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Friday, July 23, 2010
NACo brings five coastal states together to discuss oil spill response
FAC Leaders Lieberman, Williams and Holley express Florida’s varied concerns
NACo
President Valerie Brown (California) convened a special roundtable
meeting on Monday, July 19 of the NACo Executive Board and the five
impacted states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas).
Attendees were provided briefings from Lisa Jackson, Administrator EPA
and Tom Oppel, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
FAC establishes Deepwater Horizon Legal Task Force
FAC’s General Counsel Ginger Delegal has brought together county
attorney’s from across the state to assist the FAC/FLC/FSBA Joint Task
Force on Economic Recovery. As the task force continues to help local
governments recover from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill legal issues
continue to arise. This task force will:
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Did you attend FAC’s Annual Conference? Tell us how we did!
FAC's 2010 Annual Conference & Educational Exposition was held June 29 - July 2 at the Marriott Tampa Waterside. If you attended, we need and welcome your feedback. Please help us with future program planning by completing an online survey. CLICK HERE to access the survey – it should only take a few minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for your participation. Please save the date for FAC's 2011 Annual Conference being held June 21-24 in Orange County at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
FAC, counties meet with DJJ to discuss cost sharing
Department of Juvenile Justice’s Certification Task Force On Monday,
July 19, FAC, Commissioner Kevin Beckner, county staff and members from
Sheriff’s offices throughout the state convened at the Department of
Juvenile Justice’s Headquarters in Tallahassee. The Task Force was
created out of the need to find alternative ways for counties to
participate in their share of juvenile detention. Statute requires
counties to pay into the state operated detention facilities; however,
there is also a section of statute that says counties and municipalities
can operate their own facilities that have been certified by the
Department.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Legislature holds two hour Special Session, then adjourns
Cretul establishes 6 working groups re oil spill response
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010 the Florida Legislature convened in a special
session at the call of the Governor to consider placing a constitutional
amendment to ban oil drilling on the November ballot. The House
convened for 50 minutes in which Speaker Larry Cretul announced the
formation of six working groups to discuss the varying aspects to oil
spill recovery for the state of Florida.
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