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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: L1
2023-3767
BULK ITEM: Yes DEPARTMENT: Commissioners Aid
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Kacey Hunt
N/A
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: MAYOR PRO TEM LINCOLN: Approval of a resolution authorizing
the expenditure of funds to pay for 750 challenge coins and 350 tea towels, which promote Monroe
County, to help commemorate Mayor Pro Tem Lincoln's election as FAC President in June 2025.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Mayor Pro Tem Lincoln will be installed as President of the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) in
June 2025, making her the first Monroe County Commissioner to ever serve as FAC President. During
her installation ceremony at the Florida Association of County's annual conference in Orlando, she will
be gifting commemorative items that promote Monroe County as a tourist destination, including 750
challenge coins and 350 customized tea towels. The item seeks the approval of a resolution authorizing
the expenditure of up to $8500 in ad valorem funds for the purchase of the commemorative items
specified above.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
N/A
INSURANCE REQUIRED:
No
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
DOCUMENTATION:
Resolution to fund challenge coins and tea towels commemorating MPT Lincolns installation as FAC
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$8500 in county tax dollars from the general fund
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RESOLUTION NO. -2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF
UP TO EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($8,500.00) IN AD VALOREM FUNDS TO
FUND THE PURCHASE OF 750 CHALLENGE COINS
AND 350 TEA TOWELS PROMOTING MONROE
COUNTY AS PART OF THE INSTALLATION
CEREMONY OF MAYOR PRO TEM MICHELLE
LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ON JLTNE 26, 2025 IN
ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, Monroe County Commissioner and Mayor Pro Tem Michelle Lincoln will
be sworn in as President of the Florida Association of Counties (FAC President) on June 26,
2025 in Orlando, Florida; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Pro Tem Lincoln will be the first Monroe County Commissioner
ever to serve as FAC President; and
WHEREAS, 750 challenge coins and 350 tea towels commemorating Mayor Pro Tem
Lincoln's election as FAC President will be purchased and distributed during her installation
ceremony along with other items promoting Monroe County as tourist destination; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners hereby finds that the
challenge coins and tea towels, which promote Monroe County to potential visitors, serve valid
County and public purposes sufficient to warrant payment with ad valorem tax dollars held in the
general fund.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
l. The recitals set forth above are incorporated by reference herein as factual findings of the
Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) of Monroe County, Florida.
2. The BOCC hereby authorizes the expenditure of up to Eight thousand five hundred
dollars $8,500.00 in County tax dollars from the general fund to purchase 750 challenge
coins and 350 tea towels for distribution at the installation dinner of Mayor Pro Tem
Michelle Lincoln as President of the Florida Association of Counties on June 26, 2025 in
Orlando, Florida.
3. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a meeting of said Board held on the 25th day of March 2025 in Key Largo, Florida.
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Mayor James K. Scholl
Mayor Pro Tem Michelle Lincoln
Commissioner Craig Cates
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
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
Robert B. Shillinger, Jr., Monroe County Attorney
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