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RESOLUTION NO. - 2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 541-2024, ATTACHED HERETO,
WHICH INCREASED THE ORIGINAL CUSTOMER
FACILITY CHARGE IMPOSED IN RESOLUTION NO.
520-2022 ON CUSTOMERS OF RENTAL CAR
COMPANIES ACCESSING KEY WEST
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; AMENDING SECTION 2
FOR PURPOSES OF INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF
THE CFC CHARGE FROM EIGHT DOLLARS TO NINE
DOLLARS PER TRANSACTION DAY; AMENDING
SECTION 2 FOR PURPOSES OF SETTING THE DATE UPON
WHICH COLLECTION OF THE INCREASED CFC CHARGE
IS TO BEGIN ON MARCH 1, 2026.
WHEREAS, Monroe County is the owner and operator of the Key West International
Airport (the “Airport”) and is empowered to establish, fix, and collect fees and charges for its
use and operation; and
WHEREAS, on the 7th day of December 2022 the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners passed Resolution No. 520-2022 imposing a customer facility charge (CFC) of
four dollars on customers of rental car companies accessing the Airport; and
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WHEREAS, on the 31 day of January 2024 the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners passed Resolution No. 040-2024 increasing the CFC to six
dollars due to the preliminary design estimates as well as the increasing cost of
construction; and
WHEREAS, on the 11th day of December 2024 the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners passed Resolution No. 541-2024 increasing the CFC to eight dollars due to the
increasing design estimates as well as the increasing cost of construction; and
WHEREAS, due to the fact that construction costs continue to escalate, Monroe County
finds it to be prudent and necessary to increase the amount of the CFC charge from eight dollars
to nine dollars.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. The following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section, unless
otherwise specifically provided. Other terms may be defined in other parts of this Resolution.
“Airport” means the Key West International Airport.
“Airport Customer” means any person who comes to the Airport by any means of transportation
and enters into a vehicle rental agreement with a Rental Car Company at the Airport.
“Customer Facility Charge” means the fee imposed by this Resolutionand used to plan,
design, finance, construct, operate and maintain the Rental Car Facility.
“Director of Airports” means the Monroe County Director of Airports, or his or her designee.
“Rental Car Company” means a rental car company having executed a rental car concession
agreement for the operation of a rental car concession at the Airport.
“Rental Car Facility” means a consolidated rental car facility or facilities to be developed and
located at the Airport.
“Transaction Day” means, with respect to any vehicle available for rent by any Rental Car
Company, for twenty-five (25) or fewer hours for the initial or first transaction day, and any
portion of one or more additional twenty-four (24) hour periods for each transaction day
thereafter.
Section 2. The Customer Facility Charge shall be charged to and assessed to each Airport
Customer. For the period of March 1, 2025 until February 29, 2026 the amount of the Customer
Facility Charge shall be eight dollars and no cents per Transaction Day. Beginning March 1,
2026 the amount of the Customer Facility Charge charged to and assessed to each Airport
Customer shall be nine dollars and no cents ($9.00) per Transaction Day.
Section 3. The Rental Car Companies shall collect the Customer Facility Charge
from each Airport Customer at the time payment is first made under any agreement with an
Airport Customer. Each Rental Car Company shall further remit the full amount of the
Customer Facility Charge to the County or to an agent appointed by the County not less
frequently than monthly, regardless of whether the full amount of such Customer Facility
Charge was actually collected from the Airport Customer.
Section 4. All Customer Facilities Charges collected by any Rental Car Company
on behalf of the County shall be held in trust for the beneficial interest of the County until
they are remitted. The Rental Car Companies shall have no legal or equitable interest in
the Customer Facility Charges they collect and shall characterize any Customer Facility
Charges in their possession as trust funds in financial statements. The Rental Car
Companies shall maintain adequate records, in full conformance with generally accepted
accounting principles, that account for all Customer Facility Charges charged, collected and
remitted and these records shall be available to the County for review, inspection and audit.
The Rental Car Companies shall be entitled to no compensation for the collection of the
Customer Facility Charge.
Section 5. The Customer Facility Charge shall be separately identified by the Rental
Car Companies on any rental agreement with an Airport Customer. The Rental Car
Companies shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the existence and amount of the