11/20/2024 Special MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Workshop Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Marathon, Florida&
Via Communication Media Technology
A special workshop meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
convened at 10:00 a.m. at the Marathon Government Center, and via Communication Media
Technology. Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner Craig Cates, Commissioner
Michelle Lincoln, Commissioner Holly Merrill Raschein, Commissioner David Rice, and Mayor
James K. Scholl. Also present at the meeting were Christine Hurley, County Administrator; Bob
Shillinger, County Attorney; Kevin Madok, County Clerk; Liz Yongue, Deputy Clerk; county
staff, members of the press and radio; and the general public.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS & DELETIONS
A Motion was made by Commissioner Lincoln and seconded by Commissioner Cates
granting approval of the Additions, Corrections and Deletions to the agenda. Motion carried
unanimously.
SPECIAL ROGO WORKSHOP
B1 Jonathan Rizzo, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for National Weather
Service - Key West, gave a Power Point Presentation on Hurricane Forecasting in the Florida
Keys. The following individuals addressed the Board: Stuart Schaffer, representing Sugarloaf
Shores Property Owners Association; Bob Glazer, Dolly Sadowski; Captain Ed Davidson, Bob
Mullennix, Ed Blanchard, and Mimi Stafford. Shannon Weiner, Director of Emergency
Management, addressed the Board.
B2 Emily Schemper, Senior Director of Planning and Environmental Resources, and Cheryl
Cioffari, Assistant Director of Planning, gave a Power Point Presentation on the future of ROGO
in Monroe County and the Florida Keys. Christine Hurley, County Administrator, addressed the
Board.
B3 The following individuals addressed the Board: Mimi Stafford, Sue Miller; Ann Olsen,
representing Last Stand; Rick Barreto, representing Tavernier Community Association; Diane
Beruldsen, representing Stock Island Association; Stuart Schaffer, representing Sugarloaf Shores
Property Owners Association; Dottie Moses, representing Island of Key Largo Federation of
Homeowner Associations; Bob Glazer, Brian Schmitt; Kathy Winters, representing Cudjoe
Gardens Property Owners Association; Captain Ed Davidson, representing Florida Keys Citizens
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Coalition; Bob Mullinex, Melissa Ptomey, Joyce Newman, representing Key Deer Protection
Alliance; and Tim Urbanski.
COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS
Each Commissioner addressed points brought up by the speakers and presentations.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Kevin Madok, CPA
Clerk and ex-officio Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
Liz Yongue, D.C.
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