Miami-Dade County Commissioner Javier D. Souto, who ceremoniously ripped up his copy of the Marlins Baseball Stadium Agreement during the meeting last month in which his fellow commissioners approved the deal, commissioned a poll that shows voters overwhelmingly oppose funding a ballpark.

Surprise. No, not really.

“It’s very consistent with public opposition to using public money for baseball stadiums,” said Dario Moreno, director of FIU’s Metropolitan Center, who conducted the survey.

Among questions posed about the economy, county services and job security, the poll also asked voters about their support for a ballpark, a port tunnel and a museum park. The poll of 842 registered voters in four districts in western Miami-Dade County showed more people support the ballpark than the tunnel or museum park.

While 24.9 percent support the tunnel and 24.7 percent support the museum park, 29 percent said they support a publicly funded ballpark at the site of the Orange Bowl. Another 60.9 percent oppose the stadium.

Souto, who spent $16,000 on the telephone survey, plans to post the results on his Web site, said his senior assistant Bernardo Escobar.

Meanwhile, county commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday requiring that county police and fire officials patrol county-owned venues - except where contracts with other jurisdictions already exist - meaning that the commission wants county officials guarding a new Marlins ballpark. Miami City Commissioners want city officials patrolling the new baseball venue. The sides must come up with a solution in the next two and a half weeks.