Cabinet Affairs

1. Request approval of quarterly report for period ending March 1997.

Attachment #1.

Recommend.

2. Request approval to enter into new contracts with private safety councils whose

annual estimated expenditures are in excess of $25,000. These contracts are with:

Safety Council of Palm Beach County; Personal Motorcycle Safety, Inc.; Central

Florida Safety Council; CM III, Inc.; Robinson Adult & Community School; and

Motorcycle Safety of Florida, Inc. These contracts will become effective July 1,

1997, and run through June 30, 1998. The estimated cost per contract depends

upon the number of applicants that successfully complete the motorcycle course.

Funding for this program is provided by s. 320.08(1), F.S.

Attachment #2.

Recommend.

3. Request authority to contract for pre-employment psychological screenings and

fitness for duty evaluations. The term of the proposed contract is July 1, 1997,

through June 30, 2000. The estimated expenditures are $145,950. The contractor

is Law Enforcement Psychological and Counseling Associates, Inc., of Coral

Gables, Florida.

The purpose of the psychological screenings is to determine if applicants for the

position of law enforcement officer meet established psychological standards for

employment. The fitness for duty evaluations are to determine if the employee is

fit for duty.

Attachment #3.

Recommend.

4. The 1996 and 1997 Florida Legislatures appropriated funds to the Department of

Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for the purpose of establishing a system

(TCATS - Traffic Citation Accounting and Transmission System) for

automated processing of uniform traffic citations. In addition, the 1996

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Legislature required, through proviso language, that the Department contract

with the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers to implement the

system.

The system will be composed of computer hardware and software located in each

county where the Clerk of the Court elects to participate. A data network will be

established to provide electronic transmission of citation data between counties

and appropriate state agencies and between individual counties.

Phase One of this project, approved by the Governor and Cabinet on

September 26, 1996, was completed in January 1997. Phases Two through Four,

the subject of this contract, will include software development, hardware and

software acquisition, deployment, installation, and testing for the 67 counties.

This project also includes a pilot project with the Florida Highway Patrol using

twenty laptop computers.

The contract between the Department and the Association will be for a period of

five years with an estimated cost of $14,000,000.

Attachment #4.

Recommend.

5. Submission of the following new state of Florida license plate:

Florida Gulf Coast University

Attachment #5.

Recommend.