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Big Savings and Unexpected Revenue Allow Palm Coast to Hire 2 More Cops and Restore Raises Despite Covid

January 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton likes his decisions driven by data. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s ultra-conservative fiscal management is allowing the city to hire two additional sheriff’s deputies, restore employee raises, and restore the city manager’s own raise, which he had declined last year on the approach of Covid’s era of uncertainty.

Facts Dissolve in Antifreeze In Largely Misinformed Protest of Palm Coast’s Taxes and Budget

September 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas, who chaired Wednesday's public hearing, repeatedly attempted to correct misconceptions about the city's tax rate and the size of its budget, with limited success. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s 2020 tax rate and the size of its budget drew some protesters at a hearing Wednesday, but many residents addressing the council were misinformed or mis-characterized the numbers.

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