John Minder is a no party affiliation candidate for Sarasota County Commission District 4

I am running for Sarasota County Commissioner for District 4 because Sarasota County needs a Registered Professional Engineer on the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners. Ninety percent of all business that comes before the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners is engineering related.

I am a 33-year resident of Sarasota County. I am a Registered Professional Engineer in six states. I am a Registered Professional Surveyor and Mapper in two states. I am a U. S. Army Veteran. I have 51 years of professional engineering experience. I have 61 years of professional surveying experience.

I am a graduate of the University of Illinois. I am married with four children. My wife has a Degree in Medical Records Administration.  All of my children are graduates of Sarasota County School System and State of Florida Colleges with my two youngest children with Master Degrees. Three of my children attended Pine View School and I served on the Pine View Association Board. I served on the CEO Executive Committee to the Sarasota County School Board.

I am the Owner and President of Minder and Associates Engineering Corporation, which has been located in Sarasota County for 28 years. I served on the Multi Stake Group, the Florida Engineering Society Committee that reviewed and recommended changes to the Sarasota County Land Development Code. I was Chairman of the FES Committee that reviewed and made changes in the Gulf Gate Septic Tank Sewer Replacement Program.

I am opposed to the 2050 Plan with its Fiscal Neutrality because in my professional opinion it has destroyed the local economy. I have recommended that Sarasota County replace the 2050 Plan with a Total Planned Community Plan with a Master Plan for Utilities and Roads and to adjust the impact fees accordingly.

I support the location of the Homeless Service Shelter in the Sarasota County-owned Bob Building managed by the Sarasota County Health Department and secured by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Department and to move the Sarasota County Bob Building Employees to Downtown City of Sarasota and to move the homeless from all of Sarasota County to the Bob Building where they can receive the help for their addictions and to return to a productive Sarasota County resident. 

John Minder is a no party affiliation candidate for Sarasota County Commission District 4