Ocala Gazette | Ocala Gazette
CF nursing students benefit from new scholarship. Through the inaugural round of scholarships, 44 students had their tuition paid, collectively receiving nearly $53,000 in funds.
Ocala makes the second set of fire fee refunds | Ocala Gazette
Oct 17, 2023 · The city of Ocala has mailed out a second batch of refund checks to Ocala Electric Utility customers who paid a fire fee from 2010 until the beginning of 2021 when the city stopped charging it and who have already cashed their first refund check. The amounts of the first and second refund checks should equal 100% fire fees paid on each account.
Thousands of utility customers can soon expect a second round of …
Sep 7, 2023 · The City of Ocala will be mailing a second batch of refund checks to approximately 89,000 past Ocala Electric Utility customers pursuant to a May 16, 2022 court order by Marion County Circuit Judge Robert W. Hodges. At a Sept. 5 Ocala City Council meeting, city staff said they anticipated this second round of checks would go out to claimants…
Judge issues final order in fire fee case - Ocala Gazette
May 16, 2022 · In follow up to the final hearing held on May 10, Marion County Circuit Judge Robert W. Hodges entered an order that outlines how the city must pay out almost $80 million in refunds to past and present City of Ocala utility customers. The case stems from a long-running class-action suit that was filed in 2014 over the approximately $15…
Ocala residents should budget for increasing energy costs
May 25, 2022 · The Ocala City Council voted unanimously last week to increase Ocala Electric Utility (OEU) rates starting June 1, 2022. The average household that uses about 1,000-kilowatt hours a month will see an increase of $28 to their bill, according to city staff. The resolution amends the Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) rate, a mechanism used to stabilize rates so that the…
Property appraisals reach a record high in Marion County
Feb 2, 2024 · The total new construction value that was added to the assessment roll in 2023 was nearly $1.7 billion, a record for Marion County. The record revenue figure is partly produced by inflation-created increased market values for homes and new home sales at higher values that generate much more tax revenue, even if the millage rate remains the same ...
Ocala City Council adopts resolution to lower electric rate
Feb 9, 2024 · Ocala Electric Utility customers should see some relief in their electric rates in March, as the Ocala City Council has passed a resolution that could decrease the average user’s bill. The city hired a consultant, Leidos Engineering, to study the projected financial operations of the city’s electric system. Craig Shepard presented the findings before the city council on Thursday before…
Three sets of Circuit Court judicial candidates on the August ballot
Aug 1, 2024 · jennifer@ocalagazette.com. There are three Circuit Court judge groups on the ballot for all Marion County residents this primary season, but only one set of candidates are vying for the Group 20 seat currently assigned to Marion County: Ben Boylston and Barbara Kissner Kwatkosky. The other two seats on the ballot, Groups 13 and 7, are in the ...
Sheriff’s new budget jumps 21% as cost of public safety …
Oct 17, 2023 · The Marion County Board of Commissioners have approved Sheriff Billy Woods' $159,565,348 budget request for next year, a 21.24% increase over the prior budget year. The sheriff’s budget has doubled since he took office in 2016; the commissioners’ budget has also doubled in that same period. Woods has increased both the number of personnel and their wages since taking office.…
‘The Amazing Veranica’ - Ocala Gazette
Veranica Tchalabaeva, 14, whose stage name is “The Amazing Veranica,” works with Red, as the standard poodle leaps through a hoop at her home in Oxford, Fla. on Aug. 27, 2024. “The Amazing Veranica” appeared on the semi-final of America’s Got Talent in 2022 when she performed many tricks with her trained poodles.