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Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart on Thursday, March 12. Dailey addressed the crime charge, the potential Metropolis Commissioner pay elevate, the Youngsters’s Providers Council, and extra.
At the starting of the present, Dailey gave an replace on the native economic system. He mentioned Tallahassee is flourishing with the quickest rising economic system per capita out of any municipality in Florida.
He mentioned he sees Tallahassee’s three main issues as crime, homelessness, and poverty. He famous that although the crime charge is trending down, there are different essential metrics to contemplate.
“In case you don’t really feel snug strolling out to your mailbox to test your mail, I take that into consideration,” he mentioned. “I need individuals to reside in a protected group, and I need them to say with confidence, ‘I really like this city, and we’re heading in the proper route.’”
He additionally addressed Tallahassee’s scarcity of law enforcement officials and mentioned it’s a recruitment drawback.
“I’ve received a accountability with my colleagues on the Metropolis Fee to make it possible for we’re paying our officers appropriately, that we’re taking good care of our officers financially, and, fairly actually, that we’re placing collectively recruitment packages which can be very engaging,” Dailey mentioned.
Stewart then requested Dailey what he thinks is driving the push for a pay elevate for Metropolis Commissioners. The Commissioners voted 3-2 to deliver again data on a wage enhance at their February assembly.
“I don’t know what’s driving it, however let me simply state for the file, it’s an honor and a privilege to serve, and you’ll by no means hear me complain or remark on how a lot we make,” Dailey mentioned. “I’m not and won’t help a elevate.”
Dailey mentioned he views the Mayor, Metropolis Commissioner, and County Commissioner positions all as part-time positions.
Stewart additionally requested Dailey for his ideas on the Youngsters’s Providers Council and why he feels it’s wanted.
“First distinctive factor, the residents resolve; it isn’t the County that decides,” Dailey mentioned. “Quantity two, the construction of the Youngsters’s Providers Council, as prescribed in state legislation, could be very enticing. Quantity three, the metrics which can be in place in the reporting of the particular person organizations that obtain funding on a quarterly foundation could be very enticing. It will likely be the most stringent reporting practices in our group.”
Dailey mentioned the Youngsters’s Providers Council can have accountability measures just like how native officers are held accountable for his or her votes.
For extra interviews with native officers, take heed to Above the Fold each Tuesday and Thursday at 11:00 a.m. on Actual Speak 93.3.
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