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05/27/1988 Special LL 11.2 Special Meeting Board of County Commissioners Friday, May 27, 1988 Key West A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at 10:00 a.m. on the above date in the Commission Chambers, 310 Fleming Street, Key West. Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner William Freeman, Commissioner Jerry Hernandez, Jr., Commissioner Michael Puto, Commissioner John Stormont, and Mayor Eugene Lytton. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Lucien Proby, County Attorney; Tom Brown, County Administrator; Department Heads; members of the Press and Radio; and the general public. All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The Board proceeded to a discussion and interview of candidates for the position of County Attorney. Lucien Proby, current County Attorney, advised the Board that applicant Linda Renate Hughes had withdrawn her application and that J. T. Frankenberger advised that he could not be present for the interview. Mayor Lytton as Chairman of the Screening Committee made a statement prior to the interviews concerning local applicant Hugh Papy and an article in the morning edition of the Miami Herald. The Board then proceeded to interview Van B. Cook, Randy Ludacer, Hugh Papy, and David W. Rynders. Following the interviews, the Mayor advised that the Board would proceed to ballot ranking their number one selection with the number one on their ballot. This would provide that the applicant with the lowest point total would be selected as the applicant to begin negotiations with as County Attorney. The Board proceeded to ballot and following is the tabulation of the results: Comm. Comm. Mayor Comm. Comm. Freeman Hernandez Lytton Puto Stormont TOTl L.. Van B. Cook 2 4 4 3 2 15 J. T. Frankenberger 4 5 5 4 4 22 Randy Ludacer 1 2 1 1 1 6 Hugh P. Papy 5 1 2 5 5 18 David W. Rynders 3 3 3 2 3 14 Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded by Commissioner Stormont to confirm the selection of Randy Ludacer as the number one applicant and to direct the County Attorney to proceed to negotiate with Mr. Ludacer. Motion carried unanimously. The Board recessed for lunch. * * * * * The Board reconvened at 1:30 p.m. with all Commissioners present. Commissioner Puto discussed the proposed action concerning the Keys Advertising and Marketing Contract which was scheduled for the June 7th Regular Meeting. He indi- cated that because Commissioner Freeman would be absent from that meeting, he recommended this item be continued for LL 113 another 30 days so that it could be decided by a full Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded by Commissioner Stormont to adopt the following Resolution authorizing a 30-day extension of time for the Keys Advertising and Marketing Contract from June 16th. Motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION NO. 211-1988 See Res. Book No. 67 which is incorporated herein by reference. Commissioner Hernandez briefly discussed the procedure on abandoned vehicles. Sheriff Freeman addressed the Board concerning his problem in recruiting and retaining correctional officers based upon the current salary schedule. His recommendation was to increase the salary schedule for correctional officers, and he presented documentation to support his request. The Sheriff was concerned that because of the many vacancies which currently exist, he would not be able to man the third floor of the jail when it is completed, which will be within the next 30 days. The Board generally agreed that the Sheriff should proceed with his proposal to upgrade the salary of correctional officers, subject to future Budget actions. The Board then proceeded to a discussion of the proposed changes to the Monroe County Personnel Policies and Procedures. Tom Brown, County Administrator; John Granda, the County's labor attorney; Michael Managan, Assistant County Administrator for Management Services; and Paula Rodriquez, Personnel Director, addressed the Board and discussed the proposal to rescind the policies and Proce- dures in Ordinance form, to replace it by adoption of a Resolution and also a proposed Ordinance which would provide for a method of proposing amendments to the Policies and Procedures. Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to authorize the adver- tisement of a proposed Ordinance which would create a Monroe County Personnel and Procedures Review Board and a proposed Ordinance to rescind Ordinance No. 008-1984, which adopted the Employment Policies and Procedures; and to provide that immediately following the rescission of the Ordinance adopting the policies and Procedures, the Board would adopt amended Policies and Procedures by Resolution. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Puto to amend the Board's previous Resolution No. 142-1988 concerning mandates. Motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION NO. 212-1988 See Res. Book No. 67 which is incorporated herein by reference. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. * * * * *