RESOLUTION R2012-
A
RESOLUTION
OF
THE
BOARD
OF
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY AUTHORIZING
THE
COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
TO
PROVIDE
EMERGENCY COMPENSATION
TO
UNCLASSIFIED,
EXEMPT EMPLOYEES WHO WORK DURING A DECLARED
STATE
OF
LOCAL
EMERGENCY;
ESTABLISHING
COMPENSATION RATES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners finds that
certain natural and man-made events such as tropical storms, hurricanes, tornadoes,
chemical spills, and oil contamination require declarations of a state of local emergency
in counties throughout the state of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has enacted Chapter 37 of its
Code of Ordinances to define its emergency management authority and powers; and
WHEREAS, through Section 37-36, Code of Ordinances, the Board of County
Commissioners has vested the Escambia County Administrator with emergency
management powers, including the power to authorize the expenditure of public funds;
and
WHEREAS, to assist certain County employees who are required to work a
significant amount of time in excess of forty (40) hours in a workweek during a declared
state of local emergency, the Board of County Commissioners has previously authorized
the County Administrator to provide emergency compensation to employees in the
unclassified service who would not otherwise receive overtime or compensatory time
(see R2005-121, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A" to this Resolution); and
WHEREAS, the Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners declared a
state of local emergency on June 27, 2012 due to the impact of Tropical Storm Debby;
and
WHEREAS, John S. Dosh, Manager of the Escambia County Emergency
Management Division, was deployed to Suwannee County from July 2 through July 9,
2012, to assist as EOC Support Team Leader, under Florida Department of Emergency
Management (FDEM) Mutual Aid Mission #270, and because of his substantial efforts in
response to this disaster, the Board of County Commissioners recognizes the need to
authorize the County Administrator to provide emergency compensation, which will be
reimbursed to Escambia County by FDEM; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners therefore finds that authorizing
the County Administrator to provide emergency compensation to John S. Dosh, an
unclassified employee, during such deployment to aid another Florida county during a
declared state of local emergency advances the public health, safety, and welfare
through mutual aid response.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
RECITALS
The above recitals are true and incorporated herein.
SECTION 2.
AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY COMPENSATION
Pursuant to the authority conferred by R2005-121, the County Administrator may
award emergency compensation to unclassified, exempt employees of the Escambia
County Board of County Commissioners. The County Administrator's authority to award
emergency compensation to John S. Dosh shall commence as of the date of deployment
on July 2, 2012, and shall run through date of demobilization on July 9, 2012. Emergency
compensation may be awarded as a payment equal to
1.0 times the employee's
equivalent hourly rate based on the employee's salary and may be paid for each hour
worked in excess of forty (40) hours during the employee's workweek.
The Florida
Department of Emergency Management (FDEM) shall reimburse Escambia County for
this emergency compensation.
SECTION 3.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the Board of
County Commissioners.
ADOPTED this 26lh day of July, 2012.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Wilson B. Robertson, Chairman
ATTEST: Ernie Lee Magaha
Clerk of the Circuit Court
This document approved as to form
and legal sufficiency^
Deputy Clerk
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