HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-020RESOLUTION NO. 2014- 020
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA ELIMINATING THE RATE -EQUALIZATION
CHARGE OF 6% FOR NON -UNINCORPORATED AREA
CUSTOMERS ESTABLISHED PER RESOLUTION 9546;
AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE
ELIMINATION OF THE RATE EQUALIZATION
CHARGE.
WHEREAS, in 1995, Indian River County (the "County") and the City of Sebastian (the
"City") entered into an interlocal agreement providing for the transfer of the City's water and
wastewater system to the County (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Agreement authorized the County to charge a rate equalization charge
within the City; and
WHEREAS, in 1995, the Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") adopted
Resolution 95-16 creating a new rate equalization charge of 6%, comparable to the franchise fee
charged in those unincorporated areas of the County, to be added to the total amount of water
and sewer charges in the non -unincorporated areas of the County; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes that the rate equalization charge, which is paid into the
County's general fund, is no longer necessary or appropriate, almost 20 years after the
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY that:
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County hereby
eliminates the rate equalization charge imposed in the non -unincorporated areas of the County
created by Resolution 95-16 and authorized by the Agreement.
Section 2. The elimination of the rate equalization charge in the non -unincorporated
areas of the County shall go into effect on October 1, 2014.
The foregoing resolution was moved for adoption by Commissioner Davis ,and
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seconded by Commissioner F 1 e s c h e r ,and, upon being put to a vote, the vote was as
follows:
Chairman
Peter D. O'Bryan
Vice Chairman Wesley S. Davis
Nay
Commissioner Joseph E. Flescherm
Comissioner Bob Solari
Commissioner Tim Zorc
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The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed and adopted this 4 t h day
of March, 2014.
ATTEST: Jeffrey R. Smith, Clerk of Court
and Comptroll®f
Deputy
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Peter D. O'Bryan, Chairman
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Approved as to form and legal sufficiency:
By:
Dylan Reingold, County Attorney
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