Ashlee Hofberger
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 6
- Total speaking time
- 53:44
- Avg per meeting
- 8:57
- Segments
- 1285
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Top issues during term (20)
Library Governance and Grant
Data centers in Escambia County
Speakers warned data centers could drive up electric and water bills and shift infrastructure costs to ratepayers.
OLF 8 Master Plan and Design Code
The county sold the land to the developer; supporters project ad valorem returns around $358 million at build-out, while opponents question the price and Triumph clawback risk.
Hurricane recovery strain on service providers
The county submitted its public assistance estimate to FEMA and is working toward the individual assistance threshold; debris volume estimated at over 2 million cubic yards.
Contractor license revocation for fraud or misrepresentation
A potential fine of up to $5,000 and possible revocation if the violation is upheld.
Transit cuts and the Flex Transit program
The county just spent another $100,000 on the ride app while trips are being cut; losing federal ridership-based funding could cost close to $1 million.
Mahogany Mill debris site complaints
Unknown; residents also question whether public money is paying the private landowner.
Community support funds controversy
Only $211,000 of a $890 million budget, but it became the meeting's biggest fight.
Final FY 2026/2027 County Budget
Total proposed expenditures of $20.1 million against a $21 million TDT revenue budget, with about $4 million of flex before reserves are touched.
Unpermitted plumbing work and bounced refund check
Burns paid a $4,113 deposit on an $8,226 contract; the parties later settled confidentially.
Tourist development tax revenue strong after storm
Collections are up $660,338 including interest versus last year.
Drive-through restaurant near residential zoning on University Pkwy
AAHS $95,000 funding request
A $95,000 tourist development tax allocation is on the table but undecided.
Fire Rescue lieutenant misconduct allegation
Meeting decorum and chair conduct
Falling overdose numbers
Pool enclosure setback on Antilles Drive
No cost to the county; the homeowners pay for their own pool and fence.
Project Offset — sheriff/nonprofit crisis response pilot
$15,500 reallocated within Offentsive's existing $78,225 award; no new county money.
Legal services for people in recovery
$142,942.29 awarded as startup funding for a new civil legal program.
Community Partners Funding
Funding amounts for each partner organization were to be determined at the meeting.
Decisions during term (398)
Recorded while Hofberger was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of August 10, 2026 meeting minutes
FY26-27 funding recommendations and alternative requests
Reschedule next meeting to December 7, 2026
Proclamations adopted (Employee of the Month, Epilepsy Awareness, David Bear)
Uniform Method of Collection Resolution adopted
Turnbuckle Trail right-of-way vacated
Ridgefield subdivision easement vacated
Beach Haven alleyway vacation approved
Clerk's report consent items approved
OLF 8 future land use map amendment adopted (LSA-2026-01)
OLF 8 comprehensive plan text amendment adopted
OLF 8 Land Development Code amendment adopted
Rezoning Z-2026-14 approved (quasi-judicial)
OLF 8 official zoning map amendment adopted
Conditional use approved for material resource recovery facility
Public hearings scheduled for December 8
County Attorney's report items approved
TDC and Library Board appointments tabled to December
County Administrator and consent agendas approved
Did the Clerk's Office receive the proofs of publication for the Public Hearing(s) on the agenda and the Board's Weekly Meeting Schedule?
Voting record (18)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
Cut Clerk of Court budget by $1 million
Cut Clerk's legal personal services by $100,000
“Yeah, we have a lot of lawyers. The Clerk has two. I want to decrease her personal service legal slush fund. That's $100,000. That's my motion.”
“The motion is for the County-wide millage rate to be reduced to 6.571, Library MSTU remains at .359, Law Enforcement MSTU at .6850”
“I'll make a motion, because the Clerk has routinely had over a million dollars, to cut hers by a million this year. So here's my motion to cut the Clerk's budget by $1 million.”
Reduce county-wide millage rate to 6.571
American Idol/ABC Homecoming Event — $25,000
Foiling Event US, Inc. — $375,000 (recommended for no funding)
Same concerns as last year about counting our own bed-tax money in the room-night figures.