https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/22mjednj<\/a><\/p>\nThe Safe Streets Pinellas Action Plan serves as a road map to reach the goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries on Pinellas County roadways.<\/p>\n
Pinellas County University seeks applicants<\/p>\n
Pinellas County residents can experience a behind-the-scenes look at how their county government provides first-class services by attending this year\u2019s Pinellas County University.<\/p>\n
The application window is open for the six-week course scheduled for Wednesday evenings from March 4 through April 8.<\/p>\n
Participants will get an inside look at various Pinellas County operations each week and talk to the experts as they explore a wide range of county functions. Classes generally meet from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Enrollment applications are available online or by calling 727-464-4600. The deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 20. Registration is free and includes snacks, a graduation ceremony, a class photo and a diploma.<\/p>\n
FEMA okays additional $480M for disaster recovery<\/p>\n
TALLAHASSEE \u2014 FEMA has announced more than $480 million in federal funding to support more than 500 disaster recovery projects statewide in Florida.<\/p>\n
These local and state-managed projects include $180 million for rebuilding or restoring critical infrastructure and public facilities, more than $136.6 million for emergency measures to protect life and property and $66.3 million for clearing debris from public roads.<\/p>\n
Some notable announcements include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Nearly $83.9 million for permanent repairs or replacement of parks and recreational equipment, buildings, docks and facilities, including $16.5 million for the city of St. Petersburg for Tropicana Field<\/p>\n
\u2022 An additional $37 million for Charlotte County for emergency work, beach repair and coastal protection.<\/p>\n
\u2022 More than $35.8 million for the permanent repairs or replacement of buildings and equipment<\/p>\n
\u2022 More than $26.7 million for permanent repairs or replacement to utilities, power generation and distribution facilities.<\/p>\n
\u2022 More than $25.7 million for permanent repairs to water works facilities<\/p>\n
\u2022 $9.3 million to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, $8.2 million to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and more than $5.9 million to Florida Department of Health for emergency measures to protect public safety.<\/p>\n
Property Appraiser sets Q&A on exemptions<\/p>\n
The Pinellas County Property Appraisers\u2019 Office will provide information and answer questions about homestead exemptions Thursday, Feb. 12, noon-1 p.m. at 2500 34th St. N., second floor, St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n
The event is open to all first-time home buyers who recently applied for Homestead Exemption. Exemption specialists will guide attendees through the qualifying criteria for these tax-saving benefits and answer questions. The office also has a new tool to help with storm damage rebuilding and repairing.<\/p>\n
The event will be conducted in-person and virtually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gualtieri to lead national sheriff\u2019s group WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri has been sworn in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[596,3152,74227,74226,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-153917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-pinellas-county","9":"tag-pinellas-county-sheriff","10":"tag-pinellas-county-university","11":"tag-safe-streets-pinellas","12":"tag-st-pete","13":"tag-st-pete-headlines","14":"tag-st-pete-news","15":"tag-st-petersburg","16":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","17":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}