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RESOLUTION NO. 2025- 022 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ABOLISHING THE PUBLIC <br />SAFETY COORDINATING COUNCIL AND REVISING THE PUBLIC <br />SAFETY COUNCIL FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE, MENTAL HEALTH <br />AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO MEET THE STATUTORY <br />REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH COUNCILS. <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County is required to have a Public Safety Council For <br />Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, pursuant to Florida Statutes Section <br />394.657 to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners how the Criminal Justice, Mental <br />Health and Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant Program may be best implemented in the <br />community; and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County is required to have a Public Safety Coordinating <br />Council, pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 951.26, whose principal purpose is to assess the <br />population status of all county detention or correctional facilities and to formulate <br />recommendations to ensure they are not exceeded; and <br />WHEREAS, Florida Statute Section 394.657 allows the Public Safety Coordinating <br />Council to merge functions with the Public Safety Council for Criminal Justice, Mental Health <br />and Substance Abuse, if membership required by statute is met; and <br />WHEREAS, in order to be more efficient, Indian River County would like to abolish its <br />existing Public Safety Coordinating Council and merge its functions with the Public Safety <br />Council For Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse; and <br />WHEREAS, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners would further <br />like to assign to the Public Safety Council For Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance <br />Abuse the additional duty of making recommendations to the Board for the use of funds received <br />from opioid litigation and to receive reports from any formal/informal Opioid and Substance Use <br />Task Force. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA: <br />1. ABOLITION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATING COUNCIL <br />The Public Safety Coordinating Council is hereby abolished and Resolution 1993-220, <br />which formed the Council, is rescinded. All duties of the Public Safety Coordinating Council are <br />hereby assigned to the Public Safety Council for Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance <br />Abuse. <br />1 <br />