Compliance Letter
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Engineering Services
The Historic Gato Cigar Factory
1100 Simonton Street, Suite 2-216
Key West, Honda 33040
305-292-4426 office
305-295-4321 fax
February 24, 2009
Mr. Kenneth Fields, Village Manager
Islamorada Village of Islands
81990 Overseas Highway
Islamorada, FL 33036
RE: Gas Tax Sharing Interlocal Agreement
Dear Mr. Fields:
r~'" --- BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Mayor George Neugent, District 2
Mayor Pro Tern Syfvia J. Murphy, District 5
Kim Wigington, District 1
Heather Carruthers, District 3
Mario Di Gennaro, District 4
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The Gas Tax Sharing Interloca1 Agreement, which was effective retroactive to October 1, 2004, states in
Section 7C d) that "Each municipality shall include in its contract with its internal auditor who performs the
annual audit a requirement to provide the County Clerk with a letter of compliance, stating that the auditor
has examined the transactions inwlving expenditure of the gas tax proceeds and that the transactions are in
compliance with applicable laws." Those gas tax funds that are determined to have been spent on a purpose
not contemplated by this agreement must be paid back to the County with interest.
Failure to provide the annual letter of compliance shal1 be deemed a breach for which this agreement may be
terminated by the County, pursuant to Section 17 "Termination.. In accordance with Section 17, the County is
providing 90 days written notice of the breach of this agreement for failure to provide the annual compliance
letters for Fiscal Year 2007 and for Fiscal Year 2008. The Village ofIslamorada has a period of 45 days within
which to cure this breach of the agreement, by providing the aforementioned letters to the Monroe County
Clerk's Office. Failure to do so will result in termination of this agreement in accordance with Section 17.
Compliance letters may be sent to:
Mr. Danny L. Kolhage
Clerk of the Circuit Court
PO Box 1980
Key West, FL 33041
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office, or Ms. Suzanne Hutton, County Attorney, at
305-292-3470.
Sincer.e ly, V].i
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Executive Assistant
cc: S. Hutton
D. KoJhage
R. Gastesi