HomeMy WebLinkAboutFormer City Manager Ron McLemore-1996 Here's chance
to get ear of
city manager
WINTER SPRINGS—Meet the
new city manager and make 7: WINTER SPRINGS
suggestions on how the city can
attract more businesses. Thefts/break-ins
Those are the goals of the first ■ Ridgewood Way, 700 block, be
business community breakfast tween 4:30 and 6:45 a m.June 5 Some-
meeting at 7:30 a.m.Wednesday at one broke into a home. Nothing was tak-
the Winter Springs Senior Center, en.
400 N Edgemon Ave.The breakfast Battery
is sponsored by the Commerce and
Industry Board. • Shawnee Trail, 1000 block, 2:45
City Manager Ron McLemore will p.m.June 5.A woman slapped a man in
talk about the city plans to assist the face.
businesses and attract commerce to
the city.Business owners will be
asked to answer a survey about how
the city can accomplish its goals.
For more information on the
breakfast,contact Mel Glickman at
(407)699-7333
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BY LINDA HUMPHREY
Winter Springs City Manager Ron Tuscawilla Road from Red Bug Lake Road to building should be completed by March.The
McLemore has been on the job barely 10 Aloma Avenue. Soon the fourlaning of $1.8 million project will be home to about 50
months and already the City is realizing the Tuscawilla Road to Hwy.434 will begin and part/full time employees and a new police chief.
benefits of having this veteran of City and those living within the City limits will be af- Chief Charles Sexton retired three months ago.
County Government on board. fected. Bob Peeper is now serving as the interim chief.
One of the most important issues to Other construction on Hwy. 434 is McLemore is working with the Institute of
the general population is the fact that taxes already taking place from SR 419 east to Government at the University of Central
will not be going up next year."Our millage Tuscawilla Road.The area in front of City Hall Florida and a citizen's committee to select a
rate is one of the lowest in the county. We is included in these improvements.This is all new chief."I hope to have the position filled
went back to the rollback rate.In 1996 the mill- part of the Vision 434 project which will in- by January.We are on schedule with the build-
age was 3.7023. For 1997 the rate will be dude the widening and upgrading of 434 to ing and are coming in on budget...maybe a
3.6083,"McLemore said."While this doesn't the Greenway(417)following the completion little under,"said McLemore.
mean they have gone down, they haven't of the work currently being done. "We are Making the move to Winter Springs
gone up either." looking at a preliminary plan to upgrade 434 from Martin County as the County Manager
Things are happening in the City of all the way to Hwy. 17-92.This could be 5 yrs was a positive change, McLemore said. He
Winter Springs at a reasonably fast pace.With down the road.This includes improvements said he enjoys his work at City Hall and in his
an approximate population of 26,000—and to intersections, paving,landscaping, medi- spare time he is involved with the Winter
growing—the City is experiencing growing ans,etc.,"said McLemore."We need to meet Springs Rotary Club."I believe it is very im-
pains along with the progress.Over the past with the property owners along that area." portant for a City Manager to be involved with
year, residents living in the County area of Construction has begun for the new community projects,"he said.
Winter Springs have endured the widening of safety facility located off Moss Road. The
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