On Wednesday, the Board of County Commissioners voted 5-2 to approval an interlocal agreement with the Children\u00eds Board of Hillsborough County in the amount of $148,117 for the contractual services of Donald L. Dixon.<\/p>\n
Dixon is to serve as the Children’s Services Division Director of Family and Aging Services.<\/p>\n
Dixon won’t have hiring and firing power and is not a county employee. Commissioner Kevin Beckner said he feels having outside eyes looking into Children’s Services is a great idea.<\/p>\n
“However, I want it understood that the Children’s Board is loaning us Dixon’s services. I think hiring them as an independent contractor would have been a better idea.”<\/p>\n
County Attorney, Renee Lee, said the decision to take this action was because of the expertise Dixon has shown in performing his tasks.<\/p>\n
“This is much like a consultants contract.”<\/p>\n
One of two commissioners who voted against the contract, Les Miller, said he felt there was work that needed to be done on the contract.<\/p>\n
“There are some holes in it. I think there are problems with it, especially how it’s structured.”<\/p>\n
Attorney Lee said an option would have been to contract directly with the Children’s Board and take out direct references to Dixon.<\/p>\n
“We could allow the Children’s Board to appoint who they want.”<\/p>\n
The second dissenting vote came from Commissioner Victor Crist, who also said he wasn’t happy with the way the contract was structured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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