BELLEAIR BLUFFS - Mayor John Robertson met with members of the area's legislative delegation and got a green light on obtaining a waiver for Belleair Shore to hold its government meeting outside the bounds of the town.
Belleair Shore's commission has held its meetings in this nearby city for years because the town has no public buildings.
Formerly, meetings were held in the home of an official, but the liability factors in this has ruled it out.
Only recently, officials discovered that state law requires that government meetings be held within the boundaries of the jurisdiction.
To get around it, the Legislature can grant what amounts to a waiver.
At the commission meeting November 15, Robertson reported to the commission that the plan to change the way in which parking tickets are processed in the county is on hold, probably for about a year.
Ken Burke, the clerk of the court, apparently wants to outsource the process and remove it as a court function.
As to the status of the lawsuit about charter change amendments which went largely in favor of the cities in the recent election, Robertson said there may be no further court action.
The status of the Belleair Bridge and Causeway is still up in the air.
Talk of this project began back in 1998 or so and under plans enunciated at that time, the project should have been completed by now.
Instead, the project has had rough going in fits and starts. U.S. Rep. Bill Young even has provided about $35 million in federal funds for the project, but nothing has happened.
Robertson says he has queried Tony Hornick, the county's engineer for the project, but has gotten no clear cut answers.
Apparently there is a problem in the bidding process.