City Manager Billy Poe announced late Tuesday that he hired Mike Sherman, a planner from Tallahassee, as the city's new community development director. ...more

December 16, 2009

City Manager Billy Poe, who expects to hire a new community development director today, is defending his decision to include City Engineer Lennie Naeyaert in the hiring process, even though Naeyaert's wife was a finalist for the job. ...more

December 11, 2009

He's asked City Commissioners to approve a $250 Christmas bonus for all full-time employees; part-time workers would get $125. The bonuses would cost the city $20,750. ...more

December 7, 2009

He won't be dressing up in a red suit, but City Manager Billy Poe hopes to play Santa this year for employees who have gone two years without a pay raise. ...more

December 5, 2009

City Attorney Karla Owens is resigning her position as the city's planning director and will remain with the city as a part-time city attorney. ...more

November 5, 2009

Commissioners unanimously reversed a decision to repeal a nearly 30-year-old ordinance banning private wells in the city. ...more

October 29, 2009

When Dade City Commissioner Camille Hernandez made a motion last week to repeal the town's ban on private irrigation wells, she said it was about conservation and property rights. ...more

October 21, 2009

When City Commissioner Camille Hernandez made a motion last week to repeal the city's ban on private irrigation wells, she said it was about conservation and property rights. It was wasteful to force homeowners to use city's potable drinking water to sprinkle their lawns if they could afford to drill a well, she argued. She was convincing, winning a 3-2 majority vote to repeal a decades-old ordinance. ...more

October 20, 2009

Officials learned this week that the city likely will receive $1.2 million in federal stimulus funds for water system improvements. ...more

September 11, 2009

The city's official Web site was disabled Tuesday because city employees forgot to renew the domain name for the home page. ...more

September 9, 2009