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ATROECOPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />J.K. BARTON, CLERK <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2008- 173 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, DIRECTING <br />DEPOSITORIES OF COUNTY FUNDS TO HONOR CERTAIN <br />AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES ON COUNTY CHECKS, <br />WARRANTS, AND OTHER ORDERS FOR PAYMENT; PROVIDING <br />FOR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CLERK OF <br />THE CIRCUIT COURT SIGNATORIES; RESCINDING <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2007-157; DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE <br />COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO DECLARE STATES OF LOCAL <br />EMERGENCIES AND TO ACT IN A STATE OF FLORIDA <br />DECLARED EMERGENCY AFFECTING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; <br />AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Code section 101.02.1, on November 18, 2008, the Board <br />of County Commissioners of Indian River County ("Board") selected _�leS]ey s. Onvit <br />as Chairman from November 18, 2008, and continuing through November 16, 2009, and <br />Joseph E. Flescher as Vice Chairman from November 18, 2008, and continuing through <br />November 16, 2009; and <br />WHEREAS, Jeffrey K. Barton is the duly elected Clerk of the Circuit Court for <br />Indian River County ("Clerk"), and he serves as clerk and accountant to the Board, <br />pursuant to Section 28.12, Florida Statutes (2008); and <br />WHEREAS, the Board has previously designated certain institutions as <br />depositories of County funds; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board's selection of Chairman and Vice Chairman requires a re- <br />designation of signatories for County warrants, checks, and other orders for the payment <br />of money drawn on the County's depositories; <br />WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the existing financial practices <br />concerning personnel policies and employee compensation eliminate the need to require <br />manual signatures on salary and other compensation warrants, checks, and other orders <br />payable to Board employees; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the County <br />to delegate the authority to declare that a state of local emergency exists in Indian River <br />County to the County Administrator acting as Indian River County Emergency Services <br />District Director for any local emergency that may arise from November 18, 2008 through <br />calendar year 2009; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the County <br />to delegate the authority to issue orders and rules, including Emergency Orders, during a <br />State of Florida declared emergency affecting Indian River County to the County <br />1 <br />