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HomeMy WebLinkAbout255162 - AGENDAS - City Commission May-06-2011 0150 PM Broward County ScE 954-357-7070 1/3 • COUNTY 1. The Charter Review Commission And Management And Efficiency Study Committee Shall Meet Every Ten Years Shall the Broward County Charter be amended to provide that the Charter Review Commission and the Management and Efficiency Study Committee meet every ten(10)years, instead of every six(6) years as Is currently required, to save meeting and administrative costs? Over the next twenty years, the proposed Charter amendment will result in two less meetings for the Charter Review Commission and one less meeting for the Management and Efficiency Study Committee, Based on the most recent commission and committee budgets,the estimated cost savings from the reduction In meetings is$2,500,000, Yes No • 2. County Code Of Ethics Prevails Over Municipal Ordinances Regulating Conduct Of Public Officials And Employees Shall Section 11.01 of the Broward County Charter be amended to provide that a County Code of Ethics, when enacted by the County Commission as an ordinance, shall prevail over any conflicting municipal ordinances that regulate the conduct of elected officials, appointed officials,and public employees? It is estimated that this amendment will have no financial impact to Broward County. Yes No • 01:50 PM BrctA'ard County ScE 954-35?-70-0 2l3 • 3. Broward County Constitutional Officers Subject To The Broward County Code of Ethics Shall the Broward County Charter be amended to make the Sheriff, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections, and Clerk of the Circuit Court subject to the Broward County Code of Ethics? Broward County costs would increase by an amount that cannot be determined. The County funds the operating costs to the Constitutional officers. Any costs incurred in extending the County Code of Ethics to the Constitutional officers would therefore be borne by the County. Yes No 4. Establish Charter Office Of Inspector General To Investigate County And Municipa€Misconduct And Gross Mismanagement Shall Article XII of the Broward County Charter be created to establish a Charter Office of Inspector General;to preempt any and all Inspector General offices existing or created by County or • Municipal ordinance; and to provide for the powers and functions of the Charter Office of Inspector General including the investigation of misconduct and gross mismanagement by County and Municipal officials and employees and in County and Municipal contracting? Broward County costs would increase by an amount that cannot be determined. The amendment would expand the scope of the Inspector General's authority to include Investigations of County officials and employees,officials and employees of Broward's thirty- one municipalities, and County and municipal contracting. The expanded authority of the Inspector General would increase potential investigations and costs of the Inspector General's office. Yes No • County SaE 954-357-7070 313 • S. Allow Counties To Show Taxpayers The Portion Of Property Taxes Attributable To Constitutional Officers Should the Florida Statutes be amended to allow counties to show county taxpayers,on the TRIM(Truth In Mlllage) notice,the portion of property taxes attributable to each of the county's Constitutional Officers? Yes No • •