Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO AUTHORIZE County Administrator to execute all documents, subject to approval as to legal sufficiency by the County Attorney's Office for all documents that constitute contracts, including but not limited to contracts, amendments or revisions to contracts, work authorizations, grant applications and grant awards relating to preparation and response efforts associated with disasters; and to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions to implement these documents, only to be exercised by the County Administrator if the timeliness requirements do not allow sufficient lead time to bring the item before the Board.

ACTION:  (T-10:43 AM)  Approved.  Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum:  At the end of the Motion Statement, please add: “A report of any such administrative and budgetary actions exercised by the County Administrator, above the County Administrator’s existing authority, shall be placed on the Board’s Agenda."

VOTE:  8-0. Commissioner Sharief was not present.

Board of County Commissioners' approval is required for agreements. Rapid preparation and response times are facilitated by permitting the County Administrator to execute emergency response related agreements.

Allows the County Administrator to execute documents related to emergency response.

None.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.

Approval of this item permits the County Administrator to execute documents related to disaster preparedness and response. The authority provided herein would only be exercised by the County Administrator if the timeliness requirements do not allow sufficient lead time to bring the item before the Board.

Preparedness and response to disasters requires timely execution of agreements with various agencies, most significantly, the State of Florida's Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These agreements can be time sensitive and failure to execute in a timely manner may preclude participation in programs or delay recovery efforts. Authorizing the County Administrator to execute such agreements reduces administrative delays associated with processing these agreements for execution by the Board.

This agenda item was coordinated through and approved by the County Attorney's Office.

Lori Vunkannon, Acting Director, Emergency Management Division, (954) 831-3933