TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Jennifer M. Johnson, City Clerk
DATE: November 4,2026
Title
APPROVING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR BROWARD COUNTY STAFF SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH HEARINGS BEFORE THE UNSAFE STRUCTURES BOARD.
BACKGROUND: This proposed Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with Broward County will provide for the City’s Building Official to bring cases, to enforce minimum standards of maintenance in accordance with the Florida Building Code, before Broward County’s Unsafe Structures Board. The Broward County Unsafe Structures Board meets regularly and has experienced professionals to handle the City’s unsafe structures cases. This ILA will also ensure that the City will always have a quorum of the board for review of unsafe structure issues.
RECOMMENDATION: For approval
FISCAL IMPACT: To be determined by the number of cases brought before the Unsafe Structures Board.
Rates: Chief Building Code Inspector - 101.28/ hour
Clerical Support - 39.60/ hour
Overtime - 1 ½ normal hourly rate (when approved by city)
The County shall not exceed a total cost, per case, of One Thousand and 00/100 Dollars
($1,000.00) without written authorization from City.
The amounts set forth above may be adjusted annually, in an amount not to exceed ten
percent (10%) each year, to address increases or decreases in operating and labor costs.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, County may also adjust the amounts set forth above by
amounts exceeding ten percent (10%) in order to address natural disasters and other
unforeseen events and circumstances.
CONTACT PERSON: Richard Nixon, Building Official