Resolution 256-1984
Commissioner Edwin O. Swift, III
RESOLUTION NO. 256 -1984
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CLERK TO PAY
FROM THE PUBLIC FUNDS OF MONROE COUNTY THE TRAVEL
EXPENSES INCURRED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE IN TRAVELING TO
MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR PURPOSES OF MEETING WITH
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND REVIEWING DOCUMENTS OF THAT
AGENCY.
WHEREAS, the State of Florida Department of Transportation
has authority by virtue of Section 337.25, Florida Statutes, to
dispose of property which it has determined is no 10nger needed
by the Department, and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida Department of Transportation,
under Section 337.25(5), Florida Statutes, is authorized to
convey without consideration to a county property held by the
Department which property is no longer used or needed, and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida Department of Transportation
has requested that Monroe County send a representative to the
Department's district office in Miami for the purpose of review-
ing the maps upon which are shown the properties available for
conveyance pursuant to Section 337.25, above, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation has expressed a
willingness to convey pursuant to the authority vested in it by
Section 337.25 (5), above, such property as Monroe County might
request after review of said maps, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has the power by
virtue of Section 339.24, Florida Statutes, to expend public
funds for the beautification of roads by the restoration, plant-
ing, replanting, seeding, and reseeding of grasses, plants,
shrubs, root stocks, or trees and for maintenance of the same,
and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Highway Beautification Committee
has exhibited the highest dedication to this cause, and
WHEREAS, the efforts of the Highway Beautification Committee
have been unfaltering and the devotion of the Committee members
to the beautification of our roadways has been most laudable,
now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
That the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, is hereby authorized to expend the public
funds of Monroe County, Florida, in payment and reimbursement of
the reasonable and necessary travel expenses incurred by a
representative of the Highway Beautification Committee in
traveling to Miami to meet with representatives of the State of
Florida Department of Transportation and to review the documents
of that agency in order that such representative may report to
and advise the Board of County Commissioners with regard to the
availability of lands pursuant to Section 337.25, above.
Said
travel payments and reimbursement shall be in accordance with
Section 112.061, Florida Statutes.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 7th day of September, A.D. 1984.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONRO~ COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Mayor/Chairman
(SEAL)
Attes t :DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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