Item R01
MAYOR MCCOY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
4/17/02
Division: Mayor McCoy
Bulk Item: Yes
No X
Department: BOCC-3
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Resolution honoring the memory and service of Samuel E. "Sam" Wampler who passed away on March
24, 2002.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Sam Wcunpler was born in 1943 in Ohio, moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1944 and had lived in the
Florida Keys since 1979.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes No
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No AMOUNT PER MONTH YEAR
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
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APPROVED BY: County Atty_ OMB/Purchasing
DOCUMENTATION: Included:
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DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #
Xl
Revised 2/27/01
Mayor Me Coy
RESOLUTION NO. -2002
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY IN RECOGNITION OF THE LATE
SAMUEL E. "SAM" WAMPLER
WHEREAS, on March 24, 2002 the Florida Keys Electric Co-op and Monroe
County was saddened by the loss of Sam E. "Sam" Wampler who had served as
president and chairman of the board for the past five years; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Monroe County lost a loyal friend and colleague; and
WHEREAS, SAM WAMPLER moved to the Florida Keys in 1979 where he was
very active in the community; and
WHEREAS, SAM WAMPLER was past president and Rotarian of the Year of the
Upper Keys Rotary Club; and
WHEREAS, SAM WAMPLER honorably served his country, the co-op, his
community, the Boy Scouts and most importantly, he served his family; and
WHEREAS, SAM WAMPLER served with the United States Air Force during the
Vietnam War; and
WHEREAS, SAM WAMPLER was a founding member of Save A Turtle, the
Lower Matecumbe Key Association, Friends of the Islamorada Area State Parks,
president for five years of the Coral Shores High School Athletic Association, and
Scoutmaster for two years of Boy Scout Troop 914; and
WHEREAS, SAM WAMPLER built and fulfilled dreams for millions of Boy Scouts
worldwide; and
WHEREAS, SAMUEL WAMPLER had been the Director of the Boy Scouts of
America's Florida Sea Base on Lower Matecumbe Key since its inception in 1981; and
WHEREAS, his zest for life, the love of his family and his devotion to the Boy
Scouts of America was truly an inspiration to everyone who knew him.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
Section 1: The Board adopts this Resolution as an assertion of their sincere
heartfelt gratitude to a distinguished, devoted and well-loved colleague for his years of
outstanding service to the citizens of Monroe County and his true love and concern of
his fellow man; and
Section 2: The Board adopts this Resolution as an expression to the family of
their regret and deepest sympathy in the passing of the late SAMUEL E. "SAM"
WAMPLER; and
Section 3: The Board adopts this Resolution as a permanent record of the
esteem, respect and honor in which SAMUEL E. "SAM" WAMPLER was held by his
colleagues, co-workers, citizens and friends.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 17th day of April, 2002.
Mayor Charles 'Sonny' McCoy
Mayor Pro Tern Dixie Spehar
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Nora Williams
Commissioner Murray Nelson
(SEAL)
ATTEST: Danny K. Kolhage, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Deputy Clerk
By
Mayor/Chairperson