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MAS 1 83 they submit because it is only natural for the,County Adminis- trator and County Attorney to lean toward the protection of their colleagues. Mr. Nelson noted that he has heard some talk about taking $120,000 out of that $143,000 and putting it towards extension of mains or whatever, but that would only benefit the developer, not the residents who have been burdened by the fact that proper impact fees have not been collected. Dar. Nelson felt the "economic feasibility" aspect was well covered in Ordinances 80-21 and 80-22, both of which had clauses that stated the impact fees "shall be escalated not more often than semi annually." -He did agree that the agreement with Florida Atlantic (Resolution 80-88) did say they "may" be. Mr. Chandler's report, however, stated that they ma_y_pass_it_on, and Mr. Nelson stressed that it read instead that the county may_adjust, and that is entirely different. He emphasized that not only did it say they may adjust, but they did adjust - on 7/12/83, the impact fee was changed from $227 to $757 and then a few months later, it was adjusted downward to $756; on 5/1/84 it was escalated to $920, and January 1, 1985, it was escalated to $2,390. Mr. Nelson did not wish to pick on anyone personally, but he pointed out that the person who was headmof that department on 7/12/83 is the same person who is still Utilities Director today. So, when Joe Baird was making his investigation into the delinquent payments of fees, why didn't someone in that staff pick up the fact that those fees had been escalated and demand that they be paid? Instead they based all the unpaid fees on $227, which was totally in error because the very first payment that was made on impact fees in November of 1983 was not $227; it was $757. Mr. Nelson then referred to a breakdown of the impact fees contained in the back of the report and stated that the first 20 should have been paid at $757; the next 50 at $756; the next 150 at $920; and the last 150 at $2,390. If these amounts had been collected, then by June 5th, 1985, there would not have been $113,000 in that escrow account, there would have been $675,000 in there! Mr. Nelson then addressed incorrect amounts paid into the R&R account where he claimed they carried impact fee payments on 41 homes. He questioned why these 41 homes weren't recorded in the general account #6300 and continued to point out flaws in the bookkeeping. Mr. Nelson noted that we could go over these figures forever, but he felt the bottom line is why didn't the Utilities Department realize back in 1983 when the..first payment was made that it was not the right figure. Mr. Nelson stressed that it is very frustrating today to think they are burdened by impact fees that they would not have 14