Resolution 2001-361
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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-2,B
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE FURTHER DEVOLUTION OF HUMAN
SERVICES FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
AND COMMUNITIES UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A STUDY OF SUCH CAN BE
CONDUCTED
WHEREAS, the effective provision of human services is an expected component
of public services; and
WHEREAS, the public also expects that services be efficient and without waste to
keep costs as low as practicable; and
WHEREAS, some efforts have been made to improve effectiveness and
efficiency through devolution; and
WHEREAS, a complete strategy has not been developed that balances authority
with responsibility, funding sources with funding needs, and community needs with
community capacities; and
WHEREAS, further devolution without such a strategy can and will lead to more
inefficient and less effective services, extreme management, fiscal, and legal problems
for overburdened local governments; and
WHEREAS, Florida has made good use of study commissions that are given the
mission to examine the issues and the results desired, and then make recommendations on
the management, fiscal, and legal reforms needed; and
WHEREAS, a study commission on the subject of devolution, beginning with
health and mental health issues would be timely.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Collier County Board of County
Commissioners that a request be made to the Governor that the Legislature be requested
to create and empower a study commission on Human Services Devolution. The study
commission should be given a set time period to examine the results expected in effective
and efficient human services provision, and to return to the Governor and Legislature
with a set of recommendations that addresses the necessary management, financing, and
legal reforms needed for such a system within the State's government framework.
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IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that additional devolution on this and other such
issues be held in abeyance until the study commission is created and its mission
accomplished.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the local governments within the region and
other regions in the State be asked to consider the passage of similar resolutions on this
subject.
This Resolution approved and duly executed this ~ day Of~T@.Jwa 2001.
ATTEST:
Dwight E. Brock, CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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'James arter, Ph.D., CHAIRMAN
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