This Week in Local Government: March 17-21, 2014

BRADENTON – The workshop preceding the Palmetto City Commission's regular meeting on Monday has been cancelled. At that meeting, the commission will vote on whether to approve an amendment to the city code of ordinances to establish a new personnel policy. The BOCC will hold a workshop on Tuesday that will focus on a CRA Update; Jobs Now/Workforce Training; and the Tax Abatement program. The Bradenton Planning Commission will workshop then have a regular meeting on Wednesday, and the Manatee Port Authority will discuss tariff changes when it convenes on Thursday.

Monday March 17

Palmetto City Commission Meeting (Agenda)

7:00 p.m. 

Palmetto City Hall

516 8th Avenue West

Palmetto

Tuesday March 18

Manatee County Commission Work Session: CRA Update; Jobs Now/Workforce Training; Tax Abatement (Agenda)

9:00 a.m.

Manatee Room

4th floor, County Administration Building

1112 Manatee Ave West

Bradenton

Wednesday March 19

Bradenton Planning Commission Workshop/Regular Meeting (Agenda)

1:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. meeting

City Hall

101 Old Main Street

Bradenton 

Thursday March 20

Manatee County Port Authority Meeting (Agenda) 

9:00 a.m. 

Port Manatee Intermodal Center

1905 Intermodal Circle

Palmetto

Editor's Note: This Week in Local Government lists scheduled meetings of the various municipal governments who are covered in this publication, for which meeting results will be posted the next day after the meeting occurs. That includes the Manatee County Commission, Manatee County Planning Commission, Tourist Development Council and Port Authority, as well as the Manatee School Board, Sarasota-Manatee MPO, Bradenton City Council and Palmetto City Commission. For other meetings including island governments, downtown development authorities, CRA, fire boards, historical councils, code enforcement boards, and nuisance abatement boards, please refer to the specific municipality's calendar on their official website. In instances where multiple boards convene on the same day and we are not able to cover all meetings due to staff limitations, meetings are prioritized for coverage at our discretion.