Oliver wants the city to perform an operational audit, and explained that the festival is a “perfect reason” why such an audit is needed. “I just choose to serve in a different way.”ĭuring the forum, Oliver said he goes to the music festival every year and supports it, but said he has an issue with how the money for the festival is “filtered” through the city. He said he spends his time helping youth sports, feeding the homeless and those who are disabled. He also criticized the city’s boards, citing the turmoil with the Human Relations Diversity Board and problems with other unnamed boards. For instance, he said he looks for “paycheck earners not paycheck collectors,” because the former “work hard to earn that check.” With his deep retail experience, Adkins said he can help the city grow its restaurant and shopping business. Genesco, he said, taught him leadership skills, enabling him to understand people’s “individual personality” to get more out of them. When asked why he was running for mayor since he never held elective office before and doesn’t serve on any volunteer city boards, Adkins cited his work at specialty footwear retailer Genesco where he earlier said he worked his way up from one of its retail stores selling shoes to eventually holding several management positions, including as a corporate auditor.
Adkins said non-ad valorem and sales tax rates have been raised. He said Ocoee is the “highest taxed city” taking aim at an earlier comment from Johnson, who said tax rates have declined the past eight years during his administration. “I think that comes with holding city management accountable, which is what I think hasn’t been happening,” he said, adding that many projects are started without being completed or they go over budget.
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Still, he said he would be full time regardless of his pay. “I can’t tell you whether or not I believe we should be paid full time or not,” said Adkins, who added he would be “pragmatic” and listen. believed the same thing: “You’re here serving your community that you love and that you want to help, not to try to get paid.” “You do this out of the mercy of your heart,” said Johnson. He compared Ocoee’s form of government to Apopka, which has a full-time “strong mayor” who makes about $150,000 to $160,000 annually along with a city manager who makes a comparable salary.
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