Category: Government
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Al Braithwaite replaces Bruce Haddock as Oldsmar City Manager
As Mayor Doug Bevis noted Tuesday night, for the first time in 31 years there was an unfamiliar item on the Oldsmar City Council meeting agenda. Longtime city employee Al Braithwaite was sworn in as Oldsmar’s fifth City Manager on Oct. 3, 2017, replacing the retiring Bruce Haddock, who left office October 1 after serving…
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Officials say goodbye to retiring Oldsmar City Manager Bruce Haddock
Over the last several months, retiring Oldsmar City Manager Bruce Haddock has received numerous awards and accolades as his 40-plus year career in local government wound down. Haddock, who is retiring October 1 after 31 years as Oldsmar’s City Manager, one of the longest such tenures in state history, has been recognized by local lawmakers and…
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Oldsmar puts out call to artists for sidewalk mural at Sheffield Park
The North Pinellas Cultural Alliance is looking to complete its second public art project as a call to artists has gone out for a sidewalk mural to be painted in Oldsmar’s Sheffield Park. The organization, which was founded in 2015 and received $20,000 in startup funding from six north county municipalities, recently saw its first…
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OCC agrees to postpone vote on sale of St. Petersburg Drive parcel
While the possible development of a vacant parcel of land next to the Oldsmar Public Library appeared to be on a fast track after the City Council approved a zoning change in July, that same governing body slammed the brakes on the deal just as quickly Tuesday evening. Faced with an agenda item seeking approval…
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Oldsmar Sports Complex Master Plan project enters initial stages
While the renovation of the neighboring Woodlands Square plaza, future home of Earth Fare Oldsmar, continues, City officials recently gave the go-ahead to begin initial work on the first phase of the Oldsmar Sports Complex Master Plan. Phase 1B of the project, which is expected to turn the old Canal Park into a “world class…
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Oldsmar officials, residents band together in wake of Hurricane Irma
In the early morning hours of Monday, September 11, 2017, Hurricane Irma ripped through the Tampa Bay area sporting wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour while pelting the entire state with heavy bands of driving rain. Soon after the powerful Category 2 storm exited the area, Oldsmar officials and residents began working to…
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Earth Fare Oldsmar job fair rescheduled in wake of Hurricane Irma
A job fair hosted by Earth Fare Oldsmar scheduled for this week has been postponed due to Hurricane Irma. The fair, originally scheduled for Sept. 13-15 at the Hampton Inn, has been rescheduled for Sept. 20-22 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the hotel, which is located at 4017 Tampa Road. The new store,…
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Oldsmar officials urging caution as powerful Hurricane Irma approaches Florida
City of Oldsmar officials are urging residents to exercise caution as powerful Hurricane Irma approaches the state of Florida. Governor Rick Scott already declared a state of emergency in advance of Irma, which is currently classified as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds measured at 185 mph, according to Weather.com. Evacuations have been ordered…
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Oldsmar officials disagree over terms of town home development agreement
After allowing the City Manager enter into a development agreement that would see 52 town homes built on a slice of City-owned property next to the Oldsmar Public Library in June, and following the unanimous approval of a rezoning request for the seven-acre parcel earlier this month, the Oldsmar City Council recently authorized the City Attorney…
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OCC unanimously approves rezoning request, paving the way for 52-unit town home development next to the library
The Oldsmar City Council unanimously approved a rezoning request for an acre of land adjacent to the library earlier this week, potentially paving the way for a 52-unit town home development to be built on the City-owned land. The 5-0 decision on second and final reading switched the zoning from Residential Single Family (R2) to…