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city government : Elected OfficialsUpdated: 5/8/08


Elected Officials

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Karl Nurse - District 6

Karl NurseE-mail Council Member

Aide:
Kewa Wright
727-551-3306

View a PDF map of District 6

Terms of Office:
Appointed to council vacancy in April 2008, term expires January 2, 2010.

Committee Assignments:
Affordable Housing Committee. Co-sponsored Events Committee. Council Procedures Committee. Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council.

Professional:
President of Bay Tech Label, 35-employee specialty printer, since 1986. Vice president, Horizon Packaging, 1980 to 1986. Legislative aide, Florida State Senate, 1976 to 1980. Legislative aide, Florida State House, 1974 to 1976.

Community:
Vice chair of PSTA (2008), board member since 2003. Founder and president of Pinellas Living Green, Inc. since 2006. Board member, Suncoast Sierra Club since 2006. Former chair, St. Petersburg Planning Commission/Historic Preservation Commission (2000) and member, 1993 to 2002. Former president, Council of Neighborhood Associations (2003 to 2006) and vice president in 2002. Former member, St. Petersburg Housing Roundtable. Former vice chair, St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services. Member, Homeless Coalition since 2006 (representing CONA or PSTA). Former member, Airport Advisory Committee, Vision 20/20 Traditional Neighborhoods Committee and Code Enforcement Task Force. Former member of St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership St. Pete Class of 1991, Chamber Community Alliance (1991 to 1993) and Chamber government and housing committees.

Education & Awards:
B.A. in political science from University of South Florida. CONA Citizen of the Year, 2007. St. Petersburg Preservation Award, 2004. Sierra Club Award for Pinellas Living Green Expo, 2007.

Personal:
Clearwater High School graduate, Class of 1972. Pinellas County resident since 1959; St. Petersburg resident since 1977; and District 6 resident since 1991. He and his wife Jody have four children, Julie, Laura, Ryan and Karlie.


District 6 Precincts:
110 • 111 • 112 • 114 • 115 • 116
118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 127 • 128 • 131
132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 • 149

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Contact Elected Officials

Mailing Address:
PO Box 2842
St. Petersburg,FL 33731

Phone
(727) 893-7117

City Council Members:
James Bennett, Chair (Dist. 5)
Jeff Danner, Vice Chair (Dist. 8)
Herbert E. Polson (Dist. 1)
Jim Kennedy (Dist. 2)
Bill Dudley (Dist. 3)
Leslie Curran (Dist. 4)
Karl Nurse (Dist. 6)
Wengay "Newt" Newton (Dist. 7)

City Council Administrative Officer
Terri Lipsey Scott

All Official City Council Meetings are held in City Hall Council Chamber:
175 5th St. N.map to this location

City Council Meetings
are generally held:

1st Thursday - 8:30 a.m.
2nd Thursday - 3 p.m.
3rd Thursday - 3 p.m.

Meetings can be viewed live on WSPF-TV Ch. 15 / 615 cable/ 35 broadcast or
via web stream.

Council District map to this location






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