• Tampagov.net, the city's web site,
receives over 1 million page requests
per month.
• 3,521 adults and children participate in
art and craft classes offered through
the city's four art studios.
• The Utility Accounting Division meter
readers take over 750,000 meter
readings each year.
• The Internal Audit Department was
created by voter referendum in 1975.
• United States Military Special Forces
paramedics train with Tampa Fire
Rescue.
• Approximately 5,000 illegal signs are
removed from the city rights-of-way
each year.
• The Residential Development Division
issued a total of 13,335 building and
site permits for FY02.
• The Code Enforcement Department
takes more than 300 calls daily.
• The Records Center houses over
11,000 reels of microfilm.
• CTTV uses four remote-controlled
cameras to cover Tampa City Council
and other board meetings. One
operator controls all four cameras from
a control room next to the Council
Chambers.
• You are not required to give your name
or any other personal information
when registering a complaint with the
Code Enforcement Department.
• Triage, the Water Department's
24-hour Customer Service Section,
received nearly 50,000 calls and
processed more than 10,600 workorder
requests for service in FY02.
• The City of Tampa established the first
Municipal Records Center in the State
of Florida.
• City vehicles and equipment used 2.4
million gallons of fuel in FY02.
• All new residential construction in
Tampa is designed to withstand a wind
velocity of 120 m.p.h.
• The City of Tampa's first ever dual
Sister Cities affiliation agreement was
signed last year with the cities of
Veracruz and Boca Del Rio, in the
State of Veracruz, Mexico. |
