Resolution 055-1977
RESOLUTION NO. 55 -1977
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, heretofore passed Resolution No. 24-1977 estab1ish-
ing a port authority, and
WHEREAS, said resolution provided for the appointment of
an advisory committee, and
WHEREAS, it is desired that the terms of the advisory com-
mittee be fixed to provide for two-year terms, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that Resolution No. 24-1977 passed and
adopted in regular session on February 15, 1977, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"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 315.13 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 15th
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
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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 Com-
missioners 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.
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 members of the Monroe County
Port Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Authority and
each appointment shall be for a term of two (2) years unless ter-
minated sooner by the 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 Commissioners acting as the Monroe County Port Authority
may designate the Monroe County Port Advisory Committee by reso-
lution as its agent to carry out such duties by the Board as the
Board may direct by future resolution. Any such resolution grant-
ing directions or instructions to the Monroe County Port Advisory
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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 April 19, 1977.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE CO~'J'Y, F~Q~IDA
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Attest:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this document
has been reviewed for legal suffi-
ciency and that the same.'
meets with my approval.
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County Attorney