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This Week in Local Government

Written by on Sunday, June 7, 2026

This week, the Manatee County Commission will hold three budget workshop sessions for the 2027 financial year. On Tuesday, the City of Sarasota Historic Preservation Board will discuss the demolition of a 126-year old home on Hudson Bayou.

 

Monday (06/08)

Manatee County Commission budget work session 1 (agenda)

Highlight: Presentation of the recommended 2027 financial year department budgets.

9:00 AM

Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, first floor, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton

 

Tuesday (06/09)

Manatee County Commission budget work session 2 (agenda)

Highlight: Presentation of the constitutional officers and judicial programs budgets for financial year 2027.

9:00 AM

Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, first floor, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton

 

North Port City Commission regular meeting (agenda)

Highlights: Annexing Wellen Park housing development land; initiating Eminent Domain on 30 developer-owned lots to expand the North Port Natural Corridor; petition to change zoning for a property in the Tuscola Commons retail center, allowing a four-story self-storage facility; ordinance change: failure to appear at a code enforcement hearing automatically leads to penalties.

10:00 AM

City Hall chambers, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port

 

Manatee County School Board regular meeting (agenda)

Highlights: End of year data review; Children’s Service Advisory Board report; changes to Student Code of Conduct; change the Student Progression Plan; academic calendar for 2027-28.

10:00 AM

Walter Miller School Support Center Board Room, 215 Manatee Avenue W., Bradenton

 

City of Sarasota Historic Preservation Board (agenda)

Highlights: Demolition of a 126-year old, two-story woodframe home at 908 Pomelo Avenue on Hudson Bayou; a potential buyer wants to demolish a 1947 home in the Central Cocoanut Historic District.

3:00 PM

City Hall chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota

 

City of Sarasota Community Workshop (agenda)

Highlight: The developer of the Hyatt hotel-condo redevelopment project at the west end of Boulevard of the Arts seeks a minor conditional use permit to establish a private club with gym, kids’ club, sports lounge and indoor pickleball court on the ground level of the west tower.

6:00 PM

Selby Library, Conference Room, 1331 First Street, Sarasota

 

Wednesday (06/10)

City of Bradenton Council regular meeting (agenda)

Highlights: Special-use permit to build a private dock at 1215 50th Street Court East; second reading of proposed charter changes: removing the mayor as a city council member and term limits for mayor and council members;  Ironwood Condominiums water main replacement; water reclamation facility and collection system facilities plan.

8:30 AM

City Hall chambers, 101 Old Main Street, Bradenton

 

Manatee County Commission budget work session 3 (agenda)

Highlights: Presentation of the recommended capital improvement plan for fiscal years 2026-2030 and funding sources; stormwater maintenance priorities.

9:00 AM

Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, first floor, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton

 

City of Sarasota Planning Board meeting (agenda)

Highlights: Zoning text amendment: traffic concurrency clarification; developer wants the city to abandon an Aspinwall Street right-of-way; upzone of 401 Mango Avenue from light industrial to “Downtown Edge”; expansion of South Shore Community Church at 1899 S. Tuttle.

1:30 PM

City Hall chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota

 

Thursday (06/11)

Manatee County Planning Commission (agenda)

Highlights: Changing a project on State Road 64 East from a 200-room hotel to a 124-room hotel plus self-storage facility; rezoning 16 acres in Palmetto from agriculture to residential single-family for 204 homes; rezoning 52 acres of agricultural land on Rye Road to “Planned Development Residential”.

9:00 AM

Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, first floor, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton

 

Friday (06/12)

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