07/20/1988 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
wednesday, July 20, 1988
Key Colony Beach
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners convened at 9:00 a.m. on the above date
at the Key Colony Beach City Hall in Key Colony Beach.
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; Tom
Brown, County Administrator; Michael Managan, Assistant
County Administrator-Management Services; Stacey Williams
and Gerri Sidoti, Office of Fiscal Management; County Staff;
members of the Press and Radio; and the general public.
The Board proceeded to discuss the proposed Budgets
for Fiscal Year 1988-89 and the schedule for adoption.
The Chairman announced that all approvals and con-
siderations of proposed Tentative Budgets would be subject
to future action of the Board at the scheduled Public
Hearings as required by law.
Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk, addressed the Board
concerning the following proposed Budgets:
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Clerk to Board of County Commissioners
Clerk of Circuit Court
Clerk of County Court
Microfilm Department
Data Processing
Domestic Relations
- $525,484
- $860,729
- $516,028
- $143,597
- $323,347
- $ 53,562
After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez
and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve
the Clerk's proposed Budgets totaling $2,422,747.00, pending
future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative and
Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously. The Clerk
discussed the request for CJIS matching funds. The Board
approved the inclusion in the proposed Tentative Budget.
Rand Winter, Public Defender, addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the Public
Defender's proposed Budget at $144,284.00, pending future
actions by the Board concerning the Tentative and Final
Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Peter Ilchuk, Supervisor of Elections, appeared
before the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez
and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve
the proposed Budget of the Supervisor of Elections at
-- $340,482.00 and his proposed Special Elections Budget at
$136,131.00, pending future actions by the Board concerning
the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried unani-
mously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Puto to tentatively approve the
proposed Budget of the State Attorney at $126,500.00, sub-
ject to a possible increase in rental and pending future
actions by the Board concerning the Tentative and Final
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Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and
seconded by Commissioner Puto to tentatively approve the
proposed Budget of the Board of County Commissioners at
$777,186.00 subject to an adjustment for the increased
salaries of the County Commissioners pursuant to the annual
adjustment, and the proposed Budget for Promotional
Advertising at $5,000.00, pending future actions by the
Board concerning the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion
carried unanimously.
Tom Brown, County Administrator, addressed the
Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the
proposed Budget of the County Administrator at $199,977.00,
pending future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative
and Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
The Board discussed the proposed Tentative Budget
for the Capital Projects Fund. No action was taken.
Reggie paros, Assistant County Administrator for
the Division of Public Safety, addressed the Board con-
cerning the proposed Tentative Budgets of EMS, Civil Defense
and Public Safety.
Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
Budget of Public Safety Management at $107,573.00, pending
future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative and
Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and
seconded by Commissioner Puto to direct Mr. Paros to bring
back the Civil Defense Budget with an approximate 8%
increase. Motion carried unanimously.
Harry Knight, Tax Collector, addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
Budget of the Tax Collector at $1,789,749.00, pending future
actions by the Board concerning the Tentative and Final
Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Ervin Higgs, Property Appraiser, addressed the
Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the
proposed Budget of the Property Appraiser at $1,296,903.00
with an increase of $10,500.00 and authorization for the
Property Appraiser to amend his 1988/89 Fiscal Year Budget
to include any excess fees remaining at the end of the
current fiscal year and to increase his Budget accordingly,
pending future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative
and Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Higgs
discussed the statute allowing for the waiver of the annual
submission of applications for exemption. Motion was made
by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by Commissioner
Hernandez to approve the procedure of waiving applications
for continuing exemptions by the Property Appraiser. Motion
carried unanimously.
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Parvan Bakardiev, representing the Monroe County
Fine Arts Council, addressed the Board concerning their pro-
posed Budget. Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez to
approve a Tentative Budget for the Fine Arts Council in the
amount of $152,500.00. Motion died for lack of a second.
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Herman Riley Stein, a member of the Upper Keys Fine Arts
Council, addressed the Board. Motion was made by Mayor
Lytton and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to approve the
proposed Tentative Budget of the Monroe County Fine Arts
Council in the amount of $50,000.00 with an expression of
the Board's intention that it would allocate the first
$75,000.00 of unanticipated revenue received in the next
fiscal year from the Tax Collector's excess fees. Roll call
vote was unanimous with Commissioner Puto not present.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Commissioner Puto to tentatively approve the
proposed Budget of Emergency Medical Services at
$200,620.00, pending future actions by the Board concerning
the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried unani-
mously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Commissioner Puto to tentatively approve the
proposed Budget of the Fire and Rescue Department at
$129,871.00, pending future actions by the Board concerning
the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried unani-
mously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
Budget of the Lower and Middle Keys Special Taxing District
at $3,895,911.00, with the addition of $125,000.00, pending
future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative and
Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Puto to tentatively approve the
proposed Budget of Fire and Ambulance District 5 at
$485,350.00, with the addition of $12,500.00 for one-half of
an additional person, pending future actions by the Board
concerning the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
Budget of Fire and Ambulance District 6 at $1,158,022.00,
with the addition of $12,500.00 for one-half of an addi-
tional person, pending future actions by the Board con-
cerning the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
appropriation for the Chaplin Building at $58,200.00,
pending future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative
and Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Commissioner Puto to tentatively approve the
proposed Tentative Budget of the 911/SALI System at
$148,363.00, pending future actions by the Board concerning
~ the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried unani-
mously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
Tentative Budget of EMS Medical Communications at
$33,295.00, pending future actions by the Board concerning
the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried unani-
mously.
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Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
Tentative Budget of the Fire Marshall at $122,309.00,
pending future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative
and Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
Tentative Budget of the Translator at $1,016,951.00, pending
future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative and
Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Dr. Nelms, Medical Examiner, addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the proposed
Budget of the Medical Examiner at $161,650.00, pending
future actions by the Board concerning the Tentative and
Final Budgets. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and
seconded by Commissioner Stormont to tentatively approve the
proposed Budget of the County Attorney at $671,885.00, with
a change appropriating $67,500.00 in Contractual Services
and transferring the balance of the requested appropriation
to a Reserve Account, pending future actions by the Board
concerning the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried
unanimously.
The Board discussed Capital Projects. Motion was
made by Commissioner Puto and seconded by Commissioner
Freeman to tentatively approve the Capital Projects Fund at
$8,149,177.00, pending future actions by the Board con-
cerning the Tentative and Final Budgets. Motion carried
unanimously with Commissioner Hernandez not present.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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