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City to review 22 budget, Vaca Cut redevelopment

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Light Marathon City Council agenda offers inspiring moments

The Marathon City Council convened on Tuesday, May 11, with a relatively light agenda, although several inspiring moments — not uncommon in small city council meetings — highlighted the evening. Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay set the tone early by recognizing and introducing a “special guest,” Canine Coral, one of the department’s drug-sniffing dogs, who entertained those on hand with some brief scurrying and sniffing throughout the audience. Later, Mayor Luis Gonzalez introduced 6-year-old Landry Sayer, a Stanley Switlick kindergartner who’d asked to address the city council with a short video, because “she was trying to make a difference,” as Gonzalez explained. What followed was a short, well-produced video on how this little “trash activist,” who walked her dog every night while also picking up trash, wanted to help clean up Marathon. After the video, Gonzalez pledged to arrange a city-wide cleanup event in the fall, based on

Marathon City Council may follow up on town hall meeting

The Marathon City Council convenes for its May session on Tuesday, May 11, with another light agenda, on the heels of a vocal and contentious town hall meeting last week. There may be additional discussion regarding the feedback received from business leaders and residents surrounding the complex issues of affordable housing, vacation rentals, and the lack of workers, something that is becoming more and more prevalent not just in the Middle Keys but throughout the island chain. The three members of the council in attendance at the May 3 town hall meeting promised to seek solutions and assistance on these issues. Mayor Luis Gonzalez will introduce a proclamation for National Prevention Week, May 9-15. National Prevention Week is held each year during the third week of May to coincide with the start of summer, an important time for schools, communities and prevention professionals to refocus on prevention, and is dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, mental

Keys receive full funding from Stewardship Act

For the first time since the legislation’s inception, the Florida Keys will receive a full allocation from a state act designed to improve water quality in the chain of islands. With the state legislative session ending today, the Keys are expected to receive a full $20 million allocation from the state Legislature for the Florida Keys Stewardship Act. “I think we are in good shape from an appropriations standpoint,” said state House Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada. “Just have to hope no cuts from the governor. Still so much more we will need to get the roads elevated. My goal is to work on getting the funding from (the state) Resiliency Bill 7019.

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