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The commission approved a $112,200 proposal for construction phase services on the North Franks Avenue/East Lafayette Street roundabout construction project. ....
BELLEAIR BEACH — Increases in the city’s budgeted capital improvement funds may be needed to complete planned stormwater drainage and seawall/boat ramp renovation projects. ....
BELLEAIR BLUFFS â There will be a contested election this year, the cityâs first in five years. Longtime commissioners Jack Nazario and Suzy Sofer are being challenged by Steve McNally, a newcomer to city politics. The top two vote-getters will win seats on the commission. The election is March 9. Mayor Chris Arbutine is also up for election this year, but is unopposed, and will be continuing to serve in a position he has held since 2001. He is Pinellas Countyâs longest-serving mayor. Though this will be McNallyâs first run for political office, he has attended commission meetings over the past few years, and has spoken out on issues such as a proposed increase in the utility tax, which he opposed, and favoring reducing the property tax rate last year to the rollback rate. The commission voted to increase the utility tax to finance ongoing road projects, and left the millage rate unchanged. ....