07/31/2001 Special
MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
2001/235
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
Key West, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
10:00 AM., on the above date at the Harvey Government Center. Present and answering to roll
call were Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy, Commissioner Dixie Spehar, Commissioner
Nora Williams, and Mayor George Neugent. Absent from the Meeting was Commissioner
Murray Nelson. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; James Roberts, County
Administrator; James Hendrick, 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 2002 BUDGET OVERVIEW
County Administrator James Roberts addressed the Board and discussed the Board's
previous action on salary increases for Fiscal Year 2001-2002. Motion was made by
Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner Williams to clarify the Board's previous
action by approving salary increases consisting of four percent (4%) Cost of Living Adjustment
and three percent (3%) merit increases for County employees. Roll call vote was unanimous.
The following individuals addressed the Board: Donna A Moore, representing the
Monroe County Sheriff's Office; Mayor Frank Kulisky, representing Islamorada, Village of
Islands; Chief Sergio Garcia, representing District 1 & 6 Fire and Ambulance; Charles Baldwin,
representing Islamorada, Village of Islands; Craig Wrathell, representing City of Marathon; Mark
Long, representing F.O.P; Jack Bernhard, representing the Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Richard Roth addressed the Board on issues raised concerning the allocation of the
Sheriff's Budget between incorporated and unincorporated areas.
The Board briefly discussed the Regional Park issue.
Mr. Roberts presented an amended millage sheet reflecting the return of unincorporated
area parks to the unincorporated area special taxing district.
Keith Douglass of the Rural Health Network and Joe Barker of the Wesley House
addressed the Board concerning Non-Profit Funding. Motion was made by Commissioner Spehar
and seconded by Commissioner McCoy to provide an additional $83,300 from contingency for
Human Services Advisory Board funding for non-profits. Roll call vote was unanimous.
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Motion was made by Commissioner Williams and seconded by Commissioner Spehar to
appoint a committee consisting of Dr. Jack Rutherford, of the Monroe County Health Clinic;
Keith Douglass, of the Rural Health Network; Joe Barker, of the Wesley House; Debbie Burcells,
of the Guidance Clinic of the Middle Keys; Commissioner Spehar, and a representative of the
Human Services Advisory Board, who are to be charged with identifying a core group of
non-profit organizations to be funded by the Board of County Commissioners and establish
criteria to qualify for funding. Said Board will sunset within a year. Alexandra Leto of the
Human Services Advisory Board addressed the Board. Motion carried unanimously.
Keith Douglass, of the Rural Health Network addressed the Board concerning his request
for funding. Dr. Jack Rutherford, of the Monroe County Health Clinic and Sonya Albury, of the
Health Council of South Florida, Inc. addressed the Board. Motion was made by Mayor Neugent
and seconded by Commissioner Spehar to appropriate $150,000 in the Fiscal Year 2001-2002
Budget for funding of the Rural Health Network to come from the contingency and also an
appropriate of$45,000 for a study to identify Monroe County health care needs. Roll call vote
was taken with the following results.
Commissioner McCoy Yes
Commissioner Spehar Yes
Commissioner Williams No
Mayor Neugent Yes
Motion carried.
Board returned to a discussion of the Regional Park System. Motion was made by
Commissioner Williams and seconded by Commissioner Spehar to leave Higgs Beach as the only
Regional Park funded in the General Revenue Fund and to fund the other unincorporated area
parks out of the unincorporated area parks and beaches special taxing district. Roll call vote was
unammous.
Mr. Roberts discussed salary issues for selected positions.
Motion was made by Commissioner Williams to add no new staff to the proposed Budget
for Fiscal Year 2001-2002. Motion died for lack of a second. Motion was then made by
Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner McCoy to approve position numbers 2 and
6 as outlined in the memorandum from the County Administrator dated July 30,2001, "Report on
Additional Positions". The positions are as follows:
2. Administrator's Office
Communications Coordinator/W ebsite Manager
6. Key West International Airport
Noise and Safety Officer
Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
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Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Spehar
Commissioner Williams
Mayor Neugent
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Motion carried.
Mr. Roberts discussed incentives.
Mr. Roberts reported to the Board on a meeting with the municipalities.
Motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner McCoy to
certify the proposed millages rates for Fiscal Year 2001-2002 (said millage rate list is attached
hereto), and also setting the Public Hearings as follows:
September 5,2001, 5:05 p.m.
Harvey Government Center at Historic Truman School
1200 Truman Avenue
Key West, FL 33040
September 12, 2001, 5:05 p.m.
Key Largo Library
MM 101
Key Largo, FL 33037
September 19, 2001, 5:05 p.m.
Marathon Government Center
2798 Overseas Highway
Marathon, FL 33050
Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner McCoy Yes
Commissioner Spehar Yes
Commissioner Williams No
Mayor Neugent Yes
Motion carried.
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
Monroe County, Florida
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Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk
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Ad Valorem Millage Summary
Proposed Fiscal Year 2002
Rollback
Millage
Taxes per
% over $100,000 of
Millage Rollback taxable value
Unincorporated, Dist 1
(Unincorporated area from Stock Island to Tavernier from Mile Marker 4 to 95)
Countywide Services 3.7726 4.1407 9.76%
Lower & Middle Keys Fire & Ambulance 1.6911 1.7245 1.98%
Planning, Building. Code Enf. Fire Marshal 0.2952 0.1108 -62.47%
Parks & Beaches 0.2276 0.1854 -18.54%
Local Road Patrol 0.0000 0.6321 nla
Municipal Policing 0.7122 0.0000 -100.00%
Total 6.6987 6.7935 1.42%
$414.07
$172.45
$11.08
$18.54
$63.21
$0.00
$679.35
Unincorporated,Dist 6
(Mile Marker 95 up US 1 to County line and up 905 to intersection of Card Sound Road)
Countywide Services 3.7726 4.1407 9.76% $414.07
Fire & Ambulance. Dist 6 0.5976 0.6641 11.13% $66.41
Planning, Building, Code Enf. Fire Marshal 0.2952 0.1108 -62.47% $11.08
Parks & Beaches 0.2276 0.1854 -18.54% $18.54
Local Road Patrol 0.0000 0.6321 nla $63.21
Municipal Policing 0.7122 0.0000 -100.00% $0.00
Total 5.6052 5.7331 2.28% $573.31
Unincorporated, Dist 7
(From intersection of 905 and Card Sound Road up Card Sound Road to the County line)
Countywide Services 3.7726 4.1407 9.76% $414.07
Planning, Building, Code Enf. Fire Marshal 0.2952 0.1108 -62.47% $11.08
Parks & Beaches 0.2276 0.1854 -18.54% $18.54
Local Road Patrol 0.0000 0.6321 nla $63.21
Municipal Policing 0.7122 0.0000 -100.00% $0.00
Total 5.0076 5.0690 1.23% $506.90
Key West, Key Colony Beach, Islamorada, & Marathon
Countywide Services 3.7726 4.1407
9.76%
Layton
Countywide Services
Lower & Middle Keys Fire & Ambulance
Total
3.7726
1.6911
5.4637
4.1407
1.7245
5.8652
9.76%
1.98%
7.35%
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$414.07
$414.07
$172.45
$586.52
7/3112001 10:55 AM
Increase per
$100.000 of
taxable value
$36.81
$3.34
-$18.44
-$4.22
$63.21
-$71.22
$9.48
$36.81
$6.65
-$18.44
-$4.22
$63.21
-$71.22
$12.79
$36.81
-$18.44
-$4.22
$63.21
-$71.22
$6.14
$36.81
$36.81
$3.34
$40.15
Office of Management & Budget