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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, August 6, 1985
Key West
A Special Meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners convened on the above date at 9:00 a.m. in Key
West at 310 Fleming Street. Present and answering to roll
call were Commissioner William Freeman, Commissioner John
Stormont, and Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey. Absent from the
meeting were Commissioner Alison Fahrer and Commissioner Ed
Swift. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Kermit
Lewin, County Administrator; James Matthews, Finance
Director; Peter Webber; County staff; members of the Press
and Radio; and the general public.
Sheriff Freeman addressed the Board concerning sta-
tistics which he had produced regarding his operations in
accordance with the request of the Board of County
Commissioners. No action.
The Board then proceeded to discuss the proposed
Budgets of the various departments for Fiscal Year 1985-86:
Animal Shelters
The following actions were taken:
Key West Animal Shelter's Salaries and Fringes
Account was increased by the sum of $13,573.26.
Insurance Accounts in all of the Animal Shelters
was raised to $5,130.00 each.
Animal Shelters of Upper Keys and Marathon - no
additional action.
Garages
Garage at Key West - $5,000.00 was reduced from Gas
Account and placed in Emergency Contingency.
Garages at Marathon and Upper Keys - no action.
Other Administrative Buildinas
Utilities Account was reduced by $20,000.00.
The Board advised the County Administrator to place
$20,000.00 in a line item in the General Fund for a proposed
Interlocal Agreement between Monroe County and Key Colony
Beach for improvements to Key Colony Beach City Hall.
Pollution Control
The Board directed the County Administrator to
place the Pollution Control Budget in the General Fund,
reflecting a transfer from MSD in the amount of $334,529.42.
The Board recessed for lunch.
The Board reconvened at 2:12 p.m.
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The following items were addressed:
Utilities were reduced by $11,500.00.
Maintenance of Buildings was reduced by $18,000.00.
Material was reduced by $25,000.00.
Pollution Control is to be increased to reflect the
amount shown in the General Fund of $334,529.42.
Capital Outlay was reduced by $125,000.00.
Contingency was reduced by $286,000.00.
Motion was made by Mayor Harvey and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to remove the $600,000.00 requested
appropriation for a Sludge Treatment Plant and to place an
additional $50,000.00 in the Contractual Services Account
for the purpose of the engineering studies concerning this
matter. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Commissioner Stormont discussed a possible Capital
Improvements ad valorem levy of one-half of a mill.
Commissioner Stormont also discussed the process of
requiring Occupational Licenses on Commerical Fishermen.
This matter was referred to the County Attorney for
resolution.
The Board discussed the balance of the Budgets in
the General Fund as presented by the County Administrator
with no changes.
The matter concerning the request of Hospice of the
Florida Keys for funding was referred to the County
Attorney.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.