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to perform the following actions: <br />1. Drafting Legislation: The City Attorney is directed to draft the formal establishing Ordinance <br />and/or Charter Amendment language. <br />2. Strict Timeline: The drafted legislation must be completed within thirty (30) days and placed on <br />the agenda for formal review and first reading at the next regularly scheduled City Commission <br />meeting. <br />3. Lean Staffing Model: The drafted legislation shall reflect a highly efficient model, requiring the <br />initial funding of only .one (1) dedicated, independent Inspector General professional, thereby <br />ensuring a negligible fiscal footprint compared to the assets being protected. <br />By adopting this Resolution, the City Commission is simply authorizing the preparation of the necessary <br />legal and financial documents so that a formal discussion and legislative vote may take place on the <br />actual Ordinance. <br />Finally, it must be noted on the public record that a vote against this Resolution is not a vote against a <br />specific policy, but rather a vote to block the drafting of transparency legislation altogether. Rejecting <br />this administrative directive would signal to the taxpayers that the Commission refuses to even review a <br />drafted proposal for an independent watchdog. Denying the hiring of a single auditor to oversee a $232 <br />million budget inherently raises profound public concern regarding what an Inspector General might <br />uncover. <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br />This resolution has no immediate fiscal impact to the current budget. The Resolution directs the City <br />Manager to conduct a preliminary financial feasibility assessment and allocate estimated funding (for a <br />single -employee office) into the upcoming FY 2026-2027 preliminary budget planning documents. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Resolution <br />Item Number: 9.V <br />423 <br />