Nonprofit Pulls Proposal to Build Affordable Housing
May 3, 2021
A.H. of Monroe County, a social services organization based in Key West, Fla., has withdrawn a proposal to build an affordable housing development, according to
Keys Weekly. Under the terms of the proposal, A.H. of Monroe would have constructed between 80 and 100 units within Key West’s Truman Waterfront.
The proposal had received support from a majority of city commissioners. But members of the Bahama Village Redevelopment Advisory Committee, which advises the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, raised objections because the proposal had not been part of a competitive bidding process,
Sick vacation cap increase requested by city workers
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Key West City commissioners have a full agenda for their meeting tonight, including hiring Patti McLaughlin as interim city manager and firing Duval redevelopment consultant KCI Technologies, Inc.
McLaughlin, currently assistant city manager, has been tapped to temporarily take over for outgoing City Manager Greg Veliz, who is leaving April 16 for a new position with the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority.
If McLaughlin is approved as expected, she will oversee city operations while a candidate search, also on Tuesdayâs agenda, is carried out. Commissioners have set aside $20,000 for the search.
In a related agenda item, commissioners will vote to appoint members to an advisory screening committee to assess and rank new city manager candidates. Each of the seven city commissioners as well as the cityâs three unions will appoint one person to the committee. A last committee member will be appointed by city hall staff management.
Waste Management, Inc., the residential and commercial trash hauling company servicing Key West, has asked city officials for multiple substantial rate increases in the middle of its current contract that, if approved, would result in millions of dollars in unexpected and unbudgeted expenses.
Waste Management met with City Manager Greg Veliz and other city officials recently to ask for four rate increases, including one that would immediately raise the residential trash collection rate from $14.62 to $16.32 per month even though the current contract with the city does not expire until Dec. 31, 2021. That price hike totals $264,784 in unanticipated costs to the cityâs solid waste enterprise fund.