VENICE – Venice Mayor Nick Pachota opted to bypass the city’s established process to pick advisory board members Tuesday by nominating the reappointment of four current members of the Venice Planning Commission to new three-year terms.
That decision, which passed on a 4-2 vote, with Council Member Rachel Frank absent, kept Bill Wilson, Richard Hale, Jerry Jasper and Pam Schierberg on the key development review panel.
It also bypassed the current closed-ranking system that would have allowed former council candidate Patricia Ouelette a seat on the board, with the council deciding to break a tie between Jasper and Schierberg…