On May 5, 2021, FCCMA Member Claire Jubb presented the ICMA Recognition Award to the Cape Coral Council and City Manager Roberto Hernandez in celebration of their 35th year as a Council-Manager form of government. Pictured: Mayor John Gunter, Charlotte County Assistant County Administrator Claire Jubb and City Manager Roberto Hernandez.
The following membership applications have been received. If no current member comes forth with a reason why these applicants should not be approved as members, he/she will be invoiced for dues. Brooke Bailey, District VII, Management Analyst, City of Largo, Affiliate Member; Cynthia Barber, District I, Deputy City Manager, City of Tallahassee, Full Member; Jennifer…
Well, there is t-minus one month until FCCMA’s biggest event of the Program Year: the FCCMA Annual Conference. Now I know many of you are excited to get back to an in-person event for the first time in more than a year, but before we get there, I need to carry out one of my duties…
By Gina Peebles, Assistant County Manager – Chief of Staff, Alachua County In April 2018, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) opened a public museum and memorial in Montgomery, AL for the 4,400+ African Americans who were lynched between 1877 and 1950. In Florida alone, 317 documented lynchings occurred (https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore). While 18 are recorded on the…
On Monday, March 22nd the City of Sanford was recognized by the Florida City-County Management Association (FCCMA) for their 100-Year Anniversary of the Commission-Manager form of government. The actual anniversary occurred in 2020; however, due to COVID, the city was not able to be recognized until 2021. #FCCMA member Mark Ryan, City Manager of Indian…
On Wednesday afternoon, March 24th the City of Tallahassee was recognized by the Florida City and County Management Association (FCCMA) for their 100-Year Anniversary of the Commission-Manager form of government. The actual anniversary occurred in 2020; however, due to COVID, the city was not able to be recognized until 2021. Mark Ryan, City Manager of…
On March 23, 2021, FCCMA District II Director Mike Grebosz presented the ICMA Recognition Award to the New Smyrna Beach Commission and City Manager Khalid Resheidat in celebration of their 100th year as a Commission-Manager form of government. Left to Right: Zone 1 City Commissioner Michael Kolody, Vice Mayor and Zone 2 City Commissioner Jake…
How long have you been a FCCMA member and why did you join? I have been a member since 2013. I first learned of FCCMA and ICMA as an undergraduate student attending an open house with the USF School of Public Affairs. There, I heard a presentation from Jeff Tillman and Shawn Sherrouse (then MPA…
