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Appointments to the Palm Harbor Community Services Agency, Inc. (Individual appointments by Commissioners Eggers, Nowicki, and Scott).
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Recommended Action:
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Approve three appointments to the Palm Harbor Community Services Agency, Inc. (PHCSA), each for a term of two years. These are individual commissioner appointments by Commissioners Eggers, Nowicki and Scott.
• Two Reappointments:
o Ron Schultz reappointed by Commissioner Eggers.
§ Mr. Schultz is currently serving his third term on PHCSA.
o Erika N. Picard reappointed by Commissioner Nowicki.
§ Ms. Picard replaced the previous District 3 appointee half-way through their term. Thus, Ms. Picard is serving her first term on PHCSA, though she will not have served a full two years.
• New Appointment by Commissioner Scott.
o Jared A. Long
o Commissioner Scott’s current appointee, Ms. Sandra M. Faulkner is completing her fourth term on PHCSA and is not eligible to be reappointed.
• All three appointments will begin on December 1, 2025, and end November 30, 2027.
• Applications and resumes are attached to this agenda item.
• No ballot necessary. A voice vote will suffice.
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Background Information:
Palm Harbor Community Services Agency, Inc. (PHCSA) is a not-for-profit corporation incorporated on January 21, 1986, in compliance with Fla. Stat. Ch. 616. PHCSA was created in conjunction with the Palm Harbor Community Services District pursuant to ordinance number 85-28, September 10,1985, codified at §114-213, Pinellas County Code.
The primary purpose of the Palm Harbor Community Services Agency, Inc. is to provide library and recreation services to the residents of the Palm Harbor Community Services District, a municipal services taxing unit. The Agency is responsible for the management of all library and recreation department funds, and hires the directors of the Palm Harbor Library, East Lake Community Library, East Lake Recreation, and Palm Harbor Parks and Recreation.
Pinellas County Code §114-213 provides for an eight-member PHSCA Board of Directors comprised of: one director who is an officer or director of, and appointed by, the Palm Harbor Friends of the Library, Inc.; one director who is an officer or director of, and appointed by, the Palm Harbor Recreation League, Inc.; one director who is an officer or director of, and appointed by, the East Lake Community Library Advisory Board, Inc.; one director who is an officer or director of, and appointed by, the East Lake Youth Sports Association, Inc.; and four directors appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Each County Commissioner representing the three at-large districts shall nominate one director each and the County Commissioner representing District 4 shall nominate one director. Directors are appointed for 2-year terms and may not serve more than four successive terms.
Each director shall be a qualified Pinellas County elector. The directors appointed by the Palm Harbor Friends of the Library, Inc. and the Palm Harbor Recreation League, Inc. shall reside in the district; the director appointed by the East Lake Community Library Advisory Board, Inc. shall in the East Lake Library Services District; the director appointed by the East Lake Youth Sports Association, Inc. shall reside in the East Lake Recreation Services District; and the directors appointed by the Board of County Commissioners shall reside either in the district, the East Lake Library Services District, or the East Lake Recreation Services District. Residency is required for the entirety of each director’s appointment.
Attachments:
Board Roster
Applications/Resumes
Partner(s):
Shelby Brennan, Palm Harbor Community Services Agency Administrative Coordinator