02/21/2006 Special/Closed Session
MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Special Meeting/Closed Session
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, February 21,2006
Marathon, Florida
A Special Meeting/Closed Session of the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners convened at 9:00 AM., at the Marathon Government Center. Present and
answering to roll call were Commissioner Murray E. Nelson, Commissioner George R. Neugent,
Commissioner David P. Rice, Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar and Mayor Charles "Sonny"
McCoy. Also present were Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk; Robert Shillinger, Assistant 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.
Interim County Attorney, Suzanne Hutton addressed the Board.
CLOSED SESSION
Mayor McCoy announced pursuant to F.S. 286.01, the following matter was closed to the
public: An attorney-client closed session to be held with the Board, County Administrator Torn
Willi, Assistant County Attorney Bob Shillinger, outside counsel for the County, Derek V.
Howard, Esq., Robert H. Freilich, Esq., and a certified court reporter to discuss Galleon Bay
Corporation v. Board of Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida v. State of Florida, Case
No. CAK-02-595 and Thomas F. Collins, et al v. Monroe County v. State of Florida, Case No.
CAM-04-379. Attorney Steve Moore, who entered his appearance in the Collins matter, will also
be present. (Mr. Freilich and Mr. Moore appeared for today's attorney-client session
telephonically) .
Commissioner Spehar excused herself from the closed session.
OPEN SESSION
During the open session oftoday's meeting, motion was made by Commissioner Nelson
and seconded by Commissioner Neugent authorizing legal staff to file a Writ of Prohibition in the
Galleon Bay Corporation v. Monroe County matter. Motion carried unanimously, with
Commissioner Spehar not present.
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Commissioner Spehar entered the meeting room and took her seat.
Motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner Nelson
authorizing the hiring of expert witnesses in the Collins matter. Roll call vote was unanimous.
PUBLIC HEARING
The first of two required Public Hearings was held concerning an Ordinance adopting an
Interim Development Ordinance deferring the acceptance of applications for allocation of building
permits under the residential Rate of Growth Ordinance (ROGO) until the Land Development
Regulations to implement Goal 105 of the 2010 Comprehensive Plan, the Tier Overlay System
and the Tier Overlay District Maps are in effect or until July 14,2006, which begins a ROGO
quarter, whichever comes first. There was no public input. Assistant County Attorney, Bob
Shillinger addressed the Board. (The second of two required Public Hearings for this item is
scheduled for the March 15,2006 Board meeting at the Marathon Government Center @ 5:00
P.M.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
Jh~c .f),,~adh-
Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk