Resolution 267-2007
Administration
RESOLUTION NO. ~ -2007
A RI,SOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MOJIlROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DIRECTING STAFF TO ORGANIZE
EFFORTS TO SEEK OUT AND APPLY FOR APPROPRIATE GRANTS
TO OFFSET COSTS; WAIVING THE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS
THAT EACH GRANT APPLICATION BE INDIVIDUALLY APPROVED
BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO SUBMISSION AND AGAIN PRIOR TO
ACCEPTANCE OF THE AWARD WHEN THE AWARD DOES NOT
REQUIRE A MATCH BY MONROE COUNTY; AND MAINTAINING
ALL EXISTING REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS AND
ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AWARDS THAT DO REQUIRE A MATCH
BY MONROE COUNTY.
WHI!:REAS, Monroe County has been impacted by recent legislature and the subsequent
need to significantly cut budgets; and
WHI!:REAS, it is our desire to continue to provide outstanding public service responsive
to the needs of our citizens, community, and environment despite the impact of these budget
cuts; and
WHE,REAS, currently, the Board must approve all applications for grants prior to
submission, which can cause a delay of up to six weeks, at times delaying the grant application
until the next submission cycle, as well as adding unnecessarily to the Board agenda; and
WHEREAS, it is unnecessary to delay acceptance of grants awarded to the County that
do not requin: any matching funds, again adding unnecessarily to the Board agenda; and
WHEREAS, our heightened focus on pursuing a wider variety of grant opportunities
requires improved coordination between Divisions and will result in a significantly increased
number of gr,mt applications; now, therefore,
BE I1r RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, HEREBY:
I. Directs Division staff to coordinate grant opportunity research and application
submission with the Project Manager to the County Administrator.
2. Waives the requirement that grant applications be approved by the Board before
submission, and authorizes the County Administrator to manage grant application
submission approval and execution of related documents.
3. Authorizes the County Administrator to accept award of grants that have no match
criteria, and to execute related documents.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida at a meeting of said Board held on the 18th day ofJuly, 2007.
Mayor DiGennaro Yes
Mayor Pro Tem Spehar Yes
Commissioner Neugent Yes
Commissioner McCoy Yes
Commissioner Murphy Yes
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE C?UNTY lfLORIDA
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