07/06/1988 Special
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Special Meeting
Joint County/City Commissions
Wednesday, July 6, 1988
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:
Commissioner William Freeman, Commissioner Jerry Hernandez,
Jr., Commissioner John Stormont, and Mayor Eugene Lytton.
The following members of the City Commission were present:
Commissioner Sally Lewis, Commissioner Virginia Panico,
Commissioner Harry Powell, Commissioner Jimmy Weekley, and
Mayor Richard Heyman. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage,
County Clerk; Josephine Parker, City Clerk; Randy Ludacer,
County Attorney; Tom Brown, County Administrator; Richard
Witker, City Manager; Staff; members of the Press and Radio;
and the general public.
Bob Harris of Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan
introduced Lonnie Ryder of the Florida Department of Natural
Resources, who proceeded to discuss beach restoration pro-
jects in general in the State of Florida and, in particular,
the proposed projects in Key West. Mr. Ryder responded to
several questions from the Joint Commissions and the public.
Mayor Heyman advised the Commissions that the
County would be required to obtain a permit for its renova-
tion of the first floor of the Courthouse Annex Building and
obtain a concensus from the members of the City Commission
present that City Staff should proceed to issue the building
permit and that the City Commission would deal with the
matter of the exemption of the County from the payment of
permit fees at its next regular meeting.
City Commissioner Virginia Panico, County
Commissioner John Stormont and County MSD Manager Charles
Aguero and Paul Cates of the City Staff proceeded to discuss
the work of the Solid Waste Study Committee and presented
the Joint Commissions with their report. Mr. Aguero
discussed disposal and recycling procedures which would be
required under the new Solid Waste Law passed by the 1988
Legislature.
Mayor Lytton, Ty Symroski and George Garrett then
addressed the Board concerning certain City-owned land adja-
cent to the Cudjoe Key Landfill.
Both City and County Staffs were directed to
work together and prepare and submit to both Boards proposed
Interlocal Agreements between the City and County for a
recycling program and the cooperation between the two
governments concerning the disposal of Lower Keys garbage at
the Key West/Stock Island Incinerator Plant in return for
the disposal of the ash by the County at the Cudjoe Key
Landfill.
There being no further business, the Joint City/
County Commission Meeting adjourned.
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