Subject:
Title
Speak Up Brevard
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Fiscal Impact:
To be determined as directed by the Board.
Dept/Office:
County Manager's Office
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested the Board of County Commissioners review each of the citizen recommendations submitted through Speak Up Brevard and vote to accept the recommendations as submitted; accept the recommendations with modifications; or reject the recommendation; as is required under the County Charter. End
Summary Explanation and Background:
Brevard County Home Rule Charter, Section 2.9.10, provides citizens a mechanism for an individual, organization, or group of individuals to provide the County Commission recommendations for the enhancement of the effectiveness and efficiency of County government on an annual basis. In calendar year 2019, the County received 55 citizen recommendations.
Attached is a spreadsheet which contains each citizen recommendation, the County Department(s) that reviewed the recommendation and a staff recommendation to either accept, accept with modifications, or reject each citizen recommendation. Also included in the attachment are the details of each citizens' recommendation for 2019, and staff input relating to each recommendation. Staff is requesting that the Board approve staff recommendations in a single motion for all the citizen recommendations, pulling those items from the staff recommendations that the Board would like to discuss and/or take alternative action than the staff recommendation for particular Speak Up Brevard recommendations.
On March 10, 2020, the County Manager provided the citizen a notice of the date, time and place of the meeting their Speak Up Brevard recommendation is scheduled to be heard by the Board of County Commissioners.
According to the Brevard County Home Rule Charter and Board Policy BCC-95, the Board of County Commissioners must take a final vote either to approve, accept with modification or reject within 120 days of the submittal...
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