06/30/2014 SpecialREVISED MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Monday, June 30, 2014
Marathon, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
1:00 P.M., at the Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner Heather Carruthers, Commissioner Danny Kolhage, Commissioner George
Neugent, Commissioner David P. Rice and Mayor Sylvia Murphy. Also present at the meeting
were Roman Gastesi, County Administrator; Bob Shillinger, County Attorney; Amy Heavilin,
County Clerk; Vitia Fernandez, Deputy Clerk; County Staff, members of the press and radio; and
the general public.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
Item A Motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner
Neugent granting approval of the Additions, Corrections and Deletions to the Agenda. Motion
carried unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING
Item B1 A Public Hearing to consider a request for the abandonment of a portion of the
right -of -way of Peninsular Avenue on Stock Island that is located between Blocks 46 and 60
(west of the west �/z of Lot 32 in Block 46) in Maloney Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 1,
Page 55. The following individuals addressed the Board: Pedro Mercado, Assistant County
Attorney; Christine Hurley, Director of Growth Management; R.L. Blazevic, Pritnam Singh, and
Bart Smith, representing Oceanside Investors LLC. After discussion, a motion was made by
Mayor Murphy and seconded by Commissioner Carruthers granting approval of staff
recommendation and to include the findings that it's not on open water, but it does not currently
provide public access to water, and that it is in the publics' best interest. A Roll Call vote was
taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers
Yes
Commissioner Kolhage
No
Commissioner Neugent
Yes
Commissioner Rice
Abstain
Mayor Murphy
Yes
Motion Carried.
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RESOLUTION NO. 116 -2014
Said Resolution is incorporated herein by reference.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Item C1 Board discussed the Confirmation of County Administrator's appointment of John
Travers, with M.T. Causley, Inc. as Interim Building Official, under the direction of the Division
of Growth Management. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Kokhage and
seconded by Commissioner Carruthers to grant approval of the item. Motion carried
unanimously.
EMPLOYEE SERVICES
Item Dl Board discussed the direction to staff on recommendations for Fiscal Year 2015
(Option 1,2 or) for County subsidies of employee and dependent health insurance premium
amounts and /or department rate changes from $790 per employee per month for various optional
rate changes to maintain adequate fund balance. The following individuals addressed the Board:
Christine Hurley, Director of Growth Management; Roman Gastesi, County Administrator; Glen
Voke, representing Gallagher. A motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by
Commissioner Neugent to bring back to the Board for FY15, $25 dollars a month for employees
that pay nothing now, $50 a month for employees that pay fifty. Standardize the dependent
coverage at 50% subsidy and evaluate the department rate through the summer based on the
Budget to see if the Board would like to change the department rate from 790. For FY16 all
employees would pay $50, the dependents would be standardized at 50% subsidy. The
department rate would depend on the next years budget. For FY17 look at all employees paying
$74 a month, dependents would still be at 50% subsidy and the department rate varies. A Roll
Call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers
Yes
Commissioner Kokhage
Yes
Commissioner Neugent
Yes
Commissioner Rice
Yes
Mayor Murphy
Yes
Motion Carried.
Item El Board discussed an item from the June 11, 2014 agenda item related to the
misdemeanor probation competitive selection. The Board asked staff to determine if the selection
process was fatally flawed. The following individuals addressed the Board: Thomas York,
representing Professional Probation Services; David McGriff, representing Advocate Program;
Darren Horan, representing Court Options; Eddie Laccasse, representing Court Options; Mark
Stempler, representing Professional Probation Services; George Romagesa, representing Court
Options; Reuben Valdivia, representing Court Options; Holly Elomina, Court Administator and
Pedro Mercado, Assistant County Attorney.
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Item E2 Board discussed the approval of award of the Misdemeanor Probations Services
Contract to Professional Probation Services, Inc. ( PPS) and approval to negotiate a contract or
alternatively to reject all bids and reissue the RFQ; and to extend the contract with Court
Options, the current provider, on a month to month basis until a new contract can be finalized.
The following individual addressed the Board: Jose Bermudez, representing Professional
Probation Services. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Kolhage and
seconded by Commissioner Carruthers to award of the Misdemeanor Probations Services
Contract to Professional Probation Services, Inc. and approval to negotiate a contract and to
extend the contract with Court Options on a month to month basis until we finalize. A Roll Call
vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers
Yes
Commissioner Kolhage
Yes
Commissioner Neugent
Yes
Commissioner Rice
Yes
Mayor Murphy
Yes
Motion Carried.
Item Fl Tina Boan, Director of OMB and Roman Gastesi, County Administrator
addressed the Board regarding the direction of the FY15 Preliminary Budget.
Item G1 Amy Heavilin, County Clerk addressed the Board regarding the approval of
FKAA invoices to include salaries (greater than $50,000 each), relating to the Cudjoe Regional
Wastewater System Project. A motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by
Commissioner Neugent granting approval of the item. Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Amy Heavilin, CPA, Clerk
and ex- officio Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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