The parks and beaches director position recently roused from the countyâs pre-COVID-19 budget and posted on the countyâs website netted six applicants within the first two weeks. The request for a countywide director was made by Monroe County Commissioner Mike Forster, who had been lobbied by Tavernier residents concerned with overuse at Harry Harris Park. âI know the county had posted the job last year before COVID hit and from what I understand they had 84 applicants. The time has come to concentrate on the parks within the county,â Forster said. The director would work with the countyâs public works department and the administration staff to provide greater oversight of county parks as well as to institute park programming.