On March 1, the Citrus County Division of Solid Waste Management expanded its Mixed Paper Recycling Program by placing containers for mixed paper at the recycling centers at the Beverly Hills Plaza, the Homosassa Lions Club and the Duval Island Boat Ramp parking lot in Floral City.
Mixed paper consists of junk [...]
County Commissioner Joe Meek is also the EDC president.Citrus County has inked a deal that gives it what it wants – a new contract with the Economic Development Council.
County commissioners on Feb. 23 were unanimous in their support of the 16-page, three-year contract with the EDC, and happy that old beefs with [...]
Citrus County government wants to do something about the homeless within its borders.
At the urging of County Commission Chairman Gary Bartell, the county plans to find out what services are available for the homeless and how the county can help.
“I just want us to get ahead of this issue before it comes before the board,” [...]
Pete’s Pier boat ramp in Crystal River recently got a much-needed renovation, and officials from the city of Crystal River and the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners cut the ribbon on the new ramp facility.
The city and county split the costs in a 40/60 joint venture. The county’s 60 percent of the money for [...]
From left: Schultz, Dean, Fasano
Citrus County’s Legislative Delegation rolled into town on Thursday, bringing state Sens. Mike Fasano, Charlie Dean and Rep. Ron Schultz to the new Inverness Courthouse.
The delegation heard from a number of area residents, local governments and organizations as things got underway at 9 a.m., and at 11 a.m. they were presented [...]
Marianne McPherson, training coordinator for the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners, conducts training classes in the photo above for county employees called, "The Art of Customer Service Connections." The goal is of the class is to create a mindset for constantly improving customer service for both external and internal customers.The Citrus County Board of [...]
December 16, 2009 | Posted in
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The Citrus County Commission today voted to hire five new people to help stop over-consumption of water.
The county would use the one full-time and four part-time employees to enforce county regulations to safeguard the county’s water supply.
The hiring of the “water police” is the first step the county is taking to urge conservation of water [...]
December 15, 2009 | Posted in
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From left: Ron Schultz, Charlie Dean, Mike FasanoThe annual pre-legislative session for the Citrus County Legislative Delegation meeting will be on Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon at the county courthouse in Inverness.
The meeting, in preparation for the 2010 session of the Florida Legislature, will be hosted by the county’s three legislators in the Citrus [...]
December 15, 2009 | Posted in
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Citrus County has four stimulus paving projects in the works, and the first begins on Monday.
Preliminary work on the Ft. Island Trail federal stimulus repaving project is scheduled to begin on Monday, with the road milling and paving work currently expected to begin the week after Christmas.
Milling the road and repaving necessitate lane changes and [...]
December 13, 2009 | Posted in
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Citrus County Transit Bus Driver Rich Peterson loads a bicycle on the Orange Line bus, which runs the county’s fixed-bus route between Beverly Hills, Lecanto and Inverness Monday through Friday. The county says the new route is finding an increasing number of riders for short trips and for trips across the county for its 50-cents-per-ride [...]