2. 1st Amendment 07/19/2007
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
DATE:
July 24. 2007
TO:
Suzanne A. Hutton
County Attorney
ATTN:
Kathy Peters
Executive Assistant
Pamela G. Haw4itv
Deputy Clerk '(::;
FROM:
At the July 18, 2007, Board of County Commissioner's meeting the Board granted
approval and authorized execution of the following:
Lease Agreement between Monroe County and 12th Street, LTD to relocate the County
Attorney's Office to the Key West Professional Building on ] 2th Street. Enclosed is a duplicate
original for your handling.
First Amendment to Agreement between Monroe County and Greenberg Traurig, P A for
the consulting services of Kenneth Metcalf. The Amendment will continue Mr. Metca]f's
consulting services regarding Hurricane Evacuation as it relates to affordable housing. Enclosed
is a copy for your handling.
j At the Ju]y ]9, 2007, BOCC meeting the Board granted approval and authorized
execution of the First Amendment to Contract between Monroe County and the Division of
Administrative Hearings. Enclosed is a duplicate original for your handling.
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact this office.
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First Amendment to Contract to
Provide Hearing Officers for Code Enforcement Cases
Between Division of Administrative Hearings and Monroe County
WHEREAS, the Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) was
established to provide a cadre of professional hearing officers to hear various
administrative disputes throughout the State of Florida; and
WHEREAS in January of 2007, Monroe County contracted with DOAH to
provide a hearing officer to sit as the Special Magistrate for Code Enforcement
hearings; and
WHEREAS section 2-1.1 of the Monroe County Code authorizes the
County Administrator to assign additional matters to the Code Enforcement
Special Magistrate including, but not limited to beneficial use and vested rights
hearings; and
WHEREAS a hearing officer is needed to conduct hearing on pending
applications and render a recommended order on each application to the County
Commission; and
WHEREAS in order to ensure the prompt payment to DOAH for services
rendered by its hearing officer, the January 2007 contract should be amended to
clarify that these additional hearings are compensable under that contract;
NOW therefore, DOAH and Monroe County hereby amend their contract
of January 2007 as follows:
Section 1, scope of services shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
1. Scope of Services. DOAH agrees to make one Administrative Law Judge
available to the COUNTY each month to hear code enforcement violation cases.
The Administrative Law Judge to be provided will be a full-time judge employed
by the State of Florida, Division of Administrative Hearings. The Administrative
Law Judge to be provided is an expert in the adjudication of administrative
disputes.
In addition to Code Enforcement hearings, the County Administrator may
refer any additional matter to DOAH for an administrative hearing as provided for
in Section 2-1.1 of the Monroe County Code. By way of example, such matters
may include hearings on applications for beneficial use or vested rights
determinations. DOAH may be compensated pursuant to the terms of the
Janllary 2007 agreement for any additional matters referred to it by the County
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