10/23/1986 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, October 23, 1986
Key West
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners convened at 2:00 p.m. on the above date
in the Commission Chambers at 310 Fleming Street, Key West,
Florida. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner William Freeman, Commissioner John Stormont,
Commissioner Edwin Swift, and Mayor Pro Tern Alison Fahrer.
Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Kermit Lewin,
County Administrator; Lucien Proby, County Attorney; Rob
Wolfe, Assistant County Attorney; Susan Vernon, Assistant
County Attorney; Paula ROdriguez, Administrative Services
Coordinator; members of the Press and Radio; and the general
public.
All stood for the Invocation and the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to add to the Agenda a discussion of
the Avis car wash facility at the Key West International
Airport. Motion carried unanimously with Mayor Harvey not
present. The Board then discussed proposed plans for the
Avis car wash facility. The matter was referred to Kermit
Lewin, County Administrator, for preparation of a Letter of
Agreement concerning the requirement for a Type "D" buffer
planting around the new car wash facility.
Chair.
Mayor Harvey entered the meeting and assumed the
The Board then proceeded with interviews of appli-
cants for the position of County Addministrator.
The Board interviewed Mr. David Green. Following
that interview, motion was made by Commissioner Swift and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to establish that the Board
would decide on a selection for the position of County
Administrator following the interviews today. Roll call
vote was unanimous.
The Board then interviewed Anthony Bosque, Thomas
Brown, Ray Thomas Kest, Robert L. Norris, and Frank Spence.
Following the interviews, the Board discussed the
applicants. Commissioner Stormont indicated that his top
two choices were Mr. Spence and Mr. Green. Commissioner
Fahrer indicated that her top choices were Mr. Spence and
Mr. Kest. Mayor Harvey indicated her choices were Mr.
Spence, Mr. Kest and Captain Brown. Commissioner Swift
indicated his choices were Mr. Spence, Mr. Kest and Captain
Brown. Commissioner Freeman indicated that his choices were
Mr. Spence and Captain Brown. Motion was made by
Commissioner Swift and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to
reduce the applicants to the following finalists: Mr. Frank
Spence, Mr. Ray Thomas Kest, and Captain Thomas Brown.
Motion carried unanimously.
The Board then proceeded to ballot on the nominees,
with the highest selection receiving the Number One Ranking
and the successful applicant receiving the lowest point
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total. Following is a tabulation of the results of the
ranking of the applicants:
F. Spence R. T. Kest T. Brown
Fahrer 1 2 3
Freeman 2 3 1
Stormont 1 2 3
Swift 3 2 1
Harvey 3 2 1
10 11 9
voting indicated that Captain Brown had been selected as the
successful applicant.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Fahrer to employ Captain Thomas Brown as the
County Administrator, effective two weeks from this date, at
a salary of $51,000.00 per annum. During discussion, motion
was withdrawn. Motion was then made by Commissioner Fahrer
and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to employ Captain
Thomas Brown as the County Administrator, effective two
weeks from this date, at a salary of $47,500.00 per annum
with the provision for a six-month review of performance and
salary. Roll call vote was taken with the following
results:
Commissioner Fahrer
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Stormont
Commissioner Swift
Mayor Harvey
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to agenda the request to advertise an
Ordinance which would place the Planning, Building & zoning
Department under the direction of the County Administrator.
After discussion, roll call vote was taken with the
following results:
Commissioner Fahrer
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Stormont
Commissioner Swift
Mayor Harvey
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Motion carried. Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to advertise an Ordinance
that would place the Planning, Building & Zoning Department
as a department under the responsibility of the County
Administrator's office. Roll call vote was taken with the
following results:
Commissioner Fahrer
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Stormont
Commissioner Swift
Mayor Harvey
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Motion carried.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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