Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Andrew J. Meyers
Department: County Attorney
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-474 Amending the Broward County Administrative Code, the title of which is as follows:
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO THE FEE STRUCTURE FOR LABORATORY SERVICES; AMENDING SECTION 40.23 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ("ADMINISTRATIVE CODE"), PROVIDING FOR AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FEES; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Why Action is Necessary
A Resolution directing the County Administrator to publish notice of public hearing to consider adoption of the Resolution Amending the Broward County Administrative Code was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of August 25, 2020.
What Action Accomplishes
Adopts changes to fees for services by the Environmental Monitoring Laboratory.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
Summary Explanation/Background
The Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department ("EPGMD") maintains an Environmental Monitoring Laboratory ("Lab") certified to perform a variety of environmental sampling and analytical services and to charge fees adopted by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners when providing such services.
Section 40.23.p. of the Broward County Administrative Code ("Administrative Code") contains the fee schedule for the Lab's services. Occasionally, the fee schedule must be updated to reflect changes in the sampling and analytic services the Lab performs and the costs of performing such services by amending the list of analytic methods in current use and fees for specific services.
This Resolution would amend the Lab's fee schedule to 1) delete analytic methods that are obsolete or no longer perfor...
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