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Resolution 486-1998 cr-w~ ~ ..::I' c.:J -J Board of County Commissioners (,,) _0 <:(.lL. ::x:"->= W :r: .....l(.)t- a:: cr: 8 a:: z ~ r- --:<..)5 RESOLUTION NO. 486 -1998 l.&.- ..J . U ",~~W o (..) .~ .....lo W L&.I ~... <..)0:: :: ~ A ~ ~OLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LI.. en MONffiE COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THAT MONROE COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MONROE COUNTY GRAND JURY, ABOLISHING THE MONROE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT AND CONSOLIDATING ITS MOSQUITO CONTROL FUNCTIONS WITHIN MONROE COUNTY GOVERNMENT WHEREAS, as early as 1990 and again In 1997, Monroe County Grand Juries investigated the need for continued existence of the Monroe County Mosquito Control District (the "District") as currently structured; and WHEREAS, the report of the 1990 Fall Term Grand Jury recommended "that the District be abolished and that its duties and responsibilities be placed in our county government," and urged the Monroe County Commissioners, Legislative delegation and District Board members "to begin legal steps that will culminate in the abolishment of the District and the placement of its duties and responsibilities under County government"; and WHEREAS, the 1990 Fall Term Grand Jury specifically found that the District's predominantly administrative functions do not need to be performed by elected officials, and can be undertaken by County government at substantial savings to the taxpayers; and WHEREAS, the 1997 Spring Term Grand Jury again inquired into controversies "involving the operation of the Monroe County Mosquito Control District," and recommended further inquiry into "the structure, operation or necessity of the Mosquito Control District;" and WHEREAS, the recommendations of the Grand Jury have not been acted upon, despite the pernicious controversies and expensive litigation which have lately refocused public and press attention on these long-standing recommendations; now therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: That the Board of County Commissioners hereby requests that the Monroe County legislative delegation introduce legislation in the forthcoming legislative session, as requested by the Monroe County Grand Jury, abolishing the Monroe County Mosquito Control District and consolidating mosquito control functions within County government while maintaining the status as a Special Taxing District. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 9th day of December, 1998. Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey Commissioner Shirley Freeman Commissioner George Neugent Cqmrnis~ioner Mary Kay Reich .' ~"' ". ioner Nora Williams \ ',>,,', absent yes yes no yes ,~~23 '(::;s;I (SEAL)- c~ .'~"::: A ttest: Ii! BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By Iba.Uc. ~'x5~ .-' Deputy Clerk (1/ . A r>- By ~~~;J:;~ M r/Chairman jresmosquito sr~ DAT! I~ r't1J't.s OffICI -