07/25/2005 SpecialMINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Monday, July 25, 2005
Marathon, Florida
i A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened on
the above date at 9:00 A.M., at the Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll
call were Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy, Commissioner Murray E. Nelson,
Commissioner George R. Neugent, Commissioner David P. Rice, and Mayor Dixie M. Spehar.
Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk; Richard Collins,
County Attorney; Thomas Willi, County Administrator; County Staff, members of the press and
radio; and the general public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
There were no Additions, Corrections, or Deletions made to the Agenda. Motion was
made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Rice approving the agenda.
Motion carried unanimously.
FISCAL YEAR 2006 BUDGET MEETING
Tom Willi, County Administrator gave an overview of the Fiscal Year 2006 proposed
budget.
Mr. Willi, Sheila Barker, Management Services Director; and Sal Zappulla, Budget
Director were present throughout the day for each County Division budget presentation.
Mr. Willi then discussed status of the Big Coppitt MSTU. Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk of
Court and Richard Collins, County Attorney addressed the Board. After discussion, motion was
made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to rescind the Big
Coppitt MSTU. Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner McCoy
Yes
Commissioner Neugent
No
Commissioner Rice
No
Commissioner Nelson
Yes
Mayor Spehar
Yes
Motion carried.
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Mr. Willi and the Board discussed the Marathon, Bay Point, and Key Largo MSTUs. No
official action was taken.
FIRE & AMBULANCE DISTRICT 1
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The Board of Governors for the Fire and Ambulance District I convened. Present and
answering to roll call were Vice -Chairman George Neugent, Commissioner David P. Rice, Mayor
Dixie Spehar. Absent were Councilman John Cromartie and Chairman Kevin M. Madok.
Clark Martin, Fire Chief addressed the Board. Motion was made by Mayor Spehar and
seconded by Commissioner Rice that at this time do not include the request as indicated in the
document entitled Fiscal Year 2006 Additional Position Requests not included in proposed
Budget. Motion carried unanimously, with Councilman John Cromartie and Chairman Kevin M.
Madok not present.
Motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Mayor Spehar approving the
proposed budget of the Lower & Middle Keys Fire & Ambulance District Board of Governors
budget request for Fiscal Year 2005-2006. Motion carried unanimously, with Councilman John
Cromartie and Chairman Kevin M. Madok not present.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of Governors was adjourned.
The Board of County Commissioners reconvened with all Commissioners present.
FIRE RESCUE
Chief Martin addressed the Board. The Board accepted the proposed Fire & Ambulance
budget request for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
Mr. Willi discussed employee compensation and his recommendations for additional
positions indicated in the Fiscal Year 2006 Additional Position Requests not included in
proposed Budget.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Reggie Paros, Public Safety Director addressed the Board. The Board accepted the
proposed Medical Examiner budget request for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
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MEDICAL EXAMINER
Dr. Michael Hunter, Medical Examiner addressed the Board. The Board accepted the
proposed Medical Examiner budget request for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Harold Wheeler, Tourist Development Council Director and Lynda Stuart, Office
Manager addressed the Board. The Board accepted the proposed Tourist Development Council
budget request for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Suzanne Hutton, Assistant County Attorney addressed the Board. The Board accepted
the proposed County Attorney budget request for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Tim McGarry, Growth Management Director addressed the Board. The Board accepted
the proposed Growth Management budget request for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
Sheriff Richard D. Roth and Mike Rice, Chief of the Bureau of Administration addressed
the Board. The Board accepted the proposed Sheriffs Office budget request for Fiscal Year
2005-2006.
NON-PROFIT FUNDING
HSAB funded agencies/HSAB additional requests/BOCC funded agencies
Sylvia Murphy, Chair of the Human Services Advisory Board and Dave Owens, Grants
Manager addressed the Board concerning the proposed Human Services Advisory Board request
for Fiscal Year 2005-2006. The following public speakers addressed the Board: Elayne Versage,
representing Fountains of Living, Inc. & d/b/a Lillie's House; T. N. Holland, representing Caring
Friends for Seniors; Diana'Flenard, representing MARC; Elmira Leto, representing Samuel's
House, Inc., George Born, Martin Groffman, Monica Haskel, representing Florida Keys Council
of the Arts; Lois Giffen, representing Florida Keys Council of the Arts; Alison Schaeffler-Murphy,
representing Florida Keys Council of the Arts; and Keith Douglass, representing Rural Health
Network: No official action was taken.
MISCELLANEOUS
Commissioner Nelson discussed a one time bonus in the amount of $10,000 for the
County Administrator. Mr. Collins addressed the Board. After discussion, motion was made by
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Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner McCoy to amend the administrator's
current contract to provide a $10,000 bonus. Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner McCoy
Yes
Commissioner Neugent
No
Commissioner Rice
Yes
Commissioner Nelson
Yes
Mayor Spehar
Yes
Motion carried.
Mr. Willi discussed compensation issues and his recommendation to fund a 5% salary
adjustment from this current fiscal year; maintain a 3.3% COLA on October 1, 2005; and during
the Fiscal Year 2006, begin the STEP Plan of 5% per year for a successful evaluation.
The Board discussed the proposed millage rates. Mr. Zappulla read into the record the
proposed tentative millage rates for Fiscal Year 2006 as indicated in the 2006 Millage Rates
Proposed Budget spreadsheet. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Nelson and
seconded by Mayor Spehar adopting the tentative 2006 millage rate of 16.27%. Said document is
incorporated herein by reference. Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Neugent Yes
Commissioner Rice
No
Commissioner Nelson
Yes
Mayor Spehar
Yes
Mayor Pro Tern McCoy
No
Motion carried.
Mr. Zappulla announced the following three Public Hearing dates, times and places to
consider and adopt the final budget and final millage rates. The Board of County Commissioners
must notify the Property Appraiser of the proposed millage rate for TRIM notice, and meeting
dates, times and places where the tentative budget and tentative millage rates will be adopted.
September 7, 2005, 5:05 P.M., Harvey Government Center at Historic
Truman School, 1200 Truman Avenue, Key West, FL 33040.
September 14, 2005, 5:05 P.M., Key Largo Library, MM 101.4
at Tradewinds Shopping Center, Key Largo, FL 33030
September 21, 2005, 5:05 P.M., Marathon Government Center
2798 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
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Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk