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Resolution designating and approving an updated list of Code Inspector job titles.
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Recommended Action:
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Adoption of a resolution designating and approving an updated list of Code Inspector job titles. Florida Law authorizes the designation or authorization of those employees or agents whose duty it is to ensure code compliance (“Code Inspectors”).
• This resolution updates the Code Inspector job titles previously designated in Resolution No. 24-36 and authorizes animal control code enforcement officers as Code Inspectors. Additionally, it clarifies and authorizes those Code Enforcement Division employees holding job titles designated as Code Inspectors to administer provisions of Chapter 705, Florida Statutes, as permitted by Section 705.1015, Florida Statutes.
• In addition to designating job titles, this resolution restates the delegated authority to the County Administrator to modify job titles due to internal reorganization/rebranding and remove job titles, though wholly new job titles must be designated by the Board.
• Department directors are still required to identify employees who hold designated job titles and perform code enforcement functions so those employees receive a protected class designation from Human Resources, as previously stated in Resolution 20-144.
• Current and former designated Code Inspectors are entitled to an exemption under Florida’s Public Records Law (Ch. 119, Florida Statutes). Specifically, their home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs are exempt. The names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of their spouses and children, as well as the names and locations of schools and daycare facilities attended by their children, are also exempt.
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Strategic Priorities:
Create a Quality Workforce in a Positive, Supportive Organization
1.3 Make workforce safety and wellness a priority
Ensure Public Health, Safety, and Welfare
2.1 Provide planning, coordination, prevention, and protective services to ensure a safe and secure community
Summary:
Summary
This Resolution designates and updates job titles of those authorized to perform code enforcement duties. Specific employees within the designated job titles may be designated by their department director and, once so, are expressly authorized to issue citations and initiate Special Magistrate hearings for local ordinance violations. Animal control code enforcement officers are specifically authorized as Code Inspectors. This resolution restates the process by which Code Inspectors received a protected class designation and the authority delegated to the County Administrator under Resolution 20-144.
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Background Information:
Sections 125.69 and 162.21, Florida Statutes, authorize the Board to designate employees or agents whose duty it is to ensure Code compliance. Florida law additionally defines those whose duty it is to enforce and assure Code compliance. Historically, the Board has done so by identifying applicable job titles in intermittent resolutions. Resolution 24-36 was the last such resolution. The process by which employees holding designated job titles may receive a protected class designation for public records purposes is restated in this resolution. Further, the delegation of authority to the County Administrator to revise job titles due to internal reorganization/rebranding and remove job titles remains, though new job titles still must be designated by the Board.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Staff Member Responsible:
Jill Silverboard, Deputy County Administrator/Chief of Staff
Partners:
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