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Commissioner Jane G. Sauls has served the
citizens of District 2 since 1996, when she was first
elected to the Board, and then re-elected in 2000 and 2004.
She has served as the Board’s Chairman two times – in
1999-2000 and 2003-2004.
Commissioner Sauls’ proud accomplishments
include the construction of the Ft. Braden Branch Library,
the Ft. Braden Community Center renovations, which includes
basketball courts and a new picnic pavilion, the creation of
the Ft. Braden Recreational Center and Park, the
establishment of county participation in helping those on
private dirt roads, the Crawfordville Highway widening
project, the improvements of the boat landings on Lake
Talquin and the creation of Leon County’s Emergency Medical
Service department.
Her current top priorities include the
construction of the Woodville Community Center, establishing
a new branch library in Woodville, funding to widen
Woodville Highway and the creation of a joint dispatch
center for law enforcement and public safety personnel.
Sauls has been in public service her
entire professional career, working for the Clerk of the
Circuit Court’s Office for 32 years, including Clerk of the
Statewide Grand Jury, and several years in the State
Attorney’s Office.
Commissioner Sauls is involved with
numerous public committees and civic groups, including
serving on Leon County’s Election Canvassing Board. She is
also certified through the Florida Association of Counties (FAC)
becoming the first and only Leon County Commissioner to be
certified. Sauls is a graduate of Leon High School Class of
1961. She has been married to her husband Marvin since 1962,
has two children and three grandchildren. |