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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/14/1980 (3)AUG 141990 800K .44 PAGE 332 THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1.980 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ACTING AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE ROCKRIDGE SUBDI— VISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT MET AT THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAMBERS, 1946 19TH STREET, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1980, AT 1:40 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., CHAIRMAN; R. DON DEESON, VICE CHAIRMAN; ALMA LEE Loy; WILLIAM C. WODTKE, JR.; AND PATRICK B. LYONS, ALSO PRESENT WERE GEORGE G. COLLINS, .JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; .JEFFREY BARTON, FINANCE OFFICER; AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1980-81, FINANCE OFFICER BARTON REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTED THAT THIS AREA IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT WILL BE HARD HIT IF THE PROPOSED HOMSTEAD EXEMPTION LAW IS PASSED BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE A LARGE EFFECT ON THE TAX BASE. ROCKRIDGE STREETLIGHTING DISTRICT Income 80-81 Ad Valorem Taxes 2,953.00 Interest Income 40.00 Less 5% (150.00) Cash Carry Fwd. 712.00 Total Revenue 3,555.00 Expenses Utilities Prof. Fees - Property App. Prof. Fees - Tax Collector Advertising Reserve for Contingencies Cash Carry Fwd. 9/30 Expenditure & Revenues 2,400.00 Moo 15.00 100.00 200.00 700.00 3,555.00 MR. BARTON REPORTED THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE CASH CARRY FORWARD FIGURE IS BASICALLY THREE MONTHS' ELECTRIC BILL. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE ROCKRIDGE SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,555.00 AS ABOVE. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE ROCKRIDGE SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT ADJOURNED AT 1:45 O'CLOCK P.M. ATTEST: CLERK CHAIRMAN 13 AUG 141980 BOOK : PAUut 3.34 AUG 14 1980 BOOK 44 PACE 334 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RECONVENED AT 2:25 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. ':��� 11. : �= :111►:. ► �..�� �� ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PROPERTY AP- PRAISER HAS INDICATED AN ASSESSED VALUE FOR THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE SOUTH BEACH WATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT OF $6,925,830, AND, THEREFORE, ONE MILL WOULD RAISE $6,900. THE ATTORNEY CONTINUED THAT THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATED THE COST TO TAKE A 12" LINE 2400' SOUTH OF THE STUB DOWN TO TAMARAC LANE WOULD BE $104,953. TWENTY-TWO OF THE 27 EXISTING RESIDENCES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THAT AREA. HE REPORTED THAT HE ALSO HAS FIGURES FOR TAKING THE LINE ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH COUNTY LINE, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL 5,500', AND NOTED THAT THE BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO LEVY UP TO A 3 MILL CAP. COMMISSIONER LYONS DISCUSSED RAISING FUNDS BY THE ASSESS- MENT METHOD. HE COMMENTED THAT THE EXISTING RESIDENTS VERY MUCH DESIRE WATER, AND IT APPARENTLY WOULD COST THEM SOMETHING LESS THAN $5,000 APIECE. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE ENGINEERS FIGURED THE COST BASED ON A 12" LINE IN ORDER TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS; THAT ALSO WOULD BE THE MINIMUM SIZE TO SUPPLY THE CAPACITY NECESSARY FOR FIRE HYDRANTS, COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WAS IN FAVOR OF PUTTING IN THE LARGE LINE IF WE DO ANYTHING, AND HE BELIEVED IT WOULD JUSTIFY THE LEVY ON THE PROPERTY. ATTORNEY COLLINS SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD 00 AHEAD WITH A 3 MILL LEVY. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DISCUSSED LEVYING J. MILL AND GOING TO THE ASSESSMENT ROLL. ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE ASSESSMENT GOING UP THE STREETS, BUT WHAT WE NOW ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THE MAIN LINE DOWN; HE NOTED THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN ASSESSMENT ON THE LINE DOWN AS WELL AS ASSESSMENTS ON THE STREETS GOING OFF THE MAIN LINE. _ = 14 COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT WE CAN'T ASSESS THE TOTAL PROPERTY FOR THE MINIMUM LINE TO BEGIN WITH, BUT THE ATTORNEY SAW NO REASON THAT COULDNIT BE DONE. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER WODTKE, TO LEVY A 3 MILL ASSESSMENT ON THE SOUTH BEACH WATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT. COMMISSIONER Loy INQUIRED ABOUT THE FIGURES FOR THE ADDI- TIONAL LINE NEEDED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH COUNTY LINE. ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO APPROXI- MATELY $200,000; S0, THE TOTAL PACKAGE TO REACH THE SOUTH COUNTY LINE WOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF $300,000. COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT RATHER THAN LEVYING THE 3 MILLS, IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO ADOPT A BUDGET OF $20,000. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON POINTED OUT THAT YOU WOULDN'T GET THE ENTIRE $20,000 BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS WHO PAY THEIR BILLS EARLY GET A DISCOUNT. COMMISSIONER LYONS DISCUSSED CHANGING HIS MOTION TO SET A BUDGET OF $15,000 RATHER THAN THE 3 MILLS BECAUSE WE DONT KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE PROPERTY VALUATION IS, AND HE FELT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LET THEM HAVE ENGINEERING COSTS AND OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LAUNCHING THE PROJECT. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE HAVE VOLUNTEERED SOME INITIAL FUNDING, BUT IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO CARRY THE PROJECT FORWARD. COMMISSIONER LYONS WITHDREW HIS MOTION AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE WITHDREW HIS SECOND. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COM- MISSIONER WODTKE, TO APPROVE A TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE SOUTH BEACH WATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT OF $15,000 NET. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT APPARENTLY THEN THE IDEA FOR RAISING THE REMAINDER WOULD EITHER BE BY ASSESSMENT OR SOME SORT OF BOND PROGRAM, 15 AUG 141990 �ooK 44 PA'A35 AUG 141990 BOOK 44 PACS 336 DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS' INTEREST IN OBTAINING WATER AND THEIR POSSIBLE REACTION TO 3 MILLS, PARTICU- LARLY THOSE WHO WOULDN'T BE GETTING THE WATER RIGHT AWAY. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED AT 2:35 O'CLOCK P.M. AND RECONVENED AT 4:08 O'CLOCK P.M. ACTING AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT.