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News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District
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GoofGoof
Premium Member
I would suspect Disney continues to do their own internal inspections which will likely be more thorough than a state inspection anyway and the state inspections are just added bureaucracy and a waste of time and money.…..which I guess is the point.
Edit: from a quick web search it appears pool inspections fall under the Florida Department of Health in each County so I suppose that means mostly Orange and a little Osceola counties.
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flynnibus
Premium Member
it's kinda weird sounding to me... but we lack the full context.
But in most places pools have state level regulations and county level. With inspections/etc executed by the county dept of health.
In Florida it appears to be the same... Regulations at the state level, inspections executed by the county health dept
Note - they are already doing this for all the other pools - adding Disney's pools would just be incremental. But I think this change would be more about the building code/requirement side.. and less about the health inspections.
Sir_Cliff
Well-Known Member
Does Florida have a bunch of pool inspectors on the payroll sitting around with nothing to do?
This would seem on the surface a bit of an own goal as it removes the responsibility from the district to which Disney is paying taxes to do this kind of thing and passing the cost on to all Florida taxpayers.
I would assume this was always true. Even if RCID was doing inspections, nobody involved would want an issue to show up first as part of that inspection no matter the relationship.
Is there any source beyond this one side blurb in the CNN article? It's attributed to "a source" and "DeSantis said" and without any references or direct quotes. Things that lose a lot of nuance and details.
Do we even know if RCID was doing pool inspections instead of some other entity and what the change might include? Unless the change is to an entity willing to push boundaries for alternative reasons, it's not likely they're going to start shutting down pools "just because". I would be surprised if Disney internal controls were not already stronger than any state level criteria.
On the flip side, if it reduces RCID expenses that will free up some cash for new lawyers without impacting other services.
Sir_Cliff
Well-Known Member
I guess DeSantis may be placating the donors and assorted crazies he appointed to the new board who were shocked to find the job involved overseeing mundane tasks like this rather than being invited to preview screenings to review and approve new Disney movies and television shows!
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
There were fees associated with the pool permits and their renewal, so I’m not sure much would be saved.
Which won't be as thorough as what RCID was doing. The state agency responsible will be the Florida Department of Health. I imagine the burden will fall on the county health department.
zero creativity
Active Member
Is that a quote from The American President?Very true.
People vote against their own self interests all the time. I could prove it on a map…but I’d need a laser pointer and an easel.
Correct. County health departments already overwhelmed by other responsibilities. And no budget to take on the extra task.
According to the fee schedule, between $125 and $250 per pool.
64E-9. Public Swimming Pools And Bathing Places, 64E. Division of Environmental Health, 64. Department of Health, Florida Administrative Code
Florida Administrative Code (FAC) is the official compilation of administrative rules for the state of Florida.The unofficial compilation of FAC based on the official version managed by Florida Department of State.Including florida rule,register.
So does that mean the counties are picking up the extra tab to inspect Disneys pools?
FLDOH would use the county health departments in this instance. Which, as a unit of FLDOH, would receive funding from the state through the agency's appropriation.
And before now who was doing it? RCID?
I would imagine. Rules allow the hiring of outside testers, as long as the individual meets the requirements.
mikejs78
Premium Member
Honestly the change was supposedly made on the 29th, which was after the news came out about the development deal.. My guess is this is a way to try to cause Disney pain. Shut down pools.
flynnibus
Premium Member
No - this is a normal customer pays situation.
People are reading WAY TOO MUCH into this. AFAIK RCID didn't do any of the health inspections previously. I think this single comment from an article is more about regulations that maybe Disney's deal didn't include.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
From what I could find the inspections are done twice a year. Disney has 30+ resorts including DVC and most have multiple pools so I would guess maybe 70-100 total pools to inspect times 2 for twice a year so 140-200 inspections a year. My guess is a single inspector could cover more than one pool in a day but who knows. Even if he did 3 pools a day that’s still 12 work weeks of extra work so 1/4 a full time worker (FTE) added. If he could only cover 1 pool a day then about 1 FTE. so in the grand scheme of things not a huge extra cost to the counties but it isn’t nothing either.
Makes sense, thanks!
GoofGoof
Premium Member
But they do have to find something actually wrong. The Governor can’t just decide to shut down a pool on a whim.