Commission adopts Vision Plan

The Longboat Key Town Commission adopted its Vision Plan at its regular meeting tonight at Town Hall.

A subcommittee that met for months last year worked to revise and update the 21-page plan, which now will be reviewed semi-annually.

Also at its regular meeting at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, the commission:

Forwarded to its March 7 regular meeting for second reading and public hearing:
• An ordinance that provides for Internal Revenue Service compliance for the Firefighters’ Retirement System.

Adopted:
• An ordinance that funds a $42,000 funding shortfall for the Longboat Key trolley route.
• An ordinance that codifies ordinances adopted by the commission through Dec. 6, 2010.
• An ordinance that provides for pass-through wholesale water and wastewater rate increases from Manatee County.

Authorized:
• Town Manager Bruce St. Denis to commit $5,000 to the Economic Development Council of the Manatee County Chamber of Commerce, which will provide a seat for Longboat Key on its advisory board. The commission appointed Commissioner David Brenner to the seat.

Reappointed:
• Key resident Tom Jones to the Citizen’s Oversight Committee for Public School Facility Planning that expires this month.

Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected].