Resolution 129-1974
RESOLUTION NO. 129 -1974
WHEREAS, Section 145.022, FLORIDA STATUTES, authorizes the
Board of County Commissioners by resolution, with the concurrence
of the county official involved, to guarantee and appropriate a
salary to the county official in an amount as provided in Chapter 145,
FLORIDA STATUTES, in lieu of fees, if all fees collected are turned
over to the Board of County Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County
has requested in writing that he be paid a salary in lieu of fees
and be placed on the budget system; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
1. The Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, does hereby guarantee and appropriate to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, an annual salary in an
amount as provided in Chapter 145, FLORIDA STATUTES, in lieu of all
fees, and all fees collected by the Clerk shall be turned over to
the Board.
2. The statutory and constitutional authority of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court to control the operation of his office, de-
termine and expend funds, to appoint deputies and employ persons,
and to do any other things necessary for the proper operation of
his office is hereby agreed to and shall remain under his direction
and control. An annual appropriation shall be set aside by the
Board of County Commissioners for the proper operation of the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and shall be provided for out of
funds in the General Revenue Fund. The determination of the ap~ro-
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priation shall be upon joint agreement between the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court and the Board of County Commissioners. Expenditures of
funds a~propriated for operation of the Clerk's office shall be
made by the Board of County Commissioners and accounted for only in
the Board's financial accounts in accordance with approved account-
ing procedure established by the Office of the State Comptroller and
the Auditor General of the State of Florida.
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3. Certified copies of this resolution shall be filed by
the Clerk with the Department of Banking and Finance and with the
Auditor General of Florida.
4. This resolution shall be retroactive to the date that
the Clerk was actually placed on the budget system, which date was
October 1, 1974.