Resolution 024-2016f
RESOLUTION NO. 024 -2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIOINERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING RELIEF FROM FINES,
LIENS AND COSTS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS OBTAINING GRANT
ASSISTANCE TOWARDS MANDATORY SEWER CONNECTIONS
WHEREAS, the residents of Monroe County are under both State and Local mandate to
connect their properties to central sewer systems once it becomes available; and
WHEREAS, the County and the various sewer providers have commenced enforcement
proceedings against those property owners who have not connected to available sewer; and
WHEREAS, the cost of connecting to the central sewer runs into the thousands of dollars;
and
WHEREAS, not every property owner has the financial ability to connect to the central
sewer system ; and
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the County, and the County has taken steps to
make the public aware that there are Community Development Block Grant funds available to
those who qualify for the sole purpose of connecting to the central sewer; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the block grant funds to assist those most who meet the
qualifications and otherwise could not afford the costs of connecting to the sewer; and
WHEREAS, it has been the practice in Monroe County of the sewer providers to remit to the
County a file for those property owners who do not connect to the central sewer, regardless of
financial circumstances, and the County has brought forward code compliance cases against
those individuals; and
WHEREAS, the County has treated, from an enforcement perspective, grant recipients the
same as all other property owners; and
WHEREAS, grant recipients, by virtue of applying for, being financially screened by the
grant program administrator, and otherwise meeting the strict terms of the grant qualifications
have demonstrated a remarkable need for assistance with any fines, fees or costs resulting from
any code compliance action; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners does not seek to impose financial
hardship upon the property owners most financially at risk; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has the ability to waive any fines, fees or
costs that may either currently or in the future be due to the County;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Monroe County shall not impose liens or proceed with code compliance actions
against those property owners who officially are approved for a community development block
grant to connect to the central sewer system.
Section 2. This resolution is retroactive to January 1, 2014 solely as to the placement of any
liens on a sewer connection case. Those liens imposed by the County on sewer connection cases
after January 1, 2014 shall be released upon successfully completed installation of the sewer
connection.
Section 3. Property owners who are officially approved for the grant and have incurred fines
and costs for not yet connecting to the central sewer system and have not yet had a lien imposed
shall have their fines and costs waived. The fines and costs shall be waived subsequent to the
successful connection to the central sewer system.
Section 4. Any liens recorded, or fines and costs accrued or collected prior to January 1, 2014
are not retroactively waived.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 20 th day of Jan. , 2016.
Mayor Heather Carruthers
Mayor Pro Tem George Neugent
Commissioner Danny Kolhage
Commissioner David Rice
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
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