05/10/1989 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, May 10, 1989
Key West
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners and the Key West Board of City
Commissioners convened at 10:00 a.m. on the above date
at City Hall, Angela and Simonton Streets, Key West. The
following members of the County Commission were present and
answered to roll call: Commissioner Douglas Jones,
Commissioner John Stormont and Mayor Michael Puto. Absent
from the meeting was Commissioner Eugene Lytton. The
following members of the City Commission were present and
answered to roll call: Commissioner Virginia Panico,
Commissioner Jimmy Weekley, and Mayor Richard Heyman.
Absent from the meeting was Commissioner Sally Lewis. Also
present were Diana Gene Collins, County Deputy Clerk; Rob
Wolfe, Assistant County Attorney; Josephine Parker, City
Clerk; Leslie Dougall, City Attorney; Roger Witker, City
Manager; Charles Aguero, County MSD Director; Paul Cates,
City Chief Building Official; members of the Press and
Radio; and the general public.
Mayor Puto chaired the meeting regarding Solid
Waste Legislation House Bill No. 1241.
The City and County Commissions discussed whether
or not the Solid Waste Legislative Board should be appointed
or elected.
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey entered the
meeting at 10:18 a.m. and assumed her seat.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey that the members of the Solid Waste
Legislative Board would be appointed. Roll call vote was
taken with the following results:
County:
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Commissioner Jones Yes
Commissioner Stormont No
Mayor Puto Yes
Commissioner Panico ~s
Commissioner Weekley No
Mayor Heyman Yes
City:
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Mayor
Heyman for the "FULL JOINT BOARD", consisting of both the
County and City Commissions, to appoint four members, and
that the Monroe County Legislative Delegation appoint one
member, all County-wide, from a list of interested can-
didates with consideration of geographical location and
qualifications in mind. Motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Harry Powell entered the
meeting at 11:00 a.m. and assumed his
seat.
Motion was made by Commissioner Weekley and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey that the appointments of all five mem-
bers of this Board be as follows: Two appointees of the
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City Commission - two years initially to expire in Municipal
election year and thereafter a four-year term; TWo appoin-
tees of the County Commission - two years initially to
expire in County election year and thereafter a four-year
term; One appointee of the Monroe County Legislative
Delegation - two-year term. Motion carried unanimously.
The Commissions entered into a discussion of the
proposed Solid Waste and Resource Recovery Authority of
Monroe County Act.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Powell that compensation of the
members of the Board will be "as determined by the FULL
JOINT BOARD" consisting of City/County Commissions is to be
added on Page 13, Section (8), Line 11 and that this section
now read as follows:
"(8) Each member of the Board of
Trustees may receive compensation, as
determined by the "FULL JOINT BOARD"
consisting of City/County Commissions,
and each Trustee shall be paid necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of
duties as prescribed by State statutes."
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Mayor Heyman and seconded by
Commissioner Stormont to go back to the original wording on
Page 58, Line 31 through Page 59, Line 5 to read as follows:
"...All such permits, franchises,
contracts or agreements in effect as of
the effective date of this Act are
ratified, validated and confirmed only
in respect to the conditions and terms
therein. . . . :
Roll call vote was as follows:
City:
Commissioner Harvey No
Commissioner Jones Yes
Commissioner Stormont Yes
Mayor Puto Yes
Commissioner Panico Yes
Commissioner Powell Yes
Commissioner Weekley Yes
Mayor Heyman Yes
County:
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Panico and seconded
by Commissioner Weekley to delete Page 59, Section 30, Lines
6 through 8, in its entirety. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Weekley to strike the words "The
Authority" on Page 59, Section 31, Line 10, and have this
section now to read as follows:
"Section 31. Enforcement. The Board
of County Commissioners of Monroe County
and the City Commission of the City of
Key West are hereby authorized to
institute legal action in a court of
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competent jurisdiction for injunctive
relief to enforce the provisions of
this Act."
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Panico and seconded
by Commissioner Weekley to strike Page 59, Section 33, in
its entirety. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Harvey to reinstate Pages 25 and 26, Items
(4) (a), (b) and (c), in entirety and to renumber the sec-
tions accordingly. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Jones to add the words "excluding
Ad Valorem Taxes" to Page 25, Section (4), Line 23, after the
word "taxes," and before the word "revenues," and thus to
now read as follows:
"...produce revenues, together with any
other assessments, taxes, excluding Ad
Valorem Taxes, revenues, or funds
available or pledged for such purposes..."
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and
by Mayor Heyman to reinstate Page 26, Line 6, Item
entirety and to renumber the sections accordingly.
carried unanimously.
seconded
5 in its
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Panico to add the words "as approved by the
FULL JOINT BOARD consisting of the City/County Commissions"
after the word "adoption" on Page 42, Section 12, Line 16,
and now to read as follows:
"...office, and shall take effect
immediately upon adoption, as approved
by the FULL JOINT BOARD consisting of
the City/County Commissions."...
Motion carried unanimously.
Mayor Heyman excused himself from the meeting.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Powell to delete the words
"separate" and "both" on Page 60 and the words "both" on
Page 61 as follows:
Page 60, Section 36, Line 25:
"...effect only upon its approval by
a majority of those qualified electors..."
Page 61, (Referendum), Line 8:
"...approved by the voters of the City
of Key West..."
Roll call vote was as follows:
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City:
Commissioner Harvey No
Commissioner Jones No
Commissioner Stormont Yes
Mayor Puto Yes
Commissioner Panico No
Commissioner Powell Yes
Commissioner Weekley Yes
County:
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Weekley and
seconded by Commissioner Panico for the following changes on
Page 24, Line 24 and on Page 33, Line 18.
Page 24, (3), Line 24:
"...a newpaper in the County of general
circulation at least three (3) times and
at least 20 days prior to such public
hearing. " (delete once)
Page 33, 2nd paragraph, Line 18:
"...newspaper of general circulation in
the County at least three (3) times with
the first publication being at least 20
days prior to the..." (delete twice)
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Panico to direct Tom Brown, County
Administrator, to make the additions and/or deletions to
House Bill 1241, and have copies in the hands of each of the
Commissioners and Mayors of the City and County Commissions
for a 24-hour review prior to faxing the final recommen-
dation of House Bill 1241 to Senator Larry Plummer and
Representative Ron Saunders in Tallahassee on Friday, May 12,
1989.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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