INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — City commissioners have created a citizen advisory board to give residents a formal voice on issues facing the community, capping weeks of debate over the panel’s name, composition and membership criteria.
The Neighbor Advisory Board, approved 5-0 on April 14, will consist of five regular members and two alternates serving one-year renewable terms. Members must be full-time residents of Indian Rocks Beach, and the commission can appoint and remove them as needed.
“The idea of the Neighbor Advisory Board is going toward that aim of having neighbors rather than residents, citizens or customers,” City Manager Ryan Henderson said at a March 25 meeting. “But the intent is to have people that live here.”…