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CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT/AUDITOR SELECTION COMNMTEE <br />APPOINTMENT <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of February 22, 1995: <br />TO: THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />DATE: FEBRUARY 22, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: AUDITOR SELECTION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT <br />FROM: EDWIN M. FRY, JR. <br />FINANCE DIRECTOR <br />BACKGROUND <br />The contract with the County's auditors, Coopers & Lybrand, LLP, <br />was completed with the audit of the 1994 Fiscal Year. Section <br />11.45, Florida Statutes establishes the procedure to be followed in <br />acquiring the services of an independent certified public <br />accountant to perform the audit of the County. Section 11.45, F.S. <br />requires the establishment of an auditor selection committee. The <br />auditor selection committee is composed of the clerk of the circuit <br />court, the property appraiser, the sheriff, the supervisor of <br />elections, the tax collector, and one.member of the board of county <br />commissioners or its designee. The purpose of the auditor selection <br />committee is to obtain information from certified public <br />accountants who desire to provide auditing services to the county, <br />to evaluate the capabilities and other factors of those who desire <br />to provide auditing services, and to "select no fewer than three <br />(3) firms deemed to be the most highly qualified to perform the <br />required services". The names of the firms selected are provided to <br />the board of county commissioners and the board negotiates a <br />contract with one of the firms. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The Board of County Commissioners appoint one member of the Board, <br />or a designee, to the auditor selection committee. <br />County Clerk Jeffrey Barton advised the Board that the current <br />5 -year contract with the auditors has expired and an Auditor <br />Selection Committee has been established to determine the auditor <br />for the County for the coming 5 -year period. The first meeting of <br />the committee is on Friday, March 10, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. and the <br />Board needs to appoint a member of the Board to that committee. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Tippin, the Board unanimously appointed <br />Commissioner Richard N. Bird to the Auditor <br />Selection Committee. <br />®aaK 94 Pace 4 <br />FEBRUARY 28, 1995 21 <br />