SUBJECT
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SET PUBLIC HEARING to consider adoption of an ordinance providing for publication of legal advertisements and public notices on a publicly accessible website in lieu of using a newspaper when newspaper publication is required by Polk County ordinance, resolution, code, board policy, or administrative order. (Suggested hearing date is July 2, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter).
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DESCRIPTION
A public hearing is required to consider adoption of an ordinance, the title of which is:
AN ORDINANCE OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND PUBLIC NOTICES ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE IN LIEU OF A NEWSPAPER WHEN NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION IS REQUIRED BY POLK COUNTY ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, CODE, BOARD POLICY, OR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Chapter 50, Florida Statutes, Legal and Official Advertisements, provides that a governmental agency may publish certain statutorily required legal advertisements, publications, or notices on the publicly accessible website of the county in which it lies if doing so would cost less than publishing legal notices in a newspaper. Pursuant to that Florida statute, the proposed ordinance governs the publicly accessible website so Polk County may publish required legal advertisements and public notices online in lieu of using a newspaper."
RECOMMENDATION
Set a public hearing on July 2, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter for purposes of considering adoption of this ordinance.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact will be realized by setting the hearing.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Noah Milov, Assistant County Attorney
863-534-7664