Concept of Operations
Florida’s Regional Planning Councils (RPCs) are government agencies recognized by Florida Statutes and created by Interlocal Agreements between local governments. The RPCs are available to assist in the planning and implementation of State, Federal, and Local Government programs. The staffs of the Councils represent a wide variety of skill sets and are experienced in program design. Working with the Councils through an agreement / Purchase order or contract will maximize your program dollars by ensuring your program is implemented in an efficient and cost effective manner.
The issues of public safety, education, health care, community and economic development and redevelopment, protection and conservation of natural and historic resources, transportation, and public facilities transcend the boundaries and responsibilities of individual units of government. Coordination among all levels of government is necessary to promote intergovernmental coordination and the effective allocation of resources. The RPC’s provide an effective mechanism is assisting the State in articulating its policies/programs at the regional and Local levels.
A public agency of this state may exercise jointly with any other public agency of the state, of any other state, or of the United States Government any power, privilege, or authority which such agencies share in common and which each might exercise separately. An interlocal agreement may provide for a separate legal or administrative entity to administer or execute the agreement, which may be a commission, board, or council constituted pursuant to the agreement, and a separate legal or administrative entity created by an interlocal agreement possesses the common power specified in the agreement and may exercise it in the manner or according to the method provided in the agreement. All of the privileges and immunities from liability and exemptions from laws, ordinances, and rules which apply to the municipalities and counties of this state apply to the same degree and extent to any separate legal entity, created pursuant to the provisions of this section, wholly owned by the municipalities or counties of this state, the membership of which consists or is to consist only of municipalities or counties of the State.
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