Vacancies announced on Palm Harbor Community Services Agency, Inc.

Pinellas County is accepting applications for one upcoming vacancy on the Palm Harbor Community Services Agency, Inc. board as the individual appointment for Commissioner Charlie Justice. This appointment is to fulfill a term that will expire on Dec. 1, 2025.

Service on this board is a volunteer position. The primary purpose of the Palm Harbor Community Services Agency, Inc. (PHCSA) to provide library and recreation services to the residents of the Palm Harbor Community Services District, a municipal services taxing unit.  The Agency is responsible for the management of all library and recreation department funds, and hires the directors of the Palm Harbor Library, East Lake Community Library, East Lake Recreation, and Palm Harbor Parks and Recreation.

Pinellas County Code §114-213  provides for an eight-member PHSCA Board of Directors comprised of:  one director who is an officer or director of, and appointed by, the Palm Harbor Friends of the Library, Inc.;  one director who is an officer or director of, and appointed by, the Palm Harbor Recreation League, Inc.; one  director who is an officer or director of, and appointed by, the East Lake Community Library Advisory Board, Inc.; one director who is an officer or director of, and appointed by, the East Lake Youth Sports Association, Inc.; and four  directors appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Each County Commissioner representing the three at-large districts shall nominate one director each and the County Commissioner representing District 4 shall nominate one director.  Directors are appointed for 2-year terms and may not serve more than four successive terms.

Each director shall be a qualified Pinellas County elector. The directors appointed by the Palm Harbor Friends of the Library, Inc. and the Palm Harbor Recreation League, Inc. shall reside in the district; the director appointed by the East Lake Community Library Advisory Board, Inc. shall  in the East Lake Library Services District; the director appointed by the East Lake Youth Sports Association, Inc. shall reside in the East Lake Recreation Services District; and the directors appointed by the Board of County Commissioners shall reside either in the district, the East Lake Library Services District, or the East Lake Recreation Services District.  Residency is required for the entirety of each director’s appointment.

Applications can be found at www.pinellas.gov/boards. Applications must be received by 3 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2024. 

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