BELLEAIR — Christina Porter, formerly chief financial officer for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, has been appointed as Belleair finance director.
BELLEAIR â Money for local sidewalk repair and other improvements has increasingly become harder to come by, so the Belleair Town Commission has decided to join other municipalities to do something about it.
The Town Commission, which hopes to continue improving crosswalks and other infrastructure, voted 5-0 to join other towns in asking the Pinellas County Commission to maintain the way it disburses the Local Option Fuel Tax, which helps pay for town improvements.
The county keeps 60% and apportions the rest to the countyâs municipalities. Belleair, which receives .23% of the tax from the county, also backs the countyâs plan to raise the fuel tax.
BELLEAIR â It is 51 pages long and required the participation of commissioners, the town manager, the townâs management analyst, department heads, employee surveys, as well as meetings and phone interviews with community leaders, residents, and experts to produce.
It is the town of Belleairâs first strategic plan, a roadmap for identifying and solving issues the small town must solve â and the Town Commission approved it unanimously at its Feb. 16. regular meeting.
The strategic plan was unveiled through a virtual presentation with Angela Crist and Robyn Obdegard of the Florida Institute of Government at USF, who helped Belleair planners create the document. The strategic plan also provides a timeline for identifying, tackling, and resolving issues as well as measuring success.