Okaloosa County BOCC — November 4, 2012 — Bob Murray 7 — reading text

cution and defense of legal current laws and judicial decisions. seat of Alachua County. It spans approximately under Charter in 1927 to enable it to challenges. The Office is • Retain special counsel on behalf of 62 square miles and is home to more than 124,000 conduct municipal government, per- currently staffed by nine the City as authorized by policy or residents. Named the Top Tech City in Florida, Gainesville is a form municipal functions and render attorneys, six legal assistants, the City Commission. national hub for Green and Health technologies and home to one of the municipal services. The City has a Mayor/ and an office manager. The nation’s leading research universities, as well as one of the nation’s premier Commission form of government. The • Plan, organize, administer, direct, Transactional Division of the healthcare systems. The City of Gainesville is known for having an innovative City Commission is comprised of seven and supervise the activities of the City Attorney’s Office: interprets municipal government and for being an innovative city, receiving numerous members, four elected by the qualified Office of the City Attorney. and applies state and federal statutory awards and recognitions. voters of four City districts, with the • Attend personnel actions within the and case law and the City Charter and The City of Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, Florida’s largest remaining two and the mayor seats office of the City Attorney. Code of Ordinances; researches legal authority in and oldest university, and one of the state’s centers of education, medicine, elected by all qualified voters of the • Develop the annual departmental order to provide guidance to the City; prepares ordinances and resolutions; cultural events and athletics. The City has a vibrant public school system, high- City for three-year terms. The Com- budget. negotiates, drafts and reviews contracts, bonds, and other legal instruments; lighted by innovative gifted and magnet programs including Eastside High School’s mission appoints six Charter Officers: and sits as Commission, Board and Committee Counsel. The Litigation Division • Attend meetings of the City Com- two magnet programs – the Institute of Culinary Arts and the International the City Manager, the City Attorney, of the City Attorney’s Office prosecutes, defends and settles all legal challenges mission, its agencies, boards, and Baccalaureate Program. The University of Florida and Shands Hospital at UF are the General Manager for Utilities, the filed on behalf of or against the City, in State and Federal courts and before committees, as appropriate. the leading employers in Gainesville and provide jobs for many residents of the City Auditor, the Equal Opportunity administrative agencies. This includes challenges to City ordinances, development • Participate in and attend professional city and surrounding counties. Director and the Clerk of the Commis- approvals, employment actions, civil rights actions, torts, tax liability issues, the organizations and seminars to expand sion, as well as board and committee Known for its preservation of historic buildings and the beauty of its natural foreclosure of City liens and mortgages, the prosecution of municipal ordinances proficiency in law and practice. members. surroundings, Gainesville’s numerous parks, museums and lakes provide recreation and adjusting claims made. The City of Gainesville is a full-service • Prosecute and defend all suits, to thousands of visitors. Patrons can choose from a variety of venues such as city and owns a regional transit system, THE POSITION complaints, and controversies for Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the historical Hippodrome State and on behalf of the City includ- a 72-par championship golf course and The City Attorney is the chief legal advisor to and attorney for the Theatre, the Gainesville Community Playhouse, H.P. Constans Theatre, the ing: challenges to City a multi-service utility which provides City, its elected and appointed officers and employees. The Dance Theatre of Santa Fe, the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre and live music in ordinances; development electric, natural gas, water, wastewater City Attorney is appointed by the City Commission and The City Attorney downtown Gainesville. The City of Gainesville’s Department of Parks, Recreation & exercises considerable approvals; employment and telecommunications services. The serves at their will. The City Attorney has overall responsi- Cultural Affairs maintains a year-round schedule of events, recreational activities initiative and independent actions; civil rights ac- City has approximately 2,200 employees, bility for the Office of the City Attorney and is expected to and competitive sports for all ages. Gainesville’s outdoor enthusiasts regularly professional judgment, acting tions; torts; tax liability a general fund budget for FY2012 of exercise considerable initiative and independent profes- head for any of the 40 nature parks within 50 miles of Gainesville to picnic, with the highest level of issues; the foreclosure $103 million and a utility budget of sional judgment in all legal matters affecting the City boat, swim, hike, camp, bike, hunt or fish. Other attractions include the Santa professionalism, ethics and of City liens and mort- $393 million. government. dedication in