02/21/2007 Agreement
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
DATE:
March 15,2007
TO:
Suzanne A. Hutton
County Attorney
ATTN:
Kathy Peters
Executive Assistant
Pamela G. Haw~
Deputy Clerk 0
FROM:
At the February 21, 2007, Board of County Commissioner's meeting the Board granted
approval and authorized execution of a lnterlocal Agreement between Monroe County and the
City of Key West providing for the mutual use of building and/or special inspectors employed by
the respective local governments.
Enclosed is a duplicate original of the above-mentioned for your handling. Should you
have any qutlstions please do not hesitate to contact this office.
cc: Finance
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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN MONROE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF KEY WEST
PROVIDING FOR THE MUTUAL USE OF BUILDING AND/OR SPECIALTY
INSPECTORS EMPLOYED BY THE RESPECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
This Interlocal Agreement is entered into by and between the City of Key West
(hereinafter the "City") and the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida (hereinafter the "County"), on this 21st day of February, 2007.
WHEREAS, the parties as local governments may entered into Interlocal
Agreements pursuant to section 163.0 I, Florida Statutes for the purposes of providing
assistance to each other and/or to reduce the cost burden to the taxpayer; and
WHEREAS, from time to time the City or the County, due to manpower shortages,
may have the need to call upon the other to provide qualified, licensed inspectors to
conduct the various types of inspections, which are required under the Florida Building
Code for a construction project to continue in a safe manner; and
WHEREAS, under Florida law, there is a uniform building code throughout the
State of Florida, known as the Florida Building Code, which enables inspectors employed
by one local government to be competent to conduct inspections for another jurisdiction
within Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, a mechanism is needed so that a local government may be reimbursed
for the costs associated with loaning the inspectors it employs to another local government
entity;
NOW THEREFORE, the City of Key West and Monroe County, through their
respective elected governing bodies, hereby agree as follows:
I. When the Building Official of a local government covered by this agreement
deems it necessary, he may call upon the Building Official of the other local
government covered by this agreement to request assistance in providing
licensed, competent building or specialty inspectors to assist in providing
inspections under the Florida Building Code.
2. If such a request is made, licensed, competent inspectors from one local
government may be assigned by his or her employer's Building Official to
conduct inspections and other tasks as assigned by the requesting Building
Official.
3. Inspectors shall be assigned at the discretion of the Building Official
receiving the request.
4. The Building Official with responsibility for the project site shall bear the
ultimate responsibility for the quality of work performed by the visiting
inspector.
5. The requesting local government agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold
harmless the inspector's employer for any and all claims brought against
that local government which arise from the actions and/or omissions of the
inspector provided.
6. The local government providing the inspector shall be entitled to recover the
full cost for that inspector's time, including salary, benefits, taxes, and costs
which were incurred while assisting the local government making the
reques t.
7. The employing local government shall provide an invoice to document the
costs it is seeking to recoup from the requesting local government.
8. The requesting local government shall pay said invoice in full within 30
days of receipt of that invoice.
9. This agreement may be terminated by either party upon 30-days written
notice, or by shorter period if mutually agreed upon by both parties.
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