Sanford Mayor Larry Dale, a private commercial real estate developer and investor, took the next step to having the board removed by informing each of the members by letter of their alleged misconduct.

Dale had a Seminole County Sheriff's deputy deliver the letter to each member. The board has 10 days to rebut the charges of negligence and inefficiency. After that period, the Sanford city commission will formally vote on the allegations and the mayor's motion to fire the entire board.

The unprecedented action comes as this blue collar Orlando suburb of 37,327 residents awaits a final report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on similar charges.

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