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Public Hearings - B.C.C. 07.24.15 <br />Office of <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />ATTORNEY <br />Dylan Reingold County Attorney <br />William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney <br />Kate Pingolt Cotner, Assistant County Attorney <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />FROM: Dylan Reingold, County Attorney p` <br />DATE: July 10, 2015 <br />SUBJECT: Public Hearing and Adoption of Ordinance Establishing Amnesty Program for Certain <br />Utility Delinquency Charges <br />BACKGROUND. <br />Under section 201.08(B) of the Code of Indian River County ("Code"), service availability charges are <br />imposed on the owner of each water and sewer Equivalent Residential Unit ("ERU") which is reserved <br />for future use. This charge is necessary to recover to the County the cost of repairing and maintaining <br />the capacity in the water/sewer system which is reserved for the ERU. <br />In the 2004-2006 timeframe, several property owners acquired ERUs for planned developments. <br />However, with the economic slowdown that followed, many of these developments were not built — <br />leaving the property owner with ongoing service availability charges for each ERU acquired. When <br />property owners were unable or unwilling to pay these charges, delinquency charges of $2 and 1.5% <br />interest were imposed monthly, pursuant to section 201.08(J)(4) of the Code. As a result, large amounts <br />of service availability and delinquency charges are due with respect to several properties in Indian River <br />County. <br />APPROVED FOR JULY 24, 2015 <br />B.C.C. MEETING — PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY <br />1 <br />INDIAN RIVER CO. <br />PPROV D <br />DATE <br />Administration <br />•►1i <br />j ld, lS <br />County Attorney10Budget <br />tiOrr-iik' <br />7/ 5 , <br />Utilities Dept. <br />r <br />%t!o ! <br />Risk Management <br />--- <br />--- <br />1 <br />