Resolution 231-2019 RESOLUTION NO. 231 -2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
AMENDING SECTION 1.03 b) SOUNDING BOARD OF THE
MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES;
CLARIFYING PROCESS AND DEADLINES FOR
SUBMISSION OF SOUNDING BOARD REQUESTS;
PROVIDING SCHEDULED TIME AND LOCATION OF
SOUNDING BOARD ON AGENDA; PROVIDING TIME
LIMITS FOR SOUNDING BOARD SPEAKER AND
SUBSEQUENT SPEAKER(S) ON A SOUNDING BOARD
ITEM; PROVIDING FREQUENCY LIMITS TO APPEAR ON
SOUNDING BOARD ON THE SAME TOPIC; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, questions of order, the methods of organization and the conduct of business
of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (hereafter `BOCC") are governed by
Robert's Rules of Order (Newly Revised, 2011 Edition), except as provided by the BOCC
Administrative Procedures; and
WHEREAS, the BOCC Administrative Procedures were last revised on May 15, 2013
by adoption of Resolution No. 150-2013; and
WHEREAS, Section 1.03 1) Sounding Board of the BOCC Administrative Procedures
provides process and timelines for submission of requests to appear on Sounding Board, time
limits for the Sounding Board speaker and subsequent speakers who speak on the Sounding
Board item, scheduling of Sounding Board times and location on the agenda; and
WHEREAS, due to the increased frequency of Sounding Board requests for times that
conflict with presentations and discussions on other important items, the BOCC desires to
update the BOCC Administrative Procedures with respect to the Sounding Board; and
WHEREAS, the local governing bodies for other public entities in Monroe County
routinely provide for a public comment, which is akin to Sounding Board, at the end of their
respective agendas;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 1.03 b) Sounding Board of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners Administrative Procedures is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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b) Sounding Board: A separate section of the regular meeting agenda will
be reserved for Sounding Board. Sounding Board must be scheduled for a
The purpose of the Sounding
Board is to allow individuals to address the County Commission on a matter
pertaining to County government, excluding matters in litigation and
complaints against specific personnel. The initial speaker on an item
whether representing him er herself, er a
address the County Commission for a period up to ten minutes. Subsequent
three minutes. A subsequent speaker on the same item may address the
County Comin ssien e behalf of „ other ofit e .,tion for five
minutes. Individuals who wish to utilize Sounding Board must contact the
County Administrator's Office in writing in order to be scheduled on the
agenda, must specify the subject matter of the presentation, and must
submit the request to the County Administrator's Office by comply with the
agenda deadlines established by the Board each year. in this Section 1.03.
Sounding board shall be scheduled to be heard at the end of the agenda. The
individual requesting that an item be added to the Sounding Board section
of the agenda may address the Board for a period of up to five minutes.
Subsequent speakers on that item may address the Board for three minutes.
An individual who initiates a Sounding Board item may not initiate another
Sounding Board item on that same topic for six months. No action may be
taken by the County Commission on an item on the Sounding Board agenda.
Section 2. Effective date. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
lotida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 21st day of August, 201:2 v
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iAy Mayor Sylvia J. MurphyYes fir— �'' �"
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cors1�, Mayor Pro Tem Danny L. Kolhage Yes �'
A. Commissioner Michelle Coldiron Yes h' .
Commissioner Heather Carruthers Yes ::-a., �,,,
�' Commissioner David Rice Yes _c'''.::74°11:� 11:11.:.: ry
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ATTEST: KEVIN MADOK, Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MON C Y, FLORIDA
By: (7wk.•4 By:
Deputy Clerk ayor Sylvia J. Murphy
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
APPRO D AS TO FORM:
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