Item U08
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
May 21, 2003
Division:
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval to advertise an ordinance amending Sec. 6-59(1), (II) and 6-62,
MCC, in order to delete references to the firm Block & Associates as the
examination agency for the Contractors Examining Board.
ITEM BACKGROUND
The CountY has been accepting the successor entity examination agency since
Block & Associates terminated business and all of the appropriate sections of the
Code were not revised to reflect the successor agency. Now a third entity which
conducts such contractors licensing examinations has commenced business, but the
Contractors Examining Board has not had an opportunity to review their
qualifications and testing comprehensiveness. To avoid future problems with
businesses going out of business, being merged with other businesses, etc., it is
desired to make a more generic description of the examination agency.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION
CONTRACT I AGREEMENT CHANGES
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STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Approval to advertise for ONE public hearing for June 18, 2003 in Marathon.
TOTAL COST
BUDGETED Yes No
COST TO COUNTY SOURCE OF FUNDS
APPROVED BY: County Attorney _ OMB/Purchasing 0 Risk Management 0
DlVrSION DIRECTOR APPROVALQ0 Q~~ 1.'1 ~I~!; 1.3
J. R. COLUNS
DOCUMENTATION:
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AGENDA ITEM #
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ORDINANCE NO.
Contractors Examining Board
- 2003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SEC. 6-59(111) AND 6-62,
MONROE COUNTY CODE, REGARDING THE TESTING AGENCY,
DELETING BLOCK&. ASSOCIATES AND ADDING SUCH EXAMINER AS
DESIGNATED BY THE CONTRACTORS EXAMINING BOARD;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORAll0N INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the examining firm of Block & Associates has been out of business for
some time and only portions of the County Code have been corrected to reflect the
requirement that examination be by such examiner as designated by the Contractors
Examining Board; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sec. 6-59(I)(d), MCC, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(d) The examination will be provided by Block & Associ<:ltes such examining
agency as is designated by the Contractors Examining Board. ~ The
designation as examining agency shall continue unless and until a
Request for Qualifications process results in a determination that a new
examining agency should be designated or there is a new sole source
provider. The examination will be ordered by category by the secretary
as approved by the board. It will be administered on <:l Saturd()'f <:It the
M<:lrathon High School and proctored as designated by the board by
Block & Associates. Administrative support will be provided by the
building department as required.
Section 2. Sec. 6-59(I)(e), MCC, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(e)
Examinations shall be provided by <:l type <:lS furnished by Block & Associates of
Gainesville, Florida. an independent agenev which is designated by the
Contractors Examining Board as the examining agency for Monroe County.
Section 3. Sec. 6-59(II), last paragraph, MCC, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Persons seeking a certificate of competency in any of the specialty trades
other than burglar alarms, demolition, drywall, gasoline tank and pump, house
moving, lawn sprinkler, structural steel erection, sign erection, swimming pool
servicing, and welding may substitute for the two (2) years' experience in the field, a
minimum grade of seventy (70) percent on the respective technical examination
provided by Block & Associates. an independent examination agency which is
designated by the Contractors Examining Board.
Section 4. Sec. 6-62, MCC, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Every person who, under the terms of this article, is required to hold a
certificate of competency, and who has written proof from the City of Key West,
Florida, Building Department, or other county or municipality in the State of Florida,
stating that the applicant has scored a minimum grade of seventy (70) percent on
thc Block & Associates an independent examination agency which is designated by
the Contractors Examining Board. Examination corresponding and equivalent to any
examination required for an existing category licensed under this chapter and
proctored by Block & Associ~tes the examination agency shall be entitled to a
certificate of competency without examination; but such, certificate shall be subject
to any restrictions and limitations carried by the current county certificate and shall
entitle the holder of such certificate to do business only in the unincorporated areas
of the county. The equivalency of the examinations shall be determined by the
Contractors Examining Board. All prerequisites, other than testing, for a certificate
of competency shall be met prior to issuance of a reciprocal certificate. The terms of
this section apply solely to reciprocity with such counties and municipalities providing
reciprocity to contractors who hold a certificate of competency issued by Monroe
County. The examinations must have been conducted for the licensure by the
particular county or municipality with which Monroe County has a reciprocal
agreement.
Section 5. 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 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 7. 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 8. 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 18th day of June, 2003.
Mayor Spehar
Mayor Pro Tern Nelson
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Rice
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
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Mayor/Chairperson
UZA~~E A ),UTTON
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