Hillsborough County commissioners cannot remove Tampa Sports Authority board members mid-term, county lawyers concluded.
In an opinion requested by Commissioner Christine Miller, the legal staff cited the board’s fixed four-year terms with no process for removal in the state law that created the agency.
The county commission will receive a report from County Attorney Julie Mandell and her staff during Wednesday’s meeting, according to the online agenda. Attached to the agenda is the “report regarding the board’s legal authority to remove a Hillsborough County-appointed Tampa Sports Authority board member midterm.”…