Martin County

File #: 20-0692   
Type: Departmental Status: Passed
In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 6/16/2020 Final action: 6/16/2020
Title: PERMISSION TO TERMINATE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN FOR OFFICE SPACE AT THE INDIANTOWN ANNEX BUILDING
Attachments: 1. MOU_VillageOfIndiantownOffice.pdf
PLACEMENT: Consent
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PERMISSION TO TERMINATE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN FOR OFFICE SPACE AT THE INDIANTOWN ANNEX BUILDING
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Martin County (County) and the Village of Indiantown (Village) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for office space at the County's Indiantown Annex. The County would like to terminate the MOU as the space initially provided was based upon a limited number of employees that the Village was indicating they would have, and that has changed.
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PREPARED BY: Name: Taryn G. Kryzda
Title: County Administrator
REQUESTED BY:

PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None

BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:

When the Village became incorporated, initial communications indicated that they would be operating utilizing contracted services for most of their operations. Given the implication that the staff would be minimal, the County entered into an MOU to provide some limited space at the County's Indiantown Annex building. That concept has changed and currently there are twenty employees listed on their website. Not all of the employees listed have an assigned working area, but even if the individual is a contracted employee, there would be the need to utilize space from time-to-time.

The Indiantown Annex building provides space for the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller (Clerk), Property Appraiser, Sheriff and the Tax Collector. The space that was initially provided to the Village has limited office space and open space cubicles and desks for roughly five staff. The open area provided to the Village initially had Clerk staff occupying an area for two staff members. The Tax Collector and Property Appraiser both had their own areas that were separate from the open area.

Due to concerns raised by the Clerk for confidentiality the Clerk required the Village staff that were co-locating in the open area to become Cri...

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