Looking to share your voice, make an impact, or get more involved? Volunteering on a City of Venice advisory board is an excellent way to do so. The City of Venice has the following advisory board seats open:

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - has two seats expiring soon. This board meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall, 401 W. Venice Ave. The Commission has seven members appointed pursuant to the City Charter from among residents of the City of Venice. Members serve a three-year term. Planning Commission members:

• Acquire and maintain in current form such basic information as is necessary to an understanding of past trends, present conditions, and forces at work to cause change in these conditions.

• Prepare and keep current a comprehensive general plan for meeting present requirements and such future needs as may be foreseen.

• Propose principles and policies for guiding action affecting development in the City and its environs.

• Recommend to the City Council ordinances, regulations and other proposals promoting orderly development along lines indicated as desirable by the comprehensive plan.

• Determine whether specific proposed developments conform to the principles and requirements of the comprehensive plan.

• Keep the City Council informed and advised as to these matters.

• Gather information necessary for drafting, establishing, and maintaining the comprehensive plan and ordinances and regulations related to it.

• Perform other duties which may be lawfully assigned to it, or which may have a bearing on the preparation or accomplishment of the plan.

𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 (𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐁) - has a vacant seat. The term is a 3-year term. This board meets the second Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. at City Hall. All HAPB members, other than members who are registered architects, shall be City residents or the owners of real property located within the City. HAPB members shall have a demonstrated commitment to historic preservation and, to the extent possible, shall be professionals or retired professionals from the disciplines of: 1. Historic conservation; 2. History, archaeology, folklore, or anthropology; 3. Architecture, historic architecture, or architectural history; 4. Land-use planning or historic preservation planning; 5. Real estate, land development, general or building contracting; 6. Landscape architecture or historic landscape architecture; 7. Conservation, curation, or museology; 8. Preservation law; 9. Professional engineering; or 10. Finance.

𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 - has an open seat for a partial term until May 31, 2028. This board conducts an annual review of the expenditures made by the City from sales tax proceeds to ensure that expenditures have been made in accordance with infrastructure project lists and any changes thereto. Members shall be residents of the City. No member may be a full-time employee of the City or private individuals or employees of private firms under contract with the City. The board shall meet annually or as needed to review any changes made by the City to the infrastructure projects or to the allocation of sales tax proceeds for the sole purpose of ensuring that all procedural requirements have been followed.

 

More information on these boards and requirements to serve, as well as an application, can be found online here. You can also contact Amanda Hawkins-Brown in the City Clerk’s Office at ahbrown@venicefl.gov or 941-882-7391.

 

Deadline for applications is 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.

All past applicants must reapply for consideration. If you are selected to serve on a City board, you will be required to comply with the state public records, sunshine laws, and financial disclosure requirements.