The town has moved into contract negotiations with TE Connectivity to perform an island-wide telecommunications study. A committee recently ranked proposals with TE Connectivity proposing a cost of $36,284 to perform the study, which will take about 90 days. The Town Commission will address a resolution to transfer and go ahead with the funding for [...]
The town of Longboat Key has set the following meetings for January: • A Code Enforcement Board Meeting will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 9. • A Town Commission Regular Meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 9. • A Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m., [...]
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will begin repairs to the Longboat Key Pass Bridge on State Road 789 from north of Northshore Road on Longboat Key to south Coquina Park in Bradenton Beach. The work is set to begin this week and continue through April 30, 2012. The construction will be ongoing throughout the [...]
The Sarasota Film Festival has named Tom Hall as director, appointed Magida Diouri as programmer and Veronica Pastore as associate director of marketing for the 2012 festival. Former SFF director of programming Holly Herrick will remain as director of SFF women. The festival will take place April 13-22, 2012.
According to Islandside Property Owner’s Coalition (IPOC) President Bob White, the coalition filed a motion to amend the de-novo complaint this week, dropping counts that the development order was inconsistent with the town’s Comprehensive Plan. IPOC maintains that the town violated its own charter and state law when it amended its Zoning Code and the Comprehensive [...]
The following town of Longboat Key meetings will be held in December: • Town Commission regular meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Dec. 5. • Police Officers Pension Board meeting will be held at 8 a.m., Dec. 6. • General Employees Pension Board meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m., Dec. 6. • Firefighters Pension Board meeting will [...]
The deadline has passed for qualifying to run for Town Commission in March 2012, and that means there will be one contested race out of four seats that are up for election. The contested race will be in District 3; the candidates are incumbent Vice Mayor David Brenner and Ray Rajewski. The seats that will [...]
The town agreed to pay every employee a $1,000 bonus before year’s end following the recommendation by Town Manager David Bullock. Bullock said it would be a pay increase, but a one-time gift. Bullock made the proposal after pointing out to the commission that he has interviewed most every staffer and has found Longboat Key [...]
Longboat Key firefighter-paramedic William H. Fortner’s appeal on a worker’s compensation suit against the town of Longboat Key was denied last month. Fortner injured his left ankle in January 2010 while exercising on an elliptical machine during his shift was denied. According to the original lawsuit, Fortner claims the injury occurred because of trauma to [...]
The Aging in Paradise Resource Center made a presentation to the Town Commission today at its Thursday, Nov. 17 workshop. Aging in Paradise is an expanded community service of the Longboat Island Chapel designed to provide programs and services for Longboat Key, Anna Maria and the extended surrounding community. The center offers seminars and programs [...]
