Resolution 143-2025 RESOLUTION NO. 143 -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 JUNE 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 I em 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 I'em
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:
1. 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.
Mayor James K. Scholl Yes
Michelle Mayor Pro Tern c elle Lincoln �� .Yes
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mmissioner ssioner �ra g Cates Yes
Commissioner David D Rice
Yes
Commissioner HollyMerrill R h ein asc e Yes:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
Digitally signed by Robert B.Shillinger
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