08/05/1986 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, August 5, 1986
Marathon~Library
A Special Meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners convened on the above date at the Marathon
Library. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner Alison Fahrer, Commissioner William Freeman,
Commissioner John Stormont, and Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey.
Absent from the meeting was Commissioner Edwin Swift. Also
present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Mike Managan,
Assistant County Administrator; James Matthews, Finance
Director; Department Heads; County Staff; members of the
Press and Radio; and the general public.
Commissioner Fahrer requested to add to the Agenda
a request from the Everglades Protection Association to use
Harry Harris Park on August 30th for an educational fund-
raising event with no alcoholic beverages. Motion was made
by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by Commissioner Fahrer
to add the rquest from the Everglades Protection Association
to the Agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was then
made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner
Freeman to authorize the use of Harry Harris Park by the
Everglades Protection Association on August 30th for an edu-
cational fund-raising event, with no alcoholic beverages,
with a $500,000.00 insurance coverage, and also requesting
Mr. Hammond of the Public Works Department to cooperate with
the Association. Motion carried unanimously.
Mrs. Paula Rodriguez addressed the Board concerning
the Personnel/Safety Budget and requested the Board to
reflect a correction on her Budget by adding $3,000.00 to
the Advertising Account. She also discussed the needed
position of Computer Operator. Motion was made by
Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to
add the position of Computer Operator at a salary of
$15,000.00, plus fringe benefits. Motion carried unani-
mously. Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Fahrer to increase the salary of
the Personnel Coordinator by $5,000.00. Motion carried una-
nimously. Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the
Personnel/Safety Department Budget, as amended and with the
correction noted in the Advertising Account, in the amount
of $170,884.97. Motion carried unanimously.
Paula Rodriguez discussed the increases in
Insurance and Bonds. Motion was made by Commissioner
Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively
approve the Workmen's Compensation Budget and the Group
Insurance Self-Insurance Fund Budget in the amount of
$688,712.00 and $l,83l,509.00, respectively. Motion carried
unanimously. The Board requested a report from the
Insurance Department concerning the status of the various
insurance coverages of the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded
by Commissioner Stormont to tentatively approve the
requested AARP Budgets as follows:
Lower Keys $l,500.00
Big Pine Key $l,500.00
Middle Keys $1,500.00
Upper Keys $l,500.00
Motion carried unanimously.
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Lucien Proby, County Attorney, addressed the Board
concerning his Budget. Motion was made by Commissioner
Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to reduce the
Contractual Services requested to $50,000.00 and to place
$65,000.00 in the Building, Planning & Zoning Fund as a con-
tingency for legal matters concerning the Land Use Plan.
Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by Commissioner
Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to add
$10,000.00, plus the appropriate fringe benefits, to the
Budget of the County Attorney's Office. Motion carried una-
nimously.
The Board discussed the Budget for the Monroe
Association of Retarded Citizens. Susan Fagin addressed the
Board concerning the Budget. Motion was made by
Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to
tentatively approve the MARC Budget in the amount of
$8,539.00. Motion carried unanimously.
Billy Wagner, Civil Defense Director, and Bill
Loudoun, employee of the Civil Defense Department, addressed
the Board concerning the Civil Defense Budget. Motion was
made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner
Freeman to tentatively approve the Civil Defense Budget in
the amount of $2l7,734.74 and also to include a new
position of Communications Technician 49-A at a salary of
$l9,249.7l per annum, plus fringe benefits. Motion carried
unanimously.
Mr. Erol Viral, attorney representing Legal Aid,
addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer
and seconded by Mayor Harvey to tentatively approve the
Legal Aid Budget in the amount of $l2,000.00, and also to
authorize the certification of public expenditures for Legal
Aid. Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Fahrer
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Stormont
Mayor Harvey
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Motion carried.
Dr. Fernandez addressed the Board. Motion was made
by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner Freeman
to tentatively approve the Medical Examiner's Budget at
$l07,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.
Jeff Fisher, Extension Service Director, addressed
the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the
Extension Service Budget in the amount of $86,202.00 and
also to include any County-approved salary increases as
increases to the Contractual Services Account for those
salaries which are paid through the University of Florida.
Motion carried unanimously.
The Board then recessed.
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MUNICIPAL SERVICES TAXING DISTRICT NO. 2
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The Board of Governors of Municipal Services Taxing
District No. 2 convened. Present and answering to roll call
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were Alison Fahrer, Samuel "Mickey" Feiner, William Freeman,
Russell Radom and Wilhelmina Harvey.
Reggie Paros, Emergency Services Director,
addressed the Board concerning the Tentative Budget for
District No.2.
Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded
by Commissioner Radom authorizing Reggie Paros, Emergency
Services Director, to prepare specifications and call for
bids for group insurance for volunteers. Motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the Municipal
Services Taxing District No. 2 Budget in the amount of
$489,372.00. Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting of the
Board of Governors of Municipal Services Taxing District No.
2 adjourned.
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The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
reconvened at 2:00 p.m. Present and answering to roll calI
were Commissioner William Freeman, Commissioner John
Stormont, and Mayor Pro Tem Alison Fahrer. Absent from the
meeting was Commissioner Edwin Swift and Mayor Wilhelmina
Harvey.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the
Emergency Services Budget in the amount of $20l,2l3.00.
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Commissioner Stormont to tentatively approve the
Emergency Communications Budget in the amount of
$72,282.00. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the
Upper Keys 911 Budget in the amount of $4l,883.00.
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Commissioner Stormont to tentatively approve the
Medical Air Transport Budget in the amount of $30,000.00.
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Commissioner Stormont to authorize Reggie paros,
Emergency Services Director, to re-evaluate the Payments To
Volunteers Account and to appropriate on the basis of a
three-year average, to include growth projections, and also
to review the appropriation for Eductional Programs. Motion
carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Fahrer and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve all
other Spectial District Budgets, including the re-
evaluations previously adopted. Motion carried unanimously.
A Public Hearing was then held on the Marathon
Airport Master Plan Up-date. Art Skelly, Airport Director,
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addressed the Board. Jimmy Goff of Post, Buckley, Schuh &
Jernigan made a presentation concerning the Marathon Airport
Master Plan Up-date. Ken Agnew addressed the Board con-
cerning a visit by the FAA official who was critical of the
present condition concerning the construction on the reten-
tion ponds at the Airport. Louis Drakos addressed the Board
and opposed the ponds at the Airport. Al OWens, Manager of
the Flight Department and a Commissioner of Key Colony
Beach, addressed the Board. Bob Harris of Post, Buckley,
Schuh & Jernigan addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Freeman and seconded by Commissioner Stormont
to call a meeting between the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners and representatives of FAA, DOT, DER, DCA and
the South Florida Water Management District to discuss the
issue of the construction of the ponds at the Marathon
Airport. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Ferguson of 100th
Street addressed the Board. Bob Ernst and Margo Ernst
addressed the Board opposing the construction of the ponds
at the Airport.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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