• Five commission districts
• District 1 – Commissioner Jeff Bergosh
• District 2 – Commissioner Mike Kohler
• District 3 – Commissioner Lumon May, Chair
• District 4 – Commissioner Robert Bender
• District 5 – Commissioner Steven Barry, Vice-Chair

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• 875 square miles
• 656 square miles land
• 218 square miles water

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• 321,000+ citizens

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• 19 departments that provide services to our citizens

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Department Highlights

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• $50,000 grant from ASPCA to develop an animal search and rescue disaster response team, consisting of 19 employees from Animal Welfare and Escambia County Fire Rescue Urban Search and Rescue team members
• 1,960 adoptions
• Increase adoptions through community outreach
• Reunited 428 animals with their families
• Reduce intake by returning stray pets to owners in the field
• Transferred 949 animals to partner organizations
• Trapped, neutered and released 134 cats
• Animal Welfare Officers responded to 7,302 calls

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• Issued a total of 42,696 permits including 1,317 new commercial projects and 1,801 new �single-family dwellings �
• Performed 83,001 inspections�
• Conducted two outreach workshops that allowed for citizens to obtain information regarding permitting, contractor licensing, and project requirements. The outreach workshops were recorded and displayed on the County website for other citizens to access.�
• Investigated 226 complaints against licensed contractors with 82 complaints going to hearings before the Contractor Competency Board or Board of Electrical Examiners�
• Developed a searchable contractor database providing the citizens with an easily accessible method of confirming licensure

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• Sent over 600 news releases
• Managed roughly 981 media inquiries
• Publicized approximately 65 board and department events 
• Instrumental in major hiring events

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• Escambia County Jail had an inmate average daily population of 1,215
• Escambia County Work Annex had an inmate average daily population of 199
• Booked 11,244 inmates - Released 11,253 inmates
• Provided transport of 18,628 inmates to court and Department of Corrections
• Provided transport of 624 inmates to outside medical services
• Hired 81 employees
• 69 inmates received the welding course completion certificates, and 62 inmates achieved the American Welding Society (AWS) National Certification
• 18 inmates received their GED
• Harvested over 155,000lbs of vegetables, teaching inmates horticultor and supplementing the food cost for the Work Annex population
• Completed over 3,525 work orders throughout the county with the use of inmate labor
• The Sidewalk Beautification Inmate Crews cleaned approximately 180 miles of sidewalks
• The Litter Inmate Crews collected 18,946 bags of trash (approximately 6,315 cubic yards), numbers do not take into consideration larger items like tires, boxes, grocery buggies, etc.
• Holding Pond Inmate Crews mowed 1,800 acres
• Corrections K-9 teams thwarted 47 attempts to introduce contraband into the facilities and assisted other law enforcement agencies in search, rescue and recovery tasks

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Development Services managed:

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• Over 230 development review projects
• 175 approved development orders
• 83 cases before the Planning Board and Board of Adjustment
• 4,967 permits, including land use, land management, rights-of-way, and driveways

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2022-2023 Fiscal Year to date:

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• Over 50 development review projects
• 44 approved development orders
• 8 cases before the Planning Board and Board of Adjustment
• 1,034 permits issued

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Funding for Active Projects:

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• Drainage: $36,778,795
• DRP: $2,286,558
• Resurfacing: $13,822,074
• Bridges: $6,699,348
• Transportation: $12,122,316
• Grants: $11,990,216
• Sidewalks: $7,347,000

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Total: $91,046,307

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Recent Projects:

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• Casino Beach Parking Lot
• Objective: Upgrade curb ramps, seal and restripe the parking lot including the crosswalks to bring the parking lot into ADA compliance
• Burgess Road Sidewalks
• Objective: Install 1,230 linear feet of sidewalks, along with drainage and resurfacing improvements
• Ortega Subdivision Pond Expansion Project
• Objective: to provide rehabilitation and adequate expansion of the existing pond to alleviate street, yard, and home flooding
• Chemstrand Road (Nine Mile to Ten Mile) Drainage and Pedestrian Upgrades Project
• Objective: install sidewalks, curb and gutter, and drainage improvements

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2022 Statistics:

• Traffic Signals
• Signals maintained: 211 intersections
• County signals: 45 intersections
• FDOT signals: 166 intersections
• Total MioVision intersections: 181
• New MioVision intersections added in FY22: 72
• School zone beacons maintained: 106

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• Striping and Signage
• Striping: 226 miles at $518,943
• Signage: 1,898 new or replaced sign panels

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• Traffic Calming and Sidewalks
• Traffic calming devices (speed bumps): 58 each at $290,000
• Sidewalks: 17,950 linear feet at $2,505,000

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• Extension volunteers provided 996 hours of educational programming to citizens, resulting in an ROI of $453,213 back into the community through Extension programming
• The horticulture program developed and delivered 82 teaching events, reaching 1,989 participants
• Programming assisted 1,695 community members and horticulture professionals with one-on-one consultations involving plant recommendations and diagnostics
• Family & Consumer Sciences reached 5,517 county adults and youth through education efforts
• Expanded Food & Nutrition Program (EFNEP) provided educational programming to limited-resource youth and adult caretakers of young children focusing on diet quality, physical activity, food resource management, food safety, and food security
• Participants reported that their knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes and behaviors increased as measured by EFNEP standardized pre- and post-tests
• 430 program graduates noted that they have increased their water intake, physical activity, and are choosing healthier meal plans, along with utilizing supplemental food resources

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• 5,604 youth participated in 4-H programs in Escambia County
• 99 volunteers donated over 1,900 hours of 4-H programming
• Economic value exceeded $52,000
• Extension staff met with farmers, landowners, other agriculture producers, and pesticide license holders to develop future educational programs, field days, and more
• Received a $13,200 grant from the Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program for a series of coastal landscaping workshops
• Coordinated and co-taught Climate Smart Floridians course: 8 individual classes, 2 field trips, and 79 participants
• Based on agricultural census data, Escambia County has approximately 2,416 cows spread over 8,140 acres of pastureland
• Economic impact from the adoption of cool-season annual forages: $122/beef cow or $81/ acre. Total impact value: $284,752.
• Since 2015, Extension Services’ Sea Grant Program has trained 824 residents to become citizen science volunteers
• 37,846 volunteer hours logged. Economic impact: $348,202.
• 195 citizen scientists were trained to monitor the bay system in 2022

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• 10 major construction projects of various sizes completed or in-progress
• Completed new Bellview Library
• Renovated cafeteria and restrooms in courthouse
• Still working on Hurricane Sally damage to 138 County buildings
• Completed 9,308 Facilities Maintenance work orders
• Completed 39 real estate transactions including vacations, acquisitions, and dispositions
• Restructured Maintenance staffing schedules to decrease overtime and increase efficiency
• Hired/promoted 21 employees to vacant positions within the department
• Installed LED lighting upgrades in various County buildings
• Installed 21 new HVAC units in various County buildings
• Repaired/upgraded chiller plant and cooling tower serving the 4 office buildings of the downtown governmental complex
• Upgrading BMS systems at 3 major facilities
• Created new surplus auction process to increase number of potential bidders

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• Escambia County has received $61,829,151 in ARPA funds
• Costs must be incurred OR obligated between March 3, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2024, and SPENT by Dec. 31, 2026
• Escambia County currently has 16 approved ARPA fund projects that include:
• Pensacola Bay Center
• Hazard pay to volunteer firefighters
• Health plan increases
• Parks and Recreation projects
• Community centers and libraries
• New ambulances and fire engines for Public Safety
• ADA accessibility at beaches
• Infrastructure
• Flood mitigation and sidewalk improvement
• County generators for disasters
• Broadband

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Escambia County has $4.1 million to spend on homelessness through the HOME-ARP Program, a special round of funding through the HOME Investment Partnership Program and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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The Escambia County BCC approved the allocation of:

• 70% - non-congregate shelter
• 9% - supportive services for the shelter
• 12% - affordable rentals
• 9% - professional services/administration

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Hurricane Sally:�

• Escambia County has submitted 178 projects containing 333 damages
• Damages estimate: $130,000,000
• The County has been reimbursed $71,787,384.44 to date and closed out 17 projects

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COVID-19:�

• Nine total COVID-19 FEMA projects have been submitted
• Jan. 2020-Sept. 2022 reimbursements submitted, totaling $1,264,989.83

• Nearly 1800 employees
• Hired 455 new employees last year
• 355 open positions
• Collaboration with local high schools, colleges, universities and employment assistance programs has increased education on different County employment opportunities
• Evaluated the need for physicals during pre-employment screenings
• This resulted in reducing the number of positions required to complete a physical, decreasing onboarding time for candidates
• Implemented new Human Resources Information System (HRIS), which aided in:
• Ease of employment application submissions to multiple/different positions as well as ability to view the candidate’s status
• Ability to view open positions as well as search all potential future positions
• Staff digitized personnel records, which will decrease fulfillment times for public records requests as well as increased security for protected health information

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• Hurricane Sally:  Processing over 200 Hurricane Sally claims, recovered to date - $6,028,623.27
• Performed over 60.5 classroom hours in safety training (i.e., defensive driving, heat stress, work zone traffic safety, office safety/ergonomics, etc.) 
• Investigated 130 general liability claims and 85 accidents
• Held 6 days of County-wide active shooter training
• Inspected 22 County facilities and 84 parks
• Processed 73 general liability claims worth approximately $293,462.17
• Recovered $13,458.64 in funds due to the County as a result of damage to County property
• Employee Hearing Conservation Program – 259 employees tested
• Processed 288 new workers’ compensation claims and minimized lost times expenses by placing 72 injured employees in temporary duty positions

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Website Accessibility

Level A

Goal

Level A

Actual

Level AA

Goal

Level AA

Actual

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MyEscambia.com

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90.0

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92.7

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85

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82.3

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GoECAT.com

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90.0

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100

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85

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96.3

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MyWFPL.com

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90.0

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99

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85

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91.9

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EscambiaVotes.Gov

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90.0

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99.4

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85

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85.3

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Infrastructure

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Goal

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Actual

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Network Availability

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99.5%

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99.5%

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Server Availability

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99.5%

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99.8%

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Hours of Unplanned Outage

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< 100

In Progress

Projects

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Goal

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Percent of Projects completed on time

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95%

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96%

Percent of Projects completed on budget

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95%

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100%

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Project Success Score

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4.2

In Progress

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Savings

Actual

Eliminate Mgr Positions

$30,000

Product Catalog Standardization

$73,000

Cell Phone Consolidation and Audit

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$84,000

Network Circuit Audits

$54,000

POT to VOIP Conversion

$270,000

EMS/Fire MDT: Laptop to iPad

$100,000

Workforce

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24 Employees

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Application Support

Support approximately 200 applications (Approximately 21 business critical applications)

ImageTrend

CivicClerk

SmartCop

Telestaff

Kronos – HRIS

Correctek

First Due

OpenGov

SAGE

EnRoute CAD

ArcGIS

GenFare

WebEOC

Lucity

PowerDMS

EnRoute CAD

Sitefinity-Web

MSBU

Pulse Point

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Help Desk

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195,000 Calls Per Year

6,588 Tickets Worked Per Year

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Workstations

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1,364 Total Devices

• 742 Desktops / Workstations
• 622 Laptops / Tablets

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Printers

119 Personal Printers

105 Networked Printers

Storage

274 Terabytes Total

85 Terabytes: Server Storage 189 Terabytes: Backup Storage

Servers

187 Windows VM

43 Unix

Databases

238 SQL DBs

Mobile Devices

996 Supported Devices

• 411 Smart Phones: iPhone & Android
• 216 Push to Talk
• 163 Tablets
• 206 Modems & MiFi's

Teams Web / Audio Conferencing

692,980 Minutes used (audio only) 1,250,516 Minutes used (audio / web)

Desktop Communications

1,985 Telephones (Legacy Voice & VoIP) 970 Voice Mailbox Users

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Networks

280 Network Routers / Layer 3 Switches 198 Local Area Networks

81 Wide Area Networks 53 Firewalls

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Employee Wireless

688 Escambia County registered users 104 Locations

517 Wireless Access Points

Security

3,120,000 web threats blocked per day 31,000 email threats blocked per day 76% of all email is blocked

99.7% of email containing URLs, Attachments & Imposter Threats are blocked

00:35:00 Median Response Times to Incidents

4.13% Escambia phishing susceptibility – 4.5% Industry

• 7 libraries
• 18,371 public service hours
• 203,900 current library cards
• 204,688 square feet of library facilities
• 1,582 volunteer hours
• $856,186 spent on new library materials, including print, audio, video, and e-books
• 699,846 physical items in collections, all used within the last three years; 615,046 items used last year  
• 56,571 unique reference transactions assisting patrons' information needs
• 320,112 unique library visits 
• Classes
• 748 active in-person staff led 
•  35 in-person offsite
• 20,765 people attended the in-person programs
• 15 active virtual
•  374 self-directed programs with 17,165 participating   
•  217,768 website visits 
• 58,115 sessions of library computer usage
•  90,592 sessions of Wi-Fi usage

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• Received the Distinguished Budget Presentation award for the FY21-22 Budget from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)!
• Developed and adopted the FY22-23 budget through administration and board action: $654,485,355
• Millage rates remain the same for FY22-23 at the FY21-22 level of 6.6165 County-wide, .6850 Law Enforcement MSTU, and .3590 for the Library MSTU
• Zero Florida Department of Revenue, Truth in Millage (TRIM) Certification violations for FY21-22 and FY22-23
• Managed approximately 24 agreements and miscellaneous appropriations, and 9 other agency purchase orders for local non-profits, outside agencies and organizations, benefiting overall community
• Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU): over 273 special districts and MSBUs totaling roughly $1.861 million annual and first year levies of six new MSBUs for:
• Street lighting
• Holding pond maintenance
• Construction improvements

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• Provides service to over 1,200 citizens daily (over 430,00 annually) with 20 Routes throughout Escambia County and offers complementary paratransit service
• Fleet consists of 45 large busses, 3 UWF trolleys and 3 beach trolleys
• Provides free daily trolley service to Pensacola Beach tourist and residents during season
• Provides daily trolley service to UWF students throughout the campus and to off-campus nearby shopping
• Purchased 12 new busses with lower emission rates
• With new infrastructure requirements, plans are to begin switching to electric vehicles in the next 3-5 years  
• ECAT is currently completing a Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA), evaluating service and the need to make changes to the current service and stops; a COA of this magnitude has not occurred in over 15 years
• The four-cent gas tax and passenger fares, plus Mass Transit Operating and Capital Grant funding assistance from the Florida Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged, and other entities support ECAT
• Besides maintaining its own fleet, ECAT also provides maintenance services to other County vehicles, including fire service and EMS vehicles

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Mass Transit kicked off 2023 strong with the “STEP Into Transit” event. The event promoted free bus passes for youths through the Student Transit Empowerment Pass (STEP), showcased new building upgrades, and unveiled three new 2022 buses. The buses are the first to be added to ECAT’s fleet since 2014.

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• County scientists monitor surface water quality at over 70 stations every month in Pensacola and Perdido Bay watersheds to identify pollutant loadings and design water quality improvement projects
• Completed reefing of the old 3 Mile Bridge to create one of the world’s largest artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico with over 100,000 tons of concrete for fishing and diving
• Construction will begin this summer on the region’s largest living shoreline project along the western shore of Pensacola Bay to create over 200 acres of new fishery habitat and improve water quality
• Construction will begin this spring on the new Perdido Bay Boat Ramp in Herron Bayou to provide additional boater access to area waterways
• Completed the Carpenter Creek/Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan that identifies new projects and action plans to improve water quality and public access
• Completed the first round of sediment sampling in Bayou Chico to identify contaminated sediment locations to be remediated
• Performed over 80 farm producer assists on Natural Resource Conservation Service projects valued over $3 million

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• Prevented homelessness for families in Escambia County
• 892 - Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
• 165 - Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (EMAP)
• 3,062 payment vouchers were issued for ERAP and EMAP programs
•  Sponsor Social Services Agencies:
• Council on Aging – 149 families assisted
• Legal Services – 368 families assisted
• Human Relations – 86 families assisted
• Projects Under Contract
• Infill Housing Program (3 new affordable housing)
• CDBG Roofing Program (forthcoming)
• Summer Youth Employment Program
• Provided over 160 youth with on-the-job training
• Provided a safe environment for over 180 youths at afterschool and� summer camp programs, at both Brownsville and Ebonwood Community Centers

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• Hosted “Back 2 School” supply giveaways at Brownsville and Ebonwood Community Centers, and Lincoln Park and Brentwood Elementary Schools
• Assisted over 500 youths with supplies
• Provided 28 families with Residential Rehab Grants
• Provided 24 families with Income Based Roofs Program
• Provided 6 families with Hurricane Loss Mitigation Grants
• Provided 19 families with Hazardous Tree Grant
• Provided 11 families with Exterior Painting Grant
• Sponsors over 6,500 LED streetlights in the County CRA areas annually
• Installed 3 gateway entrance signs in the CRA areas
• Processed over 150 indigent burials for low income households
• Served over 500 youths with Christmas toy giveaways

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• Partnered with Pensacola Sports to host the Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament in the fall of 2022. Plans are rolling forward in anticipation of the 2023 event.
• All games were televised live on the SEC network, showcasing Escambia County to viewers across the country
• Total attendance for the week totaled 10,450 
• The Championship game broke the tournament attendance record with a total of 3,025 people

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• Parks and Recreation continues its partnerships with youth athletic associations, offering youth sports and activities at county-owned sports facilities. Over 5,000 youth athletes participate annually in a variety of sports that include football, cheerleading, baseball, softball, tee-ball, soccer, and lacrosse.
• During summer 2022, the Parks and Recreation department created the first local all-star baseball event to give local leagues and partners an opportunity for teams to compete in an affordable event. In its first year, 55 all-star teams comprised of 7 different age groups competed throughout a week in June. This year’s event is scheduled for June 2023.

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• The Equestrian Center hosted 51 events over the year, including equine shows; rodeos; dog, running, music, and various other special events.
• Collectively, events held at the Equestrian Center in 2022 generated over $6 million of local economic impact.

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Escambia County Fire Rescue:

• Fire calls for 2022:
• Medical: 8,042 (EMS assistance required: 1,897)
• Public assistance: 3,607 (lift assistance, turning off water due to busted pipes, animal rescues)
• Motor vehicle accident: 1,157
• Other fires: 1,041 (vehicle, brush, trash)
• Structure fires: 198
• Rescue: 187

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• Current Fire Fleet
• 5 aerials (3 out of service)
• 34 engines: (13 out of service)
• 9 water tenders: (1 out of service)
• 11 brush trucks
• 1 air truck (1 out of service)
• 1 HazMat truck
• 1 rescue
• 6 jet skis (2 out of service, 1 due to trailer)

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Fire (cont.)

• 7 new apparatuses have been ordered
• 2 new stations being built (Beulah and Paradise Beach)
• Additional stations are needed for growth in central and northern parts of the County

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Emergency Medical Services:

• EMS emergency and non-emergency calls for 2022:
• 76,404
• EMS has a fleet of 35 ambulances, and currently have 14 new ambulances ordered which will replace some older units and bolster the fleet

• Current EMS Staffing:
• 46 Paramedics
• 52 EMTs

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Emergency Management:

• Continuing to work with our community partners in preparation for hurricane season

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Water Safety:

• Hiring and training staff for the upcoming beach season
• Lifeguard tryouts were held Jan. 21

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Communications:

• 9-1-1 answered 202,254 calls in 2022

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Roads:

• Total number of work orders: 13,185
• Potholes repaired: 12,671
• Bags of litter removed: 82,624
• Street signs inspected: 82,462
• Driveway repairs: 250
• Holding ponds rehabilitated: 26

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Fleet Maintenance:

• Provides fleet maintenance to entire County fleet and equipment except for Mass Transit
• Total number of light, heavy and miscellaneous vehicles/equipment, including fire apparatus and ambulances, receiving preventative maintenance and repair services: 3,091

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2022:

• Processed 135 solicitations, average is 100
• Processed over 1,360 purchase orders FY 2023, over 1,000 in current fiscal year
• With the City of Pensacola, conducted two vendor outreach events to increase the number of vendors available to both entities to participate in quotes and formal solicitations
• Working with Gulf Coast Minority Chamber of Conference to increase minority participation in solicitations

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2023:

• Implementing task order-based solicitations to increase efficiency throughout the county, as well as provide vendors of all sizes an opportunity to contract with the County
• Host quarterly vendor information events
• Revise policies and procedures to streamline purchasing processes
• Produce videos in conjunction with CMR to educate and inform vendors and county staff about purchasing-related topics.

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• Fiscal Year 2022 Volume: 565,000 cubic yards = 466,000 tons
• Could fill the Wahoo stadium 44 feet high
• Weight equivalent of four and a half aircraft carriers or 8,500 Abrams tanks

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