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Commission adopts ordinance allowing ad hoc special magistrates, bars county attorney from appearing before them
Summary
The board approved an ordinance creating a mechanism to appoint ad hoc special magistrates for code enforcement and to prohibit the county attorney from presenting cases to those ad hoc magistrates; staff would hire outside counsel when necessary.
The Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 5 approved an ordinance to provide a mechanism for appointing ad hoc special magistrates to hear code enforcement matters when the regular special magistrate is unavailable or has a conflict.
"We needed a mechanism to, appoint an ad hoc special magistrate so that way, our zoning enforcement can continue on," County…
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