Port Richey coastal resiliency committee lacks quorum; business deferred

PORT RICHEY, Fla. — The Port Richey City Coastal Resiliency and Restoration Committee on Feb. 10 did not have a quorum and could not conduct official business, Committee Chairman Karl Roth said, and members said they will address the current agenda at next month’s meeting, which will be scheduled and announced.

A committee member said the group has now held six meetings and that in the last two or three meetings members have begun substantive conversations about the committee’s work, but the body did not complete any formal items on Feb. 10 because it lacked the required attendance.

Karl Roth, who identified himself as chairman of the 2025 Coastal Resiliency and Restoration Committee, said the committee lacked a quorum and therefore could not meet officially. Roth told attendees the committee will address the outstanding agenda items at the next regularly scheduled meeting and said the meeting will occur at the same time each month. He apologized for the inability to hold the meeting as planned.

No motions, votes, appointments or formal actions were recorded in the transcript from the Feb. 10 session. Committee members described the day as a procedural cancellation rather than a substantive debate; staff or members did not present or pass any proposals in the excerpted record.

Committee members and attendees discussed that previous meetings had begun to “have some conversations” about the committee’s work, but the transcript shows those conversations remain in an early stage and did not produce formal direction or decisions on Feb. 10.

The committee said it will schedule and announce the next meeting; the record states it will meet at the same monthly time, but a precise date and time were not specified in the transcript.