City of Alachua

The City of Alachua adjusted its rates for water and wastewater utility services effective May 1, 2010.  Public hearings were conducted by the City Commission on March 22, 2010 and April 12, 2010 to adopt these rates.  Prior to the rate adjustments, the City noticed the public hearings in a local newspaper on April 1, 2010 and April 8, 2010, on the City’s website, at City Hall, at the Alachua Post Office and at the Alachua Public Library.  However, an additional notice of the public hearing should have been included in the City’s utility billing process prior to any rate increase.

Alachua, Fl — The Alachua Police Department has formalized an agreement with the A Child Is Missing Alert Program that has led to a high tech method now in place to search locally for missing children, missing elderly (often with Alzheimer’s), college students, and missing persons who may be mentally or physically challenged or disabled.

Effective April 9th 2010, upon receipt of missing persons call, the Alachua Police Department will make its first phone call to a toll-free number that rings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida—the national headquarters of the A Child Is Missing Alert Program.  The call, answered 24/7/365 by an Information and Mapping Technician, initiates a rapid process of information gathering and use of sophisticated mapping systems.  A Child Is Missing then launches potentially thousands of calls within minutes with an alert message detailing the missing person’s description, last known whereabouts, and pertinent information.  This alert message will also include an Alachua Police Department phone number for use by anyone with information relating to the missing person.