Resolution 300-2007
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
RESOLUTION NO. 300 - 2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY REPEALING
RESOLUTION 258-1993, AND CLARIFYING THE APPOINTMENT
PROCESS FOR THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, Section 125.0104(4)(e), FS, requires the tourist development council for
each county adopting a tourism development tax to have a specified composition appointed by the
board of county commissioners, to wit: three elected officials, of which one shall be either the
chair of the governing board of the county or any other member of the governing board as
designated by the chair, and two of which shall be elected municipal officials, at least one of
whom shall be from the most populous municipality in the county; at least three, but no more than
four, shall b~, from the lodging industry; and at least two, but no more than three, shall be from the
tourism (non-lodging) industry; and
WHEREAS, the County Code further provides that the BOCC appointments shall be
based on the percentage of collections of the tourist development tax in each district, but that
each district will have at least one representative; and
WHEREAS, County Commission districts are not the same as the TDC districts; and
Wm:REAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners issued Resolution No.
258-1993 to clarifY the process for making nominations and appointments to the Monroe County
Tourist Council; and
WHJ<:REAS, it is desired to further clarifY the process set forth in Resolution 258-1993;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1: Resolution No. 258-1993 is hereby repealed.
Section 2: Three (3) of the officials are essentially selected by the statute in that one is
the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and two (2) are elected representatives of
municipalities located within the County, one (1) of which is the most populous municipality, and
these nominations shall be and remain the nominations of the Board of County Commissioners.
Section 3: ( a) Of the remaining six (6) appointments, there shall be at all times on the
TDC an appointment which was nominated by a commissioner representing each tourist
development district as defined in Monroe County Code Section 2-299(G)1, and confirmed
1 As of the date of this resolution the IDC districts are:
District I the city limits of Key West
District II from the city limits of Key West to the west end of the Seven Mile Bridge
District III from the west end of the Seven Mile Bridge to the Long Key Bridge
District IV between the Long Key Bridge and mile marker 90.939
District V from mile marker 90.940 to the Dade/Monroe County line and any mainland portions of Monroe County
through appointment by the Board of County Commissioners according to the representation
which follows:
TDC DISTRICT
District I
District II
District III
District IV
District V
COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATION
BOCC District 3
BOCC District 1
BOCC District 2
BOCC District 4
BOCC District 5
(b) The Mayor shall have the right to select a second nominee (6th lodging/tourism member) in
hislher capacity as Mayor. This appointment shall only be made when a vacancy occurs either
through natural expiration of a term or the early vacation of the term by the member2
(c) These six (6) nominations shall satisfY the statutory requirements with respect to occupation
as well as thl~ ordinance requirement with respect to geographic locale, and shall be the Board's
appointees to the Tourist Development Council.
Section 4: The IDC District representation by specified County Commission Districts
would also include the three (3) At Large appointments to the District Advisory Committees
(DAC's) and the nominees by the county commissioner for that district shall be appointed by the
Board of County Commissioners.
Section 5:
This Resolution shall become effective on the date written below.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the 15th day of August, A.D., 2007.
Mayor Mario DiGennaro
Mayor Pro Tem Dixie M. Spehar
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
\: Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
"fommissioner George Neugent
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2 As of the date of this Resolution, the 6th (mayoral) appointment would be a IDe District I position due to more
than 50% of the, tax being collected in District I and each of the other districts being lintited to I representative.