05/23/2018 Special BudgetMINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Budget Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Marathon, Florida
A special budget meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
10:00 a.m. at the Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner
Heather Carruthers, Commissioner Danny Kolhage, Commissioner Sylvia Murphy, Commissioner
George Neugent and Mayor David Rice. Also present at the meeting were Roman Gastesi, County
Administrator; Bob Shillinger, County Attorney; Kevin Madok, Clerk of Court; Pamela Hancock, Deputy
Clerk; county staff, members of the press and radio; and the general public.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
Al There were no Additions, Corrections and Deletions to the agenda.
BUDGET & FINANCE
B1 Tina Boan, Sr. Director, Budget & Finance, made a power point presentation of the Fiscal Year
2019 preliminary budget. Kevin Madok, Clerk of Court; Roman Gastesi, County Administrator; and,
Christine Hurley, Assistant County Administrator, addressed the Board. The following individual
addressed the Board: Bill Slater, Project Manager for Tidal Basin, addressed the Board. The Board took
no official action.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Cl Ed Koconis, Building Department Administrative Director; and Ms. Hurley addressed the Board
concerning approval of a Resolution amending Resolution 156 -2017, the permitting fee schedule,
increasing fees based on the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI -U) from Fiscal Year
2015 — Fiscal Year 2019, and providing for an implementation date. After discussion, motion was made
by Commissioner Murphy and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to adopt the following Resolution.
Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers Yes
Commissioner Kolhage No
Commissioner Murphy Yes
Commissioner Neugent Yes
Mayor Rice Yes
Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 154 -2018
Said Resolution is incorporated herein by reference.
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COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS
Commissioner Neugent reminded staff to look into the vehicles that are parked at Florida Keys
Marathon Airport.
Commissioner Carruthers asked about a partial opening of Bernstein Park. Cary Knight, Director
of Project Management, advised the Board that they have received the certificate of occupancy and
believes that they will be moving towards acceptance shortly.
Board discussed solar powered generators and lithium batteries as an alternative to diesel
powered generators. Mr. Gastesi addressed the Board.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Kevin Madok, CPA, Clerk
and ex- officio Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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