TREASURE ISLAND — Mayor John Doctor shocked most commissioners by inviting former Carmel, Indiana, Mayor Jim Brainard to present an economic development proposal at the Sept. 2 meeting without advance notice.
Even more surprising was Doctor asking fellow board members to direct the city manager to negotiate a contract with the consultant before commissioners had heard a formal presentation at a work session.
“Jim is a consultant, he has a presentation that’s going to be made, and he’ll talk a little bit about himself, and what we’re trying to accomplish with an economic plan going forward,” Doctor said at the meeting’s start…