Council Rieth clash over fire promotions in Venice
The Venice City Council and City Administrator Dale Rieth argued over promoting three firemen from lieutenants to captains. Council members said they were unaware of any authorization. Rieth cited budget and Manning study plans but council leaders challenged the approval and discussed council authority.
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Venice
Dale Rieth
Bill Freeman
Eugene Caffrey
Harry Case
John Vickers
B. H. “Berry” Walker
Freeman
Walker
Fire Department
City Hall
Budget gloom for Sarasota County schools amid state funding gap
Superintendent Gene Pillot warned that state funding for 1977 78 could fall short of current levels, risking program cuts. Senate figures show 8 985 451 while House figures propose 11 161 198, prompting a survey of curriculum priorities to guide future allocations.
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Sarasota County
Gene Pillot
Phillippi Shores
Pillot
Appropriations
State Senate
House
House Committee
Richard Doudna
South County Board
Venice considers move to Florida Retirement System for police and fire
An ad hoc Venice committee will study placing the Police and Fire Departments under the Florida Retirement System, instead of their current pension plans. The switch could cost about $100,000 but supporters say it offers better coverage and city pays premiums. Council aims to have recommendations by July 1.
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Venice Police and Fire Departments
Florida Retirement System
FRS
Venice
FRI
Lilly
Richard Morrisson
Fire Department
B. H. “Berry” Walker
Fire
Uniformed
Robert Ferry
FBI
John Vickers
Walker
Police
Vickers
Gondolier Corrects City Water Plant Designer Error
The Gondolier issues an apology for a May 9 item miscrediting former city consulting engineer Bill Lindh as the designer of Venice's reverse osmosis plant. Lindh drew the concept. Polymetrics designed the facility.
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Gondolier
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Bill Lindh
Venice
Lindh
Polymetrics
Daily Temperature and Rainfall Readings
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Venice seeks EPA leeway on sewer plant deadline
Venice informs the EPA it cannot meet the July 1 deadline to bring its sewer plant outfall into state standards. City Engineer Ted Yeatts says he can persuade the EPA and DER to delay enforcement while the plant upgrades proceed. The facility operates without a permit as effluent with excess pollutants flows into Red Lake.
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Venice
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ted Yeatts
State Department of Environmental Regulation
DER
Yeatts
Red Lake
Venice Hospital Announces Rear Expansion Plan
Venice Hospital outlines a new phase of construction during National Hospital Week. Plans include a second floor surgical suite and first floor support functions in a new service building, with Phase One set to start between January and March 1978 and finish in 1980. The step features a central elevator tower, shelled auditorium, PCU on the third floor west wing, and a fourth floor shell on the west wing, remodeling the Station III Nursing Unit and relocating the laboratory.
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Hospital Board of Trustees
National Hospital Week
Hospital Board
C. R
Bob) Miles
Progressive Care Unit
PCU
Miles
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