Agenda Item Name:
Title
Discussion on the Administrative Complaint Policy, Whistle-blower Ordinance and Recent Complaint
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Presenter:
Board of County Commissioners and County Attorney
Description:
N/A
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Adopt Resolution 20-XX (Administrative Complaint Policy) and authorize advertisement of Whistle-blower Ordinance for consideration for adoption at a public hearing.
Discuss recent complaint.
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Prior Board Motions:
N/A
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
N/A
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Background:
Currently, the County does not have a policy to handle complaints against the County Administrating Officials (County Manager and County Attorney), and their deputies and assistants. A policy would help to ensure that complaints from Board members and employees against an Administrating Official, or a deputy or assistant to an Administrating Official, are handled in in a consistent manner and conducted in an impartial and unbiased way. The policy clarifies the roles and responsibilities of the Administrating Officials during such complaints. The policy assigns these roles and allows for a swifter response to complaints in accordance with the policy without the necessity for ad hoc procedures to be established.
In addition to considering an Administrating Official Complaint Policy, staff has prepared for consideration a Whistle-blower Ordinance.
Sections 112.3187-112.31895, Florida Statutes, entitled the "Whistle-blower's Act," (the "Act") provides for protections to persons who disclose information regarding illegal or malfeasant conduct on the part of government employees, agent or contractors. The Act provides for the establishment, by local ordinance, of an administrative procedure to permit disclosure of complaints and protect those persons making disclosure from retaliation. The Act also provides that when a local government adopts a local ordinance establishing such administrative procedures, that the local govern...
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