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08/06/1985 SpecialDD 129 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. DD 130 MSD 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.