Item M02
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
3/15/00
Division: Mayor Freeman
Bulk Item: Yes
No
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Department: BOCC-3
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County encouraging county employees to
participate in school mentoring and tutoring programs and to grant administrative leave of up to 1 hour
per week not to exceed 5 hours per month.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
The State of Florida and the Monroe County Sheriffs Office have already put into place a program
encouraging their staff to participate in the "Take Stock In Children" program which mentors students
with an ultimate goal of student admission into the state university system.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes No
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COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No AMOUNT PER MONTH YEAR
APPROVED BY: County Arty _ OMB/Purchasing_ Risk Management _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
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DISPOSITION:
Agenda Item #:
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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY ENCOURAGING COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO
PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL MENTORING AND TUTORING PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, Monroe County recognizes the importance of our youth and the need
for our youth to have mentors and tutors from the community; and
WHEREAS, benefits received from school mentoring and tutoring programs
provide long-term benefits of reduced truancy, juvenile delinquency, and drug
involvement; and
WHEREAS, such involvement creates opportunities to enhance characteristics of
responsible and thoughtful governance among future generations of citizens; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida and the ~onroe County Sheriffs Department
have recognized the benefits of similar programs to increase employee participation in
school mentoring and tutoring programs; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County wishes to provide a similar incentive for employees
to participate in school mentoring and tutoring programs to benefit the Florida Keys
including the TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN program.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
1. Each employee may be granted by the County Administrator up to one
hour of administrative leave per week, not to exceed five hours per
calendar month, to participate in school mentoring and service programs.
2. In granting administrative leave under this section, the County Administrator
shall take into consideration the impact of such leave on the employee's work
unit.
3. If an employee is granted administrative leave under this section and does not
use the administrative leave as authorized in this section, the employee shall
not accrue or be paid for such unused leave.
Section 2:
That this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the _day of ,2000.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Nora Williams
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Mayor/Chairperson
Deputy Clerk