Tallahassee City Commission

The firefighters want the special magistrate's recommended raises to be retroactive, but the city wants to cut them to one-third of the contract year

The city has proposed starting the firefighters' potential raise on June 17 for the budget year that began Oct. 1

The afternoon after a particularly contentious candidate forum, candidates for the Tallahassee City Commission Seat 1 collectively took a more collegial tone with each other during another forum hosted by WFSU Public Media, the Tallahassee Democrat, and the League of Women Voters of Tallahassee.

The forum showcased the temperature of this particularly contentious election cycle for Tallahassee as both incumbents running for reelection are facing challengers supported by fellow commissioners.

FSU sophomore Ellie Sims died in a car accident at the intersection of Pensacola and Lorene Street in April.

The firefighters' union hasn't accepted the recommendations yet, but will poll its members on Tuesday

The union had endorsed Commissioner Curtis Richardson for decades, but are now endorsing his opponent

With some exceptions, the current minimum is four parking spaces for every 1,000 square feet of business floor space.

She wants the commission to consider a document called Safe Streets and Roads for All by the Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency

The original estimate was 46 million in 2018. The number grew to 60 million in 2020.