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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, May 28, 1992
Key West
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners convened at 7:00 p.m. on the above date
at Old City Hall in Key West. Present and answering to roll
call were Commissioner Earl Cheal, Commissioner Doug Jones,
Commissioner Jack London, Commissioner John Stormont, and
Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey. Also present were Danny Kolhage,
Clerk; Randy Ludacer, County Attorney; Tom Brown, County
Administrator; County Staff; members of the Press and Radio;
and the general public.
All stood for a moment of silent prayer and the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Cheal to approve additions to the Agenda.
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Cheal to adopt the following
Resolution requesting that the Florida Department of
Community Affairs utilize the Area of Critical State Concern
Trust Fund for Comprehensive Plan implementation and Land
Authority funding, as well as soliciting their support for
Monroe County's Resolution that the Legislature of the State
of Florida enact laws and appropriate funds to relieve the
citizens of Monroe County of the burden of bearing the
entire cost of meeting State -mandated growth management
programs. Roll call vote was unanimous.
RESOLUTION NO. 273-1992
See Res. Book No. 108 which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded
by Commissioner Jones to approve the Bond of Ulric E.
Sweeting regarding his appointment as Harbor Master of the
Port of Key West. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Mayor Harvey and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to adopt the following Resolution
requesting that the Legislature of the State of Florida
enact laws and appropriate funds to cover the costs to
�— Monroe County of complying with its State -mandated growth
management programs. Roll call vote was unanimous.
RESOLUTION NO. 274-1992
See Res. Book No. 108 which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Mayor Harvey discussed the need to appoint indivi-
duals to serve on the Nominees Qualification Review
Committee of HRS. The Board proceeded to nominate the
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following individuals: Louis LaTorre, Reverend Bob Smith,
Dr. Richard Mathews and Don Moore. Motion was made by Mayor
Harvey and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to close nomina-
tions. Motion carried unanimously. The Board's selection
process was to be by ranking all nominees according to a
point system, reflecting the Number One selection to receive
the Number One vote, and the successful nominee would be
that one with the lowest point total. The Board proceeded
to ballot with the following results:
Cheal
Jones
London
Stormont
Harvey
Total
LaTorre
1
1
2
3
1
8
Mathrews
2
4
3
1
3
13'
Moore
3
3
1
2
4
13
Smith
4
2
4
4
2
16
Jose Gonzalez made a presentation of the Jackson
Square/Truman School Office Space Analysis conducted by
Gonzalez Architects/William Henry/ADI. The following
Constitutional Officers were present and addressed the
Board: Supervisor of Elections Harry Sawyer, Clerk of the
Courts Danny Kolhage, Tax Collector Harry Knight, Property
Appraiser Ervin Higgs, Chief Judge Richard Fowler repre-
senting the courts, Sheriff Rick Roth. The Board took the
results of the Space Analysis under consideration and indi-
cated that each Commissioner would contact Mr. Gonzalez to
meet with him concerning the results of the Study. No
further action was taken.
The Board returned to the appointments for the
Nominees Qualification Review Committee. The Clerk advised
the Board that the results of the tabulation indicated that
Louis LaTorre had received 8 votes, and that there was a tie
between Dr. Mathews and Don Moore at 13 points each. Motion
was made by Commissioner London and seconded by Commissioner
Jones to appoint Dr. Richard Mathews as the second appoint-
ment to the Committee. Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.