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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final October 20, 2020 <br />enable staff to address and prevent the excessive accumulation of bad debt from <br />reserve accounts moving forward. <br />Director Burke, through a PowerPoint Presentation, broke down the number <br />and dollar amounts of outstanding debt for the water and sewer accounts, <br />impact fee loans, and assessments. He reviewed the various settlement options <br />for each type of account and sought information from the Board regarding the <br />proposed 90 -day and 12 -month time period payment options for accounts that <br />had accumulated over 24 consecutive months of charges. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan received confirmation from County Attorney Dylan <br />Reingold that once the five-year foreclosure window expired on the lien, the <br />County could collect on the outstanding debt for the next 15 years and after 20 <br />years, the lien disappears. He suggested establishing a policy that would <br />require action to make a settlement offer when the lien reaches four years of age <br />instead of the 19 years being proposed, giving the County more leverage to <br />negotiate. A discussion followed on whether the law allowed foreclosure on a <br />homesteaded property, and protecting the County's ability in the negotiation to <br />get the account from a non-paying to a paying status. <br />Commissioner Zorc sought and received information from Director Burke on <br />whether the 80 existing residential structures with 170 equivalent residential <br />units of water were either on the condemnation list, fully habitable structures, <br />abandoned, or delinquent. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner O'Bryan, seconded by Commissioner Zorc, <br />to authorize staff to return with an ordinance at a public hearing that would <br />establish County code to adopt the proposed 90 -day and 12 -month time period <br />payment options, and direct staff to establish a policy to look at making a <br />settlement offer when liens reach four years of age, instead of 19 years. The <br />motion carried by the following vote: <br />Aye: 4 - Chairman Adams, Vice Chairman Flescher, Commissioner Zorc, and <br />Commissioner O'Bryan <br />Absent: 1 - Commissioner Solari <br />13. COUNTY ATTORNEY MATTERS <br />14. COMMISSIONERS MATTERS <br />A. Commissioner Susan Adams, Chairman <br />B. Commissioner Joseph E. Flescher, Vice Chairman <br />C. Commissioner Tim Zorc <br />Indian River County Florida Page 10 <br />