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ORDINANCE 2012-034 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTIONS 100.02(4), 101.05 AND 101.08 OF THE CODE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; DELETING REFERENCES TO THE EXECUTIVE AIDE; DELETING LANGUAGE REGARDING SUPERVISION OF COMMISSIONER ASSISTANTS; MAKING FINDINGS AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the individual Commissioners are in need of administrative assistance in discharging the responsibilities of their office; and WHEREAS, the number of assistants assigned to the Commissioners, and the organizational structure of the assistants, has changed over the years, ranging in recent years from three assistants reporting to an Executive Aide, to five assistants reporting directly to the Commissioners (after elimination of the Executive Aide position in 2007), to the most recent arrangement of three assistants reporting directly to the Commissioners; and WHEREAS, despite elimination of the office of Executive Aide in 2007, references to the position still exist in sections 100.02(4) and 101.05 of the Code of Indian River County ("Code"), which references should be deleted; and WHEREAS, at its meeting on September 11, 2012, the Board of County Commissioners voted to reorganize the Commissioner assistants in a "pool" arrangement (such that each assistant will be available to assist each Commissioner), and to place the assistants under the supervision of the County Administrator, or his designee; and WHEREAS, in light of such reorganization, it is necessary to delete certain language from section 101.08 of the Code of Indian River County ("Code") relating to supervision of the Commissioner assistants, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA: Section 1. Findings. The Board finds that the above "Whereas" clauses are true and correct, and hereby incorporates such clauses as findings of the Board. Section 2. Amendment of Section 101.08 of the Code. Sections 100.02(4), 101.05 and 101.08 of the Code of Indian River County, Florida, are hereby amended to read as follows (new language indicated by underline and deleted language indicated by strike'l'"e"" h):