by MCTA | Jul 18, 2021 | News
During commissioner comments at a recent City of Stuart meeting, Commissioner Becky Bruner made a remarkable request of her fellow board members. She wants to spend $50,000 of taxpayer dollars to help the Martin County Arts Council with their planning of the...
by MCTA | Jun 27, 2021 | News
Martin County and the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast will be renewing their contract for a shelter for impounded animals consisting mostly of cats and dogs but also includes ferrets, rabbits, and other companion animals. In most states including Florida,...
by MCTA | Jun 4, 2021 | News
Each commissioner has District Funds which are the funds that are raised in their districts through millage and approved by the board when the budget is passed. Here is a table prepared by the County Administrator that outlines the funds in 2021: District Millage Rate...
by MCTA | May 12, 2021 | News
School Board Member Christia Li Roberts in response to our request wrote the following explaining the latest round of funding from the federal government known as ESSER II. It is quite complicated but very important since it will go to offset specific funding that is...
by MCTA | Apr 27, 2021 | News
We posed the question to our readers as to whether school board members should be compensated. Without exception, the responses we received believe that school board members should be compensated at best with a small stipend. This is in keeping with most of the rest...
by MCTA | Apr 13, 2021 | News
That is a question being asked in Tallahassee during this legislative session. A bill has been introduced in the House to have a constitutional amendment to ban school board salaries. Currently, school board members’ salaries across the state are set by the...
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