Item P5
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Agenda Item Summary
Meeting Date
March 17, 2004
Division
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING
Presentation of code enforcement lien settlement offer from Largo Coin Laundry, Inc.
ITEM BACKGROUND
This case involves two separate liens against the same property. The total fines exceed
$110,000.00.
On September 29, 2000, the Code Enforcement Special Master imposed a $100.00 per
day fine against the property when a sign violation was not corrected in a timely fashion. The
violation continued to exist into July of 2003.
On February 20, 2001, a second lien securing a separate and distinct $100.00 p.~r day
fine was imposed as a result of some work completed without a building permit. The fine
stopped accumulating 91 days later when the violation was cured through an after-the-fact
permit.
The property owner, through his attorney Jim Lupino, has offered to settle both liens for
$2,000.00. Due to the existence of two liens, from two separate violations, the staff time
involved in investigating both violations, prosecuting both cases before the Special Master, and
attorney time spent addressing the liens, County legal staff in unwilling to recommend
anything less than $5,000.00 to settle the lien.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION
The Board authorized the County Attorney to initiate collection litigation on this case in April
2003.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENTCHANGES
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDAnONS
Reject the $2000.00 offer and direct the County Attorney to hold firm at $5,000.00.
If $5,000.00 is not paid by April 16, 2004, the County Attorney shall proceed with
litigation. '
TOTAL COST
COST TO COUNTY
Revenue producing: yes -lL no
BUDGETED Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS
amount per month_ year
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APPROVED BY:
County Attorney - OMS/Purchasing 0 Risk Management 0
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL~ 0 ~ ~ n,/.../,'1
JOHN R. COLUNS
DOCUMENTAnON:
Included X
To Follow 0
Not Required 0
AGENDA ITEM #
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