Professional Management Matters: Celebrating Okeechobee County’s 25th Anniversary

On April 29, 2021, FCCMA District VI Director Terry Atchley presented the ICMA Recognition Award to the Okeechobee County Commission and Deputy County Administrator Louis Johnson in celebration of their 25th year as a Commission-Manager form of government. Pictured left to right: Deputy County Administrator Louis Johnson, Commissioner Brad Goodbread, Commissioner Kelly Owens, Wauchula City Manager Terry…

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Professional Management Matters: Celebrating Arcadia’s 60th Anniversary

On May 4, 2021, FCCMA District VI Director Terry Atchley presented the ICMA Recognition Award to the Arcadia Council and City Administrator Terrance Stewart in celebration of their 60th year as a Council-Manager form of government. Pictured left to right: Deputy Mayor Judy Wertz-Strickland, Council Member Robert Heine Jr., Mayor Keith Keene, Wauchula City Manager Terry Atchley, City Administrator…

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May 2021 New Member

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…

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April 2021 President’s Message

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…

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A Path Forward:  How Alachua County is Engaging in a Public Conversation on Truth and Reconciliation

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…

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