Resolution 030-1966
RESOLUTION NO.
30-1966
WHEREAS, the Attorney General of the State of Florida, in an opinion
dated March 18, 1966, addressed to Mr. Sidney Mattin, President of State
Association of County Commissioners, Hawthorne, Florida, held that counties
of the State of Florida are authorized to accept grants from agencies of the
United States of America and to make comprehensive plans for the develop-
ment of the counties, including the establislunent of water distribution sys-
tems and waste disposal systems, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County, Florida does not have available sufficient
funds to undertake the comprehensive planning for area sewer develop ment, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County, Florida intends to make application to the
Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, for
a grant for the purpose of making comprehensive area sewer development
plan, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County, Florida is an organization as defined in
FHA Instruction 442.7 as eligible for a grant for planning, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That all actions heretofore taken by the Chairman and the Clerk of
the Board of County Commissioners with respect to obtaining a grant for the
purpose of making a comprehensive area sewer development plan are hereby
ratified and confirmed and the Board of County Commissioners has determined
that the County does not have sufficient funds available to undertake such planning.
2. That the Chairman and Clerk of the Board be, and they are hereby
authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the County an agreement with
Russell & Axon, Consulting Engineers, Inc., for the preparation of a compre-
hensive area sewer development plan for the County (exclusive of municipalities
having populations of 5, 500 or more) in the form attached hereto and made a
part hereof.
3. That the Chairman and Clerk of the Board be, and they are hereby
authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the County a Grant Agreement
with the United States of America in the form prescribed therefor by the Far-
mer s Home Administration, and to perform any and all other acts on behalf of
Monroe County, Florida, necessary to the acceptance of a grant from the
Farmers Home Administration for comprehensive planning for sewer systems.
4. That the scope and content of the said plan will meet the conditions
specified in the agreement with Russell & Axon, Consulting Engineers, Inc.,
copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
5. That all Resolutions heretofore adopted in conflict herewith be, and
the same are hereby rescinded.
Dated June 28th, 1966.