If changes aren’t made immediately and fiscal ethics aren’t adhered to, Century will drive itself into certain bankruptcy, ensuring that township will be dissolved in favor of the county providing the services that Century cannot fiscally manage. Avoiding services already available from other utilities is like cutting one’s nose off to spite the face.

Would it be more appropriate to report this as a financial emergency to the Governor of Florida?

If you can’t sell the Gas Department to Pensacola Energy this will continue.

Unfortunately if ECUA takes over for in and PE for gas comes in it, if the town is no longer viable will most likely be more expensive for the residents than if the Town of Century can continue to supply utilities but if it is inevitable we need to know what to expect and not let it come as a surprise.

The town doesn’t report directly to the county but the state and they can send in people to help if the town can no longer take care of itself.

The joint legislative auditing committee, is starting to look at these type situations over the state. Palm Bay and our closer neighbor Defuniak Springs have been in the news for such recently.

I suggest Century look into this and let it be voluntary rather than suffer the embarrassment of it being mandated.

I don’t think you should trust the judgement of the accountant. He led the town down a wrong path before.

Gulf Breeze is also undergoing an audit requested by petition of the people, an operational audit, not a financial, so the attorney may advice Century to keep the eyes off them.

But they can’t, the eyes are on them, and you have one year of an audit that shows that money was spent inappropriately, so far. I don’t see where this is being turned around or corrected.

Be careful, I don’t want the people who stepped up to serve by the goodness of their heart be caught unaware and charged with misfeasance or taken advantage of by trusted advisors who would rather not be brought to light that they have misguided the municipality.

You can contact the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee or the Governor of Florida and ask them directly what to expect. You could place a phone call for discretion. be prepared.

Not a good enough liar.

David with deficiencies

Perhaps, they can examine how to take advantage of the franchise area to increase revenue. A grant will be needed here.

I wouldn’t sell the gas dept until all possible options are examined. Remember, the less we control the less we remain a town. We’ve lost so much already.

http://articles.latimes.com/1996-05-26/realestate/re-8544_1_central-air-conditioning

And then there is the absorption type gas air conditioning system. Last year business. com reported
“New gas air conditioners use 30% to 50% less energy than electric air conditioning systems and the average gas air conditioning system lasts 2 to 3 times longer than an electrical unit. Gas AC units require relatively little maintenance and the environmentally friendly ammonia/water absorption process is ideal for areas with strict environmental laws.”

https://www.business.com/articles/buying-a-gas-air-conditioner/

This sounds a lot like the old kerosene powered refrigerators which used ammonia for the coolant (no CFCs) and had no moving parts. This would at least need fans

Robur seems to be the only manufacturer I can find, but maybe you would like to switch to help Century. (They also heat your water if desired with the waste heat, removing that household expense.

David for natural gas