Pinellas County, Florida -- Pinellas County commissioners and the county administrator will be spending quality time with the public on Wednesday, April 10, at Pinellas County’s 2014 Budget Community Forum.

It’s the community’s chance to find out more about Pinellas County programs and services and provide feedback on next year’s budget. As the county works on a strategic direction for the future, they are asking citizens to share their own vision of the community and of Pinellas County as a whole.

Pinellas County, Florida -- The Pinellas County Board of Adjustment has one alternate member position open.

The Board of Adjustment reviews variance requests for issues such as setback reductions, lot area reductions and parking requirement reductions as well as requests for special exceptions. Members are appointed by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners whose individual number terms run concurrently with the term of the appointing commissioner.

Pinellas County, Florida -- The PSTA Board of Directors made a historic advancement in improving Pinellas County’s transit service.

By a unanimous vote at its monthly meeting on Jan. 23, the Board agreed to ask the County Commission to include a transit improvement sales tax on the November 2014 ballot moving more than 30 years of planning forward.

Financial data shows that PSTA’s current revenues will not be enough to maintain current service levels in the coming years, let alone improving the transit system.