Manatee County Commissioners have unanimously confirmed longtime County employee John Osborne to serve as the Deputy County Administrator. At Manatee County Government, Osborne has served in current and long-range urban planning, construction management, environmental management and as head of the Quality Communities Team, Transportation Systems Management Division Manager and the County's Planning Department Director. Since 2015, he implemented the County's How Will We Grow? plan, the 2013 Urban Land Institute's Advisory Services Panel Report for Manatee County. In recent years he has overseen impact fees and strategic planning. He was the recipient of the James T. Farr Memorial Award in December 2013 for professionalism in urban planning by the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Florida Planning and Zoning Association. He is also a graduate of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce 2015 Leadership Manatee class.

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