Resolution 371-2011 RESOLUTION NO. 371 -2011
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROVIDING A POLICY FOR THE
USE OF BOATING IMPROVEMENT FUNDS AND THE
DISTRIBUTION OF A PORTION OF COUNTY BOATING
IMPROVEMENT FUNDS TO THE MUNICPALITIES.
WHEREAS, moneys from vessel registration fees designated for the use of the
counties is distributed by the tax collector to the Board of County Commissioners,
pursuant to F.S. 328.72, hereafter referred to as State Boating Improvement Funds; and
WHEREAS, State Boating Improvement Funds are for the sole purposes of
providing recreational channel marking and other uniform waterway markers, public boat
ramps, lifts, and hoists, marine railways, and other public launching facilities, derelict
vessel removal, and removal of vessels and floating structures deemed a hazard to public
safety and health for failure to comply with F.S.327.53; and
WHEREAS, State Boating Improvement Fund revenues provide approximately
$250,000 annually; and
WHEREAS, the County approved Ordinance No.034 -2002 to impose an annual
registration fee on vessels registered, operated, or stored in the water within its
jurisdiction pursuant to F.S.328.66, hereafter referred to as County Boating Improvement
Funds; and
WHEREAS, County Boating Improvement Funds shall be expended for the
patrol, regulation, and maintenance of the lakes, rivers, and waters and for other boating -
related activities of municipalities or counties; and
WHEREAS, County Boating Improvement Fund revenues provide
approximately $400,000 annually; and
WHERERAS, the County has expended County Boating Improvement Funds for
new pumpout vessel match payments, boating and waterways studies, pumpout staff
salary, and pumpout vessel operational costs; and
WHEREAS, the County has been providing reimbursement funding to the
municipalities for boating and waterways related projects from State and County Boating
Improvement Funds based on funding requests averaging $51,094 in the past four
calendar years; and
WHEREAS, requests have recently been received from several incorporated
cities exceeding the typical annual amount the County has awarded; and
WHEREAS, State and County Boating Improvement Funds are utilized by the
County for County channel marker and boat ramp maintenance, derelict vessel removals,
pumpout program costs, and other boating and waterway related projects Keys -wide; and
WHEREAS, the County currently has no policy regarding the distribution of
State and County Boating Improvement Funds, nor a maximum annual amount for cities;
and
WHEREAS, the State allows for the distribution of Boating Improvement Funds
to municipalities, but holds the County responsible for the appropriate expenditure of
such funds; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County to create a policy regarding
the use of Boating Improvement Funds, and the distribution of a portion of State and
County Boating Improvement Funds to the municipalities; and
WHEREAS, an evaluation of State and County Boating Improvement Fund
revenues and expenditures indicates that the County can provide a portion of Boating
Improvement Funds, in an amount up to $75,000 per year, to the municipalities within
the County, subject to annual funding availability, and still maintain State and County
funds adequate to fund County obligations, including: channel marker maintenance,
derelict vessel removals, pumpout program costs, and boat ramp construction;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
Section 1. The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners shall expend
State and County Boating Improvement Funds only for County boating and waterway
related projects, and municipal boating and waterway related projects in the form of
reimbursement funding, in accordance with the allowed uses of Boating Improvement
Funds as described in F.S. 328.72 and F.S. 328.66.
Section 2. The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners and
municipalities within Monroe County shall execute boating and waterway related projects
that serve the general boating public.
Section 3. Municipality reimbursement funding requests for Boating
Improvement Funds shall be received by the County no later than April, 1 of the fiscal
year and shall be reviewed by the County, approximately four months prior to the end of
the County's fiscal year (on or around June of the fiscal year). At that time staff will
review the collective funding requests and make recommendations to the BOCC for
reimbursement accordingly, and in consideration of funding availability. Reimbursement
funding shall be provided for by Inter -local Agreement (ILA). Any unused funds
allocated for a particular municipality may be provided to other municipalities based on
their funding requests.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida at a regular meeting held on the 19th day of October, 2011.
Mayor Heather Carruthers Yes
Mayor Pro Tem David Rice Yes
Commissioner Kim Wigington Yes
Commissioner George Neugent Yes
Commissioner Sylvia J. Murphy Yes
BOARD OF COU Y q MMISSIONERS
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Mayor eather Carruthers
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ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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Deputy Clerk
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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