Resolution 083-1977
RESOLUTION NO. 83 -1977
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO
PROPOSED LEGISLATION CALLING FOR ABOLITION
OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, there is now in the Legislature a bill calling
for the abolition of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and
transfer of its functions to the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, the effect of such a bill on the citizens and tax-
payers of Monroe County, Florida, is of such a magnitude that such
local legislation should not have been legally proposed without
prior consultations with the constituted representatives of the
people of Monroe County who would be directly affected by such a
bill, and
WHEREAS, the immediate effect of such legislation would be
to increase the financial burden on Monroe County to finance water
supply systems necessitated by the construction of new bridges by
the Department of Transportation, and
WHEREAS, the cost of such water supply systems are such
that financing of same should corne from the state and federal
levels rather than from the over-burdened taxpayer of Monroe County,
Florida, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that it does hereby firmly oppose any
legislation which would increase the financial burden on Monroe
County and does firmly oppose the enactment of legislation which
would transfer the functions of the Authority to the Board as the
same is not in the best interest of the citizens and taxpayers of
Monroe County, Florida, when such legislation would result in
additional financial burdens unjustly deserving.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that copies of this
resolution be forwarded to the Monroe County Legislative Delegation
in the Florida Legislature, the House Committee on Transportation,
the President of the Florida Senate and the Speaker of the Florida
House of Representatives, the Governor and the members of the
Florida Cabinet and to the State of Florida, Department of Trans-
portation.
RESOLVED in regular meeting at Marathon, Monroe County,
Florida, this 17th day of May, A.D. 1977.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMHISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
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I HEREf;V CERTIFY that this document
has beEin reviewed for legal suffi.
ciency and that the same meets with
my appro,d
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County Attorney's Office
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