Resolution 024-1977
RESOLUTION NO. 24 -l977
WHEREAS, The Propeller Club of the Port of Key West, has
recommended to the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, that it is in the best interest of all the citizens of
Monroe County, Florida, that the Board form a Port Authority and
designate Monroe County a port district, and
WHEREAS, The Propeller Club located at the Port of Key West
has recommended to the Board of County Commissioners that the best
method by which to form a Port Authority is for the Board to avail
themselves of the powers and financing available through the
Florida Statutes Chapter 315 entitled "Port Facilities Financing
Law", and
WHEREAS, Florida Statutes Section 3l5.l3 authorizes the
governing body of a County to form a Port Authority by resolution,
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, in regular session assembled, this l5th
day of February, 1977, that a Port Authority is hereby formed.
The boundaries of which Port Authority or Port District shall be
the boundaries established as the County boundaries of Monroe
County, Florida, and the Port Commissioners are hereby designated
to be Mr. Don Schloesser, Chairman; Mr. Puriegton Howanitz;
Mr. Jerome V. Shipley; Mr. Gerald Hernandez and Mr. Richard Kerr
and their successors in office as members of the Board of County
Commissioners, It is the intention of the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Monroe County, Florida, that the regularly elected
County Commissioners from each district shall also hold office by
virtue of their election as County Commissioners from Monroe
County, Florida, the office of Commissioner of the Monroe County
Port Authority. The office of Port Commissioner shall apply to
those presently holding office named herein and those successors
subsequently elected forever.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the Port
Authority claims all rights, powers, privileges, financing, pro-
motional and advertising activities and sources of funds belonging
to said Port Authority by virtue of Chapter 315 of the Florida
Statutes as amended hereafter by the Legislature of the State of
Florida.
BE IT ALSO FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the Port
Authority herein created shall have the power to appoint a Monroe
County Port Advisory Committee which committee members may be
appointed by the Board of County Commissioners acting as the Monroe
County Port Authority in a number not less than five nor more than
seven, to serve without pay. The purpose of the Monroe County
Port Advisory Committee is to make recommendations to the Board of
County Commissioners as to the operation, improvement and financing
of the Port facilities. The members of the Monroe County Port
Authority Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
County Commissioners and may be terminated from that office at any
time upon notice by the Board of County Commissioners acting as
the Port Authority. The Monroe County Port Advisory Committee shall
have no powers other than to make recommendations and give advice
to the Port Commissioners; however, the Board of County Commis-
sioners acting as the Monroe County Port Authority may designate
the Monroe County Port Advisory Committee by resolution as its
agent to carry out such duties by the Board as the Board may direct
by future resolution. Any such resolution granting directions or
instructions to the Monroe County Port Advisory Committee may be
revoked by a majority vote of the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, acting as the Monroe County Port Authority.
DATED February l5, 1977.
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