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| subject_name = Janice P. Gilley| image_name = | image_size =225px
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| date_of_birth = | place_of_birth = [[Pensacola, Florida]]
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| occupation = [[Escambia County Commissioner]] for District 5, May 10th 2002 - Nov 15th 2020, [[Escambia County Administrator]]April 29, 2019 - June 17th 2020,| religion = Southern Sounthern Baptist | spouse =| parents =| children =
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'''Janice P. Gilley''' was the chief administrative officer of the county, the county administrator is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Escambia County Board of Commissioners. It is the administrator's responsibility to implement the day-to-day operations of the county government. The county's 18 departments work under the county administrator to provide services to the residents of Escambia County as directed by the policies, procedures, and programs established by the commission. The county administrator is responsible for recommending an annual county operating and capital improvement budget to the board and coordinating the commissioners' meetings, agendas, and workshops. In addition, this position must work closely to develop and cultivate resilient relationships with our state, federal, county, municipal, for-profit and nonprofit community partners.
Gilley served on the Escambia County School District board in 1999 and was pulled further into Escambia County politics in the aftermath of another major scandal. She was appointed to the Escambia County Commission by then-Governor [[Jeb Bush]] in 2002 after he removed four commissioners from the board over a corruption scandal involving land purchased for a proposed soccer complex. She served until 2004.
Gilley has also served as a board member on the Santa Rosa Island Authority.
Before joining UWF in 2009, Gilley worked in various positions in Tallahassee, including at the governor's office, the Florida House of Representatives, and the Republican Party of Florida.
In June 2021, in a 4-1 vote with Commissioner [[Doug Underhill]] in decent Janice was fired by the BOCC. Commissioner [[Steven Barry]] sought the decision, saying that Gilley was not working out as county administrator. Barry made the request to put Gilley's contract up for debate as he came under increasing public scrutiny over a plan to seek back pay for commissioners and senior-level officials who he said weren't informed of a lucrative county retirement plan. Commissioner [[Jeff Bergosh]] seconded Barry's motion to remove Gilley.