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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final December 6, 2022 potential to drastically increase the costs of these advertisements given the provision in the new legislation that allows for residents to request that each notice be mailed to them individually. Attachments: Staff Report Information Technology Director Dan Russell presented a follow-up on the Board's request for additional information concerning publishing legal notices and or official advertisements via the County's website. His memo dated November 22, 2022, outlines the Florida House Bill 7049 which revises requirements for publishing legal notices. Mr. Russell detailed the cost of advertising legal notices in the newspaper versus the cost of mailing those same notices. The total cost for legal notices published in the newspaper during the last fiscal year was $7,647.15, with an average cost of $173.80 per advertisement. He stated the County's cost to mail each notice to just 1% of the county's population would escalate the cost to $2,982.03 compared to the cost of $173.80 for advertising the same notice in the newspaper. He then outlined the fee for publishing legal notices on the County's website at a cost of $35.00 per page. Mr. Russell's recommendation was to continue the established process of advertising legal notices via the local newspaper and to continue posting those notices on the County website. County Attorney Dylan Reingold commented he had attended the mid -year Florida Association of County Attorneys Continuing Education Seminar and stated most counties had done the same research and had reached the same conclusion. A motion was made by Commissioner Loar, seconded by Commissioner Flescher, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5 - Chairman Earman, Vice Chairman Adams, Commissioner Flescher, Commissioner Loar, and Commissioner Moss The Chairman called for a recess at 10:52 a.m. and reconvened at 11:02 a.m. with all members present. F. Office of Management and Budget 12.F.1. 22-0998 Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) Recommended Action: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve allocating the $100,000 in LATCF funding towards the addition of a Planner I in the Environmental Planning and Code Enforcement Division. After the LATCF funding is exhausted, the MSTU Fund will fund the ongoing cost of the additional Indian River County Florida Page 14