Resolution 133-1989
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Monroe County Commission
'89 l'lAR 17 ~~OltTION NO. 133 -1989
A [;.RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS.OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING
'lHlltHPtACEMENT OF AN HONORARIUM PLAQUE ON THE
OLD MONROE COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND PROVIDING
THAT THE FIRST NAME TO BE INSCRIBED ON SAID
PLAQUE IS TO BE THAT OF FORMER MONROE COUNTY
SHERIFF WILLI~I A. FREEMAN, JR.
WHEREAS, William A. Freeman, Jr., served on the Monroe
County Board of County Commissioners from 1955 through November
of 1974, and
WHEREAS, he was an elected state representative from
November of 1974 to November of 1976, and
WHEREAS, he served as Monroe County Sheriff from January of
1977 until January of 1989, and
WHEREAS, during his many years of public service he showed a
tireless devotion to his duties and was an outstanding public
servant, exhibiting at all times statesmanlike conduct and a
superb sense of fairness and equity in his dealings with others
regardless of race, creed or national origin, and
WHEREAS, he was always unflagging in his pursuit of truth
and in the care and nurture of the tree of liberty and the flower
of justice, and
WHEREAS, he was a master in the art of being honest, and
WHEREAS, his compassion, concern for his fellow human
beings, dignity and courage in the face of extreme hardship will
be sorely missed by the citizens of Monroe County, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, desires to have an honorarium plaque placed on
the Old Monroe County Courthouse, and
WHEREAS, in consideration of his many years of service and
his accomplishments throughout those years, the Board desires to
provide that the first name to be inscribed on said honorarium
plaque is to be that of former Monroe County Sheriff William A.
Freeman, Jr., now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Board hereby approves the
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placement of an honorarium plaque on the old Monroe County
Courthouse.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the first name to
be inscribed on said plaque is to be that of former Monroe County
Sheriff William A. Freeman, Jr.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the ~ day of March, A.D. 1989.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY: AW~~
MAYOR IR N
(SEAL)
Attest:
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