Rick Butler was elected to City Council in March of 1998 after serving as a member of the Pinellas Park Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee and the City of Pinellas Park Board of Adjustment. After taking office, he represented the City on a variety of countywide boards such as the Pinellas County Economic Development Council, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), Pinellas County 1906 Committee, Pinellas Enrichment Through Mental Health Services (PEHMS), Affordable Housing Committee and is past President of the Suncoast League of Cities.  

Rick has been a driving force in our community for more than thirty years. He is a past president of the Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce, the Pinellas Park Kiwanis Club, the Pinellas Park Boys & Girls Club and Celebrate Pinellas Park, Incorporated. He has also served on numerous boards throughout the community including the Columbia Northside Hospital Board of Trustees, the Pinellas Park Equity Study Commission, the Pinellas Park Art Society and the St. Giles Emergency Food Pantry. 

Rick has received many awards over the years including the Citizen of the Year Award in 1991, the Key to the City, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Golden Boy Award for Service, the Kiwanis Clubs’ George Hixon Fellowship Award, the Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce Good Government Award and the PEHMS PACE award for Outstanding Service in Government Affairs. Rick currently serves as Ex-Officio on the Pinellas Park Boys & Girls Club Unit Advisory Council. He is also still involved with Celebrate Pinellas Park, Incorporated – the non-profit organization that organizes the Pinellas Park Holiday Parade.

Rick has owned and operated Rick Butler Realty for over thirty years and is a life-long resident of the City of Pinellas Park. He’s an avid outdoorsman and is currently one of six nuisance alligator trappers in Pinellas County for the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. In his spare time Rick enjoys riding his motorcycle and working on various other projects in his garage. Rick and his wife, Carol have one son Ricky, three Bassett Hounds and two cats.

You can contact Councilman Butler via email at rbutler@pinellas-park.com