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Linda Monroe served on the Palm Beach Gardens city council from 1980 until retiring from her seat in 1998. In 1984, she became the Vice Mayor under Michael Martino who would, by 1985, hand her the gavel (pictured) as she became the first and only…

Although he was also the owner of a Family Flooring business, Mike Martino first made a name for himself in Palm Beach Gardens by pleading with the city council to maintain the athletic ballfields. When Jim DeLonga encouraged him to run for city…

As the City of Palm Beach Gardens became more and more established, Ted Dela Court, a former police commissioner, was selected from the city council to become the city’s first elected mayor.

Mayor George Black gives the oath of office to newly elected Councilman Walter Wiley in the temporary City Hall facility that would later become the Public Works building. Walter Wiley would serve as councilman from 1970 to 1978, including a period…

In 1971, a new two-story municipal complex was constructed to house the police department; city clerk; city manager; the finance, building, and recreation departments; and the city council chambers. In 1974, six air-conditioned cars patrolled the…