BRADENTON BEACH – Bradenton Beach City Clerk Terri Sanclemente has confirmed that Mike Alexander is currently serving as the city’s building official.
Alexander is a contract employee with the Tew & Taylor firm that previously provided the contracted building official services of Rob Perry. Alexander started working with the city on April 30 and has been issued a city email account. As of Tuesday, May 19, Alexander had not yet been formally introduced during a public city meeting, and Perry’s departure had not been publicly discussed. The commission meets next on Thursday, May 21, at 6 p.m.
On April 16, the Bradenton Beach City Commission reached consensus to advertise for the potential hiring of a full-time, city-employed building official. The commission spoke positively about Perry’s job performance but expressed concerns about the cost of the contracted building department services being provided by Tew & Taylor. At some point after that meeting, Perry’s working relationship with the city was discontinued.
According to Alexander’s LinkedIn profile, he served as the full-time building official for the city of Port Richey from Feb. 2023 to Aug. 2024; and while working at SAFEbuilt, he was the contracted building official in Port Richey from June 2022 to Feb. 2023.
According to a Suncoast News story published at the Tampa Bay Beacons’ website on Aug. 21, 2024, Alexander resigned as the Port Richey building official on Aug. 30 after tendering his resignation to the city manager on Aug 16. According to the news story, Alexander resigned because he felt he could no longer effectively perform his duties due to the mayor’s alleged interference with the enforcement of building codes.
Alexander served as a building inspector for Hillsborough County from Dec. 2018 through Nov. 2020.
