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Agenda 01/13/2015 Item # 2E1 --- 1/13/2015 2.E.1. 12/10/2013 10.F. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners adopts the attained Resolution which would set forth a rotation of the Chair of the Board of County CotItmhtsioners and various other Boards. OCTIVE: . To eliminate the politics, and resulting ill will, sometimes' ssociated with naming a chair for the Board of County Commissioners and officers of other Bards,and to give every Commissioner an equal chance to serve over time. CONSIDERATIONS: My proposal is as follows: Commencing with the Board's first meeting of January, 2014, the Commissioners of the following Districts will hold the following offices: District 1 -Chairman of the Community Redevelopment Agency District 2 .Chairman of Community and Economic Development Board District 3 - Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and member of the Value Adjustment Board District 4 - Vice Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and member of the Value Adjustment Board District 5-Chairman of the Tourist Development Council Thereafter, the chairs of these boards will rotate on a sequential basis, so that as an example,commencing with the Board's first meeting of January,2015,the Conanissioners of the following Districts will hold the following offices: District 1 -Chairman of the Tourist Development Council District 2-Chairman of the Community Redevelopment Agency District 3-Chairman of Community and Economic Development Board District 4 - Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and member of the Value Adjustment Board District 5 - Vice Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and member of the Value Adjustment Board The newly created Chairmanship of Community and Economic Development will be the Community Development agency liaison for capital projects built by BCC fbr the benefit of other constitutional officers such as the Sheriff who will be needing a Forensics facility; and,as to economic development, this chair will act as the liaison to staff in assisting with corporate recruitment efforts, to the Chamber acting as the county's economic development partner, to SWFEDA with respect to promoting regionalism,and to the Regional Planning Council. FISCAL IMPACT: None. GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: None. 1 Packet Page-454- Packet Page-7- 1/13/2015 2.E.1. 12/10/2013 10.F. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This pressed Resolution has been reviewed by the County Attorney, is approved as to both form and legality, and requires majority vote. The Tourist Development Council ordinance already authorizes the Board to designate the Chair to the TDC, so no change to that ordinance would be required. I put in the language"to the extent that this Resolution is in conflict with any other Resolution of the Board,this Resolution shall control"to avoid any unintended conflict with prior Board policy. —JAK RECOMMENDATION:, That the Board of County Commissioners adopts the attached Resolution which would set forth a rotation of the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners and various other boards. PREPARED BY: Commissioner Georgia A.Hiller,Esq.,Chairwoman Attachments: Proposed Resolution 2 Packet Page-455 Packet Page-8- 1/13/2015 2.E.1 . 2014 Florida Statutes Chapter 951 View Entire Title XLVII COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL Chapter CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND PRISONERS CORRECTIONS 951.26 Public safety coordinating councils.— (1) Each board of county commissioners shall establish a county public safety coordinating council for the county or shall join with a consortium of one or more other counties to establish a public safety coordinating council for the geographic area represented by the member counties. (a)1. The public safety coordinating council for a county shall consist of: a. The state attorney, or an assistant state attorney designated by the state attorney. b. The public defender, or an assistant public defender designated by the public defender. c. The chief circuit judge, or another circuit judge designated by the chief circuit judge. d. The chief county judge, or another county judge designated by the chief county judge. e. The chief correctional officer. f. The sheriff, or a member designated by the sheriff, if the sheriff is not the chief correctional officer. g. The state probation circuit administrator, or a member designated by the state probation circuit administrator, to be appointed to a 4-year term. h. The chairperson of the board of county commissioners, or another county commissioner as designee. i. If the county has such program available, the director of any county probation or pretrial intervention program, to be appointed to a 4-year term. j. The director of a local substance abuse treatment program, or a member designated by the director, to be appointed to a 4-year term. k. Representatives from county and state jobs programs and other community groups who work with offenders and victims, appointed by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners to 4-year terms. 2. The chairperson of the board of county commissioners, or another county commissioner as designee, shall serve as the chairperson of the council until the council elects a chairperson from the membership of the council. (b)1. The public safety coordinating council for a consortium of two or more counties shall consist of the following members, appointed with the approval of each board of county commissioners within the consortium: a. A chief circuit judge, or a circuit judge designated by a chief circuit judge. b. A chief county judge, or a county judge designated by a chief county judge. Packet Page -9- 1/13/2015 2.E.1 . c. A state attorney, or an assistant state attorney designated by a state attorney. d. A public defender, or an assistant public defender designated by a public defender. e. A state probation circuit administrator, or a member designated by a state probation circuit administrator, to be appointed to a 4-year term. f. A physician who practices in the area of alcohol and substance abuse, to be appointed to a 4- year term. g. A mental health professional who practices in the area of alcohol and substance abuse, to be appointed to a 4-year term. h. A sheriff or a jail administrator for a county within the consortium. i. A chief of police for a municipality within the geographic area of the consortium. j. A county commissioner from each member county of the consortium. k. An elected member of the governing body of the most populous municipality within the geographic area of the consortium. 1. An elected member of a school board within the geographic area of the consortium. 2. The members of the public safety coordinating council shall elect a chairperson from among its members. (2) The council shall meet at the call of the chairperson for the purpose of assessing the population status of all detention or correctional facilities owned or contracted by the county, or the county consortium, and formulating recommendations to ensure that the capacities of such facilities are not exceeded. Such recommendations shalt include an assessment of the availability of pretrial intervention or probation programs, work-release programs, substance abuse programs, gain-time schedules, applicable bail bond schedules, and the confinement status of the inmates housed within each facility owned or contracted by the county, or the county consortium. (3)(a) The council may also develop a local public safety plan for future construction needs. The plan must cover at least a 5-year period. The plan may be submitted for consideration to the local planning agency for the county, or the planning agency for each county within the consortium, at least 120 days before the adoption of or amendment to the comprehensive plan for the county by the local planning agency pursuant to part II of chapter 163. (b) Each county, or county consortium, that contracts to receive community corrections funds for its community corrections programs under s. 948.51 shall require the public safety coordinating council to develop a comprehensive public safety plan as described therein which includes the future public safety construction needs as described in paragraph (a). (4) The council may also develop a comprehensive local reentry plan that is designed to assist offenders released from incarceration to successfully reenter the community. The plan should cover at least a 5-year period. In developing the plan, the council shall coordinate with public safety officials and local community organizations who can provide offenders with reentry services, Packet Page -10- 1/13/2015 2.E.1. such as assistance with housing, health care, education, substance abuse treatment, and employment. (5) All meetings of a public safety coordinating council, as well as its records, books, documents, and papers, are open and available to the public in accordance with ss. 119.07 and 286.011. Packet Page -11 1/13/2015 2.E.1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY That the Board appoint its members to offices of the Board of County Commissioners, the Community Redevelopment Agency, the Tourist Development Council, the Community and Economic Development Board and the Public Safety Coordinating Council, and to authorize the new Chairs for both the Board of County Commissioners and the Community Redevelopment Agency to execute all documents approved at both this meeting and those documents which were previously approved but are priding signature. OBJECTIVE: To appoint officers for the Board of County Commission rs, the Community Redevelopment Agency, the Tourist Development Council, the Community and Economic Development.Board and the Public Safety Coordinating Council. CONSIDERATIONS: Pursuant to Ordinance No. 75-16, as amended, a Chairman and Vice- Chairman shall be elected at the first regularly scheduled Board meeting in January of each year. In addition,the Board may wish to consider appointments to the following positions: 1. Community Redevelopment Agency. Current Chair, Commissioner Fiala. The Vice-Chair had been former Commissioner Coyle. As set forth in the Bylaws of the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency, adopted by CRA Resolution 2001-98, the Officers of the CRA consist of a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, and a Secretary (the Bylaws designate the Clerk of Courts as Secretary). Article III, tTh Section 7 of the Bylaws provide that "Except the Secretary, officers shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Agency." CRA Resolution 2013-270 provides that the annual meeting is held in January of each year. 2. Membership on the Tourist Development Council. Current appointment, Commissioner Nance The Tourist Development Council Ordinance provides in relevant part as follows: "The membership of the Collier County Tourist Development Council shall be composed as follows: (1)The Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County or any other members of the Board of County Commissioners as designated by the Chairman to serve on the Council." (Ord.No. 92-18, § 3, as amended) 3. Community and Economic Development Board. Current Chair, Commissioner Hiller. As set forth in the attached December 10, 2013 Executive Summary,1"The newly created Chairmanship of Community and Economic Development will be the Community Development agency liaison for capital projects built by BCC for the benefit of other constitutional officers such as the Sheriff who will be needing a Forensics facility; and, as to economic development, this chair will act as the liaison to staff in assisting with corporate recruitment efforts, to the Packet Page-2- 1/13/2015 2.E.1. Chamber acting as the county's economic development partner, to SWFEDA with respect to promoting regionalism,and to the Regional Planning Council." 4. Public Safety Coordinating Council. Current Chair, Vacant. The Chair had been former Commissioner Coyle. As set forth in Chapter 951.26, Florida Statutes (enclosed), each board of county commissioners shall establish a county public safety coordinating council for the purpose of assessing the population status of all detention or correctional facilities owned or contracted by the county and formulating recommendations to ensure that the capacities of such facilities are not exceeded. The Council may also develop a local public safety plan for future construction needs. Additionally, the council may also develop a comprehensive local reentry plan that is designed to assist offenders release from incarceration to successfully reenter the community. The statute requires that the chairperson of the board of county commissioners,or another county commissioner designee shall serve as a member. All appointments will be effective immediately upon majority vote by the Board. Please note that there will need to be a future appointment of two Commissioners to the Value Adjustment Board. It is expected that these appointments will be made in or around next March. Commissioners Fiala and Hiller are the current appointments. In addition, for ease of administrative purposes, it is recommended that (1) the Board of County Commissioners authorizes the new Chair to execute not only all ordinances, resolutions, proclamations, and other documents approved by the Board on today's agenda and throughout their term as Chair, but also any item previously approved by the Board which have yet to be executed, and (2) that the Board of County Commissioners, sitting in its role as the Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRAB), authorizes the new CRA Chair to execute all documents approved by the CRAB on today's agenda and throughout their term as Chair,together with any item previously approved by the CRAB which have yet to be executed. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item was prepared by the County Attorney, is approved as to form and legality, and requires majority vote for approval. -JAK RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. That the Board of County Commissioners approves the appointment of certain. Commissioners to the respective positions as listed above; 2. That the Board of County Commissioners authorizes the new Chair to execute not only all ordinances, resolutions, proclamations, and other documents approved by the Board on today's agenda and throughout his term as Chair, but also any item previously approved by the Board which have yet to be executed; and 3. That the Board of County Commissioners, sitting in its role as the Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRAB), authorizes the new Chair to execute all documents Packet Page-3- 1/13/2015 2.E.1 . approved by the CRAB on today's agenda and throughout their term as Chair, together with any item previously approved by the CRAB which have yet to be executed. Prepared by: Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney Packet Page -4- 1/13/2015 2.E.1 . COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Item Number: 2.2.E.2.E.1. Item Summary: That the Board appoint its members to offices of the Board of County Commissioners, the Community Redevelopment Agency,the Tourist Development Council, and the Community and Economic Development Board, and to authorize the new Chairs for both the Board of County Commissioners and the Community Redevelopment Agency to execute all documents approved at both this meeting and those documents which were previously approved but are pending signature. Meeting Date: 1/13/2015 Prepared By Name:NeetVirginia Title: Legal Assistant/Paralegal, CAO Office Administration 12/22/2014 1:17:38 PM Submitted by Title: County Attorney, Name: KlatzkowJeff 12/22/2014 1:17:39 PM Approved By Name: KlatzkowJeff Title: County Attorney, Date: 12/22/2014 1:39:02 PM Name: KlatzkowJeff Title: County Attorney, Date: 12/22/2014 3:29:17 PM Name: IsacksonMark Title:Director-Corp Financial and Mngmt Svs, Office of Management&Budget Date: 12/29/2014 8:50:32 AM Packet Page -5- 1/13/2015 2.E.1 . Name: DurhamTim Title:Executive Manager of Corp Business Ops, Date: 1/5/2015 1:41:45 PM Packet Page-6-