03/12/1998 Regular
98/88
MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Regular Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, March 12, 1998
Marathon, Florida
A Regular Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners convened at 9:00 a.m., on the above date, at the
Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll call
were Commissioner Keith Douglass, Commissioner Shirley Freeman,
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Mary Kay Reich and
Mayor Jack London. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk;
Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk; Suzanne Hutton, Assistant
County Attorney; James Roberts, County Administrator; County
Staff, members of the Press and Radio; and the general public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
There were no additions, corrections and deletions to
the agenda.
PRESENTATIONS
County Administrator, James Roberts addressed the
Board. Presentations were made by representatives from the firms
of Wallace Roberts & Todd; Bender & Associates, P.A.; and
Hoyt/DSW, the three finalists selected from among ten responses
to the Request for Qualifications to conduct planning, design,
and community consensus building for the park and marina
facilities in Marathon.
After the presentations, the Board proceeded to ballot
on the three consultants on the basis of the lowest point total
being the consultant selected, with the following results:
Douglass Freeman Harvey Reich London Total
~T 1 1 2 1 2 7
Bender 2 2 1 3 1 9
Hoyt 3 3 3 2 3 14
98/89
On the basis of the above ballot, motion was made by
Commissioner Reich and seconded by Commissioner Douglass granting
approval for staff to negotiate a contract with WRT. Motion
carried unanimously.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator, James Roberts discussed with the
Board proposed Fiscal Year 1999 budget policies and guidance for
Administrator in the development of the budget. Mr. Roberts
discussed the document entitled FISCAL YEAR 1999 BUDGET - POLICY
ISSUES. Ron Levy addressed the Board. Solid Waste Director,
Clark Lake also addressed the Board and discussed volume based
horticultural yard waste.
The following individuals made a presentation to the
Board concerning the Key Largo Economic Development council,
Inc.: Scott Marr, Joe Harris, Russell Moore, Mark Robinson, and
Charles Brooks. The EDC will make another presentation at the
May, 1998 Board meeting in Key Largo. The Board took no official
action.
There being no further business to come before the
Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Danny L. Kolhage
Clerk of Circuit Court and
ex officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
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Isabel C. Desantis,/Deputy Clerk