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September 16, 2010
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Richard P. Dunn II
and Members of the CRA Board
From: Pieter Bockweg
Executive Director
Date: September 6, 2010 File: 10-01079
Subject: Resolution Amending the CRA Personnel
Policies & Procedures Manual to Require
Mandatory Ethics Courses for CRA
Em ployees
References:
Enclosures: Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution amending the CRA Personnel
Policies and Procedures Manual to require mandatory ethics courses for all CRA employees.
The new policy will require all CRA employees (regardless of position) to attend at least one ethics course every
three years. This will ensure that all CRA employees are familiar with the requirements of the Florida Code of
Ethics for Public Officers and Employees.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 163.367, Florida Statutes, states that "employees of a community redevelopment agency ... shall be
subject to the provisions and requirements of part III of chapter 112," the Florida Code of Ethics for Public
Officers and Employees.
FUNDING: No fiscal impact.