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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Regular Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, March 16, 1995
Marathon Government Center
A Regular Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners convened at 9:00 A.M., on the above date, at the
Marathon Government Center, Marathon, Florida. Present and
answering to roll call were Mayor Shirley Freeman, Commissioners
Keith Douglass, Wilhelmina Harvey, Jack London, and Mary Kay
Reich. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Randy Ludacer,
County Attorney; James Roberts, County Administrator; County
Staff, members of the Press and Radio; and the general public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, AND DELETIONS
Motion was made by Commissioner London and seconded by
Commissioner Douglass granting approval of Additions, Corrections
and Deletions to the Agenda. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner London and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey granting approval of the following:
Board granted approval of the appointment of Thomas
Roberts to the Commission for the Advancement of the Physically
Handicapped.
Board granted approval of the appointment of Martha
Robinson to the Commission on the Status of Women.
Board granted approval of the appointment of Peter
Myers to the Commission for the Advancement of the Physically
Handicapped.
Motion carried unanimously.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator, Jim Roberts, discussed the
process used for the selection of a new County Attorney. The
following individuals made presentations to the Board in
alphabetical order: Nathan D. Clark, Garth C. Coller, Mary
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Greenwood, Suzanne Adair Hutton, and Morgan and Hendrick. The
following individuals addressed the Board: H. Robert DeHaven,
Dagny Johnson, representing the Upper Keys citizens Association,
and Karen Farley-wilkinson. Motion was made by Commissioner
Freeman and seconded by Commissioner London to select the firm of
Morgan and Hendrick to act as the County Attorney, and authorized
the County Administrator to enter into contract negotiations with
the firm. During discussion, Commissioner Harvey offered an
amendment to appoint Garth Coller as the County Attorney, and to
continue to employ Morgan and Hendrick as the litigation
attorneys. The amendment was not accepted by the maker. Roll
call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Douglass Yes
Commissioner Harvey No
Commissioner London Yes
Commissioner Reich No
Mayor Freeman Yes
Motion carried.
Mr. Roberts advised the Board that he was in receipt of
bids from newspapers for the publication of the Delinquent Tax
Rolls. Mr. Hendrick addressed the Board concerning the
stipulated settlement reached between the parties in the
litigation concerning this matter. During discussion, motion was
made by Commissioner Harvey and seconded by Commissioner Reich to
not accept the bids without the existence of standards to
evaluate them as to the best bid. During discussion,
Commissioner Reich withdrew her second and the motion died for
lack of a second.
The County Administrator advised the Board of the bids
as follows:
The Reporter .65 cents per line with a
circulation of 8500 plus 1500, for a total circulation
of 10,000.
Key West citizen - .89 l/2 cents per line with a
February distribution of 13,864. Also, a bid for the
Tangible Delinquent Tax Roll Publication of .65 cents
per line.
Florida Keys Keynoter - $l.ll 1/2 cents per line with
a distribution of ll,278.
Motion was made by Commissioner Reich and seconded by
Commissioner London to award the bid for the publication of the
Delinquent Real and Tangible Property Tax Rolls to the Reporter
at the rate of .65 cents per line with assurance of distribution
in the Key West area. Roll call vote was unanimous.
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There being no further business to come before the
Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Clerk to the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County
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