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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes-Final December 4,2018 <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Flescher, seconded by Commissioner O'Bryan, <br /> to approve an amendment to County Code Section 201.09E,to allow the County to <br /> reclaim any ERUs after 24 months of unpaid service availability charges; any impact <br /> fees paid will be applied to the account balance and any excess of such fees will be <br /> refunded. The motion carried by the following vote: <br /> Aye: 5- Chairman Solari, Vice Chairman Adams, Commissioner Flescher, Commissioner <br /> O'Bryan, and Commissioner Zorc <br /> After a brief discussion, a motion was made to bring the proposed amendment to <br /> the public hearing of December 18, 2018. However, due to the timeframe noted by <br /> Attorney Reingold, the Board consensus was to have staff report back on <br /> reclaiming the ERU's. <br /> Postponed/Continued <br /> Director Burke continued his briefing,proffering staffs recommendation to <br /> approve or amend a draft 90-day amnesty ordinance and hold a public hearing for <br /> adoption on December 18, 2018. <br /> Discussion ensued about issuing this additional amnesty period, in addition to <br /> those previously provided by the County. Administrator Brown pointed out that <br /> only customers who have not previously participated in amnesty are eligible for <br /> the upcoming amnesty period. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner O'Bryan, seconded by Vice Chairman <br /> Adams,to approve the draft 90-day amnesty Ordinance and direct staff to hold a <br /> public hearing on December 18, 2018 to adopt the proposal. The motion carried <br /> by the following vote: <br /> Aye: 5- Chairman Solari, Vice Chairman Adams, Commissioner Flescher, Commissioner <br /> O'Bryan, and Commissioner Zorc <br /> Director Burke next presented three options for dealing with the large Planned Unit <br /> Development(PUD) Reserve Accounts with outstanding fees. <br /> Deliberations followed about the proposed final settlement agreement wherein the <br /> County would reclaim the ERU's and write off the bad debt; the potential to affix a <br /> transfer fee to the ERU's that are reclaimed by the County; and the possibility of <br /> using utility foreclosures as a means of clearing the large debts. <br /> Indian River County Florida Page 12 <br />