The Escambia County Contractor Competency Board found Jeff Myers — doing business as Jeff Myers Construction — in violation as charged and adopted a multi‑part penalty at its Dec. 3, 2025 hearing.

Staff presented Santa Rosa County disciplinary materials that, according to the meeting record, showed Santa Rosa had suspended Myers’ license for 24 months, assessed a $5,000 fine and ordered restitution to a homeowner. Melissa Reber, sworn as a staff witness, related communications from Santa Rosa and explained that Myers had previously filed an appeal there but had not clarified the grounds of the appeal as requested by Santa Rosa’s attorney.

The board reviewed active permits in Escambia County tied to Myers’ name and noted two permits at the same address with activity in June–August 2025: a detached garage permit and an associated roof permit. Board members discussed how to sanction a contractor without harming a homeowner’s ongoing project. Given county code limits on length of suspension, members debated options including probation with special conditions, suspension of permitting privileges during probation, and timing the local suspension to run after probation so it would be consecutive to any Santa Rosa discipline.

After discussion the board took three formal steps: (1) it voted to find Jeff Myers in violation as charged; (2) it voted to place him on probation until the existing open permit is completed or the permit expires due to inactivity, with permitting privileges suspended during that probation period; and (3) it provided that at the termination of probation a 12‑month county suspension will activate. The board also voted to forward the matter to the Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB) to consider further disciplinary action.

Staff will be responsible for notifying the respondent in writing, monitoring the status of the identified permits and preparing the referral packet for the CILB. The board recorded the motions and approvals by voice vote; the transcript does not include a roll‑call tally for individual board members.

Details cited in the record: Santa Rosa County’s action was read into the file as a 24‑month suspension and a $5,000 fine, and the record includes a restitution amount to a homeowner shown as 28,565.6657 (as written in meeting materials). The board relied on these materials as background but based its finding and its local penalty on the evidence and code discussion presented at the hearing.

Next steps: Licensing/enforcement staff will verify the status of the open permits, provide written notice to the respondent, and return to the board as needed to confirm activation of the 12‑month suspension if the probation ends or the permit expires without completion.