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CONSENT AGENDA <br />Indian River County <br />Inter -Office Memorandum <br />Office of Management and Budget <br />TO: <br />Members of the Board <br />of County Commissioners <br />FROM: <br />Kristin Daniels <br />Director, Office of Management & Budget <br />DATE: <br />December 4, 2020 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Interest Rate Change on All County Financing <br />(Petition Paving, Utility Assessment Projects, <br />Utility Impact Fees, etc.) <br />DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS <br />Each year the Board of County Commissioners adjusts the fixed interest rates charged by the County for <br />financing utility assessments, utility impact fees, petition paving assessments and any other financing. <br />County policy has been to set this rate equivalent to the prime interest rate as published in the Wall Street <br />Journal and other financial news outlets. <br />The prime interest rate listed on Bloomberg on December 4, 2020 is 3.25%. Staff recommends <br />decreasing the current interest rate of 4.75% charged by the County, down to 3.25%. The only exception <br />to this interest rate would be for projects directly. affiliated with a bond issue for which the bond covenants <br />dictate a different interest rate. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the fixed interest rate of 3.25%. <br />Staff further recommends that this rate remain in effect for calendar year 2021 for all County financing <br />with the exception of projects directly affiliated with a bond issue for which the bond covenants dictate a <br />different interest rate. <br />ATTACHMENT <br />County Financing Interest Rate History <br />44 <br />