Section 1.11, Broward County Administrative Code, authorizes the County Administrator during the Board’s recesses to execute grant agreements when inaction would risk loss of the grant. That section also empowers the County Administrator during times of “major or catastrophic emergencies” to take “prompt and necessary action” to protect county residents.
It has been the experience that, during the extended summer recess, a limited number of unpredictable issues arise, other than grant agreements and emergency-related matters that call for prompt action in order to best protect the County and the public interest. This item would authorize the County Administrator to take such limited actions on behalf of the Board during the recess, with all such actions subject to Board ratification after summer recess.
Upon conclusion of the summer recess an item will be brought back to the Commission for consideration to address this change to the Administrative Code.
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