Ms. Jessica Goodman-Taylor Formally Recognized for Service to CSC Leon
Judge Jonathon Sjostrom formally recognized Ms. Jessica Goodman-Taylor for her exemplary service and support to the Children’s Services Council of Leon County.
Judge Jonathon Sjostrom formally recognized Ms. Jessica Goodman-Taylor for her exemplary service and support to the Children’s Services Council of Leon County.
On October 21, 2021, the Children’s Services Council of Leon County Negotiation Team approved a recommendation from the Needs Assessment Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) Negotiation Team to award Q-Q Research Consultants with the contract for the Asset and Needs Assessment. The contract price is $279,773.
The Children’s Services Council of Leon County (CSC Leon) seeks to establish, through an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN), a contract for completion of a comprehensive inventory and analysis of programs currently offered in Leon County, Florida, which will provide a sound basis for future CSC Leon funding decisions.
On Thursday, August 19, 2021, the Children’s Services Council of Leon County accepted the resignation of Walter Sachs from its Council and swore in newest member, Mr. Terrence Watts. Walter Sachs, District Administrator for the Department of Children and Families, was assigned to the Council on December 8, 2020, filling one of the statutorily assigned…
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After almost two hours of discussion, the Leon County Children’s Services Council unanimously voted for a property tax rate of .375 mills. The maximum tax the CSC was allowed to levy was 0.5, or half of a mill. The tax amount will vary depending on how much a person’s property is worth.
The CSC provides children with early learning and reading skills, development, treatment, preventative and other rehabilitative children’s services. The council has the power to distribute tax revenue to maintain services benefitting children in the county. The amount of tax revenue distributed is expected to be $8 million.