Resolution 258-1993
RESOLUTION NO.
258
-1993
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING PROCEDURE FOR THE SELECTION OF
TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHEREAS, Florida Statute 125.0104(4){e) provides that the
Tourist Development Council shall be composed of nine (9) members
who shall be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code Section 2-299 provides that the
Tourist Development Council members shall be appointed by the
governing board of Monroe County, and
WHEREAS, Section 2-299 of the Monroe County Code further
requires that in addition to the statutory requirements, the
members of the Tourist Development Council represent each tax
collection district of the five (5) tax collection districts in
the County and further require that one (1) of the members of the
Tourist Development Council be engaged in the accommodation
industry within the City of Key West, and
WHEREAS, the above requirements are in addition to the
statu'tory requirements contained in the Florida Statutes,
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WHEREAS, the Board has in the past acquiesced i~th~
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to who has the right to select, and
WHEREAS, it is clear from the language of both the ordinance
above-referenced and the statute that the Monroe County
Commission shall be the entity that has the power to appoint, and
WHEREAS, the Commission desires that a written policy be
established with respect to the selection of Tourist Development
Council members, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that three (3) of the officials are
essentially selected by the statute in that one is the Chairman
of the Board of County Commissioners and two (2) are
representatives of municipalities located within the County, one
(1) of which is the most populous municipality, these nominations
shall be and remain the nominations of the Board of County
Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that of the remaining six (6)
nominations, one (1) nominee shall be selected by each of the
several Commissioners and the Mayor shall have the right to
select a second nominee in his capacity as Mayor. These six (6)
nominations shall satisfy the statutory requirements with respect
to occupation as well as the ordinance requirement with respect
to geographic locale, and shall be the Board's appointees to the
Tourist Development Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the
Board of County Commissioners
regular meeting of said Board
, 1993.
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Monroe County, Florida, at a
on the 6th day of July
Mayor London
Mayor Pro Tern Cheal
Commissioner Harvey
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Commissioner Freeman yes
Commissioner Reich yes
(SEAL)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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