11/27/1989 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Monday, November 27, 1989
Key Colony Beach
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners convened at 9:00 a.m. on the above date
in the City Hall at Key Colony Beach. Present and answering
to roll call were Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey,
Commissioner Douglas Jones, Commissioner Eugene Lytton,
Commissioner Michael Puto, and Mayor John Stormont. Also
present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Randy Ludacer, County
Attorney; Tom Brown, County Administrator; County Staff;
members of the Press and Radio; and the general public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of
Allegiance.
The Board engaged in a continuation of the
discussion of the County's offer to assist in law enforce-
ment activities in the Bahama Village area. After further-
discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Lytton and
seconded by Commissioner Jones to call a Special Meeting
concerning this matter for Wednesday, November 29th at
12:55 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by
Commissioner Lytton and seconded by Commissioner Jones to
continue further consideration of this item to the Special
Meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
The Board entered into a general discussion of the
concept of privatization of the operation of the jail.
Motion was made by Commissioner Harvey to call for a vote on
the concept of privatization at this time. Motion died for
lack of a second.
Presentations were made by the following respon-
dents to the Request for Proposals for jail privatization:
Tom Beasley and other representatives of
Corrections Corporation of America
Mr. Wackenhut, Tim Cole, and other repre-
sentatives of Wackenhut Corrections
Corporation
The following persons then addressed the Board:
Tommy Stevens of the Jail Advisory Committee, Virginia
Panico of the Jail Advisory Committee, Sheriff DeFoor, Bart
Nickerson of the Sheriff's Office, Dale Hunter of the
Plantation Key Sheriff's Office, Meyer Carter, Marshall
Wolfe of the Jail Advisory Committee, and Jody Baker of the
Sheriff's Office.
Motion was made by Commissioner Lytton and seconded
by Commissioner Puto declaring an emergency exists and
waiving the requirements of advertising under the provisions
of Florida Statutes 125.66 and waiving notice by a four-
fifths vote to adopt an Ordinance providing that the Board
of County Commissioners may negotiate and contract with a
private entity for the operation and maintenance of Monroe
County Correctional Facilities; providing for severability;
providing for incorporation into the Monroe County Code;
providing for the repeal of all Ordinances inconsistent
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herewith; and providing an effective date. Roll call vote
was unanimous. Motion was then made by Commissioner Puto
and seconded by Commissioner Lytton to adopt the following
Emergency Ordinance. Roll call vote was taken with the
following results:
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner Lytton
Commissioner Puto
Mayor Stormont
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ORDINANCE NO. 037-1989
See Ord. Book No. 22 which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Lytton to rate the two firms "one" and "two"
with the lowest point total being the firm to be selected
for contract negotiations. Motion carried unanimously. The
Board then proceeded to ballot on Corrections Corporation of
America and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation with the
following results:
Harvey
Jones
Lytton
Puto
Stormont
Total
CCA
2
2
1
1
2
8
Wackenhut
1
1
2
2
1
7
Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to direct a committee consisting of the
Sheriff, the County Administrator, the County Attorney, and
a representative from the National Institute of Corrections
to proceed with contract negotiations with the selected
firm. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by
Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Harvey to
direct negotiations to begin with the firm of Wackenhut
Corrections Corporation in accordance with the selection
process. Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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