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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Date 3/12/25
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