Hillsborough BOCC - Change of Districts on Tomorrow's agenda

From: Sharon Calvert
Sent on: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:47 PM
LOCAL INFORMATION ALERT

The Hillsborough County BOCC meeting to be held Wed., 2/22, has the following agenda item:

10:15 AM B-5

LIST OF ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR A TIME CERTAIN

Direct the County Attorney's Office to schedule and advertise one or more public hearings or workshops regarding the proposed draft ordinance, calling for a referendum for the voters to consider a charter amendment to expand the number of single member commission districts from four to five. Approval of this item will have no financial impact on the FY 12 Adopted Budget. 


County Charter info from the BOCC website: 
http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/countycharter/


Here are some articles of interest regarding this issue and transcript of BOCC meeting late last year discussing:

Hillsborough commissioners to continue debate on board makeup

http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2011/oct/19/hillsborough-commissioners-to-continue-debate-on-b-ar-273052/



Transcript of 11/9 BOCC workshop - transcript begins on page 14
It appears that a vote will be taken at BOCC Wed meeting whether to schedule public hearings on this issue. This change would require a county referendum to be voted on.


Public comment can be made at the beginning of the BOCC meeting at 9am tomorrow.
If you cannot make the meeting and have concerns, you can contact all the commissioners at:


Sharon
Tampa Tea Party
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests ------ Patrick Henry
Sent from my iPad

People in this
Meetup are also in:

Log in

Not registered with us yet?

Sign up

Meetup members, Log in

or
By clicking the "Sign up using Facebook" or "Sign up" buttons above, you agree to Meetup's Terms of Service