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Oldsmar council requires Veterans Advisory Board members be veterans and city residents
Summary
The Oldsmar City Council voted to amend Resolution 2024-24 to require Veterans Advisory Board members to be veterans and residents of Oldsmar; the boardand public speakers described the change as clarifying membership rules, not eligibility for the veterans wall.
The Oldsmar City Council on a unanimous voice vote revised Resolution 2024-24 to require that members of the Veterans Advisory Board be both veterans and residents of Oldsmar.
Council action came after a lengthy discussion with current and former Veterans Advisory Board members who described the board's origins, its ceremonial and community work and concerns about inconsistent application forms. Mark Bridal, an original board member, said the board's rules "were only meant to keep the ones that shouldn't be on that wall…
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