Okaloosa County BOCC — November 16, 2013 — reading text

invoices, payroll, billing, investments, and budget management. - Create annual town budget and administer Florida Truth in Millage (TRIM) compliance. - Chief town purchasing agent. • Human Resource Officer - Developed personnel policy manual to include employee discipline, leave, holiday, and grievance policies. Developed organizational hierarchy and job descriptions. - Interview and recommend all new hires. - Propose annual employee compensation. - Manage employee retirement programs. • Code Enforcement Officer - Enforce municipal codes for all residential/commercial/ industrial zones. • Grant Manager - Successful grant application writer/coordinator. - Grant administrator for multiple federal and Florida Recreation Development grants. • Risk Manager - Lead Town safety committee - Negotiate and administer all town property, liability, auto, and health insurance programs. - Administer worker's compensation insurance program. • Other - Planning and Zoning Coordinator - Flood Insurance Coordinator (Community Rating System) and onsite flood prevention advisor - Official Florida Records Management Officer - Information Systems Manager 2 Cherokee Road, Shalimar, Florida 32579 ~~ (850) 651-5723 ~~ Fax (850) 651-3337 www.shalimarflorida.org Packet Pg. 523 2 Cherokee Road, Shalimar, Florida 32579 ~~ (850) 651-5723 ~~ Fax (850) 651-3337 www.shalimarflorida.org Packet Pg. 524  Resume for Vacancy Okaloosa Gas Board of Directors Aubrey Douglas Sims Residence: 6 Warbler Way, Crestview, Florida 32539 Resident of Okaloosa County for over 50 years Okaloosa Gas Membership—Customer of Okaloosa Gas since 1986 Educational Background Bachelor of Science-University of West Florida-Major Biology-Minor Chemistry Master of Public Administration-Troy State University Accounting I and II and Economics I and II-Northwest Florida State College Managerial Finance-University of West Florida Environmental Health Leadership Institute-Center for Disease Control Utility Management Certification-Water Institute Enhanced All Hazard Incident Management/Unified Command-Texas A&M University Disaster Management for Water and Wastewater Management-Texas A&M University Work Experience Okaloosa County Health Department-retired after 33 years as Director of Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Emergency Response Currently serving as General Manager of Auburn Water System-6+ years. Responsible for assuring conformance with regulatory requirements of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Northwest Florida Water Management District and for development and administration of operational budget. Personal Information Married for 38 years-Kitty Carol Sims (Deputy Clerk of Court) One son-flight instructor-U.S. Air Force-Duke Field Packet Pg. 525 Packet Pg. 526 Packet Pg. 527 Packet Pg. 528  BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: September 3, 2013 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Rick Owen SUBJECT: Commissioner Notes from Gulf Consortium and GCERC Meetings DEPARTMENT: County Administrator BCC DISTRICT: All Commissioner Parisot to provide an informational update on the Gulf Consortium meeting on August 22 and the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council meeting on August 28. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: Ernie Padgett, County Administrator Packet Pg. 529 Trip Report on Gulf Consortium (RESTORE) Meeting, August 22, 2013 at Clearwater, FL (Agenda Attached) Sept. 1, 2013 1. Comments on selected Agenda items: A. Consortium Finances: Two pages of the Finance report are attached. From the Revenues for “Interim County Funding” billed vs. received, it appears $2,965 has not yet been paid by some counties. I will follow-up at next meeting. The Consortium has a working balance of $64,689.89. B. NRDA: I provided a brief update on the NRDA Trustee Council held in Pensacola on Sept. 26 (I was one of only two county commissioners to attend that meeting), emphasizing the need for the Consortium to continue to emphasize the need to streamline the various federal permitting processes. I inquired if a “listening session” for the third round of projects had been scheduled (most of those projects in FL go to Escambia County). The answer was “not yet”. I will track this and plan to attend when scheduled. (From discussion after the GCERC meeting on Aug. 28 in New Orleans, Mimi Drew anticipates meetings to be held in Escambia and Bay counties, dates not set yet.) C. Plan Funding Alternatives: Various options to fund the development of the Gulf Consortium’s Multi-Year Plan for “Pot 3” of the RESTORE Act were discussed. Options are: 1) Assessing each of the 23 counties via a formula to be determined with possible reimbursement after the Plan is approved by Treasury (reimbursement is currently uncertain as Treasury Rules are not yet published). An issue here is that some of the “small counties” expressed concerns of being required to “front” funds from their existing budget. (NOTE: To date, the 8-Counties in the Panhandle have provided 75% of the funding for the Consortium, as well as 100% of the funding prior to formation of the Gulf Consortium.) 2) Applying for a federal grant for planning assistance. Director (Commissioner) Tammy Hall (Lee County) provided some information that Alabama had obtained a grant. She will do further research and provide more information at the Consortium meeting on Sept. 18, 2013. This topic will have further discussion at the Sept. 18 Consortium meeting. (Prior to that meeting, I would like Board discussion and direction on whether they support continued higher level funding from the 8-counties or a more equitable assessment ratio.) D. Draft Statement of Services: There was much discussion on the Draft Statement of Services (copy attached) to hire a consulting firm to assist the Consortium with development of the Multi-Year Plan for “Pot 3”. The Consortium has partnered with the Leon County Purchasing Dept. in developing the RFQ (draft copy attached). I asked whether Para. 3 (Grant Management) and Para. 4 (Program Implementation) meant that the consulting firm would be Packet Pg. 530 handling the receipt and disbursement of funds from the RESTORE Act, and expressed that I would strongly object to a consulting firm doing these services. A few other Directors agreed. The only answer was that these services would be optional. I also expressed that I thought an initial contract term of 5 years is too long. I also asked what the composition of the “State’s Technical Working Group” would be and whether these would be comprised of the 6 Governor’s non-voting appointees to the Consortium? The reply was that the Working Group would be from State Agencies, not the Governor’s reps. on the Consortium (Note: The Governor has not yet appointed his reps. to the Consortium. I plan to request the status of this at the Sept. 18 Consortium meeting.) Directors were requested to provide any inputs to Doug Darling on the draft by Sept. 6th. I propose to make the following inputs on the draft Scope of Services: 1) The initial contract period of 5 years is too long. I will recommend an initial term of one year with two options to renew for one year each. RATIONALE: This contract should be for the Program Design and Plan Development as required by the RESTORE Act to be submitted to the GCERC and to the Florida Governor (by the Memorandum of Understanding) for approval. This process should be completed within one year. 2) Recommend the consortium not even consider using a consulting firm for the receipt and distribution of RESTORE funds. RATIONALE: Too many potential problems with accountability and auditing; also, this will add more fees that should be used for projects. 3) In para. 2 (Plan Development) need to define “infrastructure” as to how the Consortium will define it. RATIONALE: Infrastructure can have a very broad definition or a narrow definition. A broad definition to include economic impact to community structure would be preferred. 4) That the Consortium not include Paras. 3 (Grant Management) and 4 (Program Implementation) as part of this Scope of Services. RATIONALE: We need to concentrate on getting the Plan developed and approved at this phase. See also para. 2) above also. E. Rules Review Process: Firstly, the draft rules from Treasury have not yet been provided to Florida nor published in the Federal Register (FR). When published in the FR, there will be a period (length unknown) for public input prior to finalizing the rules. Further discussion of a method to consolidate inputs from individual Consortium counties will be further addressed at the Sept. 18 meeting for “Pot 3” inputs. There was also discussion concerning the Consortium Manager forwarding the Treasury Rules for “Pot 1” when received to the county attorneys of the 23 member counties. I requested he also include the Consortium Directors (and Alternates) and the County Administrators/Managers of the 23 member counties.. Packet Pg. 531 F. Update by FDEP: Mr Kevin Claridge provided a very brief update on the “Pot 2” (GCERC) status and that there will be a meeting of the GCERC in New Orleans on August 28 th. I requested that FDEP support the Consortium in pressing for stream-lining of federal permitting. Kendra Parsons, FDEP/Gulf Coast Public Affairs Manager to Mimi Drew, stated that the GCERC had very recently (subsequent to my comments at the July 25 NRDA Trustee Council meeting) formed a Working Group to address federal stream-lining. I requested that any Consortium members who attend the next GCERC meeting to continue to highlight this need during public comments. There were also comments of regional watershed projects for Pots 2 & 3. G. Update by Florida Fish and Wildife Conservation Commission (FWCC): During the FWCC update, I inquired if we would have to resubmit projects for the criminal penalty fine money that will be controlled by them. Since FWCC is using the same project input format as FDEP, it seems reasonable that FWCC review the already submitted projects and “cull out” those that will fit their criteria. The FWCC rep. stated they would do this. H. Due to time constraints, Agenda items 10a-10c were not discussed. The 3 counties were requested to put their inputs in writing for posting to the Consortium website. I. Educational presentations were made by the Florida Institute of Oceanography, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, and the Tampa Bay national Estuary Program followed by Public Input from three speakers. J. The next Gulf Consortium meeting is scheduled for Sept. 18 from 10AM-Noon (EDT) at the Marriot West Palm Beach, just prior to the FAC Legislative Planning Conference. Dave Parisot Okaloosa County Director to Gulf Consortium __ Attachments 1. Gulf Consortium Meeting Aganda, August 22, 2013 (2 pages) 2. Finance Report (2 pages) 3. Draft Statement of Services (4 pages)