09/08/2014 BudgetMINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting/Budget Hearing
Board of County Commissioners
Monday, September 8, 2014
Marathon, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
5:05 P.M., at the Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner Heather Carruthers, Commissioner Danny Kolhage, Commissioner George
Neugent, Commissioner David P. Rice and Mayor Sylvia Murphy. Also present at the meeting
were Roman Gastesi, County Administrator; Bob Shillinger, County Attorney; Lindsey Ballard,
Deputy Clerk; County Staff, members of the press and radio; and the general public.
ADDITIONS,CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
Item A A motion was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner
Rice granting approval of the Additions, Corrections and Deletions to the Agenda. Motion
carried unanimously.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Item B 1 Roman Gastesi, County Administrator and Lisa Tennyson, Director of Legislative
Affairs addressed the Board regarding the Approval of Professional Services Agreements with
Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc. and Becker and Poliakoff, P.A. for federal lobbying services. After
discussion, a motion was made Commissioner Kolhage and seconded by Commissioner Neugent
to grant approval of the item. A Roll Call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers Yes
Commissioner Kolhage Yes
Commissioner Neugent Yes
Commissioner Rice Yes
Mayor Murphy Yes
Motion Carried.
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Item B2 Kevin Madok, Senior Director of Strategic Planning addressed the Board
regarding the approval to negotiate final terms with Pinnacle Public Finance for a 10 year term
loan in an amount of $32 million at a fixed interest rate of 2.36% and approval to negotiate final
terms with PNC Bank for a two year line of credit in an amount of $16 million at a floating rate
based on one month LIBOR plus a spread. The current interest rate is 0.62 %. After discussion, a
motion was made by Commissioner Kolhage and seconded by Commissioner Carruthers
granting approval of the item. A Roll Call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers Yes
Commissioner Kolhage Yes
Commissioner Neugent Yes
Commissioner Rice Yes
Mayor Murphy Yes
Motion Carried.
BUDGET & FINANCE
Item C1 Board discussed the authorization for the Mayor to execute the Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance funding distribution letter with the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement for fiscal year 2014 -2015 (Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015), whereby Monroe
County agrees to the distribution of $84,521 in program funds in the County. After discussion, a
motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner Carruthers granting
approval of the item.
Item C2 Board discussed the approval of a Resolution authorizing the submission of grant
application to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for the Edward Byrne
Memorial FY 2014 -15 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and approval of allocation of the Clerk's
Drug Abuse Trust Fund (DATF) amount, based upon the recommendations of the Substance
Abuse Policy Advisory Board, and authorization for the County Administrator to execute the
applications. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by
Commissioner Neugent adopting the following Resolution. Motion passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 204 -2014
Said Resolution is incorporated herein by reference.
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BUDGET
Item D Roman Gastesi, County Administrator addressed the Board concerning the Sales
Tax Increase and the Real Estate Trends are going back to the normality. He also addressed the
Board regarding the 2.75% raise for employees and positions that some Divisions would like to
add, the Board decided to vote on each position at the Final Budget hearing on Thursday,
September 11, 2014 in Key West at the Harvey Government Center. Mr. Gastesi also addressed
the Employee Contribution to Health Insurance.
Item E Virginia Panico, Key West Chamber of Commerce addressed the Board regarding
the Budget.
Item F Announcement of the final public hearing is at 5:05 P.M. September 11, 2014
Harvey Government Center, 1200 Truman Avenue, Key West, Florida.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Item G1 Board discussed the approval or request for conflict waiver from the law firm of
Bryant Miller Olive (BMO) to represent PNC Bank for the purpose of negotiating a $16 million
line of credit with the County; authority for the County Attorney to sign conflict waiver letter. A
motion was made by Commissioner Carruthers and seconded by Commissioner Rice granting
approval of the item. A Roll Call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers Yes
Commissioner Kolhage Yes
Commissioner Neugent Yes
Commissioner Rice Yes
Mayor Murphy Yes
Motion Carried.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Amy Heavilin, CPA, Clerk
and ex- officio Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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