Item P3
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: March 21, 2001
Division: COUNTY ATTORNEY
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Public Hearing of Ordinance an Ordinance amending Sec. 6-66(7),
MCC, in order to include in the prohibited actions mismanagement
or misconduct which causes financial harm to another contractor.
At Public Hearing on February 21, 2001, motion to continue this public
hearing to the March Board meeting in Marathon at 3:00 p.m. and to
have a representative of the Contractors' Examining Board present.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approval
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: ~~
J . HENDRICK
DOCUMENTATION: Included
AGENDA ITEM #
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Board of County Commissioners
ORDINANCE NO
- 2001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 6-66(7)
MONROE COUNTY CODE, IN ORDER TO INCLUDE IN THE
PROHIBITED ACTIONS MISMANAGEMENT OR MISCONDUCT WHICH
CAUSES FINANCIAL HARM TO ANOTHER CONTRACTOR; 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
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code Sec. 6-66(7) was revised to correspond to
statutory language for financial mismanagement or misconduct in the practice of
contracting; and
WHEREAS, the said revision prohibited only those actions which cause financial
harm to a customer; and
WHEREAS, it is desired that financial harm to other contractors where a
subcontractor is required to file a construction lien against the property improved and/or
a civil complaint against the contractor for non-payment; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The first sentence of Sec. 6-66(7), Monroe County Code, is hereby
amended to read:
Commit mismanagement or misconduct in the practice of contracting that
causes financial harm to a customer or another contractor.
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are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.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
2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner Murray Nelson
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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