Commission ratifies police contract

The Longboat Key Town Commission ratified a three-year contract with its police department at its regular meeting tonight at Town Hall.

Also at its meeting, the commission:

Forwarded to its Monday, Nov. 1 regular meeting for second reading and public hearing:
• An ordinance that transfers $208,815.49 to the beach capital projects fund, which will close a special revenue account that’s no longer needed.

• An ordinance that provides consistency for public hearings notices and advertisements that deal with land use matters.

• An ordinance that ensures the town’s elections schedule complies with new Legislature requirements.

Passed:
• A resolution that allows the town to pay $46,725 in unanticipated Islandside public hearing expenses by using commission contingency funds.

• A resolution that adopts the current version of the Sarasota County Local Mitigation Strategy, which enables the town to be eligible for post disaster mitigation grant funds.

Approved:
• A 2010-11 holiday schedule for town employees.

Appointed:
• Gerald Feder to its Firefighter Retirement System Board of Trustees

• Steve Schield to its General Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees

• Franklin Cona to its Police Officer Retirement System Board of Trustees

• Joe Moccia to the Sarasota County Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected].