07/18/2003 SpecialMINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Friday, July 18, 2003
Key West, Florida
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A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
9:00 A.M., on the above date at the Harvey Government Center. Present and answering to roll
call were Commissioner Murray Nelson, Commissioner George Neugent, Commissioner David P.
Rice, and Mayor Dixie Spehar. Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy arrived later in the
meeting. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; James Roberts, County Administrator;
Richard Collins, County Attorney; County Staff, members of the press and radio; and the general
public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
FISCAL YEAR 2004 BUDGET MEETING
Overview & Discussion of Major Issues
James Roberts, County Administrator addressed the Board and gave an overview of the
tentative county budget and some major issues.
Commissioner Rice announced that due to a conflict of interest that he would not
participate in the discussion of or vote on any issues concerning the funding of private non -profits.
Non -Profit Funding
Mr. Roberts addressed the Board concerning non-profit funding. Dr. Jake Weatherford of
the Monroe County Health Department addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to approve the following request
from the Florida Department of Health as indicated on the spreadsheet described as Fiscal Year
2004 Funding Requested Outside of Human Service Advisory Board Process: (a.) Tax Revenue
- $8,700 additional ad valorem; and (b) SQGC Services - $1,730 additional. Said document is
incorporated herein by reference. Motion carried unanimously, with Commissioner Rice
excusing himself from the meeting and Commissioner McCoy not present.
Commissioner Rice returned to the meeting and took his seat.
Kathy Tuel, representing the Florida Keys Children's Shelter addressed the Board. Motion
was made Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to fund $100,000 of
the $200,000 request from the Florida Keys Children's Shelter as indicated on the spreadsheet
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entitled Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Requested Outside of Human Service Advisory Board Process
and that the Board would possibly revisit this item before the end of the budget process. Motion
carried unanimously, with Commissioner Rice abstaining and Commissioner McCoy not present.
David Paul Horan, a member of the Human Service Advisory Board addressed the Board
concerning the funding of private non -profits and the role of the Human Services Advisory Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to approve
the Big Pine Athletic Association funding request in the amount of $40,000 as indicated on the
spreadsheet described as Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Requested Outside of Human Service
Advisory Board Process. Motion carried unanimously, with Commissioner Rice excusing himself
from the meeting and Commissioner McCoy not present.
Motion was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to
approve the Guidance Clinic of the Middle Keys funding request in the amount of $429,697
indicated on the spreadsheet described as Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Requested Outside of
Human Service Advisory Board Process. Motion carried unanimously, with Commissioner Rice
excusing himself from the meeting and Commissioner McCoy not present.
Commissioner Rice returned to the meeting and took his seat.
Motion was made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to
approve the Healthy Kids Program funding request in the amount of $38,493 indicated on the
spreadsheet described as Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Requested Outside of Human Service
Advisory Board Process. Motion carried unanimously, with Commissioner Rice abstaining and
Commissioner McCoy not present.
Motion was made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to
approve the tentative budget requests of the Lower Keys, Middle Keys and Big Pine AARP's in
the amount of $2,500 each and the Older American Volunteer Program in the amount of $4,000
indicated on the spreadsheet described as Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Requested Outside of
Human Service Advisory Board Process. Motion carried unanimously, with Commissioner Rice
abstaining and Commissioner McCoy not present. Mr. Horan addressed the Board.
Commissioner McCoy arrived at the meeting and took his seat.
Health Benefits
Mr. Roberts, Sheila Barker, Management Services Director; and Jennifer Hill, Budget
Director discussed the Group Health Insurance Benefits Program. Motion was made by Mayor
Spehar and seconded by Commissioner Rice directing Staff to seek bids on the County's group
health insurance program. Motion carried unanimously.
The following individuals addressed the Board: Lou Pineda, Domingo Gonzalez, Gwen
Rodriguez, Larry Rodriguez, Douglas Jones, and David P. Horan. After discussion, motion was
made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Mayor Spehar to eliminate the proposed 2.4%
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salary increases for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 and reverse the Board's previous decisio n of April 17,
2003 for items #s 1, 9 and 10 indicated in the spreadsheet described as Group Insurance Program
Comparison -Administration Recommendation -Approved by BOCC April 17, 2003. Said
document is incorporated herein by reference. Roll call vote was taken with the following
results:
Commissioner Nelson Yes
Commissioner Neugent No
Commissioner Rice No
Commissioner McCoy No
Mayor Spehar Yes
Motion failed.
The Board reconvened after lunch with Commissioner McCoy not present.
The Board continued the discussion of the Group Health Insurance program. Motion was
made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to maintain the present
group insurance medical plan prior to the April action of the Board for the purposes of setting the
Trim Millage and subject to changes at the Public Hearings in September. During discussion, the
motion was withdrawn. Motion was then made by Mayor Spehar and seconded by Commissioner
Nelson to eliminate the 2.4% proposed salary increases for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 and to reverse
the Board's previous decision of April 17, 2003 for items #s 1, 8 and 10 indicated in the
spreadsheet described as Group Insurance Program Comparison - Administration
Recommendation -Approved by BOCC April 17, 2003. Roll call vote was taken with the
following results:
Motion failed.
Commissioner Nelson
Yes
Commissioner Neugent
No
Commissioner Rice
No
Mayor Spehar
Yes
Property Appraiser
Ervin Higgs, Monroe County Property Appraiser addressed the Board. Motion was made
by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Rice to approve the Property
Appraiser's tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $3,203,901.
Motion carried unanimously, with Commissioner McCoy not present.
Tourist Development Council
Harold Wheeler, Executive Director of the Tourist Development Council Director and
Lynda Stuart, Office Manager addressed the Board. During discussion, Commissioner McCoy
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arrived at the meeting and took his seat. Motion was made by Commissioner McCoy and
seconded by Commissioner Rice to approve the Tourist Development Council's tentative budget
request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $20,156,624. Motion carried unanimously.
Arts Council
Monica Haskel, Monroe County Arts Council Executive Director addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner McCoy to approve
the Art's Council tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $45,000.
Motion carried unanimously.
Sheriff
Richard D. Roth, Monroe County Sheriff addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner McCoy to approve the Sheriff s Department
tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $41,832,092. Motion
carried unanimously.
Clerk of the Court
Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk addressed the Board and advised that due to the enactment of
House Bill 113A, which is an implementation of Revision 7 to Article 5 concerning court funding,
that the Clerk's budget for court functions will be removed from the county budget effective July
1, 2004 and would be supported by fees. Motion was made by Commissioner McCoy and
seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve the Clerk's tentative budget request for Fiscal
Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $6,150,989. Motion carried unanimously.
Judicial
Sandra Taylor, Circuit Court Judge and acting Chief Circuit Court Judge in the absence of
Chief Judge Richard Payne; and Monroe County Court Administrator Teresa Westerfield
addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by
Commissioner McCoy to approve the court's tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004
in the amount of $3,237,554. Motion carried unanimously.
State Attorney
Mark Kohl, State Attorney addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner
Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to approve the State Attorney's tentative budget
request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $187,237. Motion carried unanimously.
Public Defender
Rosemary Enright, Public Defender addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Rice to approve the Public Defender's
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tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $272,597. Motion carried
unanimously.
Supervisor of Elections
Harry L. Sawyer, Supervisor of Elections addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to approve the Supervisor of
Elections' tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $1,075,518.
Motion carried unanimously.
Land Authority
Mark Rosch, Executive Director of the Monroe County Land Authority addressed the
Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to
approve the Land Authority's tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount
of $12,226,878. Motion carried unanimously.
Public Works
Dent Pierce, Public Works Director, and Beth Leto, Assistant to the Division Director
addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by
Commissioner Nelson to approve the Public Work's tentative budget request for Fiscal Year
2003-2004 in the amount of $77,491,122. Motion carried unanimously.
Capital Plan
The Board briefly discussed the Capital Plan. The Board took no official action.
Management Services
Sheila Barker, Management Services Director addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Rice to approve the Management
Services tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $26,762,383.
Motion carried unanimously.
Veteran's Affairs
Charles Ingraham, Veteran's Affairs Director addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Rice to approve the Veteran's Affairs
tentative budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $510,624. Motion carried
unanimously.
Group Health Insurance
'�,% The Board returned to the discussion concerning the group health insurance program.
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Motion was made McCoy and seconded by Commissioner Rice to rescind the Board's action of
April 17, 2003 concerning item # 1 indicated in the spreadsheet described as Group Insurance
Program Comparison - Administration Recommendation - Approved by BOCC April 17, 2003.
During discussion, there was a motion to amend to also rescind the Board's previous action
concerning item # 9. During further discussion, the motion to amend was withdrawn. Roll call
vote on the original motion was unanimous.
Key West Airport
Peter Horton, Key West Airport Manager addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Rice to approve the airport's tentative
budget request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 in the amount of $4,104,039. Motion carried
unanimously.
Mr. Horton advised the Board that the FAA had agreed to allow Monroe County to
conduct an Environmental Assessment (EA) concerning the extension of the runway at Key West
International Airport.
Group Health Insurance
Motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to
rescind the Board's previous action of April 17, 2003 concerning item # 9 indicated in the
spreadsheet described as Group Insurance Program Comparison - Administration
Recommendation - Approved by BOCC April 17, 2003, and to adopt the following proposal:
County subsidizes coverage by 60%
Per pay day rate* Monthly Rate
Spouse Only $163 $353
Each Child $ 54 $117
Family Cap $244 $528
*A minimum rate of $110 per pay day for dependent coverage would apply.
Roll call vote was unanimous.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
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