Item I08BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Meeting Date: June 20, 2001
Bulk Item: Yes X No _
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Division: BOCC
Department: Commissioner McCoy
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval of a resolution directing the Administrator to authorize an understudy for the Senior Director
of Emergency Management to ensure the highest level of safety continues to be provided to the citizens
of the Florida Keys
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approval.
TOTAL COST:
COST TO COUNTY:
BUDGETED: Yes No
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes _ No _ AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing ___/Vsk Management _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION:
DISPOSITION:
"Sonny" McCoy
Included X To Follow" Not Required,
AGENDA ITEM #
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Revised 2/27/01
Commissioner Charles 'Sonny McCoy
RESOLUTION NO. - 2001
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATOR TO
AUTHORIZE AN UNDERSTUDY FOR THE "SENIOR DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT" TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVEE. OF
SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE PROVIDED THE CQTIZE'NS OF THE
FLORIDA KEYS
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys is the most hurricane prone area in the United States;
and
WHEREAS, this string of islands and the surrounding waters present problems unlike
any other place in the United States; anti
WHEREAS, the National Hurricane Center has confided that it is their belief that
Billy Wagner is the highly educated, trained, and qualified individual to make the life safety
calls for the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, the majority of the Citizens of the Florida Keys derive comfort in the
knowledge and faith they have in Billy Wagner; and
WHEREAS, William Alfred Wagner, Jr. (Billy Wagner) has served the people of the
Keys faithfully for two decades; and
WHEREAS, there is no school or computer software substitute that can prepare a
person to make these life saf ety calls; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA that.
Section 1: Billy Wagner and the County Administrator are hereby directed to
select an appropriate candidate to impart the experience, the idiosyncrasies and the many
nuances unique to potential dangers in the Keys, so that these life safety values may continue
on�fthe well-being of our citizens; and
Section 2: When this person is deemed to have attained a level commensurate with
that responsibility, Billy Wagner and the County Administrator are requested to certify that
person to this Commission and to the National Hurricane Center and further confirm that
this person is the best individual to make these life safety calls for these islanders.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the day of June, A.D., 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Mayor Pro Tem Nora Williams
Commissioner Murray Nelson
Commissioner Dixie 5pehar
Commissioner Charles McCoy
(SEAL) BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY
Deputy Clerk
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By
Mayor/Chairperson