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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Key West, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
convened at 10:00 A.M., at the Harvey Government Center. Present and answering to
roll call were Commissioner Mario DiGennaro, Commissioner Sylvia Murphy,
Commissioner George R. Neugent, Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar and Mayor Charles
"Sonny" McCoy. Also present at the meeting were Thomas J. Willi, County
Administrator; Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk; County Staff,
members of the press and radio; and the general public.
The Board discussed a resolution notifying Monroe County Administrator,
Thomas J. Willi that the County will be terminating his employment without cause by
canceling his employment contract effective January 4, 2008. The following individuals
addressed the Board: Joe Weatherby, Pauline Klein, Chris Norwood, Sloan Bashinsky,
Rudy Krause, Christine Russell, Diane Beruldsen, and Harry Miller. Debbie Frederick,
Deputy County Administrator read into the record a letter from Representative Stan
Mayfield. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by
Commissioner Murphy to approve the Resolution and pre-litigation settlement in the
amount of$282,354.84 which includes salary, benefits and Florida retirement as part of
the employment contract. After further discussion, motion was made by Commissioner
DiGennaro and seconded by Mayor McCoy requesting an amendment to the motion to
keep the County Administrator in place for 90 days. Suzanne Hutton, County Attorney
indicated that unless the maker and the second of the original motion accept the
amendment, the motion for an amendment could not be made. Said amendment was not
accepted by the maker or the second. Roll call vote was taken on the original motion
with the following results:
Commissioner DiGennaro
Commissioner Murphy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Spehar
Mayor McCoy
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 484-2007
Said Resolution is incorporated herein by reference.
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Motion was made by Commissioner DiGennaro and seconded by Mayor McCoy
to keep the County Administrator in place for 90 days. Suzanne Hutton, County Attorney
ruled the motion out of order as a result of the maker not being on the prevailing side.
The motion was withdrawn.
Commissioner Spehar requested the following item be added to the agenda:
Approval for the appointment of Debbie Frederick to serve as the Acting County
Administrator, effective December 5, 2007 and authorization for her to re-task County
Staffto assist with the management of the County to the extent that she deems
appropriate. Motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner
Neugent granting approval for the item to be added to the agenda. Roll call vote was
unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner
DiGennaro approving the appointment of Debbie Frederick to serve as the Acting County
Administrator, effective December 5, 2007 and authorization for her to re-task County
Staff to assist with the management ofthe County to the extent that she deems
appropriate. The Board and Ms. Frederick discussed her appointment as Acting County
Administrator. Tom Willi, County Administrator addressed the Board. Roll call vote
was unantmous.
The Board instructed Ms. Frederick to begin the search process for the selection
of a County Administrator.
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The Board of County Commissioners and the Key West City Commission
convened. A presentation was given by Capt. J. R. Brown, representing Naval Air
Station Key West of the Air Installations Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) for Naval Air
Station Key West's Boca Chica Field.
The following individuals addressed the Board: Rosario Scavelli, Peter Anderson,
Sloan Bashinsky, John Hannnerstrom, representing the Florida Keys Citizens Coalition;
Bill Hunter, Kim Wigington, representing Harbor Shores; James Wallace, Ron Miller,
representing the Upper Keys Citizen's Association; Melody Cooper, Steve Wigington,
Paul Caruso, representing Stop the Planes.com; Robert DeHaven, Brenda Conroy, Diane
Beruldson, R. L. Blazevic, John Jones, and Kim Villone.
No official action was taken.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners was adjourned.
Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
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and ex -officio Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
Momoe County, Florida
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Isabel C. DeSantis, Dep ty Clerk