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Home My WebLink About2025-003ORDINANCE NO. 2025- 003 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 103, SECTION 103.22 "APPOINTMENT TO THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE" WHEREAS, Chapter 103 of the Indian River Code has been adopted to govern the Commissions and Boards established by the Indian River County Commission; and WHEREAS, Chapter 103, Section 22 governs membership and procedures of the Children's Services Committee and the Board desires to provide for more uniform procedures and more effectively execute the duties of the Committee; and WHEREAS, the Board desires to make the Commissioner appointee the Chair and a non-voting member in order to provide stability and direction to the Children's Services Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to add an additional member to balance the Committee; and WHEREAS, the Children's Services Advisory Committee voted in agreement with this amendment of the Code on December 10, 2024; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT: Section 1. Enactment Authority. Article VIII, section 1 of the Florida Constitution and chapter 125, Florida Statutes vest broad home rule powers in counties to enact ordinances, not inconsistent with general or special law, for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the county. The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners specifically determines that the enactment of this ordinance is necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Indian River County. Section 2. Code Amendments. Indian River County Code Chapter 103, Section 103.22, Appointment to the children's services advisory committee, is hereby amended to read as follows: (1) The membership of the children's services advisory committee shall consist of fifteen (15) voting members who must be residents of Indian River County as follows: CODING: Words in stroke through format are deletions to existing text; words in underlined format are additions to existing text. ORDINANCE NO. 2025- 003 a) A County Commissioner, who shall be a non-voting member; a-}bSix 6 cow ex -officio voting members. Those members shall be: ; 2. 1.Judge living in Indian River designated by chief judge; 3- 2. Superintendent of schools, or his or her designee; 4: 3.Department of children and families, circuit 19 community development administrator; 5. 4.Department of health county health department administrator; 5-: 5. Law enforcement officer; 6. Representative from the Indian River County Hospital District. 4) Five (5) voting members from the community appointed by the board of county commissioners. Each commissioner shall appoint one (1) member to represent his/her district, which individuals shall have some form of expertise in the arena of children's services, such as a physician, licensed mental health professional, child advocate or someone with business experience. d) 6} Three (31 Twe (2) at -large voting members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. e) d) One (1) voting member, appointed by the board of county commissioners, who is an accountant, certified financial officer, certified financial planner or has significant financial experience. (2) Reserved. (3) The members appointed by the board of county commissioners shall have been residents of Indian River County for at least twenty-four (24) months prior to nomination. Such members shall be appointed for four-year terms, except that the length of the terms of the initial appointees shall be adjusted to stagger the terms. No at -large member shall serve for more than two (2) consecutive four-year terms. (4) Reserved. (5) Except as set forth above, no N-9 designee of principals will be allowed for any member of the children's services advisory committee. (6) Reserved. (7) Officers: The Chair shall be the Indian River County Commissioner assigned to the Children's Services Advisory Committee. Other Officers will include OffiGeFs Will Voice Cchair, and standing sub -committee chairs. Officers excluding the chair will be elected by the majority vote of the children's services advisory committee members each January and will assume the duties of their office on the regular meeting on the second CODING: Words in strike through format are deletions to existing text; words in underlined format are additions to existing text. ORDINANCE NO. 2025- 003 Monday of the next meeting each year. The term as an officer, other than a county commissioner, will be for one (1) year, but officers may succeed themselves. (8) Except in the event of a conflict between with this chapter, the children's services advisory committee shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 103 of the Indian River County Code of Ordinances. Section 3. Severability and Conflict If any section, sentence, paragraph, phrase, or word of this ordinance is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance not having been held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, which shall remain in full force and effect. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 4. Codification. The amended language contained in Section 1 of this ordinance shall be codified in Section 103.22 of The Code of Indian River County. Additional codification, renumbering, or relettering of this ordinance is left to the discretion of Municipal Code Corporation. Section 5. Effective Date. A certified copy of this ordinance, as enacted, shall be filed by the Clerk with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida within ten days after enactment, and this ordinance shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State. This ordinance was advertised in the Indian River Press Journal on the 2nd day of January, 2025, for a public hearing to be held on the 28th day of January, 2025, at which time it was moved for adoption by Commissioner Adams , seconded by Commissioner Earman , and adopted by the following vote: Chairman Joseph E. Flescher AYE Vice Chairman Deryl Loar AYE Commissioner Susan Adams AYE Commissioner Joseph H. Earman AYE Commissioner Laura Moss AYE CODING: Words in stile-threugh format are deletions to existing text; words in underlined format are additions to existing text. ORDINANCE NO. 2025- 0,'-)3 The Chairman thereupon declared the ordinance duly passed and adopted this 28th day of January, 2025. Attest: Ryan Butler , Clerk and BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS omp_tr/oiler, By eputy Clerk INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA Approved as to form and legal sufficie cy: By ri opher A. Hicks, Assistant County Attorney effective Date: This ordinance was filed with the Department of State and becomes effective on the 00th day of , 2025. CODING: Words in strike through format are deletions to existing text; words in underlined format are additions to existing text. LocaliQ Florida PO Box 631244 Cincinnati, OH 45263-1244 GANNETT Publication Cost: $107.84 Tax Amount: NOTICE OFINTENT - PUBLIC AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION HEARING Order No: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD Christina Moore OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Indian River County Attorneys Office FLORIDA, AMENDING INDIAN 1801 27Th ST RIVER COUNTY CODE CHAP- Vero Beach FL 32960-3388 TER 103, SECTION 103.22 "APPOINTMENT TO THE CHIL- DREN'S SERVICES ADIVSORY COMMITTEE" STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF BROWN The Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 9:05 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the Before the undersigned authority personally appeared, who g Y P Y PP matter may C heard, in the County Commission Chambers located on on oath says that he or she is the Legal Advertising the first floor of Building A of the County Administrative Complex, Representative of the Indian River Press Journal/St Lucie 1801 27th Street, Vero Beach, News Tribune Stuart News, newspapers ublished in Indian NewsP Florida at which time inter- ested may be heard with River/St Lucie/Martin Counties, Florida; that the attached parties parties respect to the proposed ordinance. The proposed ordinance may be copy of advertisement, being a Legal Ad in the matter of inspected by the public during regu- Public Notices, was published on the publicly accessible lar30 a.m. to 5:00 business hours ugh p.m., Monday through Friday) at websites of Indian River/St Lucie/Martin Counties, Florida, the Office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners located on or in a newspaper by print in the issues of, on: the second floor of Building A of the County Administrative Complex, 1801 27th Street, Vero Beach, 01/02/2025 Florida; or alternatively, the proposed ordinance may be inspected at www.indionriver.gov. Affiant further says that the website or newspaper complies Anyonewhosh any betmadeeal mayay at this with all legal requirements for publication in chapter 50, meeting will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings Florida Statutes. is made, which includes testimony Subscribed and sworn to before me, by the legal clerk, who and evidence upon which the appeal is based. is personally known to me, on 01/02/2025 Anyone who needs a special accom- modation for this meeting must contact the County's Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordi- natorat 48 hours Clerk gst in advance of the meetin INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY Notary, State of WI, County of Brown COMMISSIONERS JOSEPH E. FLESCHER, CHAIR- / MAN MAN Pub: Jan 2, 2025 TCN My commission expires Publication Cost: $107.84 Tax Amount: $0.00 Payment Cost: $107.84 Order No: 10896288 # of Copies: Customer No: 1125303 1 PO #: THIS IS NOT AN INVOICE! Please do not use this form for payment remittance. 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