09/12/1991 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, September 12, 1991
Key Colony Beach
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners convened at 4:00 p.m. on the above
date at.the City Hall in Key Colony Beach. Present and
answering to roll call were Commissioner Earl Cheal,
Commissioner Jack London, and Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey.
Commissioner Douglas Jones arrived later in the meeting.
Absent from the meeting was Commissioner John Stormont.
Also present were Danny Kolhage, Clerk; Randy Ludacer,
County Attorney; Tom Brown, County Administrator; County
Staff; members of the Press and Radio; and the general
public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of
Allegiance.
Lavon Wisher, Managing Director of Public Financial
Management, Inc., addressed the Board and made her report
and recommended a short-list of firms considered best
qualified to serve as the Senior Managing Underwriters for
the 1991 Sales Tax Bond Issue. Motion was made by
Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner London to
approve the recommendation of Public Financial Management,
Inc., short-listing the following firms considered best
qualified to serve as the Senior Managing Underwriters for
the 1991 Sales Tax Bond Issue:
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch Capital Markets
Prudential-Bache Capital Funding
Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. Inc.
William R. Hough & Co.
Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded
by Commissioner London to approve additions to the Agenda.
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner London and seconded
by Commissioner Cheal to approve and authorize redemption of
the Sales Tax Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 1990, on
October 15, 1991, and for dissemination of the notice of
redemption to the noteholders at least thirty days prior to
that date. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Sandra Higgs of Keys Advertising and Marketing
addressed the Board concerning the receipt of a late bid by
the County for the purchase of certain computer equipment
for the Tourist Development Council. Motion was made by
Mayor Harvey and seconded by Commissioner London to accept
the bid due to the handicap position in which the County
would be in attempting to achieve the least cost for the
equipment being bid. Roll call vote was taken with the
fOllowing results:
Commissioner Cheal
Commissioner London
Mayor Harvey
No
No
Yes
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Motion failed.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded
by Commissioner London to approve the appointment of Glenn
Owens to the Transportation Review Committee to replace Fred
Sellers, who has resigned. Motion carried unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing was held to consider adoption of a
non-ad valorem assessment roll pertaining to assessments for
the collection and disposal of solid waste. Proof of publi-
cation was entered into the record. The following persons
addresed the Board: Katha Sheehan-Stone, Stanley Becker, H.
T. pontin, Vern Pokorski, Betty Vail, Bob Ernst, George
Kundtz.
COMMISSIONER JONES ENTERED
MEETING AND TOOK HIS SEAT
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Mayor
Harvey to abolish the three-minute speaking rule. Roll call
vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Cheal
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner London
Mayor Harvey
No
Yes
No
Yes
Motion failed. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and
seconded by Commissioner London to approve the rates for the
non-ad valorem assessment roll pertaining to assessments for
the collection and disposal of solid waste as follows:
COLLECTION DISPOSAL TOTAL
SINGLE-FAMILY $145.61 $175.77 $321.38
MOBILE HOMES
(Residential) $138.55 $175.77 $314.32
MULTI-FAMILY $124.44 $175.77 $300.21
Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded
by Commissioner London to add as Agenda Item B-5 a presen-
tation of a Master Recycling Program by Mr. Bob Ernst. Roll
call vote was unanimous. Bob Ernst made a presentation con-
cerning composting and his proposed Master Recycling
Program. Commissioner London and the Board discussed a pro-
posed modification to the Master Recycling Program. Motion
was then made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner London to direct Staff to evaluate the proposed
program in detail and report back to the Board at the
earliest possible time with methods to implement it. Roll
call vote was unanimous.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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