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The Gainesville City Commission unanimously passed a motion Thursday to examine a recent policy change affecting pay for part-time and temporary city workers.
Read More »Gainesville Commission To Examine Part-Time Wage Policy
Gainesville City Commissioner Asks Officials To Evaluate Expenses Caused By Spencer Event
During the regular City Commission meeting on Thursday, Commissioner Harvey Ward asked local officials to evaluate the expenses caused by Richard Spencer event in Gainesville.
Read More »GRU Rates Might Increase Despite Biomass Plant Purchase
Although lower utility rates have been the reasoning behind the Gainesville city commission's support for the recent GREC purchase, rates are not decreasing as much as residents had hoped. In fact, customers' bills will still increase in the long run.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Approves $750M Biomass Plant Purchase
The Gainesville City Commission on Thursday night voted 5-2 in favor of Gainesville Regional Utilities’ $750 million purchase of the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC).
Read More »Gainesville Residents Might Face Change Of Governance Over GRU
The citizens of Gainesville are likely to have three options over who leads GRU in the next year and a half.
Read More »UF, Gainesville Announce Partnership To Test Self-Driving Vehicles
The city of Gainesville is teaming up with UF and FDOT to research, develop and test autonomous vehicles and human-operated vehicles synced to traffic signals on campus and city streets.
Read More »Arreola Upsets Incumbent Carter In District 3 City Commission Race, Warren And Ward Also Win
The results of the 2017 Gainesville City Commission general election brought defeat for incumbent Craig Carter of District 3, re-election for Helen Warren for the At-Large seat and a win for Gainesville native Harvey Ward Jr. for the District 2 seat.
Read More »Three Gainesville City Commission Seats Up For Grabs Tuesday
Elections for the Gainesville City Commission are tomorrow, with District 2, District 3 and one of the At-Large seats at stake. “We’ve had such a great turnout for early voting and so far, for vote by mail,” said Kim Barton, Alachua County Supervisor of Elections. “We’re really hoping that voters …
Read More »Meet The 2017 Gainesville City Commission District 2 Candidates
Three candidates hope to be elected to Gainesville City Commission to represent District 2.
Read More »Ultimate Towing’s Roam Towing Practices Catch Gainesville City Commission’s Attention
The roam towing practices of Ultimate Towing has been brought to the attention of Gainesville City Commissioners. The commission moved to discuss the issue further at a general policy meeting.
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