Item P08
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
April 19, 2000
Division:
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval to advertise an ordinance amending Sec. 2-388, MCC, in order to add local
road patrol law enforcement services as an essential municipal service to the Monroe
County general purpose municip~1 service taxing unit.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
This ordinance is necessary in fiscal year 2000-2001 to break out the Sheriff's road patrol
law enforcement service for the unincorporated areas from the County-Wide (including
cities) fine and forfeiture fund ad valorem levy. The cities who desire the Sheriff's local
road patrol services must enter into interlocal agreements for that service.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
Ordinance prepared pursuant to BOCC's request at the March 16, 2000 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval to advertise for public hearing on May 17, 2000 in Key Largo.
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
Cost to County:
APPROVED BY:
County Attorney X OMB/Purchasing
DIVISION DIRECTOR~
DOCUMENTATION: - Includ~r X To Follow
Risk Management
Not required
AGENDA ITEM #
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Board of County Commissioners
ORDINANCE NO
- 2000
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 2-388, MONROE
COUNTY CODE, IN ORDER TO ADD LOCAL ROAD PATROL LAW
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AS AN ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL SERVICE
TO THE MONROE COUNTY GENERAL PURPOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICE
TAXING UNIT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY
CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sec. 2-388, Monroe County Code, is hereby amended to read:
Sec. 2-388. Created; purposes.
There is hereby created, pursuant to the authority granted in chapter 125,
Laws of Florida, and article 7, section 9(b), Florida Constitution, a municipal
service taxing unit (district) for the purpose of providing the following
essential municipal services:
(a) Land use planning, including but not limited to all those
functions described in the Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act as
amended, Florida Statutes, section 163.3161 et seq., and chapter 380,
Laws of Florida;
(b) Drafting and analysis of all land use or building regulations, of
whatever type and however denominated, when so requested by the board
of county commissioners;
(c) The administration and enforcement of all building codes and
controls, including the issuance of permits;
(e) Code enforcement under chapter 162, Laws of Florida
(f) The office of the fire marshal, whose duties shall be as defined
by general and special law and county ordinance and resolution; aR6
(g) Parks, beaches and recreation, the provision of which shall be
as authorized by general and special law and county ordinance and
resolution; and
(h) Local road Datrol law enforcement services which means reaularly
scheduled oatrol by uniformed law enforcement officers in marked patrol cars
whose full-time duty assianment involves resoondina to calls for service and
enaaaina in crime orevention activities. seraeants who orovide first-line
suoervision to those officers, and aeneral case detectives not assianed to
investiaate maior crimes or function as crime scene technicians.
In carrying out the purposes described in this article, the district shall be financed
from ad valorem taxes collected solely within the district. Nothing contained herein shall
prevent the district from charging various fees, as determined by the board of county
commissioners, for any service or services rendered to any specific person or persons,
regardless of whether such person or persons are real or incorporeal. However, when
such fees are collected by any department of the county or a law enforcement aaency in
the course of providing any of the services described in subparagraphs (a) through fe}
f.!ll of this section, then those fees may only be expended by the department or law
enforcement aaency which collected them.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering
system of the Code.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official
notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance
has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of
, 2000.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
jdordmstulaw
Mayor/Chairperson