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Land, LLC, and authorized the Chairman to execute same, <br />as presented and recommended in the memorandum of <br />April 22, 2009. <br />13. COUNTY ATTORNEY MATTERS <br />13.A. REFERENDUM ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD VALOREM TAX <br />EXEMPTION ALSO KNOWN AS "TAX ABATEMENT" <br />Senior Assistant County Attorney Marian E. Fell recalled that in March 2009, the Board <br />had instructed staff to work on the referendum process for an Economic Development Tax <br />Exemption, also known as a Tax Abatement Incentive. She requested direction from the Board <br />on the following matters, as outlined in her memorandum of April 27, 2009: (1) when to hold <br />the referendum; (2) whether to hold it by mail ballot, or in conjunction with the municipal <br />elections, and if the latter, whether to negotiate with the municipalities on the cost -share of the <br />election; (3) whether to have a 15 -word title on the ballot question; and (4) whether to authorize <br />staff to present a public education program on the ballot question. <br />Kay Clem, Supervisor of Elections, reviewed her backup memorandum of March 20, <br />2009, to detail some of the cost-cutting strategies utilized to bring the cost of a County -wide <br />General Election for the Tax Abatement Issue, from her original estimate of $250,000 to <br />approximately $117,000. She also provided information on the upcoming elections for the <br />municipalities of Vero Beach, Sebastian, and Fellsmere. <br />Ms. Clem confirmed for the Board, that if the County adds on an election ballot with the <br />municipalities, it would constitute a General Election, at the cost of $117,000. She noted, <br />however, that, if the County could get the cities to cost -share, the County's final total for the <br />General Election would be $112,000. <br />18 <br />May 5, 2009 <br />