12/21/1989 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, December 21, 1989
Key West
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners convened at 9:00 a.m. on the above date
in the Chapel at the Public Service Building on Stock
Island in Key West. 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. Ko1hage,
Clerk; Randy Ludacer, County Attorney; Peter Horton,
Assistant County Administrator; County Staff; members of the
Press and Radio; and the general public.
Mayor Stormont questioned the County Attorney as to
the appropriateness of the procedure utilized by the
Municipal Service District's staff and the consultant, The
Solid Waste Group, in obtaining proposals on a Note to
finance certain capital equipment. The County Attorney
advised that in his opinion, the procedure used was
appropriate under the provisions of Chapter 218 of the
Florida Statutes.
Motion was made by Commissioner Lytton and seconded
by Commissioner Puto to reconsider the Board's previous
action concerning a Resolution authorizing the issuance of a
Special Assessment Note for the purchase of certain capital
outlay equipment for the Municipal Service District. Roll
call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner Lytton
Commissioner Puto
Mayor Stormont
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Motion carried. Motion was then made by Commissioner Lytton
and seconded by Commissioner Harvey to adopt the following
Resolution providing for the issuance of a Special
Obligation Note, Series 1989, of Monroe County, Florida, in
the principal amount of $987,000 to finance the purchase of
certain capital equipment in connection with the Monroe
County Solid Waste Disposal System; authorizing such capi-
tal expenditures and the incurring of such costs; providing
for payment of principal and interest on such Note from cer-
tain solid waste special assessments upon benefitted property
within Monroe County; providing for the rights of the holder
of such Note; providing for the terms of the Note; making
certain other covenants and agreements in connection with
the issuance of such Note; and providing an effective date.
Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner Lytton
Commissioner Puto
Mayor Stormont
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 801-1989
See Res. Book No. 86 which is incorporated herein by
reference.
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Motion was made by Commissioner Lytton and seconded
by Commissioner Harvey to authorize the Mayor to execute any
and all necessary documents in accordance with the closing
of the Note, as previously authorized. Roll call vote was
taken with the following results:
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner Lytton
Commissioner Puto
Mayor Stormont
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Motion carried.
Commissioner Lytton discussed a meeting concerning
land use planning, to be held in Orlando on January 26th and
January 27th. This matter was added by unanimous consent to
the Agenda for this Special Meeting. Motion was made by
Commissioner Lytton and seconded by Commissioner Jones to
approve travel for any County Commissioner to a planning
meeting in Orlando on January 26th and January 27th. During
discussion, Commissioner Jones offered an amendment that the
travel be approved for Commissioner Lytton and one Staff
member only. The amendment was accepted by the maker and
the motion was carried unanimously.
Peter Horton, Assistant County Administrator,
discussed the Construction Management proposals that were
delivered to each Commissioner for consideration at the
January meeting.
Commissioner Puto briefly discussed litigation
regarding the Sierra Club and the Department of Interior
concerning the Silver Rice Rat.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Motion was made by Commissioner Harvey and seconded
by Commissioner Jones to reconsider the previous adjournment
of the Board. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Harvey and seconded
by Commissioner Jones to reconvene the meeting of the Board.
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Lytton to place on the Agenda the granting
of one-half day on Friday, December 22nd, as a paid holiday
for the Christmas vacation. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissior Harvey and seconded by
Commissioner Lytton to approve granting of one-half day on
Friday, December 22nd, to County employees as a paid holiday
for the Christmas vacation. Roll call vote was unanimous.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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