Brevard Charter Review Commission considers elected Comptroller position

Members of the Brevard County Charter Review Commission (CRC) will be having the final rounds of discussion on an amendment to the County Charter that would give the county an elected comptroller with the authority to audit the Constitutional Officers Thursday night.

Almost half of the Board of County Commissioners’ budget goes to the Constitutional Offices, but the board currently has no authority to perform internal audits of those offices.

Advocates say approval of this amendment would increase transparency between the Board of County Commissioners and the Constitutional Offices and potentially save Brevard County millions of dollars each year. Read more

Brevard Fire Chief Farmer Resigns

VIERA, Fla. – Today Brevard County Manager Peggy Busacca accepted Fire Chief Bill Farmer’s request to be reassigned within the Fire Rescue department. Farmer will be temporarily reassigned to the operations division of the department.

Deputy Fire Chief Dennis Neterer has been appointed Interim Chief, effective immediately.
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