Resolution 016-1977
RESOLUTION NO. 16 -1977
WHEREAS, Dr. Jose Sanchez has been Acting Monroe County
Health Officer of the Monroe County Health Department, Key West,
Florida, since February 6, 1976, and said Dr. Sanchez desires to
resign as said Health Officer, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County, Florida, has had no permanent Health
Officer since February 6, 1976, and
l~EREAS, Dr. Rene Fernandez is willing to accept the posi-
tion of Monroe County Health Officer and is highly respected and
recommended by local doctors to hold such a position and said
Dr. Fernandez has knowledge of the local needs, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners recognizes that
he does not have the training required but has the administrative
ability to organize and run the Department until such time as he
can qualify as a health officer, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County immediately needs a doctor to be
the Health Officer for the Monroe County Health Department as
Dr. Sanchez is no longer willing to serve, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Director of the Health Program
Office, State of Florida, be and he is hereby requested to imme-
diately appoint Dr, Rene Fernandez Monroe County Health Officer,
in order that the Monroe County Health Department can properly
function inasmuch as the present Health Officer cannot devote full
time to the Health Department and no longer desires to serve as said
Health Officer.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that a certified copy
of this resolution be forwarded to Dr. E. Charlton Prather, Director
of the Health Program Office, Tallahassee, Florida, for appropriate
action.
ADOPTED by said Board this 1st day of February, 1977, with
the following vote: Commissioner Hernandez - Yes; Commissioner
Howanitz - Yes; Commissioner Kerr - Yes; Commissioner Shipley - No;
Mayor Schloesser - No.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMM SIONERS OF
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Coooty Attorney