Resolution 115-2004
Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar
RESOLUTION NO. 115 2004
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY IN
RECOGNITION OF THE LATE ALICE J. SKINGER
WHEREAS, Alice Skinger passed away on February 16,2004, at the age of78; and
WHEREAS, Alice Skinger, a native of Chicago, Illinois, moved to Marathon in 1969 with her husband,
Donald (deceased for 16 years), a C.P.A., in whose accounting business she worked 40 years, becoming experienced in
financial markets, bookkeeping and accounting; and
WHEREAS, Alice Skinger took an active role in professional, community and civic associations, was an
elected board member of the Florida Keys Electric Cooperation for three terms retiring in 2003 after turning 78; was a
IS-year member of the Fishermen's Hospital Advisory Board; and served on the boards ofthe Domestic Abuse Shelter,
Marathon Yacht Club and Middle Keys Concert Association; and
WHEREAS, the Marathon Jaycees in 1997 made Alice the first recipient of the group's Kevin Van Hoose
Memorial Award, named for a former Fishermen Hospital's administrator, being honored for her work as the hospital
board's treasurer, among other things; and
WHEREAS, Alice Skinger, was chair of the County library board from its inception in 1981 to her retirement
in December 2002, and it was under her guidance and oversight, the Library expanded in every community that it
serves, with new buildings in Key Largo and Marathon, a new branch in Big Pine Key, and increased facilities in Key
West and Islamorada, all within her term of office. The patronage has grown as well during that time, to over 45,000
registered Library cardholders and nearly half a million visitors to the five branches last year alone; and
WHEREAS, The Library and the entire County owe a huge debt of gratitude to Alice Skinger for her many
efforts on behalf of the Monroe County Library and for her years of dedication and energy, now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
Section 1: Hereby memorializes the County's great appreciation for the service Alice Skinger gave to
the community and for her love and concern for people and hereby expresses to her family their regret and deepest
sympathy for the passing of the late Alice Skinger.
Section 2: Hereby adopts this Resolution as a permanent record of the high esteem and respect in which
Alice Skinger was held by her colleagues and by her community.
Section 3: County Clerk is hereby designated to forward a copy of this Resolution to her family
expressing the Board's Sorrow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a meeting
of said Board held on the 17th day of March , A.D., 2004. .\ g:.::!
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Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Mayor Murray E. Nelson
Mayor Pro Tern David P. Rice
Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
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