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07/21/1981 Special 090 W - Bud * * * * * * * * * * Special 14eeting Board of County Commissioners Tuesday, July 21, 1981 10:00 A.M., Key West A special meeting of the Board of County Commission- W 091 ers was held on the above date. Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner Curt Blair, Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Jerry Hernandez, Jr., and Chairman George Dolezal. Commissioner Ken Sorensen was absent. Also present were Ralph W. White, Clerk; Danny Kolhage, Deputy Clerk; Lucie Proby, County Attorney; Kermit Lewin, County Administrator; members of the Press and Radio; and interested citizens. All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegianc to the Flag. business which may properly come before said meeting. Present from the City were Mayor Charles McCoy; Commissioner Richard Heyman; Commissioner Alton Weekly; City Manager, Robert Bensko; City Attorney, Joe Allen; City Police Chief, Winston James; and Public Safety Director, Larry Rodriq ez. Municipal Courts. Commissioner Harvey brought the Board up to date on he Courts. Mayor McCoy addressed the Board and recommended that the Cou~ty and City in a joint venture lease the Fleming Key Quara - State tine Station from the U. S. Department of Agriculture to use a Agency; Jail. a jail facility. He also offered to lease the City Jail to th County for use for female prisioners since there are only a small number of female prisoners being housed in the County Ja 1. Motion was made by Commissioner Blair and seconded b Commissioner Harvey to appoint a joint committee to discuss an prepare recommendations for both govermental bodies to cons ide the following items: (1 ) (2) (3 ) (4 ) (5) Use of County Jail for City prisoners. joint Communications System.: Use of USO Building by the County. Joint program for ambulance services. Consolidation of Key West Police Department and Monroe County Sheriffs Office. (6) And any other matters that seem to be appropria e. Roll call vote was taken and carried unanimously. Mayor McCoy Committees; Jail; Communica- tions; Bldgs. & Grounds; Co. Fire & Amb. Corps; Sheriff; Municipal Corp. W 092 Committee. Parks; State Agency. Bldgs. & Grounds; Co. Clerk. Sheriff; Budget. advised the Board that the City would respond to the County's request within one (1) week to 10 days. Chairman Dolezal appointed the following to the committee: Ralph W. White, Clerk; Lucien Proby, County Attor ey; Kermit Lewin, County Administrator; Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Curt Blair and Sheriff William A. Freema , Jr. The Board then discussed restricted areas at the 00 nty beach from speeding boats. Motion was made by Commissioner Blair and seconded by Commissioner Harvey ~nst.~u~ting.th~ County h . II d AttQrney to prepare a resolution and the Chairman was aut or1ze to execute same to be forwarded to the Department of Natural Resources giving the County's concurrence to restrict the arec from the White Street pier to the Casa Marina. Motion carrie( unanimously. RESOLUTION NO. 216-1981 See Res. Book #23 which is incorporated herein by reference. The Chairman advised the Board of a letter from the Selective Service System requesting interview space at the courthouse during the period of August 5 through 12,-1981. Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and seconded by Commissioner Blair authorizing the Commissioners Conference Room and appointing Mr. White as the contact person. Motion carried unanimously. The Board then discussed the Sheriff's Budget. Commissioner Blair offered a compromise budget of 6.9 million Motion was made by Commissioner Blair to adopt a tentative Budget for the Sheriff for Fiscal Year 1981-82 in the amount of $6,970,700.00. Commissioner Hernandez ruled the motion out of order. Motion was then made by Commissioner Blair and seconded by Commissioner Harvey to rescind the Board's action of July 16, 1981 which approved the Sheriff's Budget in the amount of $4,231,354.00 which represents a 10%-increas over FY 1980-81 Budget. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Blair Commissioner Harvey Commissioner Hernandez Chairman Dolezal Yes Yes No No W 093 Tie vote, motion failed. The Sheriff advised the Board that he had filed his Sheriff; Budget. Appeal with the Office of Planning and Budgeting and presented a copy of the appeal to the Board of County Commissioners. Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and seconded by Commissioner Harvey instructing the Attorney to prepare a resolution and the Chairman to execute same acknowledging noti e of the petition by the Sheriff on his proposed 1981-82 Budget~ requesting assistance from the Office of Planning and Budgetin particularly requesting that a member of the staff of the Offi e of Planning and Budgeting be sent to Monroe County to aid in t e evaluation of Sheriffs budget request. Motion carried unanimo sly. RESOLUTION NO. 215-1981 See Res. Book No. 23 which is incorporated herein by reference The meeting was recessed until 3:30 P.M. Special Meeting Re-convened Special Meeting re-convened with everyone in attenda ce that was present for the morning session. The Board deleted and added several items to the Boa d Budget. of County Commissioners General Operating Budget for FY 1981-8 . Commissioner Harvey to change the Paygrade to 32-E and salary Motion was made by Chairman Dolezal and seconded by County Employees. to $9,726.29 for Elke Holley and Susan Borrero, Animal Wardens in the Middle and Upper Keys to the same as Billie Cheek, Anim 1 Warden Supervisor, Key West because they have the same duties in the Animal Shelters Budgets. Motion carried unanimously. The following items were eliminated with concensus of the Board: County Administrator's Budget - Clerk/Typist posi tio Co. Admin.; $7,436.42; requested salary FY 1981-82, $8,031.33. hudget. County Attorney's Budget - IBM Memory Typewriter, $5 000.00. Attorney; Motion was made by Chairman Dolezal and seconded by Budget. Commissioner Harvey to eliminate $4,000.00 from the County Cou t Court; Budget for 50 Theatre Seats in Courtroom "D" in the amount of Budget. $4,000.00. Motion carried with Commissioner Hernandez voting o. Motion was made by Chairman Dolezal and seconded by Commissioner Harvey to delete $4,500.00 from the Public Works Budget; W 094 B1dgs. & Grounds. Courthouses/Annex Budget for carpeting and pad for the 4th Flcor Courtroom "A". Motion carried-unanimously. BUdget; B1dgs.& Grounds. Motion was made by Chairman Dolezal and seconded by Commissioner Blair to delete $10,000.00 from the Budget of Public Works, Other Administrative Buildings, for remodeling cf trailer. Motion carried unanimously. Budget; Motion was made by Chairman Dolezal to delete the Veterans. IBM Typewriter from the Veterans Office Budget in the amount c $1,050.00. During discussion a motion was made by Commissione ~ Hernandez and seconded by Commissioner Blair to leave the type- writer in the Budget and authorizing the purchase of an IBM typewriter for the Mayor's Office. Motion carried unanimousl'. The Board discussed the Budget of the Marathon Airpcrt Budget; Airport. and Tractor Lawn Mower budgeted in the amount of $11,000.00. Motion was made by Commissioner Hernandez and seconded by Commissioner Harvey to authorize the Public Works Department ) seek proposals for grass cutting services at the Marathon Airf)rt. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was then made by Chairman Dolezal and seconded by Commissioner Blair to delete the Tractor - Lawn Mower from the Budget in the amount of $11,000.00 and adc $6,000.00 to Contractural Services in the Marathon Airport Budget. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by Commissioner Blair and seconded 1 v Budget; Jail. Chairman Dolezal to delete ~he Main Jail and Sub Station Budge ~ in the amount of $108,109.42 from the Budget. Motion carried unanimously. The Board then discussed the Harry Harris Park Budget. Budget; Parks. Discussion ensued regarding the deletion of $53,000.00 from the Budget which was allocated for restrooms for the Harry Harris Park extension. No action was taken at this time. The Board discussed Contractural Services in the Bo rd Commission rs; Budget. of County Commissioners Budget in the amount of $62,000.00. 0 action was taken at this time. Budget; Ru'b1ic Health. Motion was made by Commissioner Blair and seconded y Commissioner Harvey to approve a tentative Budget for Baker A t in the amount of $44,000.00 for FY 1981-82. Motion carried W 095 unanimously. : 1;(1 r'r .; : The Board then discussed Welfare Services Budget. N Budget; Welfare. \\ l. . .' , .: \ . action was taken. Motion was made by Commissioner Blair and seconded b Date Processing Commissioner Harvey instructing the County Administrator to se Budget. up a meeting with all"Constitutional Officers and the Board of County Commissioners to discuss Data Processing (Computer) Ser vices. Motion carried unanimously. The Board dicussed Capital Equipment Budget and the:- Budget; Machinery I needs of Ehe County for the coming year. No action was taken. Equipment. The Chairman adjourned the meeting until Monday, Jun 27, 1981 at 10:00 A.M., in the Commissioners Conference Room, Administration Building for further discussion on the Budget for FY 1981-82.