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Item Q05 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: December 21. 2005 Division: County Administration Bulk Item: Yes -1L- No Department County Administration Staff Contact Person: Debbie Frederick AGENDA ITEM 'VORDING: Approval of a Resolution authorizing use of Promotional Fund account and setting forth guidelines. ITEM BACKGROUND: It is currently the Board's policy that the BOCC approve expenditures from their Promotional Fund account. This Resolution authorizes the County Administrator and Deputy Administrator to approve expenditures from this account in a timely manner while arranging the delivery of momentoes of recogni tl on. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: N/A CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A ST AFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval. TOTAL COST: -0- BUDGETED: Yes No COST TO COUNTY: -0- SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty ~ OMBlPurchasing _ Risk Management _ DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: :l>eMie g.~ Debbie Frederick DOCU J\1IENT A TION: [ncluded X Not Required~ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 2/05 RESOLUTION NO. _~2005 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY AUTHORIZING USE OF PROMOTIONAL FUND ACCOUNT AND SETTING FORTH GUIDELINES. WHEREAS, Monroe County has established a budgeted account for promotional purposes to generate and maintain goodwill of the public by the issuance of Conch certificates to people who have provided service to the community, issuing plaques and awards, and sending flowers and cards to people who have served the community who experience significant events which the County Commission deems should be recognized; and WHEREAS, the County Commission deems the public interest to be best served by arranging for the delivery of these momentoes of recognition in a timely manner, rather than requiring each request for such recognition to come before the Commission at its monthly meeting; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, that: 1. The County Commissioners are authorized to issue honorary Conch certificates as a Commissioner deems appropriate to persons who have provided service to the County or its municipalities, or who may bring goodwill of others to the County by virtue of their welcome into the fold of Conchdom. 2. The County Administrator and the Deputy Administrator are hereby authorized to approve expenditures for flowers, cards, plaques, award certificates, and other semblances of recognition or appreciation in compliance with the following guidelines: A. Expenditures for flowers, cards or other means of recognition shall be available only for certain occasions: (i) For local or State government officials, both retired and current: (a) Births or deaths of immediate family members, birthdays and dates commemorating significant government service; (b) Upon death of such prior or current official, flowers or other insignia of note to immediate family. (ii) For other persons: (a) There must first be established in writing, in support of the expenditure, a justification of the person's contribution to the weal of the community through past service or continuing goodwill; (b) The provision of flowers or other insignia of condolences are limited to the funeral or memorial services and to the immediate family of such person. Promo Principles Res. 12-21-05 B. Plaques, award certificates and other tokens of appreciation shall only be issued to persons who have provided service of a public nature to one or more of the communities in the County or the County as a whole. The recipients may be members of the general public, whether or not associated with any not~for-profit organization, and public employees and officials, past and present, whose contributions to their community have been especially remarkable and worthy of special recognition, both as a reward for a work well done and as an encouragement to others to similarly serve the public. C. The County Administrator and the Deputy Administrator may confer with any Commissioner or other public official (of the County or municipality within the County), as the Administrator or Deputy deems to be an astute adviser concerning the persons and community affected, in determining whether the proposed expenditure is warranted by the generation of public goodwill. 3. This Resolution shall become effective upon the date of its adoption herein. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the twenty-first day of December, 2005. Mayor McCoy Mayor Pro Tern Nelson Commissioner Neugent Commissioner Rice Commissioner Spehar (Seal) Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: By: Ma yor/Chairman Deputy Clerk Promo Principles Res. 12-21-05