Safety Harbor commission creates Sustainability Advisory Board, approves revised duties

The Safety Harbor City Commission voted 5-0 April 21 to adopt Resolution 2025-02 creating a Sustainability Advisory Board to review and recommend sustainability initiatives.

Public Works Director Brannon Cooper introduced the resolution, noting that the commission had previously directed staff to propose the board and that the resolution’s goals and membership are laid out in sections 4 and 5.

Cooper said the text distributed before the meeting was revised. “It’s important to note that there have been some legal revisions to the resolution that was previously posted and distributed. Revisions are within sections 4, 5, and 6. These revisions were required in order to meet state statutory requirements and to provide for more specific board responsibilities,” he said.

The adopted resolution charges the advisory board with reviewing sustainability initiatives and making recommendations to the city commission. The commission voted to adopt the resolution including the revisions referenced by staff. The formal motion to adopt and the subsequent second were recorded as passed by the full five-member commission, with the vote announced as 5-0.

The resolution does not specify implementation details such as staffing or initial budget in the meeting record; those matters will be addressed in future commission or staff reports if proposed. The commission record indicates the revisions were made to align the board’s composition and duties with state law and to clarify responsibilities, but it does not include the full text of the edits in the public hearing remarks.

The commission took no other formal actions tied to the board at the meeting (no appointments to the new board were made). The measure becomes effective as provided in the resolution.