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responsibility back to the Sheriff in 1986 by voice vote after the <br />County found it impossible to get adequate insurance coverage. <br />Insurance was available through the Florida Sheriffs' Association only to <br />Sheriffs. <br />Since the transfer back to the Sheriff, Florida law has been amended to <br />require that the County Commissioners choose a "Chief Correctional <br />Officer." The law allows a majority of the County Commission to pick <br />the Sheriff as this officer. <br />It is necessary for the Board of County Commissioners to adopt an <br />ordinance appointing a Chief Correctional Officer. The attached <br />ordinance appoints the Sheriff as the Chief Correctional Officer. <br />Requested Action: Board adopt attached ordinance. <br />County Attorney Vitunac explained that this Ordinance is <br />required by state law in that the Board must choose someone by <br />ordinance as the chief correctional officer and that the Sheriff <br />has agreed to act in that capacity. <br />The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone <br />wished to be heard in this matter. There being none, he closed the <br />public hearing. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bird, the Board unanimously adopted <br />Ordinance 95-01 Designating the Sheriff as Chief <br />Correctional Officer, - pursuant to staff's <br />recommendations. <br />ORDINANCE NO. 95- Oj <br />AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, <br />DESIGNATING THE SHERIFF AS CHIEF CORRECTIONAL <br />OFFICER. <br />WHEREAS, by Section 951.061, Florida Statutes, the Sheriff may be <br />designated as the Chief Correctional Officer of the County correctional <br />system by ordinance of the County Commission; and <br />WHEREAS, the Sheriff of Indian River County has historically <br />operated the jail system except for a brief period in the 1980s when the <br />Board of County Commissioners undertook that function; and <br />JANUARY 24, 1995 25 Boax F� <br />