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Commissioners demand options, stakeholder letters as Lake/Seminole medical-examiner reassignment looms
Summary
After months of discussion, Marion County told the regional medical examiner committee it prefers keeping District 5 intact and asked staff to present multiple options including timelines and title clarifications; board sought written positions from stakeholders.
Marion County administrators and commissioners told a regional medical examiner committee on June 3 they will present multiple options in response to a request from Lake and Seminole counties to redraw medical-examiner district boundaries — and that the county opposes an immediate breakup of District 5 without clear safeguards.
County Administrator Muneer Boianas briefed the board on a June 19 medical-examiner committee meeting and two proposals submitted by Lake and Seminole counties. Boianas said Marion County staff drafted additional variants and asked for guidance on what to present to the committee.
Commissioner Julie Stone, the board’s liaison on the medical-examiner issue, said the board wants to show it considered multiple ways to keep District 5 together and urged staff to include options that preserve clear title and…
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