City commissioners in Lake Alfred have unanimously passed a midyear budget adjustment that includes changes for a new employee salary plan. The amended budget showed a $341,000 increase in the general fund, partly because of a $240,000 increase in revenue from public safety impact fees. The pay…
City commissioners in Lake Alfred will review the city staff's midyear budget adjustment, which includes City Manager Ryan Leavengood's employee salary plan, at tonight's commission meeting. The budget adjustment is on first reading and requires a second reading before approval. If passed, the salary plan is…
The City Commission has adopted a salary plan that City Manager Ryan Leavengood proposed as a way to retain employees and recruit new workers. The plan is based on a survey jointly conducted by Davenport, Dundee and Lake Alfred of employee salaries in four other Polk…
The Scientific Research Department at the Florida Department of Citrus has rebranded itself to reflect a new mission focusing on monitoring orange juice quality and flavor that might be affected by citrus greening. The department's name is now the Center of Citrus Nutrition and Quality Research,…
With the value of the citrus industry to Central and South Florida, and other citrus-growing areas of the nation such as California and Texas, the threat to the industry posed by citrus greening is clear and of national importance. Citrus greening (also known by it's proper name,…