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VENICE – Nick Pachota offered fellow members of the Venice City Council insight Tuesday on his current state role as an incident commander in the state’s effort to administer COVID-19 vaccines. “There is no doubt that if we have the vaccine on hand, we’re trying to put that in people’s arms,” said Pachota, the All Hazard Incident Management Team incident commander for Regions 6 and 7, as part of the Unified Command under the Florida Division of Emergency Management and Florida Department of Health on the State Emergency Response Team. Region 7 includes Miami-Dade and Broward count...

VENICE – Mayor Ron Feinsod wants to bring a representative of the League of Women Voters of Florida Health Care team in to make a presentation to the Venice City Council about the expansion of Medicaid in Florida. Feinsod plans to schedule a presentation by Diane Dimperio, chairman of the League of Women Voters of Florida Health Care Team, as soon as the council’s first meeting on Jan. 12, 2021. “To me, it’s a fiscally responsible move for the state to do this, and it’s a socially responsible move for the state to do this,” Feinsod said. “This resolution by the city is not a po...