08/06/1986 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, August 6, 1986
Key West
A Special Meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners convened on the above date in Key West.
Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner Alison
Fahrer, Commissioner William Freeman, Commissioner John
Stormont, Commissioner Edwin Swift, and Mayor Wilhelmina
Harvey. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk1 Mike
Managan, Assistant County Administrator1 Lucien Proby,
County Attorney, James Matthews, Finance Director1
Department Heads1 County Staff1 members of the Press and
Radi01 and the general public.
Mayor Harvey announced a Joint Meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners and the Tourist Development Council.
The following Council members were present: Mickey Feiner,
Frank Romano, Margo Golan, Neil Boyce, Tom Sawyer, and Bill
Wickers. Sandy Higgs of Keys Advertising & Marketing, the
Council's Administrator, was also present. parvan
Bakardjiev, Director of the Monroe County Fine Arts Council,
addressed the Board concerning cultural funding. A
discussion ensued concerning the Fine Arts Council's role in
the cultural funding in the County as it relates to TDC
funding. After an extended discussion, motion was made by
Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Freeman
to tentatively approve the Monroe County Fine Arts Council
Budget in the General Revenue Fund of the County in the
amount of $45,000.00. Roll call vote was unanimous. Sandy
Higgs addressed the new law concerning the additional l~
Sales Tax for Land Use Plan purposes and the additional l~
allocated for additional Tourist Development Council use.
Mrs. Higgs indicated that Key West would be eligible for the
additional l~, but it was the Council's feeling that the
additional tax should be added for the sole purpose of
advertising Key West as a Destination Resort, and that such
a tax could be passed by a 4/5 vote of the Board of County
Commissioners. Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and
seconded by Commissioner Fahrer to authorize the adver-
tisement for Public Hearing of a proposed Ordinance levying
the additional Tourist Development Tax for the purpose of
advertising Key West as a Destination Resort. Roll call
vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Fahrer
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Stormont
Commissioner Swift
Mayor Harvey
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Motion carried. The Board continued discussion of the addi-
tional l~ tax authorized pursuant to House Bill 1405.
The Joint Meeting was adjourned.
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The Board reconvened at 10:15 a.m. with all
Commissioners present.
Gene Nelson, Assistant Supervisor of Elections,
addressed the Board concerning the Budgets of the Supervisor
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of Elections and Elections. Mr. Nelson indicated that the
Maintenance of Bpildings Account should be reduced by
$6,000.00 and that the Communications Account should be
reduced by $5,000.00. These Budgets were deferred until
later in the day.
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Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk of the Circuit Court, pre-
sented his Tentative Budget for 1986-87. Motion was made by
Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to
tentatively approve the Budgets of the Clerk in the total
amount of $2,142,946.12. Motion carried unanimously.
The Board discussed the Property Appraiser's
Budget. The Clerk advised the Board that the Property
Appraiser's Budget had been submitted to the Department of
Revenue and that the Department would notify the Board of
its decision concerning the Budget.
Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the
appropriation for the Tax Collector's Budget for Fiscal Year
1986-87. Motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Swift addressed the Board and indi-
cated that Mr. Bird of the Dade County Parks and Recreation
Department was available and had offered to have Dent pierce
of the Public Works Department visit and view the operations
of the system in Dade County.
The Board then discussed the proposed Florida
Hospice Budget. Merilee McCoy and Mel Levitt addressed the
Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and seconded
by Commissioner Swift to tentatively approve the Florida
Hospice Budget in the amount of $75,000.00. David Tackett
addressed the Board concerning the Hospice Budget.
The Board recessed for lunch.
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The Board reconvened with all Commissioners pre-
sent.
Nancy Criswell addressed the Board concerning the
State Attorney's Budget. Motion was made by Commissioner
Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Fahrer to tentatively
approve the State Attorney's Budget in the amount of
$111,150.00. Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner
Swift asked that the cost of the telephones concerning the
State Attorney's Office be broken out from the rest of the
County.
Motion was made by Mayor Harvey and seconded by
Commissioner Swift to direct Art Skelly, Airport Director,
to remove Avis from the parking in the first row at the Key
West International Airport and reserve that parking for the
public. Motion carried unanimously.
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Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Fahrer to authorize the position of
Clerk of the Works in the County Administrator's Budget at
an annual salary of $30,000.00. Roll call vote was unani-
mous.
The Board then reconsidered the Supervisor of
Elections Budget. Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer
and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve
the Supervisor of Elections Budget in the amount of
$294,403.75 and the Elections Budget in the amount of
$184,210.85. Motion carried unanimously.
William A. Freeman, Sheriff, then addressed the
Board concerning his Budget. The Sheriff indicated that
additional funds would be available as excess fees from his
office in the current fiscal year due to the delay in the
operation of the second floor of the new Jail Facility.
Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to add $400,000.00 to the Fund Balance
estimated for Fiscal Year 1986-87 and to appropriate
$150,000.00 to the Capital Projects Fund and the balance of
$250,000.00 to the Fine & Forfeiture Fund to off-set the
1986-87 Budget request. Motion carried unanimously. Motion
was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner
Freeman to increase the Sheriff's Budget request as follows:
$200,000.00 for staffing of the third floor of the new faci-
lity for a period of six months, and $263,642.00 for the
adequatae staffing of the sub-stations on The Keys. Roll
call vote was unanimous. Motion was made by Commissioner
Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively
approve the Sheriff's Budget for Fiscal Year 1986-87 in the
amount of $11,810,607.00. Roll call vote was unanimous with
Commissioner Swift not present.
The Board then discussed the Hearing dates on the
Budget. Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Mayor Harvey to change the Tentative Budget
Hearing to September 12th at Key West in Courtroom "B" at
5:00 p.m. and the Final Budget Hearing on September 26th at
the Marathon Sub-Courthouse at 5:00 p.m. Motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Fahrer to tentatively approve the Public
Defender's Budget in the amount of $151,166.00. Motion
carried unanimously.
The Board then considered the Budgets of Planning,
Building & Zoning and Code Enforcement. Motion was made by
Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Swift to
reduce $25,000.00 from the Building Supplement to be con-
sidered to be funded from a new revenue source. Motion
carried unanimously. Motion was made by Commissioner
Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Swift to transfer
$10,000.00 to the Code Enforcement Contractual Services
Account. Motion carried unanimously. Motin was made by
Commissioner Swift and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to
tentatively approve the Planning Department Budget in the
amount of $661,696.96, with the reflection of the $25,000.00
reduction. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to fund the Fire Marshal
out of the Unincorporated Area Special Taxing District
created for the Building, Planning & Zoning Fund and to con-
tinue to allow the administrative responsibility to rest
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with the County Acministrator. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to tentatively approve the Building
Department Budget in the amount of $1,020,901.73. Motion
carried unanimously.
-- Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to add $20,000.00 to the
appropriation for the Marathon Airport and $50,000.00 to the
appropriation for the Key West International Airport for
Grant Match. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made
by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner Stormont
to authorize a pay increase for Art Skelly, Airport
Director, in the amount of $3,000.00, plus fringe benefits,
to be taken from his Contingency Account. Roll call vote
was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Fahrer
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Stormont
Commissioner Swift
Mayor Harvey
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Motion passed.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Swift to add $61,960.00 for im-
provements to the Harry Harris Ball Park and $25,000.00 for
improvements to the swimming pool to the Capital
Improvements Budget. Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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