Resolution 474-1993
Monroe County Commission
RESOLUTION NO. 474-1993
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, URGING THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA TO REFORM THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION
SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, there is now pending before the Legislature of the
State of Florida, proposals for real and meaningful reform of the
workers' compensation system; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County, Florida, is a self-insured employer
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WHEREAS, Monroe County does expend millions ~~40lla~s f6r
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expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars of workers
compensation premiums at considerable burden to Monroe County
taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, the costs of the present workers' compensation
system has become an unacceptable financial burden on the
resources of government in this community; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County and its taxpayers can no longer
afford the burden of workers' compensation insurance without
contemplating the erosion of wages and fringe benefits to
employees and the deterioration of public services; and
WHEREAS, real reform of the workers' compensation system
offers the opportunity to reduce litigation,
to improve
industrial safety and to effect cost containment over the
escalating expense of medical care; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners to encourage and support the Legislature of
the State of Florida in its efforts to enact real Workers'
Compensation Reform in the interest of the employees and
taxpayers of the County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1.
The Board hereby urges the Legislature of the
State of Florida to, with all deliberate speed, meaningful reform
the Florida Workers' Compensation System.
Section 2.
The Clerk of the Board is hereby directed to
forward certified copies of this Resolution to Governor Lawton
Chiles, Senator Darryl Jones and Representative Ron Saunders.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on
the 10th
day of
November
, 1993.
Mayor London
Mayor Pro Tem Cheal
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Reich
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absent
yes
yes
yes
(SEAL)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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