§ 78-26. Sheriff designated chief correctional officer.

(a)

Findings. The provisions of F.S. § 951.061 provide that the board of county commissioners, by majority vote, may adopt an ordinance designating the sheriff as the chief correctional officer of the county correctional system and further provides that he shall appoint such officers as he deems necessary and as are required by rule of the department of corrections.

(b)

Designation. Pursuant to the provisions of F.S. § 951.061, the county sheriff is hereby designated as the chief correctional officer of the county correctional system, which includes the county jail and the Immokalee Stockade; and he shall appoint such officers as he deems necessary and as are required by rule of the department of corrections.

(c)

Duties. The sheriff or his designee shall enforce all existing state laws and administrative rules of the department of corrections concerning the operation and maintenance of the county jail and the county stockade.

(Ord. No. 89-81, §§ 1, 2)