Bay County commissioners approved ordinance revisions to Chapter 2 of the county code of ordinances, the chapter governing administrative matters. The county attorneys office told the board these initial revisions correct obsolete references, align job titles with the HR code, remove provisions that simply mirror state law, and adjust procurement-related thresholds and cone-of-silence language for consistency.

The county attorney's office summarized the changes and said Chapter 2 was chosen as the first chapter to be reviewed in an extended effort to audit and revise the entire code of ordinances. Reported changes include correcting job-title references (for example, the Deputy County Attorney), updating references that used a private corrections contractors former corporate name, and removing ordinance sections that duplicate state law. The office also said it reconciled an inconsistent dollar threshold in the cone-of-silence procurement language to match thresholds for items that appear before the board.

The board approved the Chapter 2 revisions by roll-call vote and the county attorney said the review of the code will continue with additional chapters over roughly the next 18 months.