Town Commission discusses budget and Colony today

The Longboat Key Town Commission meets this morning to discuss the town’s annual budget and tonight to decide whether to give the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort an extension on its timeline to rebuild the resort.

At the commission’s 10 a.m. budget workshop at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, commissioners will hold a final budget discussion on the 2012-13 fiscal year budget before the budget is reviewed on first reading tonight. Commissioners will also decide whether to fund a license-plate recognition system for the Longboat Key Police Department.

Tonight, at the 7 p.m. regular meeting at Town Hall, commissioners will also:

• Make commission appointments to various committees for the coming fiscal year.
• Make an appointment to the Citizens’ Tax Oversight Committee.
• Adopt millage rates and a final budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year on first reading.
• Review resolutions for annual beach funding and the town’s inlet management plan funding.
• Review a report from the town’s police chief.

For more information on today’s meetings, check www.yourobserver.com and pick up a copy of the Thursday, Sept. 6 issue of the Longboat Observer.

Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected].