Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO ADOPT  Resolution No. 2014-232 directing the County Administrator to furnish a certified copy of this adopted Resolution to the Supervisor of Elections of Broward County, Dr. Brenda Snipes, on or before June 16, 2014, so that the referendum item reauthorizing the Children's Services Council of Broward County can be placed on the November 4, 2014, general election ballot.

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A REFERENDUM ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 4, 2014, THE BROWARD COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION, TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO RETAIN THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY SO THAT IT WILL CONTINUE EXISTING AS A DISTRICT WITH VOTER-APPROVED TAXING AUTHORITY UNTIL DISSOLVED PURSUANT TO LAW; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ACTION:  (T-11:34 AM)  Approved, as amended, amending the verbiage in Exhibit A, Line 9 of the Resolution to read, "...... and shall not subsequently be subject to reauthorization by referendum" instead of "unless and until it is dissolved as provided by law."  (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated April 8, 2014, submitted at the request of Commissioners Gunzburger and Wexler.)

VOTE:  8-0.  Commissioner Ritter was not present at the time of the vote.  

The Children's Services Council of Broward County has requested that this referendum item be placed on the November 4, 2014, ballot.

 

Places Children's Services Council of Broward County referendum item on the November 4, 2014, ballot.

The Children's Services Council of Broward County, which provides early learning and reading skills, after school programs, developmental, health, preventative, and other children's support services, was created by a special act as an independent district effective January 2, 2001. Florida statutes require Children's Services Councils in certain counties to be reauthorized by 2016, although it permits them to request to be placed on referendum ballot earlier. The Children's Services Council of Broward County has opted to be placed on the ballot earlier. The proposed ballot language would reauthorize the Broward County Children’s Services Council until dissolved pursuant to law.