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ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bird, the Board unanimously <br />approved the license agreement with Florida <br />East Coast Railway Company for crossing at <br />45th Street (North Gifford Road) and the <br />amount of $227,854.87 from Gifford Road <br />Improvement Fund 316, as recommended in the <br />memorandum. <br />LICENSE AGREEMENT IS ON FILE IN <br />THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />CLERK OF THE COURT: AUDITOR SELECTION COM1VIP=E <br />RECOMI��NDATION <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of May 16, 1995: <br />TO: THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />DATE: MAY 169 1995 <br />SUBJECT: AUDITOR SELECTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION <br />FROM: JEFFREY K. BARTON, CLERK OF +CIRCUIT COURT <br />BACKGROUND <br />The contract with the County's auditors, Coopers & Lybrand, LLP, was completed with the audit of <br />the 1994 Fiscal Year. Section 11.45, Florida Statutes establishes the procedure to be followed in <br />acquiring the services of an independent certified public accountant to perform the audit of the <br />County. Section 11.45, F.S. requires the establishment of an auditor selection committee composed <br />of the clerk of the circuit court, the property appraiser, the sheri$ the supervisor of elections, the tax <br />collector, and one member of the board of county commissioners. The purpose of the auditor <br />selection committee is to obtain information from certified public accountants who desire to provide <br />auditing services to the county, to evaluate the capabilities and other factors of those who desire to <br />provide auditing services, and to "select no fewer than three (3) firms deemed to be the most highly <br />qualified to perform the required services". The names of the firms selected are provided to the board <br />of county commissioners and the board negotiates a contract with one of the -firms. <br />The Auditor Selection Committee received a draft of a "Request For Proposal For Auditing <br />Services" (RFP) on March 10, 1995. The Committee reviewed the draft RFP and approved the final <br />copy at their March 17, 1995 meeting. This RFP was mailed to the national accounting firms, all <br />local accounting firms and other out of County firms which hath expressed an interest in receiving <br />an RFP. Responses were due by April 20, 1995. Eight firms resp nded to the Committees RFP as <br />follows: <br />13 BOOK 95 PAGE 171, <br />May 23, 1995 <br />