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s FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES: "RECOM ENDATIONS ON UNFUNDED MANDATES NEEDED" Chairman Macht asked for addition of this item to the agenda and reviewed the following article which appeared in FAC News & Notes, April 7, 1995 issue: on Unfunded Mandates pmtoftImUnf aided Reform Act of 1995. the U.S. Ad- visory Council on Intergovernmental Relations has been directed to make recommendations to the President and Congress regarding relief from existing federal mandates for state, local and tribal governments. Florida's coun- ties are encouraged to submit suggestions on the follow- ing criteria no later than April 28: • Allowing flexibility for state and local governments in complying with specific federal mandates; • Reconciling federal mandates that impose contra- dictory or inconsistent requirements; Terminating federal mandates that are duplicative, obsolete, or lacking in practical utility; • Suspending, temporarily, federal mandates that are not vital to public health and safety and that compound fiscal difficulties for local governments; • Consolidating or simplifying federal mandates, or their planning or.reporting requirements, to reduce dupli- cation and facilitate compliance; • Establishing common federal definitions or standards to be used in complying with federal mandates; • Mitigating negative impacts of mandate relief for governments on the private sector, if and to the extent that such impacts exist, and evaluating the feasibility of applying such relief to private sector entities. Counties should submit their recommendations to: Charles Griffiths, ACK 800 K Street, NW, Suite 450 South, ashington, DC 20575. (Tomes) ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Adams, the Board unanimously directed staff to poll department heads for unfunded mandates affecting their .departments and comply with request contained in publication. 29 April 11, 1995 BOOK 94 Pd 1.85)