Item Q1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: May 21. 2003
Bulk Item: Yes -X No
Division: Judicial
Department: Court Administrationl
Court Reportina
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approving the write off of uncollectable accounts of
the court reporting department.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Employee court report.. s reported in civil and family courts
in 1998, such reporting not being required to be paid by the County. Therefore,
litigants and attorneys in these cases were billed for the employees' time when
payment was unable to be made at the court hearing. Numerous collection
efforts have been made on these accounts.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Write offs for 1995,1996 and 1997 were
approved in prior years. In 1999, employee court reporters discontinued
reporting civil cases and those family cases not required by statute to be
reported.
CONTRACT I AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
N/A
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PElt MONTH
YR
APPROVED BY: County Atty p~ OMB/Purchasing _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION:
Included X
To Follow
. Not Required
AGENDA ITEM # 4J /
DISPOSITION:
Board of County Commissioners
RESOLUTION NO.
-2003
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE WRITE OFF OF
UNCOLLECTABLE ACCOUNTS OF THE COURT REPORTERS.
WHEREAS, in 1998 the court reporters issued a number of bills which remain
unpaid; and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Revenue Guidelines provide for write ofts of
such items after four years; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
The 1998 court reporter receivables in the total amount of $1,335.00, as more
specifically described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be
deleted from the court reporter receivables. Any collection of a receivable on said list after
this date shall require a reversal of the bookkeeping entry writing that particular collectible
off.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 21st day May 2003.
Mayor Dixie Spehar
Mayor Pro Tern Murray Nelson
CommisSioner Charles McCoy
CommisSioner George Neugent
CommisSioner David Rice
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
By
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Mayor/Chairperson
BY
DATE
EXHIBIT A