06/09/1983 Special
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, June 9, 1983
6:00 P.M., Marathon, Florida
A special meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners convened on the above date. Present and
answering to roll call were Commissioner Alison Fahrer,
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Ed Swift and
Chairman pro tem Ken Sorensen who chaired the meeting in the
absence of Mayor Jerry Hernandez, Jr., who was out of the
County on personal business. Also present were Ralph W.
White, Clerk; Danny L. Kolhage, Deputy Clerk; Lucien Proby,
County Attorney; Kermit Lewin, County Administrator; William
A. Freeman, Jr., Monroe County Sheriff; members of the Press
and Radio; members of the Sheriff's Staff; and members of
the public.
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The meeting was called for the purpose of
discussing with the Sheriff and his staff his Budget Request
of 10.2 million dollars for fiscal year 1983-84.
Lengthy discussion took place between the Sheriff
and the Commission in regards to his actual needs for the
operation of his department. At one point in the meeting
Commissioner Swift asked the Sheriff if he would be willing
to accept $7,031,000.00, a figure he had previously
discussed with the Sheriff. The Sheriff indicated that this
was acceptable but only to continue current operations and
may not be enought money to satisfy the Federal Court Order
in regards to the Injunction that has been placed against
the County. Commissioner Sorensen asked if the Sheriff was
willing to accept the seven million plus money as a starting
point and that that figure be placed along with the County
Budget Request on the Preliminary Notice of Tax Increase
billings. Again the Sheriff indicated that it was not suf-
ficient money in his opinion for operation of his depart-
ment. After more discussion it was agreed that the
Commission would be, individually, on a day to day basis,
meeting with the Sheriff try to arrive at some agreement
prior to the certification of the Tax Millage to the
Property Appraiser on July 29, 1983.
There being no further business the meeting was
adjourned.