Tag: Dan Saracki
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Dan Saracki named 2018 Home Rule Hero Award winner by Florida League of Cities
Oldsmar City Council member Dan Saracki was recently named a 2018 Home Rule Hero Award winner by the Florida League of Cities, continuing a streak of being recognized for his commitment to local government. Saracki, who was automatically reelected to a second three-year term in March 2016, helped Oldsmar win the 2017 City Spirit Award for…
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Oldsmar Vice Mayor Dan Saracki recognized for dedication to local government
Oldsmar Vice Mayor Dan Saracki was recently recognized for his commitment to local government after he completed a high-level training course run by the Florida League of Cities in December. During the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, Oldsmar Mayor Doug Bevis presented Saracki with a framed copy of the certificate commemorating him for…
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City of Oldsmar wins City Spirit Award from Florida League of Cities
The City of Oldsmar was awarded the City Spirit Award from the Florida League of Cities during the organization’s ninth annual Florida Municipal Achievement Awards last week. Oldsmar was chosen from 400+ municipalities in the state for the award, which “recognizes a single, specific citywide effort to successfully address a local need,” for its yearlong…
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Time capsule-closing concludes Oldsmar’s centennial celebration
The closing of a time capsule filled with mementoes from Oldsmar’s 100-year history on Tuesday evening officially concluded the city’s yearlong centennial celebration. In a brief ceremony held just prior to the city’s annual tree lighting, Oldsmar City Council member and centennial committee chair Dan Saracki spoke about the capsule and the efforts of the…
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Peppertree residents prevail in speed hump fight
After years of asking the City of Oldsmar to install speed humps on their street, the residents of Peppertree Drive were finally rewarded for their efforts, as the council approved the request by a vote of 4-1 on Tuesday. For years, the residents of Peppertree Dive in Oldsmar have been petitioning the City Council to…
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Peppertree residents get second chance for speed hump request
The Oldsmar City Council last week decided to put the Peppertree Drive speed hump item back on the agenda in order to allow every council member to vote on the controversial issue. The Oldsmar City Council last week decided to put the Peppertree Drive speed hump issue back on the agenda in order to allow…
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Final Fifth Friday concert of 2016 this week
The Fifth Friday Sunsets concert scheduled for this Friday, July 29, at R.E. Olds Park, will be the final one of the year after officials decided to cancel the September event. When the Oldsmar100 centennial committee first scheduled the Fifth Friday Sunsets concert series more than a year ago, the plan was to hold a themed…
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Oldsmar Council approves centennial concert on October 1, 2016
The City of Oldsmar will end its yearlong centennial celebration in style, with a star-studded rock concert at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, October 1, 2016. The City of Oldsmar will end its yearlong centennial celebration in style, with a star-studded rock concert at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, October 1, 2016, from 5-10 p.m., after…
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Rain doesn’t dampen Oldsmar’s centennial weekend celebration
While the annual Oldsmar Days parade did get rained out, the rest of the City of Oldsmar’s centennial celebration weekend was full of bright sunshine and starry nights. Perhaps the cries of “rain, rain, go away, come back another day” worked. Either that or it was just the typical, fickle Florida spring weather. After a…
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Black Honkeys rock Oldsmar’s Fifth Friday Centennial celebration
R.E. Olds Park was packed last Friday night as Oldsmar held the first event in honor of the city’s yearlong People’s Centennial celebration. And with plenty of food and drink on hand, plus performances by opening act Mr. Pickles and headliners the Black Honkeys, the initial Fifth Friday did not disappoint. After making sure everything…