05/08/1986 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, May 8, 1986
Key West
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners convened on the above date in the
Commission Chambers at 310 Fleming Street in Key West.
Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner Alison
Fahrer, Commissioner William Freeman, Commissioner John
Stormont, Commissioner Ed Swift, and Mayor Wilhelmina
Harvey. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk: Kermit
Lewin, County Administrator: Lucien Proby, County Attorney:
Department Heads: County Staff: members of the Press and
Radio: and the general public.
Mayor Harvey announced that the meeting was called
for the purpose of interviewing Financial Advisors; to hear
from Charles Siemon, the Board's consultant, concerning the
funding of the Land Use Plan: and also possibly to hear
information from the City of Key West concerning the RDA
sale.
The Board heard from the following candidates for
Financial Advisor:
Fischer Johnson Incorporated -
Dave Fischer and Margo Cook
Florida Municipal Advisors, Inc.
Russell Hawkes, Carl Hensley and Ron Roche
Government Finance Associates, Inc. -
Edward G. Montanaro and Stephanie R. Lewis
Public Financial Management, Inc. -
Lavon P. Wisher and David A. Paul
Following the interviews, the Board proceeded to ballot on
the firms, with the lowest points totaled to be the success-
ful applicant. Following is a listing of the results of the
tabulation of the balloting:
Public Financial Management, Inc. 8
Fischer Johnson Incorporated 9
Government Finance Associates, Inc. 14
Florida Municipal Advisors, Inc. 19
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded by
Commissioner Stormont authorizing the County Administrator
and the Clerk to negotiate a contract for the services of
Financial Advisor with Public Financial Management, Inc. and
report back to the Board. Roll call vote was unanimous.
John Dent addressed the recent decision in the
Board's case concerning the School Funding Formula and indi-
cated that the Judge would sign an order dismissing the
case. He also discussed the possibility of appealing the
decision. This matter was referred to the County Attorney
and delayed until a transcript could be provided to the
Board for further information.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to declare an emergency and add to
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the Agenda a matter concerning an Ordinance amending the
chapter in the Monroe County Code concerning solid waste.
Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by Commissioner
Swift and seconded by Commissioner Freeman directing Charles
Aguero and the County Attorney to advertise an amendment to
the Solid Waste Ordinance to provide for procedures for the
funding of costs associated with closure and maintenance of
landfills. Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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