Category: General Information
About Us
Utilizing a solutions-centric model, we support:
- Economic Strategies – A more viable community that supports responsible growth attracts healthy jobs and businesses
- Environmental Strategies – Improved efficiencies and sustainability…saving money, conserving resources, promoting best practices
- Social strategies – When the community becomes stakeholders in the political processes, resources are maximized. Decisions and projects have a more comprehensive scope. Residents claim ownership in the health and well-being of the community.
“You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in The World” Mahatma Gandhi”
Values:
Our five corporate values are represented in the Deltona Strong logo. They are the compass that guides our daily operations:
- Activism
- Aid & Response
- Compassion
- Education
- Green Initiatives
What’s Wrong With Your Water Bill
Help us collect some data to investigate the issues with water bills around the city. If you’ve noticed a bill that seems abnormally high, please consider sharing your information – you may not be alone!
Click here to open our survey in a new window
The Center at Deltona
This is certainly on HOT topic in our city, and there will certainly be much to say going forward.
For the time being though, let’s just post the basic info and facts that might be helpful to some, starting with their current (as of 1/31/18) policy and pricing information.
Who Is My Commissioner?
Knowing who your commissioner is can help you feel more connected to your city government. Your commissioner is there to answer your questions and champion causes and concerns in your district.
While we work on a better method of searching for your district using your address, you can look at the cities site here to find your district and commissioner information.
Public Records Requests
Public Records are critical to a community being productive. We can use this information to make informed decisions on many things in our community. We can also use this information as a way to review the work the city is doing and offer a more informed opinion to our elected officials.
As such, one of the goals of the Deltona Strong organization is to begin to collect public records requests that have been filled and place them online for others to see.
However, sometimes a public records request can be costly. While that is a topic that is being looked at from other angles, it doesn’t remove the need for the request. As such, we will be starting a program where we can collect donations to use to offset the cost of some of the records requests. We are working on a method of complete transparency so that if you choose to make a donation, you can either donate in general or to a specific request. Stay tuned here as this develops.
For your information, we are posting the current Administrative Policy and Procedure below for Public Records. This is Policy Number CW06-01, made effective on August 21, 2017. This is a 10-page document outlining the need for, definition of, fulfillment process, costs, and other aspects of this policy.
Public Records Policy CW06-01 – Updated August 21, 2017
Public Records Policy CW06-01 – Updated September 14, 2017
Here are some highlights of the latest policy:
Redactions: Requests for documents that require statutory redaction of certain confidential data are calculated at two minutes/page and at the hourly rate, including benefits, of the lowest paid person capable of completing the redaction. Example: 100 pages x 2 (2 pages per minute) = 200 minutes ÷ 60 (minutes in an hour) = 3.34 x hourly rate
If a requestor makes multiple related requests in an attempt to evade these rules, the multiple requests will be aggregated and costs will be calculated as one request as to time spent and costs calculated under these policies.
If you would like to make a PRR, you can use the form below, but you are not required to use this form.
Fillable PDF Public Records Request Form
Additional detail and information can be found on the cities website.
Costs for hourly rate charges depend on the specific employee performing the work, but the costs for physical copies are as follows:
Trash Talk
Redman Consulting Group will host a public forum for residents to discuss what their expectations are for solid waste services (garbage, recycling, and yard waste collection) in our City. Please join us!
Prior to the meeting, you can participate in their online survey.
Date: November 2, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: City Hall, 2345 Providence Blvd., Commission Chambers
2017 Storm Debris Pickup Map
Here are the locations reported to have had storm debris collection started and/or completed.
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Take Our Top 3 Issues Poll!
We’re looking for input to guide our focus. Our current poll question is:
What are your top 3 concerns with the city of Deltona? We want to focus on topics that we are able to impact as a community. Cast your vote in the poll to the right, if you don’t see your concern, fill the form out at the bottom of this post.