Oldsmar Planning Board approves minutes, excuses absence and re-nominates chair; vice chair chosen

The Oldsmar Planning Board opened its Dec. 10 meeting with routine business, approving the Nov. 12 meeting minutes and voting to excuse a member's absence from that prior meeting.

During the procedural portion of the meeting some members expressed frustration with a new attendance provision adopted by City Council that can remove members after two missed meetings; a board member called the policy 'draconian' and said volunteers should be excused more readily, while the chair said the rule was approved by the council and must be followed.

The board then conducted officer nominations for the coming year. Speaker 4 nominated the sitting chair for another term; the nomination was seconded and accepted without a contested ballot. Speaker 4 also nominated a board member identified in the transcript only as 'Lynette' for vice chair; that nomination was seconded and accepted. There were no contested elections reported.

The board adjourned with holiday remarks from the chair.