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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem I19 I19 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY of MONROE Mayor James K.Scholl,District 3 The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern Michelle Lincoln,District 2 Craig Cates,District 1 David Rice,District 4 Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5 Board of County Commissioners Meeting March 25, 2025 Agenda Item Number: I19 2023-3819 BULK ITEM: Yes DEPARTMENT: Airports TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Richard Strickland N/A AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a Resolution setting forth the terms and conditions for creating fourteen(14) FTEs and transferring 14 Airport Security Technicians currently employed by the Monroe County Sheriffs Office to Monroe County employment at the Key West International Airport effective May 1, 2025. The positions are be funded by Airport Operating Fund 404. ITEM BACKGROUND: The contract for law enforcement and security services at the Airport is set for a three-year term and is amended annually to set the contract sum each fiscal year. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: On September 11, 2024, the BOCC approved a new three-year agreement with MCSO for law enforcement and security services at the Airport. INSURANCE REQUIRED: No CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: Creates fourteen(14) FTEs and transfers the individuals employed as Airport Security Technician with MCSO to Monroe County employment effective May 1, 2025. There is a companion agenda item on the March 25th agenda amending the law enforcement agreement with MCSO to remove the 14 AST positions from the MCSO budget. The positions are already funded by Airport Operating Fund 404. 2762 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval. DOCUMENTATION: K WlA - Employee transfer resolution- March 2025 v7 clean.pdf FINANCIAL IMPACT: TOTAL COST: $-0- BUDGETED: Yes x No COST TO COUNTY:.- 0 - SOURCE OF FUNDS: The positions are already funded by Airport Operating Fund 404-63200 Effective Date: May 1, 2025 Expiration Date: September 30, 2025 2763 RESOLUTION NO. -2025 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, CREATING 14 NEW FULL TIME EQUIVIALENT POSITIONS (FTEs) AND AGREEING TO THE TRANSFER OF 14 MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS EMPLOYEES IN THOSE POSITIONS TO MONROE COUNTY BOCC EMPLOYMENT AT THE KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WHEREAS, Monroe County owns and operates the Key West International Airport (Airport); and WHEREAS, Monroe County, as the owner of the airport, maintains an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) to provide for law enforcement and security services at the Airport; and WHEREAS, the Key West International Airport Security Plan (ASP) requires that the MCSO provide for, and staff,the law enforcement services with certified law enforcement officers and the security services with 14 non-sworn Airport Security Technicians (AST); and WHEREAS,pursuant to discussions held by Key West International and MCSO, staff is recommending that 14 new FTEs be created and the AST's employed in those positions be transferred from MCSO to the Monroe County BOCC at the Key West International Airport in order for continuity of health benefits and Florida State Retirement(FRS), and to allow for greater flexibility in scheduling and assignment of the AST personnel at the airport; and WHEREAS,the funding for the 14 AST positions will transfer, along with the employees from MCSO to Monroe County at the Key West International Airport; and WHEREAS, the MCSO Law Enforcement and Security Services budget is funded by the Key West International Airport's annual budget process and the 14 AST positions will be removed from the MCSO budget and added to the Monroe County Airport budget resulting in a minimal impact to the airport's budget; and WHEREAS, since the transfer of the employees is being done pursuant to an operational decision undertaken by Key West International Airport and MCSO, the parties desire to also transfer each employee's accrued sick leave and accrued vacation time; and WHEREAS, the transfer is being initiated by the Key West International Airport and MCSO, Monroe County finds that the transfer of accrued sick leave and accrued vacation time 2764 does not violate Monroe County Personnel Policy 7.08. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT: 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by reference. 2. The following AST's shall be transferred from employment under MCSO to employment under Monroe County BOCC with the following Job Titles and in the following positions. Kendra Albury, Airport Operations Officer- Security Murray Cox, Airport Operations Officer - Security Jeremy Jarvis, Airport Operations Officer- Security Niebes Lockwood, Airport Operations Officer- Security Robert Patterson, Airport Operations Officer- Security (night shift) Randel Phillips, Airport Operations Officer- Security Dominick Rojas, Airport Operations Officer- Security (night shift) Kevin Welday, Airport Operations Officer- Security Gabrielle Berger, Airport Operations Officer- Badging Tyler Nguyen, Airport Operations Officer- Landside Densflore Saul, Airport Operations Officer- Landside Medjine Saul, Airport Operations Officer- Landside Kurt Stephens, Airport Operations Officer - Landside Trista Winegarden, Airport Operations Officer- Landside 3. Monroe County shall accept the transfer of accrued sick leave and accrued vacation time for each of the above listed employees from MCSO and such accrued sick leave and accrued vacation time shall credited to each as an employee of the Monroe County BOCC. 4. Each of the individuals named above shall become employees of the BOCC effective May 1, 2025. Each employee shall have a new employment service date as a new hire with the BOCC effective May 1,2025. All BOCC policies and procedures shall apply in full,with the only exception being that the balance of vacation and sick time accrued at MCSO shall be available to the employee upon transfer. Future accruals of vacation and sick time will follow BOCC policy. Additionally, each employee shall be required to complete new hire paperwork, background screen, and other related administrative actions in order to create a complete employee 2765 file under the BOCC. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 25th day of March 2025. Mayor James K. Scholl Mayor Pro Tem Craig Cates Commissioner Michelle Lincoln Commissioner David Rice Commissioner Holly Merrill Raschein (SEAL) BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: KEVIN MADOK, CLERK OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA BY BY As Deputy Clerk Mayor James K. Scholl R �� A N FORM ti Jj A -' ASS[ PTACOUNTY ATTORNSY Date 3/12/25 2766