Resolution 089-1978
RESOLUTION NO. 89 -1978
RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE ADOPTION OF A PRO-
POSED SPECIAL ACT FOR TRANSFER OF COUNTY JAIL OPERA-
TION AND REGULATION FROM THE SHERIFF OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM}1ISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, the County Jail is County property and its opera-
tion is a part of County government, and
WHEREAS, the Sheriff of Monroe County, Florida, has been
the custodian of the Jail, and
WHEREAS, a review has revealed that a transfer of the func-
tions from the Sheriff of Monroe County, Florida, to the Board of
County Commissioners, of Monroe County, Florida, is not deemed
in the best interest of Monroe County nor its citizens, now, there-
fore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That the adoption of the act authorizing the Board
of County Commissioners to operate or otherwise regulate the
activities of the Monroe County Jail, copy of same attached hereto,
is hereby opposed by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida.
2. That the Board of County Commissioners does hereby
request its Legislative Delegation to oppose the adoption and passage
of the attached act during the 1978 Legislative Session.
3. That certified copies of this resolution be forwarded
to all representatives of the Monroe County Legislative Delegation,
the State Association of County Commissioners and such other
officials as is appropriate.
DATED April 4 , 1978.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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/Mayor an halrman
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AN ACT relating to Monroe County; autho-
rizing the Board of County Commissioners
to operate and otherwise regulate the ac-
tivities of the Monroe County Jail and
the various programs for housing and re-
habilitation of County prisoners; creat-
ing the Monroe County Division of Correc-
tions; providing for employment of trained
personnel; providing for the transfer of
corr~tions personnel; providing an effec-
tive date:
BE IT ENACTED THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County
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shall operate and regulate the Monroe "County Jail and all similar de-
tention or corrections center, now or hereafter existing; and shall
provide for various programs for the detention, housing, correction
and rehabilitation of pris6ners wi~hin Monroe County.
Section 2. The Monroe County Division of .Corrections is here-
by created, which Division shall be a separate operating department
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within the Government of Monroe County.
Section 3. The Board of County Commissioners shall employ a
person trained or experienced in the management of detention or cor-
rection centers, and in housing and rehabilitation programs for County
prisoners; and sufficient staff.adequately to house, feed, care for
and guard all prisoners within Monroe County.
Section 4. All personnel presently employed 1n the Corrections
Division of the Monroe County Sheriff's Department shall upon the
effective date of this .law, be transferred to the Monroe County Divi-
sion of Corrections; and shall automatically be enrolled in the Monroe
County Career Service program with full time credit for prior employ-
ment in the SheEiff's Department.
Section 5. The Board of County Commissioners shall assume all
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responsibility for the total care of all prisoners committed to the
detention program. Further, any person delivered by any law enforce-
ment agency to the County Jail, shall hereafter come under the custody
of the Monroe County Division of Corrections for pre-trial and post-
trial confinement purposes and shall be under the control and super-
vision of the County staff.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.