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Venice has a council-manager system of local government. This system combines the political leadership of elected officials in the form of a city council with the managerial experience of a city manager.
The council is the legislative body empowered to make decisions by the citizens who elect its members. Council hires and supervises the charter officers.
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John Holic, Mayor
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Mayor John Holic was elected in November, 2010.
He and his wife, Pam, moved to Venice in 1990, when he began an 18-year career with A.G. Edwards financial services. The couple's three sons graduated from Venice High School and Pine View School. Before moving to Venice, Holic was an air traffic controller in Chicago.
He served on the Venice Police Pension Board, South County Family YMCA Foundation Board, and is a member of Sierra Club and Save Our Seabirds.
He represents the city on the Council of Governments.
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Bob Daniels, Council Member
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Council Member Bob Daniels was elected in November 2010.
He and his wife, Nancy, are former educators who moved to Venice in 2006.
He holds a bachelor's degree in from Bowling Green University, a master's degree from Ball State University and a doctorate degree from Ohio State University. He taught industrial technology and special needs vocational education, owned a restoration and remodeling company specializing in historic homes, and worked for GE Appliances and Franklin International.
He is a member of the Venice Theatre Guild and Venice Chamber of Commerce.
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Jim Bennett, Council Member
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Council Member Jim Bennett was elected in 2009.
Before being elected to City Council, Mr. Bennett served on the Venice Planning Commission.
He also served as chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission in New Canaan, Conn. and on the Stamford, Conn. based Southwestern Regional Planning Agency. The Montclair, N.J., native was in-house counsel for several well known firms, such as Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical, Allied Chemical Company and General Electric Co., Latin American Business Division.
An attorney by profession, Mr. Bennett is a graduate of Princeton and Stanford universities. He represents the Palladium Group, a European-based family real estate conglomerate as its U.S. counsel.
He currently serves as ex-officio on the city’s Architectural Review Board and Municipal Code Enforcement Board; and represents the city the Manasota Metropolitan Plannning Organization (MPO).
He and his wife, Lynnette, moved to Venice in 2006.
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Emilio Carlesimo, Council Member
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Council Member Emilio Carlesimo was elected in 2009.
Mr. Carlesimo is a retired firefighter who worked for the city of Detroit and Sarasota County fire departments.
Before his election, he served as a member of the city’s Fire Pension Board and Sarasota County’s Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. He also served as the vice president of the MacArthur Beach and Racquet Club condominium association.
He serves as ex-officio on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and represents the city on the Coastal Advisory Committee as well as the Complete Count Committee for the 2010 Census.
He and his wife, Brenda, have lived in Venice since 1990.
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Jeanette Gates, Council Member
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Council Member Jeanette Gates was elected in 2010.
She graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota before attending Lynchburg College where she earned a bachelor's degree in business. She and her husband, Jeff, moved to Venice after college. She works part-time in the family's business, Beechwood Builders, a general contracting company.
Gates is a member of Sertoma Club of Venice.
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Kit McKeon, Vice Mayor
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Council Member Kit McKeon was elected in 2008.
Before being elected to City Council, he served on the Venice Planning Commission.
Mr. McKeon graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and has an MBA from Golden Gate University. He served as an infantry officer and a helicopter pilot in the United States Army. During his 30-year career in the defense aerospace business, he worked for General Electric and later retired as an executive from Sikorsky Aircraft’s Washington D.C. office.
He serves as the ex-officio on the Public Art Task Force and Economic Development Task Force and represents the city at the Economic Development Corporation.
He, and his wife, Wanda, moved to Venice full time in 2004 from Alexandria, Va. After his parents retired in Venice in 1970, he visited the area frequently until moving here permanently.
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John
K. Moore, Council Member
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Vice Mayor John K. Moore was reelected in 2008.
He serves as ex-officio on the Venice Historical Commission.
Before being elected to the council, he served as chairman of the Municipal Code Enforcement Board.
Mr. Moore holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Virginia Military Institute and a law degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He served in the U.S. Army.
He represents the city at Manasota League of Cities, Sarasota County Tourist Development Council and Tourism and Economic Development Board. He is the ex-officio to the city’s Historic Preservation Board.
He, and his wife, Linda, moved to Venice in 2000 from Virginia Beach, Va., where Mr. Moore served as circuit court judge. The couple have three children and six grandchildren.
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