Tallahassee

The Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan, originally adopted on July 16, 1990, provides long-range guidance for development through 2030 and is updated annually through amendments, with the most recent amendments effective through November 22, 2025. The document covers multiple planning areas including land use and mobility, organized into goals and objectives that have been revised and deleted at various dates since adoption. For information about amendments or the planning process, the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department can be contacted at 850-891-6400 or through their website at talgov.com/place/planning.aspx.

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The Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Commission is a decision-making advisory board established in 1967 to oversee comprehensive area-wide planning and serve as the Local Planning Agency for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and land development regulations. The commission comprises 7 members (3 appointed by County Commissioners, 3 by City Commission, and 1 selected by the School Board) who must be Leon County residents and are limited to three-year terms with a maximum of 2–3 consecutive terms depending on appointing authority. Members must file ethics disclosure forms and the commission meets monthly on the first Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in the Frenchtown Renaissance Building.

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NULL The document is an informational guide about Leon County's public records system and compliance with Florida's Public Records Law. It contains no discussion of decisions, budget figures, policy changes, or meeting context—only explanatory content about what constitutes public records, which agencies maintain them, and the county's adherence to state open records requirements.

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In 2017, the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department conducted a Frenchtown Placemaking Study at the City Commission's direction, responding to community concerns about student and affordable housing developments in the historic neighborhood. The study aims to strengthen the Frenchtown community by ensuring future development aligns with community vision and that funding from The Standard parcel sale, Community Redevelopment Agency resources, and other allocations produce tangible outcomes. A Frenchtown Steering Committee of community members, planning staff, and a city commissioner guided the planning process and will transition to a Frenchtown Working Group to implement the plan's goals.

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This document outlines the public records access procedures for the Consolidated Dispatch Agency (CDA) under Florida Statute Chapter 119. It explains that members of the public can request records without identification or stated purpose, and that requests must be clear enough for the CDA to conduct a meaningful search. The CDA provides guidance on where to submit requests—either to individual responding agencies (Tallahassee Police, Fire, EMS, Sheriff, or Emergency Management) for incident-specific records, or directly to the CDA for reports including recruitment, community engagement, call volume, liability, and annual reports through online forms, phone, or in-person visits.

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The 2024 Local Government Financial Information Handbook, published by the Florida Legislature's Office of Economic and Demographic Research in May 2025, serves as a comprehensive reference guide for local government revenue sources and budgeting purposes. Prepared in collaboration with the Florida Department of Revenue's Office of Tax Research, the handbook includes descriptions of revenue sources, estimated revenue distributions for the 2024-25 fiscal year, and adjusted population estimates used in revenue-sharing calculations. The publication provides guidance on constitutional and statutory provisions affecting local revenues while noting that estimated distributions may differ from actual disbursements due to changing economic conditions.

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