...
View ArticlePublic meeting June 25 on potential CRA Area in NW Gainesville
The city of Gainesville is considering making part of northwest Gainesville a new Community Redevelopment Area, and on June 25 the public will have a chance to learn more about this process during an...
View ArticleItalian urban muralist painting :08 Seconds building this weekend
Swing by downtown Gainesville this weekend to see an internationally renowned artist in action. Italian urban muralist 2501 already is at work transforming the look of the :08 Seconds building at 201...
View ArticleFraternal Order of Police declares impasse in negotiations with city
The local Fraternal Order of Police union has declared impasse after months of bargaining with the city of Gainesville. A June 18 memo from the city’s human resources director, Cheryl McBride, says the...
View ArticleGainesville general government, GRU proposed budgets available for review
The city of Gainesville and Gainesville Regional Utilities both have released their proposed budgets for fiscal year 2016, which are now available for the public to review. The Gainesville City...
View ArticleGRU General Manager responds on GREC-related legal intervention issue
Earlier this week, The Sun reported that the city of Gainesville was taking a look at the possibility of intervening in a breach of contract lawsuit that Wood Resource Recovery has filed against the...
View ArticleEmails from city attorney, mayor address possible intervention in GREC lawsuit
Gainesville city commissioners recently started talking about the possibility of intervening in Wood Resource Recovery’s lawsuit against the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center. This week, the city...
View ArticleCity budget development process rolling along
The Gainesville City Commission has spent many hours this month reviewing and debating the budget proposals for next fiscal year, and on Monday the board is slated to OK a tentative general government...
View ArticleMeeting roundup: Five-member City Commission, five-day work week on agenda...
For those of you who aren’t constantly checking the city of Gainesville’s website for updates on the upcoming meetings and their agendas like I am, here’s a rundown of what the Gainesville City...
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