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RESOLUTION NO. 011-5
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN
OF GULF STREAM, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, URGING
ALL GULF STREAM CITIZENS AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND LEADERSHIP OF VARIOUS PALM BEACH COUNTY
GOVERNMENTAL BODIES TO DO ALL THINGS WITHIN THEIR
POWER TO BRING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE AND THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE OFFICE OF INSPSECTOR
GENERAL TO FACILITATE PRUDENT AND RESTRAINED
BUDGET GOVERNANCE WITH REDUCED FRAUD AND WASTE;
SETTING FORTH INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS
RESOLUTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, property owners in the Town of Gulf Stream and all other property owners
in Palm Beach County pay disproportionately high levels of property taxes for the operation of
Palm Beach County government and the Palm Beach County School District; and
WHEREAS, a large percentage of the Palm Beach County general operating budget and
the resulting tax rate is directly related to the operations of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's
Office; and
WHEREAS, the Town Commission of the Town of Gulf Stream believes that the Palm
Beach County Sheriff's Office and the Palm Beach County School District budget governance
must be prudent and restrained and elected officials must review past decisions for sustainability
without large future tax increases; and
WHEREAS, in November, 2010 the voters of Palm Beach County, including those
residing in the 38 municipalities in Palm Beach County, voted overwhelmingly to amend the
Charter of Palm Beach County to establish a countywide code of ethics, an independent
commission on ethics and an independent Office of Inspector General; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Inspector General is to provide independent oversight of
publicly funded transactions, projects and other local government operations; and
WHEREAS, placing the Palm Beach County Sherriff's Office and the Palm Beach
County School District under the oversight of the Office of Inspector General will ultimately
facilitate the deliverance of budget governance that is both prudent and restrained and will also
root out fraud, waste, malfeasance, misfeasance, theft, and other illegal acts and abuses to the
extent that such exist.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE
TOWN OF GULF STREAM, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 2. The Town Commission of the Town of Gulf Stream hereby urges all of its
citizens, the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation, the Palm Beach County Board of
County Commissioners, the School Board of the Palm Beach County School District, the Sheriff
of Palm Beach County, the Commission on Ethics, the Ethics Ordinance Drafting Committee,
the Palm Beach County League of Cities and the elected officials of each municipality in Palm
Beach County to do all things within their power to bring the Palm Beach County Sheriff's
Office and the Palm Beach County School District under the oversight of the Office of Inspector
General.
Section 3. The Town Clerk, on her designee, is hereby directed to provide a copy of
this Resolution to the members of the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation, the members
of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the members of the School Board of
the Palm Beach County School District, the Sheriff of Palm Beach County, the members of the
Commission on Ethics, the members of the Ethics Ordinance Drafting Committee, the Palm
Beach County League of Cities and the elected officials of each municipality in Palm Beach
County.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in a regular, adjourned session of the Town Commission of
the Town of Gulf Stream assembled this 11th day of March, 2011.
MAYOR
TOWN COMMISSION
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK