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QUESTION: May the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County properly enter into a contract of employment which does not specifically set forth the amount of compensation to be paid the employee for his services as distinguished from expenses, and which contract therefore is ambiguous as to the amount of compensation for which he should be given retirement credit?

SUMMARY: A board of county commissioners was authorized under s.125.01(1) and (3), F. S., to enter into the 5-year employment contract with a county employee at a fixed annual compensation for all required legal services to the…