Manatee County Commission set to appoint one person to Planning Commission

MANATEE -- Thirty-one Manatee County residents are vying to fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission.

At Tuesday's commission meeting, the county commission is set to appoint one person to the advisory board for a term ending in October 2019. The vacancy was caused by the end of current Chairman Bill Conerly's term. Conerly has reapplied for the seat.

Manatee County solicited applications in September for the seat on the seven-member planning commission, which is a "citizens advisory committee that makes recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on land use items," according to a news release.

According to the news release, which was sent Sept. 4, no specific expertise is required but people with experience or training in planning, engineering, environmental science and the development industry may be given additional consideration for appointment.

Applicants are:

Alla Barwick

James Brown

Richard Busby

Daniel Cacchiotti

Vincent Canna

Robert (Bob) Cepuchowski

Robert D. Colestock

William "Bill" Conerly, an incumbent

Craig Copeman

Del Couch

Steven W. Dennis

F.L. "Frank" Eldridge

Gretchen Fowler

Laurie P. Galle

Eric N. Gill

Shelley Hamilton

Robert van Laer Hartwell

Alan E. Jones

Erik W. Jones

James C. Lane

Edmund McAdam

Hugh D. Miller

Peter G. Peters

Donald E. Popowski

Michael C. Rahn

Michael Ramirez

H. David Roth

Ronald E. Spears III

Mitchell Teitelbaum

James Jay Traverso

Michael R. Wood, AICP

Claire Aronson, Manatee County reporter, can be reached at 941-745-7024. Follow her on Twitter@Claire_Aronson.

This story was originally published October 19, 2015 at 2:21 PM with the headline "Manatee County Commission set to appoint one person to Planning Commission ."