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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final <br />June 6, 2023 <br />County Attorney Dylan Reingold explained, per Florida Statute 125.0104, the uses of <br />the fifth cent and how the penny could be utilized for beach restoration. However, a <br />rework of the tourist tax allocations would be required to make use of this penny for <br />that purpose and detailed the process. <br />Commissioner Moss explained why she was not prepared to support increasing the <br />tourist tax until she had a clearer understanding of the funding sources for the beach <br />restoration projects and the current funding situation. In response, Chairman Earman <br />pointed out that the additional $.01 cent was not just for beach restoration but also to <br />promote tourism to bring people to the County to enjoy the beaches. <br />Additional discussion ensued between the Board and staff on the additional funding, <br />the promotion of tourism by making the County's beaches tourism friendly, and how <br />an additional quarter (1/4) of a penny could go to beach restoration. <br />A discussion followed in regard to Commissioner Moss's concerns and the <br />regulations on what each of the cents could be used toward. <br />Chairman Adams received confirmation from Ms. Daniels that the additional .01 cents <br />would increase the .067 tourism promotion to a full $.02 cents and referred to the <br />Tourism Tax Revenue Matrix and explained that the first, second, and third pennies <br />could be used for anything. She continued to explain that the fourth penny, which was <br />technically the County's fifth penny but was referred to as the sixth penny due to <br />statutory limitations. The County was unable to levy the fifth penny as it was not <br />considered a high -impact tourism County. Ms. Daniels pointed out that if the County <br />adopted the sixth cent, the County would reallocate the funding for all of the pennies <br />because the code was very specific on which items each penny could fund. She <br />noted that the County's code would need to be changed, as well as the Outside <br />Agency funding policy, to reflect the differences. <br />A discussion ensued among the Board and staff on the process of adding the sixth <br />cent, the timeline, and a request for staff to bring back additional information on the <br />distribution of pennies. Attorney Reingold stated it was simply a super -majority vote <br />of the Board. Ms. Daniels informed the timeline for the start of the allocation would <br />be the first day of the second month, following the super -majority vote of approval. <br />She stated the ideal date was October 1, 2023, being a new fiscal year, and to allow <br />the Clerk of the Circuit Court time to advertise and contact those folks who levy and <br />collect the tax and to update their software. Vice Chairman Adams felt that if <br />Chairman Earman wanted a vote today on the increase to the Tourist/Bed Tax, he <br />would not get the supermajority. She felt the Board wanted additional information <br />Indian River County Florida Page 19 <br />
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