§ 9-3. Lake County Public Safety Coordinating Council.

(a)

Creation. Pursuant to F.S. § 951.26, the Lake County Public Safety Coordinating Council is hereby created.

(b)

Purpose.

(1)

The council shall assess the population status of all detention or correctional facilities owned or contracted by Lake County, and formulate recommendations to ensure that the capacities of such facilities are not exceeded. Such recommendations shall include an assessment of the availability of pretrial intervention or probation programs, work-release programs, substance abuse programs, gain-time schedules, applicable bail bond schedules, and the confinement status of the inmates housed within each facility owned or contracted by the county.

(2)

The council may also develop a local public safety plan for future construction needs. The plan must cover at least a five-year period. The plan may be submitted for consideration to the local planning agency for the county, at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the adoption of or amendment to the comprehensive plan for the county by the local planning agency pursuant to F.S. Ch. 163, Pt. II.

(c)

Membership. Members of the Lake County Public Safety Coordinating Council shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners and shall consist of twenty-one (21) members as follows:

(1)

The state attorney, or an assistant state attorney designated by the state attorney.

(2)

The public defender, or an assistant public defender designated by the public defender.

(3)

The chief circuit judge, or another circuit judge designated by the chief circuit judge.

(4)

The chief county judge, or another county judge designated by the chief county judge.

(5)

The chief correctional officer.

(6)

The sheriff, or a member designated by the sheriff.

(7)

The state probation circuit administrator, or a member designated by the state probation circuit administrator, to be appointed to a four-year term.

(8)

The chairperson of the board of county commissioners, or another county commissioner as designee.

(9)

The director of the county probation or pretrial intervention program, to be appointed to a four-year term.

(10)

The director of a local substance abuse treatment program, or a member designated by the director, to be appointed to a four-year term.

(11)

One (1) representatives from a county and/or state jobs programs or other community groups who works with offenders and victims, appointed by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners to four-year terms.

(12)

The police chief, or a person designated by the local police chief's association.

(13)

A representative of the substance abuse program office and the mental health program office of the Department of Children and Families, selected by the substance abuse and mental health program supervisor of the Florida Department of Children and Families.

(14)

A primary consumer of mental health services, selected by the substance abuse and mental health program supervisor of the Florida Department of Children and Families.

(15)

A primary consumer of substance abuse services, selected by the substance abuse and mental health program supervisor of the Florida Department of Children and Families.

(16)

A family member of a primary consumer of community based-treatment services, selected by the substance abuse and mental health program supervisor of the Florida Department of Children and Families.

(17)

A representative from an area homeless program or a supportive housing program.

(18)

The director of the detention facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a person designated by the director.

(19)

The chief probation officer of the Department of Juvenile Justice, or an employee designated by the chief probation officer.

(20)

The local court administrator, or a person designed by the local court administrator.

(21)

The director of a community mental health agency, or person designated by the director.

(d)

Procedure.

(1)

The chairperson of the board of county commissioners, or another county commissioner as designee, shall serve as the chairperson of the council until the council elects a chairperson from the membership of the council. The membership of the council shall also elect a vice-chairman.

2)

All meetings of the Lake County Public Safety Coordinating Council, as well as its records, books, documents, and papers, are open and available to the public in accordance with F.S. §§ 119.07 and 286.011.

(3)

Pursuant to F.S. § 286.011(6), meetings shall not be held at any facility or location which discriminates on the basis of sex, age, race, creed, color, origin, or economic status or which operates in such a manner as to unreasonably restrict public access to such a facility.

(4)

All meetings shall be noticed and minutes recorded.

(5)

Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall be the final authority on all questions of parliamentary procedure.

(6)

A quorum for conducting business shall be seven (7) members.

(Ord. No. 2005-29, § 2, 4-5-05; Ord. No. 2007-56, § 2, 12-4-07; Ord. No. 2016-5, § 2, 2-16-16)