Item B3BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: _
April 16,
2014_
Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
X
No X
Department: District V
Staff Contact /Phone #: Pamela .lohnson/453-8787
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Mayor's Proclamation declaring the week of April 6-11 to be
Guardian ad Litem Week.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST:
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE:
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No
BUDGETED: Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty OMB/Purchasing
DOCUMENTATION:
DISPOSITION:
Revised 7/09
Included X Not Required
Risk Management
AGENDA ITEM #
GUARDIAN ad LITEM WEEK
WHEREAS, the Florida State Guardian ad Litem Program was founded in 1980; and
WHEREAS, the advocates of the Florida State Guardian ad Litem Program of Monroe County
are 100% volunteer based at no cost to the participants; and
WHEREAS, the Florida State Guardian ad Litem Program provides a voice and advocacy to
children in the judicial system, victimized by abuse, neglect and abandonment; and
WHEREAS, the Florida State Guardian ad Litem Program currently has 115 volunteers
who become a voice for the 226 children appointed to the program; and
WHEREAS, the Florida State Guardian ad Litem Program provides the children in the
program normalcy and stability
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sylvia J. Murphy, Mayor of Monroe County, Florida, do hereby
declare April 6-11 to be
MONROE COUNTY
GUARDIAN ad LITEM WEEK
Dated this 16"' day of April, 2014
Sylvia J. Murphy