BRADENTON BEACH – The Bradenton Beach City Commission will hold a special meeting on Thursday, April 23, at 9 a.m. to discuss a representation-certification petition the International Union of Police Associations (I.U.P.A) submitted with the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission on April 10.
The union seeks to serve as the bargaining unit for members of the Bradenton Beach Police Department who hold the rank of officer or sergeant. The union does not seek to represent Police Chief John Cosby, Lt. Lenard Diaz or the police department’s clerk and public information officer, ChrisAnn Allen.
The meeting agenda also includes a discussion about the potential for the city’s law enforcement services to be provided by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office instead.
The city of Anna Maria does not have a city police department and instead contracts the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office to provide the city’s law enforcement services.
Open to the public, the meeting will be held at Bradenton Beach City Hall in the Katie Pierola Commission Chambers at 107 Gulf Drive North.
Thursday’s meeting will be livestreamed and archived at the Anna Maria Island Sun Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/AnnaMariaIslandSun
The meeting video will also later be archived at the Sun website.
Read the I.U.P.A certification petition here.
