FAC 

County News 

Counties must speak up with their broadband needs  

Palm Beach County, Fla. Mayor Gregg Weiss, vice-chair of the NACo Telecommunications & Technology Policy Steering Committee, makes a point Friday during a small-group discussion with fellow county officials including Okeechobee, Fla. Commissioner Terry Burroughs (standing). 

 

NACo 

2023-2024 Presidential Appointments  

 

COUNTY 

Herald-Tribune 

Ray Turner tapped to replace Baugh as Manatee County commissioner  

Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Raymond Turner to replace Vanessa Baugh as Manatee County District 5 commissioner. 

 

Business Observer FL 

Bradenton, Sarasota County move ahead slowly after deals with public buildings  

Over the past couple of years officials from both Sarasota County and the city of Bradenton have ventured to sell their main government buildings to developers with plans to transform them. 

 

KeysNews 

County moves ahead on becoming ‘charter’  

The Monroe County Commission continues to explore a way to generate revenue for critical transportation-related infrastructure programs without having to raise property taxes or ask Tallahassee for funding. 

 

Local 10 

Miami-Dade launching new campaign to help Biscayne Bay amid record temperatures  

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – For 45 straight days Miami has been in the grips a heat index of over 100 degrees, and that spells danger for fragile Biscayne Bay. 

 

Citrus County Chronicle 

County bosses approve tentative higher millage 

As county preliminary budget hearings go, Tuesday’s gathering was fairly typical. 

 

BEACH RENOURISHMENT 

Tampa Bay Newspaper 

Army Corps scuttles all Pinellas beach renourishment projects  

  1. PETE BEACH — City commissioners were surprised and confounded to learn the Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District told Pinellas County that none of its beach renourishment projects are moving forward, even though they were ready to go out to bid, because some beachfront property owners refuse to grant the federal government perpetual public access easements to come onto their sand.