Item O02
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
5/15/02
Division: Mayor McCoy
Bulk Item: Yes
No
x
Department: BOCC-3
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval of Resolution declaring Monroe County's open and accepting use of the Spanish language.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes No
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No AMOUNT PER MONTH YEAR
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing_ Risk Management _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: !!/J1.- /Z)
Mayor Cha~'SoDDY" McCoy
DOCUMENTATION: Included: X
To Follow:
Not Required:_
AGENDA ITEM #
ttJ02-
DISPOSITION:
Revised 2/27/01
M~Y-01;-02 10
,58 FROM,MONROE
COUNTY ATTY OFFICE
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Mayor Charles McCoy
.BJSOLU'f)ON ~O.
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD 0' COUNTY coMM1S-
SIONf,1l8 or MONIlOI, C()tJN1'Y~ FLORIDA. DECLAlUHG
MONROE COUNTY'S OpEN AND ACCEPTING USE OF 'rOE
5J'~1!ISB LANGUAGE.
WHRREAS, Monroe County has a ~l segment of ita population which is
bilingual or speaks Spanish only; and
WlIEREAS, in recent JII,011tbs, nr;illhbori1li cOmmunities have bad some contrOvetSY over
the use of Spanish in offieial ~ and
WHEREAS, MontOC COunty hi mulU.cultural and encourages aU of its officers to
facilit$ Spanish spGI~ers in their interaCtions with governmental entities;
BE IT ltBSOLVED BY TIlE BOARD OF COUN'rY (.'QMMlSSIONBRS OF
MONtlOE COUNTY. FLORIDA:
s.ctlon 1. 1'he ..... oCspenl8h in /IIIlIllfOC County Is both welcolDod 8J1d ....,.,ptcd oIllI
MoDtoo COUDIy is "user IiiendIY" 10 Sponish ~ indlviduols """ "'"'" ~ this
_ludon lOr lhe purpoIll of ~ \IS open oIllI a=p!i1lll """ oC Ibo spPlsb \aIIaUIa"
in all of ita t.:et5 of governnu:nt.
Seq\i1lll2, 1'he cleIk of lhe Boonl is blm;by dil\lCUllllo f;JrIWlIld" cert\fied copy oC
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this Jloso\udon too AdUlO Espinola. LaliII Chamber oC Contmo\'GC. P.O. Box 629. Key W'"
Florida ~3040.
PASSllD AND Al)Ol'TllD by the Board .CCoUI\lY eommlssioa<n oC Monroe Cowlty.
Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the ____ day of . 2002-
Mayor McCoy -
Mayor Peo Tom Spehar
eonunissioner N01lon
CommissiOnet Neugent
Commissioner Williams
(SEAL)
A TroST: nANNY L. K.OLHAGB., CLERK
aoARD OF coUNTY COMMlSSIONF.RS
OF MONROE COlJNTV~ FI.ORlDA
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Mayor/Chaift'tum
DepUty Clerk.
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