TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Heather Faust, MMC, City Clerk
TITLE: Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Commissioner Appointments to the Florida League of Cities Legislative Policy Committees and the Legislative Advocacy Committee.
Recommended Action
Approve Florida League of Cities Legislative Policy Committee appointments and the Legislative Advocacy Committee appointment.
Background Information
Legislative Policy Committees: The Florida Leagues of Cities (FLC) is announcing the start of its Legislative Policy process for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The deadline to sign-up is August 18, 2025. The FLC is asking for participation on five Legislative Committees. No more than one elected official from each City can be on each Committee.
The Legislative Policy Committees for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 titles and brief descriptions along with currently appointed Commissioners are listed below:
* Development, Code Compliance, and Redevelopment Committee (Commissioner Langdon) - This committee addresses development, redevelopment, housing, community planning, zoning, eminent domain, property rights, short-term rentals, code enforcement, building and fire code, building permitting, and concurrency management.
* Finance and Taxation Committee (Commissioner Petrow) - This committee addresses general finance and tax issues, fees, assessments, infrastructure funding, local option revenues, pension issues, revenue sharing, franchise fees, Communications Services Tax (CST), and ad valorem.
* Intergovernmental Relations, Mobility, and Emergency Management Committee (Vice Mayor Emrich) - This committee addresses transportation, municipal roads, traffic safety, municipal airports, drones, vertiports, ports, telecommunications, broadband, use of public rights-of-way, parking, signage, emergency management, homelessness, charter counties, annexation, ethics for public officers and employees, elections, special districts, and general ...
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