NORTH REDINGTON BEACH \u2014 The town has received $750,000 in FEMA refunds for debris pickup costs during the 2024 hurricane season, town officials said Feb. 12.<\/p>\n
The town is awaiting approval of additional refunds, including about $800,000 for sewer transfer costs from the storms, Town Clerk Mari Campbell said at the Town Commission meeting.<\/p>\n
“We have submitted the paperwork for additional refunds which have been obligated, but not paid yet,” Campbell said.<\/p>\n
Town adjusts variance fees to offset costs<\/p>\n
The commission unanimously approved a resolution adjusting variance fees to help offset the town’s special magistrate costs.<\/p>\n
The town previously charged $400 for variances but faced special magistrate fees averaging $2,074 per application. Under the new structure, applicants will pay $400 plus half the magistrate’s fee, totaling about $1,400.<\/p>\n
New appointments approved for planning, beach boards<\/p>\n
The commission unanimously approved alternate members for the Planning and Zoning Board for three-year terms ending in 2029. The alternates are Max Pineiro and Andrew Carlson.<\/p>\n
Alternate members for the Beach Advisory Board were also unanimously approved for two-year terms ending in 2027: Stephanie Calandro, Kevin Williams and Rocco Rinaldi.<\/p>\n
Mayor Jay Super congratulated the appointees. “Thank you all for volunteering to serve your town,” he said.<\/p>\n
Short-term rentals, e-bikes, time capsule discussed<\/p>\n
Residents Katrena Hale and Gary Curtis raised concerns about possible short-term rentals operating in town. Short-term rentals are not permitted in North Redington Beach. Both said they’d seen signs of illegal rentals. Curtis suggested the mayor check online listings for verification.<\/p>\n
Commissioner John Messmore shared video of reckless e-bike riders who nearly caused an accident involving him. Commissioner Corey Thornton said he had encountered a similar incident. Both commissioners requested the town consider an ordinance. Super said the town attorney is working on it.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Rick Nagrabski announced a time capsule event Feb. 26 from 5-7 p.m. at the Gulf Beaches Library. The capsule is slated to be opened in 2068. Light refreshments will be served, and the public is invited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTH REDINGTON BEACH \u2014 The town has received $750,000 in FEMA refunds for debris pickup costs during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[13888,77370,3124,596,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-161603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-fema","9":"tag-fema-funds","10":"tag-north-redington-beach","11":"tag-pinellas-county","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\/161603","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=161603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161603\/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=161603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}