Anita Cereceda, Jane Plummer, and James Boan were all reappointed to the Local Planning Agency Monday. The seats are all 2-year terms. Council members John King and Karen Woodson did not vote for Cereceda. King and Woodson voted for Ed Schoonover who did not receive enough votes to be appointed.Â
Members are appointed, in a public vote, by the Town Council. The Local Planning Agency is a state-mandated committee of 7 that makes recommendations to the Town Council on planning and zoning issues. In recent years, they’ve been the first set of eyes on all of the major rebuild projects following Hurricane Ian.
Like Town Council members, LPA members are permitted to meet individually with developers and residents who may come before them. They must disclose those meetings to the public whenever an applicant comes before them. Florida’s Sunshine Law also applies to LPA members so they are not permitted to discuss any business outside a public meeting that may come before them.
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