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Manatee County honors Commissioner Carol Ann Felts; board advances renaming and rural advisory board
Summary
At a packed March 3 meeting, the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners held tributes for the late Commissioner Carol Ann Felts, accepted proclamations from local cities, voted to rename a park section in her honor and directed staff to create a Rural Citizens and Lands Advisory Board to continue her work on rural-land issues.
The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners opened its March 3 meeting with a tribute to Commissioner Carol Ann Felts, who died Feb. 24, 2026. Chair Tal Siddiq presided over an invocation, musical tributes and two videos honoring Felts’s advocacy for rural lands and county government transparency.
Representatives from the cities of Palmetto and Bradenton presented proclamations recognizing March 3 as a day in Felts’s honor. Mayor Dan West of Palmetto read his city’s proclamation praising Felts’s conservation work and community advocacy. The board then read and adopted its own proclamation…
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