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41) 3:12 <br />p.m. <br />C <br />c <br />Ms. Johnson said she would include this item on the School Board's <br />June 24th Agenda, see that a formal vote is taken, and forward the <br />results to the County Administrator. <br />Director Boling asked that this item be brought back to the Board on <br />July 15th, provided there is consensus at the end of the workshop to <br />move forward with the study and the proposed fees. <br />3:17 Carter Morrison, Assistant Superintendent for Finance Operations at <br />p.m. the Indian River County School District, said he had sent information to <br />Management and Budget Director Jason Brown regarding the updated <br />collections and expenditures for impact fees through May 31, 2014. He <br />conveyed that since 2005, the School Board has collected about $10.5 <br />million in impact fees and earned about $936,000 in interest. He also <br />reported on expenditures, appropriations, and future projects. <br />Ms. Johnson informed the Commissioners that the School Board had <br />paid to have a feasibility study done on charter schools and that money <br />had been set aside for those schools. She also noted that this year the <br />School Board has a small amount of Public Education Capital Outlay <br />(PECO) funds for facility maintenance. <br />Commissioner Zorc questioned the fairness of the charter/public school <br />formula, and supported a workshop with charter schools and the School <br />Board. <br />3:37 There was a brief discussion regarding the payment of impact fees for <br />p.m. <br />3:39 <br />p.m. <br />3:40 <br />p.m. <br />newly built schools. <br />B. Members of the Public <br />Chairman O'Bryan opened to the floor for public comments. <br />Althea McKenzie sought and received clarification regarding the impact <br />fee study, impact fee calculation, number of students attending schools <br />in Indian River County, and the student generation rate for mobile <br />homes. <br />3:50 Charlie Wilson said he had requested a workshop with the School <br />p.m. Board regarding impact fees over a year ago, but it never came to be. <br />He read a portion of the Florida Statutes and stressed that the School <br />Board, according to their documents, does not show new growth, <br />meaning they cannot receive impact fees. He believed it to be the School <br />Board's responsibility to prove their "need" for impact fees; and asked <br />the Board to: (1) send the school portion of the study back to the School <br />Impact Fee Update Study Workshop Page 4 <br />101 <br />