Resolution 076-1965
RESOLUTION NO.
76 -1965
WHEREAS, Hurricane Betsy struck Monroe County on September 8,
1965, filling streets, highways and public facilities with seaweed and other
debris, and washing away parts of streets and avenues, making traffic al-
most impas sable, and
WHEREAS, a state of emergency existed, requiring prompt action on
the part of the Board of County Commissioners, to prevent a health hazard
and to make possible travel on the roads of the County, and
WHEREAS, said Board of County Commissioners, acting as the Mon-
roe County Civil Defense Counsel, did authorize Civil Defense officials to
engage the service of contractors to remove the seaweed and debris, and to
repair said roads, as an emergency measure, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the action taken by said Board, ac-
ting as the Monroe County Civil Defense Counsel, in authorizing Civil De-
fense officials to engage the service of contractors to remove the seaweed
and debris and to repair the roads damaged by Hurricane Betsy, be, and
the same is hereby re-affirmed and approved.
Dated
September 14th
, 1965.