4970 City Hall Blvd
City of North Port
North Port, FL 34286
Meeting Agenda
City Commission Joint Meeting
CITY COMMISSIONERS
Pete Emrich, Mayor
Barbara Langdon, Vice Mayor
Phil Stokes, Commissioner
David Duval, Commissioner
Demetrius Petrow, Commissioner
APPOINTED OFFICIALS
Jerome Fletcher, City Manager
Michael Fuino, City Attorney
Heather Faust, City Clerk
Friday, January 16, 2026
9:00 AM
Suncoast Technical College Conference Center
4748 Beneva Road, Sarasota
Convocation of Governments
1. Welcome/Pledge/Introducations - Tim Enos, Chair, School Board of Sarasota County
2. Convocation Goals and Agenda - Bridget Ziegler, Chair, School Board of Sarasota
County
3. Open to the Public - Citizen Comments
4. Capital Projects – Update/Highlights
Dr. Michael Kemp, SCS, Chief Operations Officer
Jody Dumas, SCS, Executive Director of Facilities
Diane Cominotti, SCS, Director of Planning
Jane Dreger, SCS, Director of Construction Services
5. Future Focused Strategic Initiative - Terry Connor, SCS, Superintendent
6. City of North Port - A. Jerome Fletcher, City Manager, City of North Port
7. City of Sarasota - David Bullock, Interim City Manager, City of Sarasota
8. Sarasota County Government - Jonathan Lewis, County Administrator, Sarasota
County
9. City of Venice - James Clinch, City Manager, City of Venice
10. Town of Longboat Key - Howard Tipton, Town Manager, Longboat Key