The Marathon City Council convened on Tuesday, May 11, with a relatively light agenda, although several inspiring moments â not uncommon in small city council meetings â highlighted the evening.
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay set the tone early by recognizing and introducing a âspecial guest,â Canine Coral, one of the departmentâs 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 whoâd asked to address the city council with a short video, because âshe was trying to make a difference,â as Gonzalez explained. What followed was a short, well-produced video on how this little âtrash activist,â 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
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
The Marathon City Council on Tuesday will focus on two ordinances that involve water and irrigation within the Marathon city limits and an important review of long-sought financial documents from Baptist Health South Florida, key to the funding for the rebuilding of Fishermenâs Community Hospital.
There is also a resolution on the councilâs agenda to approve an agreement between the City and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) providing funding for the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Infrastructure Repair Program (CDBG), along with and a property redevelopment agreement between the City and Marlin Bay Yacht Club.
Ordinance 2021-07 proposes stringent irrigation restrictions. It was pulled from last monthâs agenda because City Manager George Garrett wanted to have a Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority representative on hand for insight and details. It is back on todayâs agenda with an FKAA speaker scheduled and is expected to be a
A conditional use for Marlin Bay Yacht Club and a Racetrac fuel stop and convenience store will be considered in quasijudicial hearings by the Marathon City Council when it meets