Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 06-09-09 regular — reading text

ark Wiltsie Administrative Services Director Reviewed for Agenda: 6// D Robert T. Mearns City Manager 34- 1 ORDINANCE _ 1801 2 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, 4 FLORIDA; AMENDING SECTION 2. 14. 02, DEPARTMENTS 5 ESTABLISHED, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REORGANIZE 6 CITY DEPARTMENTS; REPEALING CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; 7 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 8 9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 10 CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: 11 12 SECTION I. AUTHORITY Florida Statutes 13 The authority for enactment of this Ordinance is section 166.021( 1), 14 ( 2008), and section 19 of the Charter of the City of Fort Walton Beach. 15 16 SECTION II. FINDINGS AND INTENT 17 Pursuant to Section 19 of the Charter of the City of Fort Walton Beach, there shall be 18 such departments necessary for the purposes of carrying out the financial, public safety, public 19 services and welfare functions of the city. The City Council may change any department or 20 office by ordinance and may prescribe, distribute or discontinue the functions and duties of 21 departments and offices so established. Additional functions and duties may be assigned by 22 ordinance to departments established by this Charter, and departments may be discontinued or 23 the functions thereof changed by ordinance. The City Council has determined that it is in the best 24 interests of the City of Fort Walton Beach to reorganize, restructure and rename the departments streamline the 25 of the City to achieve operational efficiency, effectiveness in service delivery, 26 reporting process and reduce costs. 27 28 Section III. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2. 14.02 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES 29 Section 2. 14. 02, Departments Established, of the Code of Ordinances is amended as 30 follows: 31 Section 2. 14. 02, Departments Established. 32 There are the following departments within the organizational structure of the city 33 government: administrative services, financial services, fire services, gelf egib 34 , police services, , engineering services, utility services and 35 recreational & cultural services. 36 37 a. The Administrative Services Department shall be responsible for human 38 resources, risk management, information technology and public information. 39 40 b. The Financial Services Department shall be responsible for all finance and 41 purchasing functions. 42 43 C. The Fire Services Department shall be responsible for all fire suppression, 44 safety and education related functions. 45 9 * 1  1 2 3 4 e. The Police Services Department shall be responsible for all police 5 functions. 6 7 f. The Publie Ser-viees En ineering Services Department shall be responsible 8 for engineering, planning r„r,.,, tmity Development Sei=viees, building permitting vviiuiluiir 9 and inspections, code enforcement, neighborhood improvement, the community 10 redevelopment agency, CRA, Eeenemie Development, fleet —s n ee, street 11 maintenance fleet maintenance Faefl ties Maintenance i a.a v— nce iiIZSV' aintor TPSCCiSrCGIICCi=G' an tLr Sell Waste - and 12 stormwater utility. 13 14 g. The Utility Services Department shall be responsible for all functions 15 related to utilities services including water distribution, wastewater collection, 16 water operations, sewer operations, facilities maintenances , 17 and sanitation. stefnwater-utility 18 19 h. The Recreation and Cultural Services Department shall be responsible for 20 all functions related to parks and recreation and grounds maintenance including 21 - ay maintenance, medians and the cemetery, and all functions of the right -of w 22 City' s golf course operations and maintenance. 23 24 i. The City Manager shall have authority to reassign functions from one 25 department to another when it is in the best interests of the city operation to do so. 26 27 SECTION VI. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS 28 In the event any part of this ordinance conflicts with any provision of the Code, the 29 provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail. 30 31 SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE 32 This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval by the City Council and 33 signature of the Mayor and shall be retroactive to May 19, 2009. 34 35 36 Adopted Mike Anderson, Mayor 37 38 Attest: Approved as to form and legal sufficiency. 39 40 41 Helen Spencer, City Clerk Toni L. Craig, City Attorney 42 43 Codification Instructions: 44 Section II amends section 2. 14. 02 of the Code of Ordinances as stated. 45 Sections I, III, IV are not codified. 46 Additions are underlined; deletions ons a stFike 36-  O O C14 Z5 C: C) CCS Cll CD O O O 37-  a N r cri r. y N u 7r G oar U- U C9 N o 0 U N W ul oca`' V w ru 0 U- r N N U) I ul N o to t cc u. N Nr N N y Ul lri. O V Ul r N V r N N U O 0rZol N I v ci J U U .- w - mss '" r V a,/ ul I W W .! l L3 N N OG w N