06/09/2006 Special
MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
2006/119
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Friday, June 9, 2006
Key West, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
I :30 P.M., at the Harvey Government Center. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner George R. Neugent, Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar and Mayor Charles "Sonny"
McCoy. Absent was Commissioner David Rice. Also present was Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy
Clerk; Suzanne Hutton, 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.
COMMISSION ORGANIZATION
County Judge Wayne Miller administered the Oath of Office to newly appointed
Commissioner Glenn Patton.
Motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner Neugent
granting approval of the Elected Official Bond for Commissioner Glenn Patton. Motion carried
unanimously.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
There were no Additions, Corrections, or Deletions made to the Agenda.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
County Attorney, Suzanne Hutton addressed the Board concerning approval to schedule
and advertise an Attorney-Client Closed Session of the Board of County Commissioners in the
matter of Galleon Bay vs. Monroe County v. State of Florida, CAK-02-595, Sixteenth Judicial
Circuit, Monroe County, Florida Per F.S. 286.011(8), the subject of the meeting shall be
confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. Present
at the meeting will be the Commissioners, the County Administrator, the County Attorney,
Assistant County Attorney Bob Shillinger, and Robert H. Freilich, Esq. and Derek V. Howard,
Esq., the County's counsel in this litigation, and a certified court reporter. After discussion,
motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner Neugent granting
approval of the request for June 21,2006 at 8:30 A.M. at the Marathon Government Center.
Motion carried unanimously.
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The Board discussed possible action by the Board of County Commissioners concerning
windstorm insurance issues. Attorney Tim Volpe addressed the Board. After discussion, motion
was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Spehar authorizing Mr.
Volpe to act as Intervenor in the Citizens' and the Florida Peninsula Insurance rate filings and
challenges as well as any Rule Hearings before the Florida Hurricane Loss Methodologies
Committee. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner Patton
directing Staff to start investigating the capability of Monroe County being self-insured for
Monroe County owned facilities and Monroe County residents. Roll call vote was unanimous.
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
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Isabel C. DeSantis, eputy Clerk