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'DEC <br />��4 aoaK r+�c 1 96 <br />members leave last week and will soon have three vacancies as <br />there is one retirement coming up. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. <br />It was voted on and carried 3 to 1 with <br />Commissioner Bowman voting in opposition <br />and Commissioner Lyons being absent. <br />PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD - INFORMATION FOR SUBMITTAL <br />TO THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION <br />Michael Galanis, Director of Environmental Health, reviewed <br />the following memo: <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners ATE: December 4, 1984 FELE: <br />Dour Scurlock, Chairman <br />SUBJECT: Attached proposed Envi- <br />ronmental Control informa- <br />tion for submittal to <br />legislative Delegation <br />FROM: Michael J. Galanis, M.p.@EFERENCES: <br />Director, Environmental Health <br />The Indian River County Public Health Unit(IRCPHU), Environmental <br />Health Section conducts ongoing programs in the plan review, in- <br />spection and regulation of over 2000 separate establishments in <br />Indian River County. These will result in over 5000 separate in- <br />spections for FY 84-85. These regulatory functions involve water, <br />sewage, food, Migrant labor camp, trailer park, swimming pools, and <br />other public health and environmentally related establishments. <br />Additionally, over 1000 citizen complaints are answered annually <br />by staff of this department. The department utilizes existing <br />Florida Statutes and Florida Administrative Codes as standards <br />when conducting these inspections. When problems are encountered, <br />as they often are, we find the majority of citizens cooperative <br />and willing to make corrections. Unfortunately, this is not al- <br />ways the case. Many times we must proceed to enforcement activities <br />to promote these minimum standards. <br />Current mechanism for enforcement lies in contacting the county or <br />states attorney and requesting his or her asistance in filing <br />criminal charges against the offending party. While these indi- <br />viduals are cooperative, we are often reluctant to involve their <br />time when they are overloaded with important county matters or <br />criminal matters for the sheriff's department. The state does <br />allow for an administrative fine procedure, however, provides <br />44 <br />