Item N2BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 Division: BDC
Bulk Item: Yes Ida XX Department: Comm. David Rice
Staff Contact /Phone #: Tamara Lamarche 6000
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of reappointment of Brad Trout to the Library
Advisory Board as the District 4 representative.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Mr. Trout has a long history of involvement with the Marathon
Library and the Friends of the Library. He has been active in local community endeavors,
benefits, including the development of the Field of Dreams Children's park, and youth challenge
social programs. This will be Mr. Trouts nd full term on the Library Advisory Board.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BGCC ACTION: Mr. Trout was reappointed to the Library Advisory
Board for a full term in Dec. 2006. He was originally appointed to the advisory board in 2005 to
fulfill a term of a previous appointee.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes No
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE:
COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS.
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty , OMB/Purchasing I Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included Not Required
DISPOSITION,
Revised 7/09
AGENDA ITEM #
Monroe County Boards and Committees
Appointment Information
Board or Committee: LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
Commissioner Appointing Member: David Rice, (BOCC District 4�
Name of Member: Brad Trout
Address: 2001 Sombrero Beach Rd.
Marathon, FL 33050
Mailing Address: Same
Phone Numbers: Work: N/A
Home: 305 289-8234
Cell: N/A
Fax: N/A
E-mail: blue sboybrad( mac.com
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Date of Appointment: January 19, 2011
Reappointment: Yes
Date Term Expires: January 1, 2014
Name of Person Being Replaced: N/A
Fulfilling Term of: N/A
Misc. Info: Mr. Trout was originally appointed in 2005 to replace Kathleen Fischer. He
was reappointed to a full 4-yr. term Dec. 2006. This is his 2nd 4-yr. term on the LAB.
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December 22, 2006
J. Bradford Trout
2001 Sombrero Beach Rd.
Marathon, FL 33050
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On behalf of this office and the Monroe County ward of County Commissioners, please allow nee
to congratulate you on your reappointment to the Library Advisory Board, which occurred at the December
20, 2006 Commission meeting. Your term of office commenced on December 20, 2006 and will expire
January 1 .
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Thank you for your interest in our community and congratulations once again.
Very truly yours,
Debbie Frederick
Deputy County Administrator
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W. Commissioner McCoy
Valerie !Moore
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Board of County Commissioners
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(305) 292- 41 -Phone
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Mr. J _ Bradford Trout
2001 Sombrero Beech Rd.
Marathon, FI 33050
Dear Mr. Trout:
Mayor Dbde M. Spehar, DishIct I
Mdyt Pro Tem Charks O'S W McCoy, District 3
George N&4wt, District 2
bated P. Rke.. District 4
MunW E. Neison, District 5
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On behalf of this office and the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners, pleaw allow me to
oongralullate you on your appointment to the Library Advisory Board, which occun at the June 15, 2005
Commission meeting. Your term of office commenoad on June 15, 2005 and wffl expire January 1, 2007.
Thank you for your interest in our Community and cong tulatlons once again.
Vey truly yours,
Thomas J. Willi
County Administrator
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Valerie Nitre
Re: Appointment to Library Advisory Board
Mr, Rice,
In accordance with your request for a brief bio outlining my involvement
with the Marathon Branch of the Monroe County Library System, I offer the
following.
l began my intern on with the local library in 1998 when I volunteered to
help Gloria Goodman with the Summer Reading Program. This summer will mark
the seventh year that alliance has produced a diverse schedule of events
benefiting the children of Marathon and the surrounding areas supplementing a
fine existing program established earlier by Ills. Goodman_ These events have
included book readings, story telling, skits, puppet shores and sing -a -longs in
addition to a wide array of presentations and educational entertainment from
outside sources such as wildlife from Marathon Wild Bird fescue, Conservation
Offices from nearby Florida State Parks, the canine branch of the Monroe
County Sheriffs Office and much more. In addition to this, l have greatly enjoyed
regularly donning a cat in the Hat oft and reading Dr. Souss books to our
young audience. We have routinely drawn crowds in excess of fifty children for
our weekly program and several of the local daycare centers make regular en
masse visits to us throughout the summer. We are understandably very proud of
this program and its impact.
About two years ago l was asked to join the Friends of the Marathon
Library Board of Directors and shortly afterward was appointed interim vice-
president, serving in that capedty until elections could be held to permanently fill
the open position. In the time slave I have joined the group, I have concentrated
ray efforts on new library support projects, new funding options, PR and creating
a more harmonious atmosphere of cooperation dedicated to furthering the goal of
increasing support for the Iccal library and its manager, Ills. Goodman. I believe
we have established a bet -ter working relationship between our group, the library
and the county and look forward to achieving many of the goals we have set for
ourselves. We have managed to more than double the amount of money donated
yearly to the library, funding such projects as wiring a computer for the
Spanish speaking patrons which l spearheaded, expanding the Books on Tape
collection, supplementing the reference section and most recently I worked with
s_ Goodman and Karen Hoth of the Media Center of Marathon High School to
facilitate a substantial expansion of the Young Adult section of the branch in an
attempt provide a valuable educational resource for the students and staff of the
school and lure the children of that age group back to our fadlity. At present
Gloria and I are working with Morena Kula in an attempt to create a lending
program that will provide ease of access to this resource for the Interested in
tapping into it.
My exper i enc in the business world has served our group well in
increasing the Friends budget by tapping into existing funding resources and
exploring new ones. In the Fall of 2004,, 1 rude a presentation to the Marathon
City Council following an application for funding that resulted in The Friends
getting a grant from the city budget effectively raising our annual donations to the
local branch by some fifty percent.
Our latest and most ambitious project, of which I feel I am an integral part,
is our effort to work with the powers that be of Monroe county and Marathon to
build a new library in Marathon. Though still in the initial stages, we have actively
helped to lay the groundwork for the project and have already fbrmulated a plan
to pursue several innovative courses of action to secure funding to aid in filling
the new and increased spaoe with a broad spectrum of literary resources to
benefit the local and seasonal patrons. We at the friends hope to see this project
through to completion and in Wng so to'nstill the desire in others to one
forward and do their part to support the cause.
In closing let rye say that in addition to that which is mentioned above, I
have taken pride in participating in other like endeavors ire Marathon. I played an
active and guiding role in the Marathon in Action benefits for cancer victims Capt.
J.G. Weds and Dylan Picahello in which more than a hundred thousand dollars
was raised to heip fight their respective battles. I was a part of the team that
brought the American cancerSociety's Relay for Life annual fundraiser to
Marathon five years ago_ I was a hands-on participant in building the Rotary Club
Field of Dreams hildren`s Park in Marathon, I also am very proud to have
helped establish a program called STARS (anonym for Suppcwting Tolerance,
Acceptance and Respect in Students) at Marathon HighSchool/Middle School
that for four years benefited challenged youth and helped provide a loving
nurturing: safe environment for growth and maturation. In the process we went a
long moray toward breaking down common barriers and addressing some of the
more insidious issues that the children face and through awareness brought
about a campus environment more conducive to learning and the enrr*nt of
childhood. And lastly, for the fast two years I have volunteered with the AYSO
Youth Soccer Program, of which Marathon vice -mayor Chris Bull is director. I
have served as a referee of games for children ages eight to eighteen,
In anticipation of ray appointment to the vacant position on the library
! v i sory Board, # loop forward to serving the i ibrad e s and the county in a way
that will benefit the populace and the system alike.
Sincerely,
Brad Trout
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