Resolution 379-2019 RESOLUTION NO. 379 -2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO 231-2019 AND AMENDING
SECTION 1.03 b) SOUNDING BOARD OF THE MONROE
COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; REQUIRING SOUNDING
BOARD ITEMS BE SCHEDULED FOR A TIME
APPROXIMATE FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE; REMOVING
LANGUAGE REQUIRING SOUNDING BOARD ITEMS BE
SCHEDULED AND HEARD AT THE END OF THE AGENDA;
REMOVING LANGUAGE SETTING FREQUENCY
LIMITATIONS ON INDIVIDUALS APPEARING ON
SOUNDING BOARD ON THE SAME TOPIC; CLARIFYING
PROCESS AND DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION OF
SOUNDING BOARD REQUESTS; REVISING TIME LIMITS
FOR THE SOUNDING BOARD SPEAKER AND SUBSEQUENT
SPEAKER(S) ON A SOUNDING BOARD ITEM; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,on August 21,2019,the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida (hereinafter "Board") adopted a resolution amending Section 1.03 b) Sounding Board of
their Administrative Procedures; and
WHEREAS,following adoption of the resolution, the Clerk executed Resolution No. 231-
2019, and the resolution was duly recorded in the Clerk's minutes by number, recorded in the
official records of the Board of County Commissioners, distributed and posted on the Clerk's
website; and
WHEREAS,the Board's Administrative Procedures were revised,effective upon adoption
of Resolution 231-2019 on August 31, 2019, to reflect the amendments made to Section 1.03 b)
Sounding Board; and
WHEREAS, at its next regularly scheduled meeting held September 18, 2019, a Motion
to Reconsider the Board's approval of Resolution No. 231-2019 was approved by the Board; and
WHEREAS, following approval to reconsider the motion approving Resolution No. 231-
2019 and subsequent discussion, a motion was approved by the Board to:
• remove the new language setting frequency limitations on the same
individual appearing on Sounding Board on the same topic;
• remove the new language scheduling and placing Sounding Board items at
the end of the agenda;
• return the language that Sounding Board items must be scheduled for a time
approximate for public convenience; and
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• keep the amended 5 minutes/3 minutes time limits for speakers addressing
the Board on Sounding Board item.
WHEREAS, in order to properly record the Board's action on September 18, 2019 in its
official records, the Board must rescind Resolution No. 231-2019 and adopt a new resolution
clarifying the Board's amendments to Section 1.03 b) Sounding Board of the Board of County
Commissioners Administrative Procedures;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDA:
Section 1: Resolution No. 231-2019 is hereby rescinded.
Section 2. Section 1.03 b) Sounding Board of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners Administrative Procedures is hereby
amended to read as follows:
b) Sounding Board: A separate section of the regular meeting
agenda will be reserved for Sounding Board. Sounding Board must
be scheduled for a time approximate for public convenience. The
purpose of the Sounding Board is to allow individuals to address the
County Commission on a matter pertaining to County government,
excluding matters in litigation and complaints against specific
personnel. The initial speaker on an item-whether representing him
or herself, or a non-profit organization - may address the County
Commission for a period up to five minutes. Subsequent speakers
who are speaking for themselves on the same item may speak for
three minutes. Individuals who wish to utilize Sounding Board must
contact the County Administrator's Office in writing in order to be
scheduled on the agenda, must specify the subject matter of the
presentation, and must submit the request to the County ,
Administrator's Office by the agenda deadlines established by the
Board each year. No action may be taken by the County
Commission on an item on the Sounding Board agenda.
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Section 3: This resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 16th day of October, 2019.
° b. Mayor Sylvia J. Murphy Absent
�.^, '1m'l Mayor Pro Tern Danny L. Kolhage Yes
1 F � • Commissioner Michelle Coldiron Yes
Commissioner Heather Carruthers Yes
� •�� -;z Commissioner David Rice Yes
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