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POST OFFICE BOX 4748
C LEA R W ATE R, F LOR I D A 33518 _ 4748
May 21, 1984
Thomas C. Oldham, Esquire
Assistant Director
Department of Administration
Division of Administrative Hearings
Oakland Building
2009 Apalachee Parkway
Tall~hassee~ Florida 32301
HECEIVED
DEe 8 1985
Dear Mr. Oldham:
CI IY CLERK
This letter is in response to your letter of May 1, 1984,
relating to increasing the Hearing Officer reimbursement to
$30.00 per hour.
I have discussed the matter with the City Manager and notified
the City Commission, and I am authorized to confirm by letter
that the City of Clearwater is agreeable to increasing the hourly
rate to $30.00 per hour.
The City is quite satisfied with the working relationship we
have had with the Division.
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MEMORANDUM
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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
Thomas A. Bustin, City Attorney
Anthony L. Shoemaker, City Manager
Department of Administration, Division of
Administrative Hearings Contract
May 14,1984
DATE:
Attached is a copy of a letter received from the above Division
requesting modification of the contract the City has with the
Division.
Presently, the Division hears Civil Service, Board of Adjustment
and Appeal on Zoning and Community Relations cases. The present
contract is over four years old; therefore, the adjustment they
seek does not appear to be out of line.
Review of the many decision~ that the Division has ren~ered will
demonstrate that they ha.ve aided in establishing real administrative
professionalism into our processes. The adjustment suggested only
brings the City into line with what other communities are paying.
Unless there is objection, I will draft a letter to modify the
existing agreement as requested.
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Thomas A. Bustin
City Attorney
City of Clearwater
Post Office Box 4748
Clearwater, Florida 33518
Dear /A.r. Bustin:
As you know, this Division provides a Hearing Officer
on request to conduct hearings arising from Clearwater's
Ordinance No. 1643 covering civil service cases, and under
Ordinance No. 2173 as to zoning appeals. These hearings are
conducted as a result of contracts between the Division and
the City of Clearwater, pursuant to the authority of Section
120.65(6), F.S. They went into effect in 1977 and 1980.
The present arrangement calls for reimbursement by
Clearwater of the cost of the Hearing Officer's time at the
rate of 520.00 per hour, in addition to travel expenses.
Recently, we concluded similar agreements with
Hillsborough County and also with the Englewood Water District.
By those agreements, Hearing Officer time is to be reimbursed
at $30.00 per hour which is based on current conditions.
We feel that it is in order to bring the Clearwater
agreements in line with present costs and therefore ask if the
city is amenable to increasing the Hearing Officer reimburse-
ment to 530.00 per hour. If so, I believe the change can be
accomplished most easily by exchanged correspondence.
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OMAS C. OLDHAM
Assistant Director
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