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For more than 90 minutes Wednesday night, residents stood before the Sarasota County Charter Review Board and argued the merits of single-member districts.
About 80% of the evening’s 45 speakers were in favor of the districts and asked board members to keep the districts in place. However, board members pushed a decision to its next board meeting to comply with procedural bylaws.
Board members were reviewing single-member districts at the request of the Sarasota County Commission, members of whom wanted to discuss the potential of reverting to a system where county residents cast at-large ballots for commissioners.
Public opinion
Aside from the Charter Review Board examining single-member districts, county commissioners said they want a question placed on the 2021 Citizen Opinion Survey that will gauge voter opinion of the system.
Once again, the Sarasota County Fire Department is considering improvements to its service, particularly when it comes to its Rapid Response Unit.
The department hired Emergency Services Consulting International to analyze the department’s successes and areas where it could improve.
ESCI first made recommendations for improvement to the county in 2016, many of which Chief Michael Regnier said the department has accomplished over the past few years.
Since the last consulting plan, the department has increased staffing, established a messaging platform for departmentwide communication, began the process for a dedicated regional training academy and implemented a tiered emergency response.
“Through the support of the board and administration, we were able to accomplish a lot,” Regnier said. “I think now is a great opportunity to continue to move the department forward.”
8 hours ago Share Commissioners are considering what data to use for redistricting and whether voters want to get rid of single-member districts, which were approved in 2018.
After redrawing districts ahead of the 2020 election, the Sarasota County Commission is again discussing moves that could affect the way residents vote.
Commissioners on April 20 had preliminary discussions about how to best redraw district lines after the 2020 census data is released and asked the Charter Review Board to review and potentially repeal the county’s single-member districts.
This year, the U.S. Census Bureau delayed the release date of data that local municipalities use to redraw political districts from March to September.
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