Town Manager Dave Bullock wants to reduce the town’s budget costs by at least $300,000 before June 1. Bullock will be working with the various department heads to determine where the most efficient cuts can be made. The Town Commission’s first budget workshop of the summer was held May 20, and Bullock explained that he [...]
The Town of Longboat Key is in the midst of amending its telecommunications policy and a working draft of proposed cahnges is currently posted for resident review on the Town Website, www.Longboatkey.org.
There were 31 eligible Longboat Key Town general employee voters, out of those 27 votes were cast in the Thursday, March 7 employee election. The union was voted down by a margin of 21-6. The vote began on Feb. 15 via mail and closed March 6. The Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) tallied the votes [...]
The Town can check into the state retirement system, but it can never leave and that may ultimately be a good thing.
That a layperson would get confused is forgivable, but to think the Chair of a planning board could think adding bedrooms to a home changes density reveals the very heart of what went wrong over the past three years.
Resident Larry Grossman has finished the qualification process and will be running against Mayor Jim Brown for the District 4 seat, and Longboat resident Irwin Pastor has completed the third phase in the qualifying process and is anticipated to qualify by deadline Monday.
‘Welly has done an outstanding job over the past eight years in making the Key Club the main economic engine of Longboat. He should feel good about that.’
On Dec. 2, the same day Monica Simpson ended her tenure as Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Director, she reached an agreement to work with the Town as a paid contractor. The contract allows for an hourly rate not to exceed $97.50. The contract is for one year but can be terminated by either [...]
