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COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM A
CONSENT
INFORMA TIONAL
PUBLIC HEARING
REGULAR X
08/27/01
Meeting
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Authorization
REQUEST: It is requested that the City Commission provide direction In
appointing legal counsel to advise the Code Enforcement Board.
PURPOSE: This agenda item is offered to request the Commission's input and
direction on how to satisfy the request of the Code Enforcement Board Chairman who has
requested that counsel be provided for the Board's benefit in handling code enforcement
matters.
CONSIDERATIONS: At the August 13, 2001, Commission meeting, the
Chairman of the Code Enforcement Board, Joanna Krebs, requested that the Board be
assigned legal counsel to provide advise, recommendations, and case review services for
the Board. Mrs. Krebs stressed that board members often do not understand the
nuances of cases before them, nor are they comfortable with making determinations that
they feel are sometimes outside the scopc of their lcgal expertise.
Under Florida statutcs, the City Attorney cannot serve as both counscl to the City
Commission and counsel to the Code Enforcement Board, thereby necessitating the
appointment of outside counsel.
Fees for counsel to the Board were not anticipated in the FY 2000/2001 budget, and
a supplemental appropriation of an undetermined amount would have to be made if
counsel is provided immediately.
If counsel is provided beginning on October 1, 2001, budgetary allowances for
attorney fees will have to be adjusted in the proposed FY 2001/2002 budget now under
consideration.
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August 27,2001
City Commission Regular Agenda
Item "A"
FUNDING: To Be Determined.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Commission provide direction for
staff in supplying legal counsel to the Code Enforcement Board, and if such counsel is
approved, determine with some certainty an estimated cost to be raised through a
supplemental appropriation for this fiscal year, or an adjustment in the proposed FY
2001/2002 budget.
ATTACHMENT: None
COMMISSION ACTION: