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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/2/1980THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1980 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN SPECI 1053 20TH PLACE, VERO AT 5:01 O'CLOCK P.M. ALMA LEE Loy, VICE CH AND PATRICK B. LYONS. ADMINISTRATOR; GEORGE AL SESSION AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BEACH, FLORIDA, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 19801 PRESENT WERE WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., CHAIRMAN; AIRMAN; WILLIAM C. WODTKE, .JR.; R. DON DEESON; ALSO PRESENT WERE NEIL A. NELSON, COUNTY G. COLLINS, .JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; .JEFFREY K. BARTON, FINANCE OFFICER; AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING HEARINGS ON THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS UNDER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY THE MEMBERS WHO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPLAINED TO THOSE PRESENT THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE HEARINGS, WHICH WILL BE AS SET OUT IN THE FOLLOWING MEMO FROM ATTORNEY COLLINS: M E M OR A N D U M TO: All Members of the Board of County Commissioners FROM: George G. Collins,Jr. DATE: October 1, .1980 1. First issue: (a) Percentage increase in millage over rolled back rate. (b) Purpose tax revenues are being increased. (c) Hear all comments from public and explain. 2. Discuss and adopt millage prior to budget. 3. Publically announce the percentage by which the recomputed proposed millage rate exceeds rolled back rate. 4. Adopt millage then budget. 5. Re: Fire District - Discuss Tax Anticipation Note and authorize. OCT 2190 �Do 44 PACE 705 OCT 21980 Bou 4-4, ;,PAGE 706 CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED TO THOSE PRESENT THAT SOME PEOPLE APPARENTLY FEEL IT IS MANDATORY THAT THEY ATTEND THIS MEETING. HE EXPLAINED THAT ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT THIS HEARING WILL BE WELCOME, BUT IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO ATTEND. THE CHAIRMAN THEN INTRODUCED FINANCE OFFICER BARTON. MR. BARTON DISCUSSED THE GENERAL FUND. HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE TOTAL DOLLARS IN THE GENERAL FUND HAVE NOT CHANGED. THERE WAS, HOWEVER, ONE LINE TO LINE ITEM TRANSFERRED FROM CONTINGENCY TO THE STATE ATTORNEYS BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,250 AS APPROVED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, BUT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE TOTAL DOLLARS OF THE BUDGET. THE ROLLED BACK MILLAGE IS FOR THE THREE AREAS FOR GENERAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT WILL BE ASSESSED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. MR. BARTON EXPLAINED THAT ROLLED BACK MILLAGE IS THIS YEAR S ASSESSED VALUE DIVIDED INTO THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR. HE STATED THAT FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE TRANSPORTATION FUND AND THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE of 1959, THE PROPOSED MILLAGE ASSESSMENT IS A DECREASE OF 22.5% OVER LAST YEAR, AND THE PROPOSED MILLAGES FOR THOSE FUNDS ARE AS FOLLOWS; GENERAL FUND 3.30239 TRANSPORTATION FUND 0.00001 '59 OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE 0.04239 TOTAL 3.34479 THOSE THREE MILLAGES ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE ASSESSED COUNTYWIDE TO EVERY PARCEL OF LAND. MR, BARTON EXPLAINED THAT THE DECREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND IS DUE TO SOME SWITCHING OF FUNDS AND SOME SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED THE ATTORNEY IF WE ADOPT THE MILLAGE INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH OF THESE FUNDS, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THE MILLAGES CAN ALL BE READ AND ADOPTED IN ONE MOTION AT THE POINT WHEN THE BOARD IS READY TO ADOPT THEM. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THE PUBLIC IS LOOKING AT A TOTAL TAX DOLLARS BILL AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE TOO MANY WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONLY ONE FUND. HE DISCUSSED POSSIBLY GOING THROUGH ALL THE FUNDS AND THEN OPENING THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC. ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT TO KEEP IT LOGICAL, WE MUST KEEP THE FUNCTIONS SEPARATE, AND HE RECOMMENDED THERE BE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AS SET OUT IN THE PROCEDURES. COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT THAT IS FINE AS LONG AS WE CAN EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONLY ONE PARTICULAR FUND IN THE TOTAL OF THEIR TAX BILL. BASICALLY WE HAVE A 22.5% DECREASE IN THE MILLAGE RATE IN THIS PARTICULAR FUND FROM PROPOSED TO LAST YEAR S ACTUAL. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED THIS IS MISLEADING BECAUSE THOSE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN PUT OVER INTO OTHER PLACES AND THE TOTAL RESULT IS AN INCREASE IN OTHER FUNDS. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NOW LIKE THE COMMISSION TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE THREE FUNDS JUST ADDRESSED AND OPENED THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC INPUT. FRED MORGAN OF IXORA PARK INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HIS HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR LESS THAN $10,000; HE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, GOT A PERMIT FOR A DRIVEWAY, ETC., AND HE WAS RAISED TO $14,000. NOW LAST YEAR, AFTER TURNING 65, GOING ON SOCIAL SECURITY, AND GETTING A $10,000 EXEMPTION. HE GOT A NEW NOTICE AND HIS VALUATION WAS RAISED FROM $14,000 TO $23,000. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED THIS IS CONFUSING. HE INFORMED MR. MORGAN THAT THE EVALUATION OF HIS PROPERTY IS NOT A FUNCTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THEY DO NOT PLACE VALUES ON ANY PROPERTY; THAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. COMMISSIONER LYONS REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCEDURE FROM THESE APPRAISALS, AND AFTER YOUR FINAL APPRAISAL IS RECEIVED, YOU CAN MAKE AN APPEAL TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENT BOARD. 3 �ooK 44 pacE 7u OCT 2198p OCT 21980 B -bo .44 Pacf 708 CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REPEATED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS IS HAVING HEARINGS AS IT RELATES TO TAXES - NOT THE ASSESS- MENTS. A GENTLEMAN IN THE AUDIENCE INQUIRED WHY THEY WERE TOLD TO COME HERE BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. PROPERTY APPRAISER LAW CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND FELT THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE TOLD. HE CONTINUED THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS OFFICE WERE THAT IF SOMEONE CALLED ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE APPRAISAL, THEY WERE TOLD THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WOULD REVIEW IT, BUT IF THE CALLER COMPLAINED ABOUT TAXES, THEY WERE REFERRED TO THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT TAXES, DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS CALLED, AND COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED THAT THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE TRIM NOTICE, WHICH WAS PUT ON US BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, REQUIRED THAT THE NUMBERS TO CALL WERE THOSE OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THE TAX COLLECTOR. SHE NOTED THAT THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE IS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS PROCEDURE, AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY HIS OFFICE. CLIFFORD FERGUSON,OF 4368 33RD AVENUE, INQUIRED IF YOU DON'T PAY TAXES ACCORDING TO THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT IT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO FACTORS; THE PROPERTY APPRAISER PLACES THE VALUE, AND THE MILLAGE RATE APPLIED TO THE PROPERTY VALUE IS THE COMBINATION THAT DETERMINES YOUR TAX. THE BOARD TAKES THE VALUES SET BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND APPLIES A MILLAGE RATE TO THEM SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT OUR BUDGET.., THIS BOARD SETS THE TAX RATE. HUGH THOMPSON, 645 BEACHLAND BOULEVARD, FELT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THOSE PRESENT IN GENERAL IF WE REALLY HAD A BASIC UNDERSTANDING. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GENERAL PICTURE OF WHAT IS GOING ON - I.E., HERE IS WHAT THE TAX WAS LAST YEAR AND HERE IS THE INCREASE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE CALLED THE OFFICES LISTED AND COULD NOT GET CORRECT INFORMATION. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE COULD UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC'S PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE HE CANNOT READ THE TRIM NOTICE EITHER. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE BOARD NOW WILL GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN THE INCREASES, ETC., IN THE VARIOUS FUNDS AND NOTED THAT WE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE DECREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND, FINANCE OFFICER BARTON INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT LAST YEAR WE ASSESSED AND RECEIVED, IN TAX DOLLARS, $4,503,743 FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR IS $4,410,000, OR A $93,000 DECREASE. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE GENERAL FUND COVERS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS A BOARD, THEIR SALARIES, EXPENDITURES, ETC.; THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE; THE FINANCE OFFICE AND DATA PROCESSING; LEGAL COUNSEL, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING; THE COURT SYSTEM AND THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT; A PORTION OF THE SHERIFFS BUDGET; THE COUNTY JAIL; CIVIL DEFENSE; THE AMBULANCE SQUADS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VETERANS SERVICES; THE GENERAL CATEGORY OF COUNTY HEALTH; WELFARE; LIBRARY; AND PARKS AND RECREATION. THESE ARE ALL SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS. MR. BARTON THEN REVIEWED THE TRANSPORTATION FUND, NOTING THAT IT IS FOR THE ROAD SYSTEM WITHIN THE COUNTY, AND WE ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO TYPES OF SYSTEMS - THE COLLECTOR SYSTEM AND THE LOCAL SYSTEM, THE COLLECTOR SYSTEM IS TO BE PAID FOR BY ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS. HE REPORTED THAT WE ARE ASSESSING $100 COUNTYWIDE AND THE BALANCE OF THE MONEY IS FROM OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE. BASICALLY, WE HAVE RECEIVED ENOUGH STATE REVENUES TO FUND THE COLLECTOR SYSTEM OF ROADS, THIS IS SUCH ROADS AS 512, 510, 20TH AVENUE, 27TH AVENUE, AND OLD DIXIE. MR. BARTON NEXT EXPLAINED THE 1959 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE, AND INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THE VOTERS AND FREEHOLDERS AUTHORIZED THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN 1959 TO BUILD WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE OLD COUNTY HOSPITAL, NOW TO BE THE NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER. WE ARE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THIS BOND ISSUE. WE MUST ASSESS ANNUALLY ENOUGH TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST DUE. LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED $40,000, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE ASKING FOR $57,000. EACH YEAR AS THE ISSUE GETS OLDER, THERE IS MORE PRINCIPAL DUE AND A LITTLE LESS INTEREST, AND THE LAST FEW YEARS, ITS JUMPS $15,000 MORE IN PRINCIPAL, BUT THE INTEREST DOES NOT DROP ACCORDINGLY. goo 44 P'' GE 709 OCT 2 1980 5 OCT 21980 Boor 44 pAcE. 710 CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED THAT FINANCE OFFICER BARTON NEXT REVIEW THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE FUND AND NOTED THAT IF YOU LIVE WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY YOU DO NOT PAY ANYTHING INTO THIS FUND, BUT YOU DO IF YOU LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THE GENERAL PURPOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICES FUND IS FOR THOSE SERVICES BEING SUPPLIED EXCLUSIVELY TO THOSE LIVING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY, WHO ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO WILL PAY THIS MILLAGE. THIS FUND WAS CREATED DUE TO LAWSUITS WHERE RESIDENTS IN MUNICIPALITIES HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM IN REGARD TO DUAL TAXATION. THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED WE MUST CHARGE INDIVIDUALS FOR SERVICES BEING RENDERED TO THEM EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEIR BENEFIT. LAST YEAR WE DID NOT ASSESS A MILLAGE UNDER THIS CATEGORY S0, AS FAR AS ROLLBACK, THERE WAS NONE AND IT IS A 100% INCREASE. THE BOARD IS ASKING FOR A MILLAGE OF 2.10523. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT THIS FUND IS THE ONE THE PEOPLE SHOULD PAY THE MOST ATTENTION T0, IT REFLECTS THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN MILLAGE IF YOU LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. THE REASON FOR IT IS SUPREME COURT ACTION RE DUAL TAXATION, AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA WILL SEE A BIG INCREASE. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON EXPLAINED THAT WE DID HAVE A CONSULTANT WORK WITH US GOING OVER THE SERVICES AND SETTING UP THE BUDGET. HE NOTED THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST ITEMS IN THIS BUDGET IS PART OF THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET. THERE ARE CERTAIN FUNCTIONS WITH THE JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL RESIDENTS; A BASE AMOUNT WAS SET UP THAT WOULD BE CHARGED TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND ANYTHING OVER THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE CHARGED TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS FOR THE INCREASE IN PATROL SURVEILLANCE WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. OTHER ITEMS ARE FINANCIAL ADMINIS- TRATION - PLANNING & ZONING - LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRE FROM THE STAND- POINT OF WHAT WE PAY THE STATE FOR THE FORESTRY SERVICE FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA - INSPECTIONS, REFUSE DISPOSAL, THE LOCAL SYSTEMS OF ROADS (THESE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISIONS � � O WHICH THE COUNTY MAINTAINS) AND A PORTION OF WELFARE AND PARKS AND RECREATION, WHERE THE COUNTY IS MAKING PAYMENTS TO THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES SO THAT THOSE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AS TO THE FEES THEY PAY TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE PROGRAMS, THIS WILL REQUIRE $1,446,700 IN AD VALOREM TAXES. THE NEXT DISTRICT TO BE DISCUSSED WAS THE NORTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS THE GOVERNMENTAL BOARD OF THE NORTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, WHICH IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS. MR. BARTON INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THESE DISTRICTS ONLY COVER CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTY, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT PERTAINS TO ANYONE LIVING IN THE AREA NORTH OF HOBART ROAD, EAST OF I-95, NORTH TO THE COUNTY LINE, EAST TO THE INDIAN RIVER, AND PLUS THE DEVELOPED AREA AROUND FELLSMERE, WHICH IS WEST OF I-95. MR. BARTON REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO ASSESSMENT LAST YEAR SO THE PROPOSED INCREASE IS 100%. WE ARE ANTICIPATING RAISING $56,000 FROM THIS DISTRICT TO FUND THE ROSELAND, SEBASTIAN AND FELLSMERE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE IS 1/2 OF 1 MILL OR 50� PER $1,000 OF ASSESSED VALUATION. MR. BARTON CONTINUED THAT THE WEST INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE UNIT COVERS THE PORTION OF THE COUNTY WEST OF I-95 FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE, OTHER THAN THE LITTLE PORTION AROUND FELLSMERE. THIS IS TO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICES WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, AND IT ALSO IS A 100% INCREASE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DID.NOT EXIST LAST YEAR. THE TAXES TO BE ASSESSED ARE $29,412, AND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE WOULD BE .38229. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NEXT BROUGHT UP THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE ONE JUST PASSED BY REFERENDUM VOTE OF THE TAXPAYERS. IT IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY I-95, ON THE NORTH BY HOBART ROAD, SOUTH TO THE COUNTY LINE AND CONTAINS ALL THE BARRIER ISLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND ORCHID. OCT 21980 7 L - BOOK - - 44 PAGE 711. 1 OCT 21990 $ooK 44 PAGE712' 12 MR. BARTON REPORTED THAT THIS ALSO IS A 100% INCREASE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DID NOT EXIST LAST YEAR. THE DISTRICT INTENDS TO LEVY $2,308,000 TO FUND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH COUNTY DISTRICT, AND IT WILL REQUIRE A MILLAGE OF 2.37591. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT THIS ACTUALLY IS A TRANSFER OF TAX RESPONSIBILITY; IT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND NOW IS ALL IN THE COUNTY BUDGET, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON FOR THE INCREASE IN THE COUNTY TAX LEVY. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON GAVE A SUMMARY OF HOW THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT BY THE DISTRICT. THE BUDGET CALLS FOR $1,898,2431 FOR OPERATIONS (SALARIES, FRINGE BENEFITS, TELEPHONE, TRAINING, MAINTE— NANCE OF VEHICLES, BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING, CHARGES FOR FIRE HYDRANTS, ALL TYPES OF GENERAL LIABILITY, ETC.); THE CAPITAL BUDGET TO BUILD TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS IN THE FIRST YEAR IS $306,400. MR. BARTON NEXT REPORTED THAT THE SOUTH BEACH MUNICIPAL SERVICE WATER TAXING UNIT IS THE AREA OF THE BARRIER ISLAND SOUTH OF THE MOORINGS TO THE COUNTY LINE. THIS IS A NEW DISTRICT SO THE PROPOSED INCREASE IS 100%. IT CALLS FOR $17,647 AD VALOREM TAX TO BE GENERATED AND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE IS 2.50202. A GENTLEMAN IN THE AUDIENCE QUESTIONED THE HIGH RATE OF MILLAGE TO RAISE $17,000, AND MR. BARTON POINTED OUT THAT THE AREA IS VERY SMALL; THERE ARE ONLY 27 HOUSES IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY WANT WATER, MR. BARTON CONTINUED THAT LAURELWOOD STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT CREATED TO PAY FOR SERVICES OF STREET LIGHTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT S BOUNDARIES — BASICALLY IT IS THE LAND BEING DEVELOPED BY LAUREL BUILDERS, KNOWN AS LAURELWOOD SUBDIVISION. THE ADVERTISED ROLLBACK IS A DECREASE OF 9.2%. THE AD VALOREM TAX IS $1,925. HE EXPLAINED THAT TO KEEP THE MILLAGE SOMEWHAT EVEN, THE DEVELOPER IS FUNDING THE DIFFERENCE SO THEY DON T HAVE A TAX INCREASE UNTIL THE WHOLE DISTRICT IS DEVELOPED. THIS IS SOLELY TO PAY FOR STREET LIGHTS; IT ONLY AFFECTS LAURELWOOD; AND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE Is .51422. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON NOTED THAT THE ROCKRIDGE STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT IS FOR THE SAME PURPOSE. THE INCREASE IN ROCKRIDGE IS 51.2%, THE TAX DOLLARS NEEDED $2,953. AND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE ,65711, MR. BARTON ANNOUNCED THAT WITH THIS RESUME, ALL THE VARIOUS BUDGETS UNDER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN COVERED, COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT THEIR TRIM NOTICE TO EXPLAIN THAT THE ITEMS MR, BARTON HAS TALKED ABOUT ARE INCLUDED UNDER THE LABEL "COUNTY GOVERN- MENT." HE ASKED IF THE FIRE DISTRICTS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN "OTHER." FINANCE OFFICER BARTON INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LAW READS, IF WE SHOULD DECIDE TO ASSESS A RATE HIGHER THAN ORIGINALLY SET OUT IN THE NOTICE, THEN THE NOTICES WOULD HAVE TO BE SENT OUT AGAIN TO ALL LAND OWNERS AFFECTED. AT THE TIME WE SENT THE INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED ON THE NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE, IT WAS BEFORE THE ELECTION CREATING THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT! THEREFORE, WE SENT TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER THE INFORMATION FOR FIRE SERVICES IF THE REFERENDUM PASSED AND FOR FIRE SERVICES IF THE REFERENDUM DID NOT PASS SO THAT WE COULD COME DOWN FROM THE FIGURES STATED ON THOSE NOTICES. WE COULD COME DOWN ON THE FIGURES, BUT COULD NOT GO UP WITHOUT SENDING THE NOTICES OUT AGAIN, AND THE COST JUST FOR POSTAGE TO SEND THESE NOTICES TO COUNTY RESIDENTS WAS $7,500. WHEN THE REFERENDUM PASSED CREATING THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, THE BACKUP FIRE LEVY OF .72 MILLS WAS DROPPED FROM OUR BUDGET. THIS MILLAGE,WHICH WOULD HAVE GENERATED AROUND $400,000, WILL NOT BE ASSESSED. THE CITY ALSO HAD A LEVY IN THEIR BUDGET FOR THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY TO OPERATE THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY NOW HAVE ROLLED BACK THAT MILLAGE. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THAT .72 IS LISTED ON THE TRIM NOTICE UNDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT OR IF THAT IS LISTED IN "OTHER." PROPERTY APPRAISER LAW INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS WOULD BE LISTED IN "OTHER." HE EXPLAINED THAT "OTHER" TAKES IN ALL OF THE SMALL DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT ITEMIZED AT THE TOP OF THE NOTICE, AND IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED. OUR COUNTY IS SPLIT IN OCT 21980 9 eooK 44 Pace 713 r OCT 21984 WX 44 FACE 714 MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WITH TAXING DISTRICTS; THERE ARE ABOUT 22 OF THEM THIS YEAR, AND IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE AS TO WHICH ONE OF THESE TAXES APPLIES TO YOUR PROPERTY. ATTORNEY COLLINS BELIEVED ITEMS (A) AND (B) UNDER PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY COVERED AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS TO HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND. HE NOTED THAT IN THE MULTI PURPOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICE FUND, BASICALLY THERE ARE TWO VERY EXPENSIVE ITEMS - THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET AND ROAD & BRIDGE'S BUDGET. DUE TO THE CITIES TAKING COUNTIES TO COURT, IT HAS BEEN RULED THAT WE MUST ALLOCATE THE DOLLARS TO WHERE THEY ARE USED. WE, THEREFORE, HAD TO TAKE THE GREAT BULK OF THE ROAD & BRIDGE BUDGET AND THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET AND ONLY TAX THOSE PEOPLE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU WILL NOTICE $25,000 ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS. THAT AFFECTS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PORTION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS. HE EMPHASIZED THAT EVERYONE PRESENT COULD BE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION ACCORDING TO WHERE THEY LIVE. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON EXPLAINED THAT THE TRIM BILL IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRUTH IN MILLAGE BILL PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE. THE DOCUMENT IS 99 PAGES LONG AND IT HAS 24 PAGES OF AMENDMENTS. WITHIN THAT BILL THEY OUTLINED THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND ALL TAXING AUTHORITIES AND OUTLINED THE NOTICE WHICH EVERYONE RECEIVED. IT ALSO SAYS THAT THE ASSESSED VALUES WILL BE 100%. IF YOUR PROPERTY APPRAISER HAD NOT COMPLETED THE CHANGE TO 100%, THERE WAS A PROCEDURE FOR AN INTERIM TAX ROLL, THE BOARD AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER JOINTLY FILED SUIT ASKING THAT THE COURT TAKE JURISDICTION OVER THE TAX ROLL FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND ALLOW US TO GO ON AN INTERIM ROLL PROCEDURE. THE VALUE SHOWN ON THE TRIM NOTICE IS LAST YEAR'S VALUE FOR YOUR PROPERTY PLUS ADJUSTMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATIONS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT WHEN THE FINAL ROLL COMES OUT, SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE AND SOME PEOPLE WILL BE GETTING A REFUND. L�J FINANCE OFFICER BARTON FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT IF YOU BUILT A NEW HOUSE AND MOVED IN IN 1979, YOUR LOT IS VALUED AT THE 1979 VALUE AND THE HOUSE AT ITS 1980 VALUE, ADDITIONS TO A HOME ARE AT 1980 VALUES. MR. BARTON CONTINUED TO EXPLAIN HOW VALUES WILL BE DETERMINED AND THE AFFECT OF THE ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, HE NOTED THAT NOT UNTIL ALL PROPERTY IS COMPLETELY REASSESSED, WILL THE FINAL NOTICES GO OUT FOR TAXES. APPEAL OF THE ASSESSMENT. THERE THEN WILL BE A PROCEDURE FOR COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT THE ASSESSED VALUES THAT WERE ON THE NOTICES RECEIVED ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS RESIDENTS WERE ASSESSED LAST YEAR, UNLESS IT WAS A NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY OR HAD ADDITIONS OR RENOVATIONS. PROPERTY APPRAISER LAW STATED THAT IS BASICALLY CORRECT, BUT THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE COURT IN ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS TO PUBLISH THE INTERIM ROLL USED THE WORDS "WHERE PRACTICAL" IN SOME SITUATIONS, IMPLYING WHERE THE PROPERTY APPRAISER HAD ALREADY WORKED AN AREA FOR 1980, IT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TO GO BACK AND UNDO WHAT ALREADY HAD BEEN DONE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE IS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE SENT OUT WITH THE 1980 VALUES THAT ALREADY HAD BEEN WORKED. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED FOR AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN THE FINAL ROLL WILL BE READY, AND MR. LAW STATED THAT THEY ARE UNDER COURT ORDER FOR .JANUARY 1, 1981, AND HE FELT THIS IS A REACHABLE GOAL. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGAIN EMPHASIZED THAT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS WITH THE BUDGET WE WILL HEAR THEM, BUT IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS AS TO THEIR VALUATIONS, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. COMMISSIONER Loy WISHED TO EMPHASIZE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE ACTUAL DOLLARS SET FORTH FOR THE VARIOUS BUDGETS WILL NOT CHANGE ONCE THEY ARE ADOPTED, IT IS THE MILLAGES THAT MAY CHANGE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT OPENED THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC AND ASKED IF ANYONE WISHED TO BE HEARD. HUGH THOMPSON, 645 BEACHLAND BLVD., HAD A SUGGESTION FOR NEXT YEAR. HE FELT THERE SHOULD BE PROJECTIONS AND SLIDES OR A 11 Bou 44 P�,cE 71 OCT 2 1980 OCT 21900 Boa ' 44 PAGE lis HANDOUT OF THE FIGURES JUST GONE OVER BY THE BOARD BECAUSE IT IS TOO DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW WHEN THEY ARE JUST READ OUT. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH THIS NEXT YEAR. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT IT IS A GOOD SUGGESTION AND HOPED IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. MR. THOMPSON ASKED IF THE ADDED CONDOMINIUM UNITS, BUSINESSES, ETC., WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THE ADDED TAX BURDEN; HE FELT SURE THERE WILL BE AN ADJUSTMENT. HE ASKED HOW THE OVERALL TAX THAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED, RELATES TO LAST YEAR IS TAX, AND HOW MUCH MORE WILL BE RAISED BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY. COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED HOW HIS GROCERY BILL IS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. MR. THOMPSON AGREED THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE GONE UP, BUT HE STILL POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME IN WHO ARE ADDING TO THE TAX ROLL. HE NOTED IN CALIFORNIA, TAXPAYERS HAVE TAKEN ACTION AND THEY ARE ELIMINATING SOME SERVICES. HE FELT IT IS OUT OF ORDER TO CONTINUE ADDING TAXES AND STATED THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP ON RAISING TAXES, HE FOR ONE, IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ELIMINATING SOMETHING. COMMISSIONER LYONS POINTED OUT THAT FOR ONE THING, THE BOARD HAS HAD A SERIES OF BUDGET HEARINGS WHERE THEY HAVE GONE OVER IN DETAIL EACH ITEM THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED HERE. HE NOTED THAT WE SPENT DAYS AND DAYS; WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED IF MR. THOMPSON HAD BEEN PRESENT; AND HE FELT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IF MR. THOMPSON HAD THE BACKGROUND OF THOSE BUDGET SESSIONS. MR. THOMPSON ASKED HOW MANY ATTENDED THESE SESSIONS, AND COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE ADVERTISED AND ONLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE SHOW UP. COMMISSIONER LYONS POINTED OUT THAT THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD ARE PEOPLE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. THEY ALL LIVE HERE AND PAY TAXES, AND THEY ALSO ARE INTERESTED IN HOLDING TAXES DOWN. HE FELT THE THING THAT IS HAPPENING IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE COST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE USE AND WORK WITH, ALL OF WHICH HAS GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY. HE ASSURED MR. THOMPSON THAT THIS BOARD SAT HERE AND SWEAT TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO HOLD THINGS DOWN. � - r MR. THOMPSON REITERATED THAT HIS QUESTION WAS HOW MUCH ADDED TAX AND HOW MUCH ADDED REVENUE CAN WE EXPECT FROM NEW THINGS THAT WERENIT TAXED LAST YEAR AND ARE NEW TO THE AREA. HE REALIZED WE HAVE TO PAY MORE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUES. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON STATED THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION FROM 1979 WAS 87-I/2 MILLION, AND THIS ONLY REPRESENTS 6% OF THE TOTAL. MR. THOMPSON STATED YOU ARE BRINGING IN A NEW 6%, AND HOW MUCH MORE TAX ARE YOU ASKING FOR. MR. BARTON POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS AND HE DOES NOT HAVE A BREAKDOWN WHERE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS THAT THE NEW 6% WONT BRING THE TAXES DOWN BECAUSE THE RATE OF INFLATION IS IN DOUBLE DIGITS, AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE COUNTY OPERATION USES A LOT OF OIL BASED SUPPLIES. HE CONTINUED THAT WE IMPACT THE TAXPAYER IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE EVER WILL AGAIN. A GREAT PORTION OF THOSE THINGS SUPPORTED BY A TAX BASE BY ALL THE COUNTY IN THE PAST NOW ARE BEING SUPPORTED SOLELY BY THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, AND THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON DISCUSSED DIVISION OF THE ROAD SYSTEM, NOTHING THAT WE HAVE BASICALLY 512 MILES OF ROADS, 111 MILES OF WHICH WERE HANDED BACK TO US BY THE STATE DURING THE LAST YEAR FOR US TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP WITH NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING; IN FACT, LESS THAN WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. ON THESE ARE ALL THE BRIDGES, AND WE MUST MAINTAIN AND INSPECT THOSE BRIDGES. THE INSPECTION FEES FOR WABASSO BRIDGE ALONE WERE AROUND $80,000. MR. THOMPSON REITERATED HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL IS BEING ASKED IN TAXES THIS YEAR IN TOTAL TAX DOLLARS? MR. BARTON STATED THAT THE TOTAL TAX INCLUDING ALL DISTRICTS NEWLY CREATED UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION WOULD BE $8,700,000; LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT $5,000,000. HE POINTED OUT 13 �QOK 44 PAcf 717 OCT 2 1980 _I OCT 21980 BOOK 44 PAGE 71-$ THAT PART OF THIS WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE CITY FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT. IF THE CITY WENT THEIR OWN WAY AND HAD NOT JOINED IN THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO ASSESS 4 MILLS, OR ALMOST $2,000,000. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED THAT ABOUT $1,800,000 WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND GIVEN TO THE COUNTY. HE NOTED THAT OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP OF AD VALOREM TAXES PLUS OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE,- AND WHEN OTHER REVENUE GOES DOWN, AD VALOREM GOES UP. THE CHAIRMAN COMMENTED THAT THE SHERIFFS BUDGET WAS THE MOST INCREASED OF ANY; IT WAS HEADLINED IN THE NEWSPAPERS; AND WHEN WE HEARD THAT BUDGET, NOT ONE PERSON SPOKE AGAINST IT, AND THE ROOM WAS LOADED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THE 87-1/2 MILLION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IS INCLUDED IN THE MAIL -OUTS, AND THE ONLY WAY THIS WILL CHANGE IS WHEN THE ASSESSMENTS GO TO 100%. HE ALSO DISCUSSED ROADS AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING LESS REVENUE FROM THE GAS TAX BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USING LESS GAS, AND IT IS BASED ON GALLONS NOT DOLLARS. HE EMPHASIZED THAT WE ARE GETTING LESS OTHER INCOME AND OUR COST OF LIVING IS GOING UP. THE STATE HAS PUT NEW PROGRAMS ON US WHICH WE HAVE TO FUND, AND IT MAKES IT HARD ON THE AD VALOREM TAXPAYER. BOB LINDSAY, OF 6585 12TH STREET, WISHED TO POINT OUT THE INEQUITY OF THE FIRE TAXING DISTRICT. HE NOTED THAT HE IS IN THE CITRUS BUSINESS AND NOTED THAT WHEN YOU LEVY TAXES FOR A PARTICULAR AREA WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THE STATE SETS FORTH, THOSE DOLLARS ARE TO BE SPENT BACK IN THE AREA THEY ARE LEVIED FROM. HE STATED THERE IS NO WAY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WILL BE PAID BY THE CITRUS GROWERS CAN BE PROVIDED BACK IN SERVICES, HE NOTED THAT THEY CALL THE FORESTRY SERVICE IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, AND THEY ARE ALSO TAXED FOR THAT. MR. LINDSAY HAD NO COMPLAINT ABOUT ASSESSMENT BY THE DISTRICT ON THE RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE HE LIVES BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THE PROTECTION IS NEEDED THERE, BUT FELT IT IS A GROSS INEQUITY ON THE CITRUS GROWERS WHO CAN T RECEIVE THE VALUE BACK IN SERVICES. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT REFUTE THAT BECAUSE HE IS IN THE CITRUS BUSINESS, TOO. HE FELT THE SAME ARGU- MENT HOLDS TRUE FOR EVERY SERVICE THAT IS PROVIDED. THERE ARE INEQUITIES, AND THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. ATTORNEY COLLINS BELIEVED IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS SOME ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND THE LINES OF THE DISTRICT WERE DELIBERATELY SET EAST OF 1-95 SO THAT THE AGRICULTURE AREA WEST OF 1-95 WOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR THAT BURDEN. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT THE BOARD IS WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE CITRUS GROWERS DON T NEED AS MUCH SERVICE AND THAT I.S WHY THE BOUNDARIES WERE SET AS THEY ARE. MR. LINDSEY FELT THE MILLAGE SHOULD BE LESS ON AN AGRICULTURAL AREA THAN ON A RESIDENTIAL AREA. MR. BARTON POINTED OUT THAT THEIR ASSESSMENT IS LESS BECAUSE OF THE "GREEN BELT" LAW. ATTORNEY COLLINS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IN PLANNING SUCH DISTRICTS, THE BOARD IS LOOKING 20 YEARS AHEAD. MR. LINDSEY ASKED WHAT STEPS CAN BE TAKEN TO REMEDY THE INEQUITY, AND COMMISSIONER LYONS DID NOT KNOW, BUT EMPHASIZED THAT THEY DO HAVE AN AGRICULTURAL EVALUATION. N. R. BACH, OF 735 STARBOARD DRIVE, BROUGHT UP THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, AND ASKED MR, BARTON TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS .72 MILLS THAT APPEAR UNDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT WILL NOT BE FIGURED IN THE FINAL TAX BILL. MR, BARTON STATED THAT THIS .72 MILLS IS LISTED UNDER "OTHER," AND IT WILL NOT BE FIGURED IN THE FINAL BILL. MR. BACH STATED THAT HE RECOGNIZED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE A COMPARISON, BUT CONTINUED THAT THIS IS THE WAY HE UNDERSTANDS IT: IN 1979 FOR THE GENERAL FUND LINE ITEM, THE COUNTY EXPENDED 4.57 MILLION AND IN 1980 THAT IS NOW 4.41 MILLION, BUT YOU HAVE TO ADD TO THAT THE NEW MUNICIPAL SERVICE FUND FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA BECAUSE YOU ARE COVERING BASICALLY THE SAME SERVICES. HE UNDERSTOOD THERE IS 1.446 MILLION IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR THOSE SERVICES; 15 eoaK 44 -Fac-E719 OCT 21980 OCT 21900 Boox 44 PAGE720 SO, IF YOU ADD 4.41 MILLION AND 1.446 MILLION, YOU COME UP WITH A COMPARABLE TOTAL OF AN INCREASE OF SOMEWHERE AROUND 27% WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ANY ADDITIONAL TAX BASE FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION. IF YOU TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, YOU GET OVER 30%. IT, THEREFORE, STRUCK HIM THAT WE ARE TALKING AN INCREASE.IN THE GENERAL FUND OF 30%, OR ABOUT TWICE THE RATE OF INFLATION. MR. BACH STATED THAT KIND OF AN INCREASE RAISES A RED FLAG TO HIM AND HE CANNOT BE SURE THAT IT IS JUSTIFIED. ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED THAT HE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT IN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE DISTRICT THE MONEY FOR THAT LAST YEAR WAS SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND INCLUDED IN THE TAX BASE OF VERO BEACH, INDIAN RIVER SHORES, SEBASTIAN, FELLSMERE AND SEBASTIAN. THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE ARE MANDATED, THOSE ITEMS HAD TO BE PULLED OUT. WE ARE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT INCREASES, BUT SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO BE PLACED ON US. MR. BACH CONTINUED THAT HIS FIGURES, AND HE BELIEVED THEY ARE CORRECT, SHOW THAT LAST YEAR THOSE SERVICES COST 4.57 MILLION AND THIS YEAR THEY ARE GOING TO COST 5.86 MILLION, AND THAT'S WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ANY ADDITIONAL TAX BASE, WITHOUT THAT INCREASE, IT COMES TO ABOUT 26%, AND THIS IS WHAT RAISES THE RED FLAG AND CONCERNS HIM AS A CITIZEN. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAD TO AGREE WITH MR. BACH'S COMPARISON, BUT NOTED THAT MR. BACH ACTUALLY IS COMPARING DOLLARS AND NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHERE THEY ARE COLLECTED. THE CHAIRMAN AGREED THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE, BUT STATED THAT HE HAD TO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY JUST TO SUPPORT THE SERVICES. HE ASKED THAT MR. BACH NOT TO FORGET THE ROADS, THE INCREASE IN THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET, AND IN ADDITION THE FACT THAT WE NOW ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM AN AUDIT ON EVERY DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR. THE STATE USED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO PROVIDE IT, AND IT IS GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE. MR. BACH DID NOT FEEL THERE IS ANYONE WHO WOULD DENY THE COST OF GOVERNMENT HAS GONE UP. IT IS A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH IS REASONABLE, AND HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH A 26% MINIMUM INCREASE. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD BE HAPPY IF HE COULD GET A STATEMENT THAT THE BOARD IS CONCERNED ABOUT A 26% INCREASE. THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT THEY WERE DEFINITELY CON- CERNED ABOUT THE INCREASE. COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGISLATORS WHO GIVE US THESE THINGS AND CONTINUE TO ERODE THE BASE, FLORA SHELLEY, 4261 26TH AVENUE, STATED IT APPEARS THAT WITH THE NEW TAXES THE BOARD IS TALKING ABOUT, THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS ARE GOING TO PAY MORE TAXES; IT IS THESE AREAS THAT CONTAIN THE PEOPLE LEAST ABLE TO PAY THE TAX, AND THEY ALSO GET THE LEAST SERVICES. SHE FELT THERE SHOULD AT LEAST BE A GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE TO COMPLAIN TO WHEN THESE SERVICES ARE NOT DELIVERED. MS. SHELLEY CONTINUED THAT WHEN YOU CALL THE ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT, NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO ONE TO COMPLAIN TO. SHE ASKED WHY JOHN'S ISLAND AND ORCHID WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE PAYING CITY TAXES. HE NOTED THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH PAY FOR THE CITY POLICE AND PART OF THE SHERIFF`S DEPARTMENT, THEY DO NOT FEEL THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED TO THE PEOPLE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS. MR. SHELLEY AGREED THAT THE UNINCORPORATED AREA SHOULD PAY IF THEY GET THE SERVICES, BUT REITERATED THAT THEY DO NOT GET THE SERVICES. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE DOLLARS WE HAVE AND NOTED IF MS. SHELLEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES OR NUMBER OF ROAD GRADERS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET UP TO THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AS THE CITY, SHE WOULD BE FACING A MUCH HIGHER TAX. OCT 21990 17 BOCK- 44 PAGE 2I OCT 21980 BOOK 44 PAGE 722 MS. SHELLEY STATED THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT UNPAVED ROADS IN GIFFORD AND THE SCRAPING OF THEM, SHE NOTED THAT A STATEMENT WAS MADE ABOUT THE COST OF BRIDGE REPAIRS AND ASKED WHAT REPAIRS COULD BE MADE TO THE WABASSO BRIDGE. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED HER THAT WE HAD A COST OF OVER $6,000 TO REPAIR NAVIGATION LIGHTS ON THE WABASSO BRIDGE THAT WERE .KNOCKED OUT BY VANDALS. COMMISSIONER LYONS INFORMED MS. SHELLEY IF SHE DID NOT GET SATISFACTORY SERVICE FROM HER PHONE CALLS, SHE SHOULD CALL THE ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTLY OR CALL MRS. FORLANI, THE BOARDS SECRETARY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE TREATED RIGHT. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WAS SURE MS. SHELLEY'S COMPLAINT WAS JUSTIFIED BUT FELT IT HAS BEEN A RARE CASE WHEN SOMEONE HAS CALLED ROAD & BRIDGE AND HAS NOT GOTTEN A REPLY OR AN ANSWER. HE FELT THE GIRLS HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE HELPFUL. MS. SHELLEY STATED THAT THE LADY DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO REFER HER, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE REITERATED THAT IF MS. SHELLEY HAS ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS, SHE SHOULD CALL THE BOARDS SECRETARY OR ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. GERALD JACKSON OF 705 HARBOUR DRIVE HAD A QUESTION ON THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. HE STATED THAT HE VOTED FOR IT AND HE WAS A FIREMAN FOR 25 YEARS, BUT HE HAD A QUESTION AS TO THE EARLY ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS THAT WILL NOT RECEIVE SERVICES FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR, THE DISTRICT ANTICIPATES BUILDING AT LEAST TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS WHICH WILL INSURE QUICKER RESPONSE TIME, AND HIRING 20 ADDITIONAL MEN. MR. JACKSON STATED THAT HE LIVES IN THE MOORINGS, AND IT WILL BE THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY GET A NEW STATION ALTHOUGH HIS TAXES ARE GOING FROM $52.00 TO $416.00. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS NOTED THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES FUND IS ALSO INCLUDED IN HIS TAXES, AND THE .72 SHOULD BE DROPPED 18 OUT, WHICH WAS PUT IN THE NOTICE IN CASE THE REFERENDUM FOR THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT DID NOT PASS. MR. JACKSON STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIRE DISTRICTS ARE BEING TOTALLY FUNDED BY TAXES, AND THERE ARE NO BOND ISSUES BEING CONSIDERED. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED THERE ARE NO BONDS BEING CONSIDERED AT THE PRESENT TIME. MR. JACKSON EMPHASIZED HE WILL BE FUNDING SOMETHING WHERE HE WILL RECEIVE NO BENEFITS FOR THREE YEARS AND THE STATE MANDATES AN AREA CANNOT BE TAXED FOR SERVICES THAT ARE NOT RECEIVED. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT THIS IS BROKEN DOWN BY INCORPORATED VERSUS UNINCORPORATED. MR. JACKSON COMMENTED THAT THE NORTH COUNTY LEVY IS ONLY 1/2 MILL, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT ALL STATIONS IN THE NORTH COUNTY ARE MANNED BY VOLUNTEERS; THERE ARE NO PAID FIREMEN IN THE DISTRICT. ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT MR. JACKSON HAS A POINT. HE NOTED THAT IN ORDER TO GET THE DISTRICT SET UP THIS YEAR, IT WAS DONE THIS WAY, BUT THERE IS NO REASON WE CAN T HAVE A BOND ISSUE IN LATER YEARS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED WITH THE PREMISE OF BORROWING THE MONEY SO THAT PEOPLE WHO MOVE IN LATER CAN SHARE THE COST, AND HE BELIEVED THE FIRE DISTRICT SHOULD LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT LONG RANGE FUNDING FOR SOME CAPITAL ITEMS. MR. JACKSON COMMENTED THAT HIS TAXES HAVE DOUBLED - FROM $1,200 TO $2,400, AND HE REALIZED HE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. MARTIN EDSON OF 825 STARBOARD DRIVE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS TWO HOUSES - ONE IN THE CITY AND ONE IN THE COUNTY. HE NOTED THAT THE BOARD SAID THEY PICKED UP $1,$00,000 FROM THE CITY'S BUDGET, BUT HIS CITY TAXES ARE UP ALSO. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON INFORMED HIM THAT THE CITY ALSO HAD TO INCLUDE FIRE SERVICES IN CASE THE SOUTH COUNTY DISTRICT DID NOT 800K �� PAGE `%�J OCT 2190 19 OCT 21980 am 44 PACE 724 PASS, AND SINCE IT DID, LAST NIGHT THEY ROLLED THAT MILLAGE BACK SO HIS CITY TAXES SHOULD BE LESS. MR. EDSON NOTED THAT HE SERVED FOR OVER 15 YEARS IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, AND IT WAS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY THERE. IT SEEMS THAT HERE THINGS ARE BROKEN UP INTO DISTRICTS. IN BERGEN COUNTY, IT ALL GOES INTO ONE POT AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTY GET THE BENEFIT FROM WHAT IS IN SOME OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY. HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS DONE IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. COMMISSIONER LYONS EXPLAINED THAT THE ASSESSED VALUATION FOR THE DISTRICT IS THE ONLY THING USED TO RAISE THE TAXES FOR THAT DISTRICT, AND FINANCE OFFICER BARTON CONFIRMED THAT WE DO SEPARATE THE VALUES FOR THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. IN EACH DISTRICT, THEY ONLY COUNT THE PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPLAINED SOME OF THE REASONS WE HAVE TO SET UP DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, NOTING THAT THE NORTH COUNTY IS PROTECTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTEER FIREMEN, THE WEST COUNTY HAS VIRTUALLY NOTHING TO PROTECT, AND IN THE POPULATED AREA OF THE SOUTH COUNTY, WE HAVE TO PAY. IT WOULD NOT BE FAIR OTHERWISE. MR. EDSON CONTINUED TO ARGUE THAT PEOPLE IN THE CITY BENEFIT FROM COUNTY SERVICES. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE AGREED WITH THE GENTLE— MAN FROM NEW JERSEY, HE NOTED THAT IT USED TO BE IF YOU LIVED IN THE COUNTY YOU HAD A BASIC RESPONSIBILITY BUT IF YOU LIVED IN THE CITY, YOU EXPECTED CERTAIN SERVICES, AND YOU PAID MORE; IT IS NOT THAT WAY ANY MORE, HOWEVER. NOW THE COURTS SAY WE MUST SEPARATE OUR SERVICES, AND HE FELT OUR BUDGETARY PROBLEMS ARE BEING CAUSED BY DUAL TAXATION SUITS BY THE CITIES AGAINST THE COUNTIES, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE,T00, AGREED, AND IT IS NOT DUE TO COURT CASES, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF LEGISLATION PASSED REGARDING DUAL TAXATION. HE NOTED THAT COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT HE KNEW OF IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS BEEN TOLD THEY WILL SPEND THE MONEY WHERE THEY COLLECT IT, 20 MR. EDSON COMMENTED THAT IT IS NOT THAT WAY IN BERGEN COUNTY, AND THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT IT IS THAT WAY IN FLORIDA. MR. EDSON STATED THAT HE HAS THE FEELING THAT THE BOARD IS REALLY NOT IN ACCORD WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO D0, AND HE, THEREFORE, BELIEVED IT IS ABOUT TIME LOCAL OFFICIALS ORGANIZED WITH OTHER COUNTIES AND LOBBIED AGAINST THINGS THAT ARE PUT ON THEIR BACKS. COMMISSIONER LYONS INFORMED HIM THAT WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO LOBBY THESE THINGS, AND THERE IS ALSO A LEAGUE OF CITIES, BUT THIS LEGISLATURE IN THIS STATE SEEMS TO DECIDE THEY GAIN POINTS BY TELLING THE COUNTIES HOW TO OPERATE. HE NOTED THAT THE STUPID NOTICE RECEIVED BY THE CITIZENS, THE TRIM NOTICE, IS A CREATURE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND WE ARE HERE TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT. HE BELIEVED THE BOARD IS AS CONFUSED BY IT AS EVERYONE ELSE, HE CONFIRMED THAT WE ARE LOBBYING TO TELL THE STATE TO GET OUT OF OUR BUSINESS. WILLIAM KOOLAGE, OF 815 26TH AVENUE, NEXT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ANNOUNCED TO THOSE PRESENT THAT MR. KOOLAGE IS ONE OF THE FEW WHO COMES TO EVERY BUDGET MEETING. MR. KOOLAGE COMMENTED THAT THE TRIM NOTICE WITH WHICH EVERYONE PRESENT HAS BEEN PRESENTED WAS THE WORK OF THE STATE LEGIS- LATURE AND HE FELT THE THREE STATE SENATORS OF THIS DISTRICT AND THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN IT AND TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE CAUSED THE TAXPAYERS IN THIS COUNTY, HE URGED THE PEOPLE PRESENT TO SPEAK TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND LET THEM KNOW HOW WE FEEL. MR. KOOLAGE FELT THE COUNTY HAS DONE A FINE JOB IN DEVELOPING THEIR BUDGET, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HARDSHIPS THEY ARE WORKING UNDER, ALL CAUSED BY TALLAHASSEE. HE FELT IT IS GREAT THAT THE TAXPAYERS CAN COME HERE AND LET THE BOARD KNOW THEIR FEELINGS, AND NOTED IT IS T00 BAD THAT TALLAHASSEE IS SO FAR AWAY AND WASHINGTON EVEN FURTHER. MR. KOOLAGE HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE BUDGET AS IT NOW STANDS AND URGED ITS ADOPTION. HE POINTED OUT THAT NO ONE WILL 21 POQK 44 PAGE 725 BOOK 44 PAGE 726 ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR TAXES WILL BE UNTIL AFTER THE FINAL ROLL COMES OUT, AND STATED THAT HE ALSO HAS A LOT OF SYMPATHY WITH PROPERTY APPRAISER LAW AND WHAT HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS YEAR. SYLVIA KESINGER, OF DATE PALM ROAD, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE IS A RELATIVELY NEW MEMBER OF THE COUNTY ALTHOUGH SHE IS A NATIVE OF FLORIDA. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS EXPERIENCED IN INTER- GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL SO SHE DOES HAVE SOME BACKGROUND. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAS MIXED EMOTIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. FIRST, MS. KESINGER ASKED WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL INCREASE IN THE COUNTY'S BUDGET - NOT THE DOLLARS, BUT THE PERCENTAGE. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON NOTED THAT WE HAVE FIVE NEW DISTRICTS THIS YEAR, AND MS. KESINGER REITERATED THAT SHE WANTED THE TOTAL INCREASE, NOT IN DOLLARS, BUT PERCENTAGES. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT WHAT MS, KESINGER IS ASKING IS IN REGARD TO THE DOLLARS SPENT LAST YEAR BY THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMPARED TO THE DOLLARS TO BE SPENT THIS YEAR. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED WHAT DISTRICT MS. KESINGER WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND SHE REPLIED - THE TOTAL COUNTY BUDGET, ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED IF SHE MEANT INCLUDING THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, AND MR. KESINGER STATED THAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET THE BOARD IS PROPOSING - WHAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SHE FELT SURELY THE BOARD MUST KNOW THE INCREASE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, FINANCE OFFICER BARTON NOTED THAT IT IS NOT THE SAME APPLES AND ORANGES. YOU ARE NOT COMPARING LIKE ENTITIES. HE CONTINUED THAT IN OUR TOTAL BUDGET IN SOME OF THE FUNDS THERE ARE NO TAX DOLLARS AT ALL; WE HAVE A FOUR MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GOING ON = THE NEW ADMINISTRATION CENTER, AND THAT'S ALL FROM A BOND ISSUE THAT IS PLEDGED REVENUE FROM THE STATE; SO, WHEN YOU ADD THIS TOGETHER YOU CAN MAKE THE NUMBER ANYTHING YOU WANT. MS, KESINGER STATED IN THAT CASE SHE WOULD ADDRESS ONE OR TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS, AND ASKED WHY THERE IS A MAJOR INCREASE IN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TAXES. 22 ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE NOTICE DOES NOT REFLECT THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TOOK ABOUT TWO MILLION OUT OF THEIR BUDGET AFTER THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT WAS CREATED, MS. KESINGER COMMENTED THAT THE LINE ITEM CALLED "OTHER" IN THE NOTICE IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES AS MUCH, AND THAT IS STAGGERING. MR. BARTON INFORMED HER THAT "OTHER" INCLUDES THE FIRE, AS STATED EARLY IN THE MEETING, SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS HAD THE SAME THING IN TWICE BECAUSE THE NOTICE WAS PRINTED TO BE SENT BEFORE THE VOTE ON THE FIRE DISTRICT. BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THE NOTICE, IF WE DIDNIT DOUBLE STATE AND ROLL BACK, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEND THE NOTICE A SECOND TIME TO EVERY TAXPAYER AT A VERY LARGE COST. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT BASICALLY THE TWO MILLION TAKEN OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CITY AND THEN PUT IN "OTHER." MS. KESINGER STATED THAT IS WHAT SHE WAS LEADING UP T0, THAT NONE OF THE LINE ITEMS REFLECT THAT YOU ARE MOVING ONE LINE ITEM TO ANOTHER FROM LAST YEAR S BUDGET. MR. BARTON NOTED THAT THE STATE EDICTED HOW THE NOTICE WOULD BE PRESENTED, AND COMMISSIONER LOY REITERATED THAT THESE NOTICES COULDN'T SHOW ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THE EARLIEST FIGURES, WHICH WERE HIGH. Ms. KESINGER STATED THAT SHE COULD NOT AGREE WITH MR. KOOLAGE, WHO URGED THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, AND SHE WOULD NOT LIKE THE BOARD TO PASS THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED. SHE NOTED THAT EVERY- BODY IN THE NATION IS UPSET ABOUT THE COST OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL, AND WHILE SHE DID NOT WISH TO GIVE UP NECESSARY PROGRAMS, SHE FELT IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF US TO THINK WHAT WE CAN DO TO HOLD OFF UNTIL INFLATION IS UNDER CONTROL. SHE URGED AGAIN THAT THE BOARD TRY TO HOLD THIS BUDGET TO THE BASICS. MS. KESINGER CONTINUED THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN FORCED ON TO EVERYONE, SHE FELT THE PERCEPTION THE TAXPAYER IS GETTING, WHETHER IT IS DELIBERATE OR NOT, IS THAT WE HAVE A COMBINATION SITUATION WHICH LOOKS LIKE A REAL "SNOW JOB, 11 SHE NOTED THAT THE TIME OF THE HEARINGS 23 Boa 44 Pact 727 OCT 2 19 80 Boa 44 PAGE 728 IS VERY UNFORTUNATE; PEOPLE JUST RECEIVED THESE NOTICES AND CAME IN THINKING THEY COULD MAKE AN IMPACT, AND IT IS REALLY TOO LATE. MS. KESINGER THEN DISCUSSED THE NATURE OF THESE HEARINGS, AND NOTED THAT WHEN A CITIZEN COMES IN AND SPENDS 30 MINUTES LISTENING TO THESE FIGURES BEING READ OFF, THE TOTALS MEAN NOTHING. SHE REALIZED THAT THE BOARD DID THIS AT EARLIER HEARINGS AND STATED THAT KIND OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE TAXPAYERS, REGARDLESS OF THE COST BECAUSE THERE IS NO INFORMATION ON THE TRIM NOTICES THAT IS USEFUL TO ANYONE CONCERNED. THE FORM ITSELF HAS NO COLUMN LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WILL END UP WITH. ATTORNEY COLLINS AGAIN NOTED THAT THIS BOARD HAS NO CONTROL OVER THAT FORM. MS. KESINGER STATED THAT SHE IS JUST PUTTING TOGETHER A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT MAKES SOMEONE FEEL LIKE IT IS A "SNOW JOB. 11 SHE CONTINUED THAT EITHER WE NEED TO GET BETTER INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE OR ELSE WE NEED TO LOOK TO THE PEOPLE WE VOTE FOR TO TAKE A MUCH MORE RESPONSIBLE POSITION ON EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE TAXPAYERS POCKETS. SHE NOTED THAT IT IS NOT ONLY OUT OF LOCAL TAXPAYERS` POCKETS, BUT OUT OF POCKETS CLEAR AWAY FROM VERO BEACH BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF STATE FUNDS, REVENUE SHARING, ETC., THAT ARE COMING INTO VERO BEACH THAT ARE BEING TAXED BY OTHER PEOPLE AND THEIR TAXES ARE GOING ELSEWHERE. IN REGARD TO WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE TO BE TAXED AND HAVE TALLAHASSEE TELL US WHAT TO DO, MS. KESINGER WISHED TO SAY ONE POSITIVE THING ABOUT IT. SHE NOTED THAT IT IS HARD TO READJUST TO THIS TAXING SITUATION LOCALLY, BUT SHE DID BELIEVE THE NATIONAL RELATIONS PICTURE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR SOME YEARS NOW HAVE BEEN MAKING AN EFFORT TO RETURN BOTH TAXING AUTHORITIES, TAXING RESPONSIBILITIES, AND SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE STATES AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. MS. KESINGER FELT THAT WHAT SHE HAS SEEN HAPPEN SO FAR IS THAT THEY START RETURNING RESPONSIBILITIES WITHOUT POLICY DECISIONS BEING MADE LOCALLY AND THEY ALSO RETURN THESE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT STOPPING THEIR TAXING OF THEM; S0, SHE WAS ALL FOR OUR TAXING LOCALLY AND OUR MAKING LOCAL DECISIONS, BUT SHE ALSO WAS FOR OUR STOPPING THEIR TAXING OF US TO TURN IT AROUND AND GIVE IT BACK TO US. COMMISSIONER LYONS EXPLAINED TO MS. KESINGER THAT MR. BARTON'S INABILITY TO ANSWER HER QUESTION AS TO THE TOTAL INCREASE WAS BASED ON THE CHANGES MADE THIS YEAR. HE ASSURED HER THAT ANY TIME SHE WISHED TO GO TO MR. BARTON'S OFFICE AND DISCUSS THIS, SHE WOULD BE MORE THAN WELCOME. HE EMPHASIZED THAT NO ONE IS TRYING TO GIVE ANYONE A "SNOW JOB." MS. KESINGER STATED THAT SHE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS A "SNOW JOB,BUT BELIEVED THE TAXPAYERS FEEL THAT IT IS. SHE FELT THAT WHEN THE BUDGET HEARINGS ARE HELD, THE PEOPLE WHO,ATTEND SHOULD HAVE COPIES AND THOROUGH INFORMATION TO GO ON IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARINGS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE AGREED WITH A LOT OF WHAT MS. KESINGER HAS SAID, BUT HE BELIEVED IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE LAY PERSON TO UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET UNLESS THEY ATTEND THE BUDGET HEARINGS. HE POINTED OUT THAT, AS PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN TAXES, THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ON WHAT WE ARE SPENDING T00 MUCH MONEY. MS. KESINGER ASKED HOW ANYONE COULD TAKE A DOCUMENT LIKE THE TRIM NOTICE AND TELL THE BOARD WHERE TO CUT BACK, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT IF WE SENT THE COMPLETE BUDGET BOOK, WHICH IS INCHES THICK, TO EVERY TAXPAYER, THEY STILL WOULDNIT KNOW HOW TO FIGURE IT [oij9 MS. KESINGER FELT SOMETHING IN BETWEEN IS NEEDED AND HOPED THAT IF SHE DOES PARTICIPATE IN THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE SHE COULD BE OF HELP. COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT POSSIBLY MS. KESINGER DID NOT UNDERSTAND OUR PROCEDURES IN ADOPTING THE BUDGET. HE NOTED THAT WE GO THROUGH A THREE WEEK PERIOD OF TIME WITH CONSTANT BUDGET SESSIONS AND WE WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY PRINT—OUTS OR COPIES FOR ANYONE WHO COMES TO THE MEETINGS. WE GO LINE FOR LINE DOWN EACH BUDGET AT THESE HEARINGS, AND THAT IS THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED. OCT 21980 25 aoaK 44 PA -E729 _I OCT 21900 8009 44 PAGE 730 MS. KESINGER FELT YOU ARE GETTING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED WAY TOO LATE, AND COMMISSIONER LOY COMMENTED THAT SHE WOULD NOT WANT MS. KESINGER TO THINK THAT NOBODY CAME TO THE BUDGET SESSIONS BECAUSE ANY TIME THERE WAS A PROGRAM THE PEOPLE PARTICULARLY WANTED OR DID NOT WANT, THEY WERE THERE, AND WE DID HAVE CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC INPUT. COMMISSIONER LOY ADDRESSED MS. KESINGER'S COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRIM NOTICE AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE TELL MR. LAW ABOUT IT AND ASSIST US IN TELLING THE LEGISLATORS. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THIS BILL WAS NOT PASSED UNTIL THE VERY LAST PART OF THE SESSION AND THEN A SPECIAL SESSION WAS HELD WHEN THEY DID ALL THE AMENDMENTS, AND WE ARE TRYING DESPERATELY TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES SENT DOWN TO US, WHICH WE DIDN'T EVEN GET UNTIL THE LAST OF AUGUST. MS. KESINGER NOTED THAT SHE IS ONLY TRYING TO SAY THAT THE COMBINATION OF THINGS MAKES A PERSON FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN HAD. SHE FELT THAT IN REGARD TO THE AMENDMENT ON TUESDAY'S BALLOT, THAT THAT IS ANOTHER "SNOW JOB;" IT IS NOT THE BOARD'S FAULT, BUT IT IS AGAIN A COMBINATION OF THINGS WHERE THE RIGHT INFORMATION DOES NOT GET TO THE PUBLIC. MS. KESINGER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE CAME FROM A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE TAXES BACK, AND THE "SNOW JOB" THERE WAS THAT ABOUT THE ONLY THING ANYONE COULD CUT BACK WOULD BE FIRE RESPONSIBILITIES AND POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES. SHE FELT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER THINGS IN THE BUDGET THAT CAN BE CUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF "SNOW JOBS" THAT ARE DONE ON THE PUBLIC, AND THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD IT. MRS. GUISEPPE NICOTRA NEXT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED THAT HER APPRAISAL HAS BEEN INCREASED 300%, AND SHE COMPLAINED TO MR. LAW'S OFFICE AND THEY SENT HER TO THIS MEETING. PROPERTY APPRAISER LAW COMMENTED THAT MR. NICOTRA DID TALK WITH HIM AND HIS VALUE DID NOT CHANGE, BUT THE TAXES WENT UP. MR. BARTON LOOKED AT THE NICOTRAS' NOTICE AND FELT THE APPRAISAL VALUE HAD GONE UP, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INSTRUCTED THAT THE NICOTRAS CONTACT MR. LAW, WHO WOULD DISCUSS THIS WITH THEM. I - j ROBERT MOONEY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE DOES NOT LIVE HERE, BUT HE HAS A BUSINESS IN VERO BEACH, AND HE HAS THE FEELING THAT THE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED UPSIDE DOWN, HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE FORM WAS; IT HAS NOT BEEN EXPLAINED; NO ONE LIKES IT; IT COST A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY TO SEND IT OUT. HE FELT WE SHOULD HAVE DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND ASKED IF THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON, AND IF NO BUDGET CHANGE IS MADE, IS THAT A PRACTICAL COLUMN IN THE FORM? COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT IT IS NOT A PRACTICAL COLUMN AT ALL, BUT THE BOARD DID NOT DESIGN IT, AND THE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO DO IT. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE LAW ALSO SAYS HOW WE ARE TO CONDUCT THE MEETINGS AND IN WHAT ORDER WE ARE TO TELL YOU. MR. MOONEY STILL FELT IT IS AN UPSIDE DOWN PROCEDURE. IT IS VERY COMPLICATED, AND IT SEEMS WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HE CONTINUED THAT HIS TAXES ARE GOING UP, ACCORDING TO THIS, 30%, AND HE CAME TO FIND OUT WHY SPECIFICALLY, AND FROM THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED AND THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, HE DOES NOT KNOW WHY IT WENT UP 30% AND IS LEAVING WITHOUT AN ANSWER. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT IT TOOK THE BOARD THREE WEEKS TO DO THIS, AND IT WOULD TAKE THAT LONG AGAIN TO EXPLAIN IT ALL. COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT MR, MOONEY°S TAXES MIGHT NOT GO UP DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL WILL BE, AND THAT WE WON T KNOW UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY OR LATER. THERE WILL BE TAX APPEAL HEARINGS. HE CONTINUED THAT IF THE TOTAL VALUATION IN THE COUNTY HAS GONE UP CONSIDERABLY, VERY LIKELY MR. MOONEY'S TAXES WILL NOT GO UP AS HIGH. MR. MOONEY STATED THAT HE IS HERE IN RESPONSE TO THE NOTICE, AND WHEN THE TAXPAYER RECEIVED THIS NOTICE AND COMES TO THE MEETING, HE REALIZES THE CAT IS OUT THE DOOR, HE REITERATED THAT THEY ARE HERE IN RESPONSE TO A FORM WHICH WAS NOT REALLY ADDRESSED TONIGHT AND APPARENTLY CAN T BE BECAUSE IT IS A NEW FORM. Awl L 27 Boa 44 PAGE 731 OCT 21980 aaaK 44 PACE 739 COMMISSIONER WODTKE LIKENED THE BOARD'S SITUATION TO A BASEBALL TEAM ENDING BASEBALL SEASON AND GOING INTO THE WORLD SERIES WITH A WHOLE NEW SET OF RULES. HE INFORMED MR. MOONEY THAT THE BOARD HAS FIVE YEARS OF BACK-UP INFORMATION TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY GO INTO BUDGET SESSIONS. THIS YEAR THE BOARD HAS HAD TO TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO DIFFERENT PARTS, AND IT IS VERY CONFUSING AND TO TRACE WHERE A TAX DOLLAR ACTUALLY GOES, IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MR. MOONEY'S BUSINESS IS IN THE COUNTY, NOT THE CITY, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS WOULD HAVE TO PAY A MAJOR CHUNK OF THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET, ROAD & BRIDGE, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME A NEW FIRE DISTRICT. HE CONTINUED TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS WOULD WORK OUT FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA AND FURTHER NOTED THAT YOU ALSO MUST LOOK AT THE SCHOOL TAX. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT MOST HOMEOWNERS. WILL END UP ABOUT THE SAME OR POSSIBLY EVEN LESS BECAUSE OF THE NEW HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, BUT COMMISSIONER WODTKE DISAGREED. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS, VACANT LAND, AGRICULTURAL LAND OR RENTAL LAND, YOU WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL BILL AFTER JANUARY, AND THOSE THAT OWN RESIDENTIAL HE FELT WILL GET A REFUND IF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION GOES THROUGH. HE NOTED THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TOTAL TAX BILL. COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT WAS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK THAT WILL AFFECT THE TAX BILL. MR. MOONEY STATED THAT HE APPRECIATED THE CHANCE TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO HIM NOW, HE WOULD RECOMMEND THE BUDGET NOT BE ADOPTED. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE NEXT TUESDAY EVENING. MARYANN CONROY, OF 730 CAMELIA LANE, INFORMED THE .BOARD THAT HER TAXES DOUBLED AFTER SHE GOT HER $I0,000 EXEMPTION. HER HOUSE IS ALMOST 30 YEARS OLD AND SHE FELT THERE SHOULD BE SOME LeJ DEPRECIATION FOR AGE. SHE NOTED THAT SHE LIVES IN ONE OF THE OLDER SECTIONS OF THE BEACH; SHE HAS BEEN PAYING, TAXES FOR MANY YEARS, AND IF THE TAXES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED IN THE AREA FROM WHICH THEY ARE COLLECTED, SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IN ALL THESE YEARS, SHE DOESNIT HAVE STREET LIGHTS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT MRS. CONROY LIVES IN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND WOULD HAVE TO TAKE HER QUESTION TO THE CITY. MRS. CONROY EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT SHE WAS NOT ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT COUNTY COMMISSION WAS MEETING IN CITY HALL. SHE BELIEVED SOME OF THE COUNTY MONEY COULD BE USED FOR LIGHTS, AND STATED THAT SHE WOULD TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ANNOUNCED THAT THE BOARD WOULD NOW VOTE ON THE TENTATIVE MILLAGES AND THE TENTATIVE BUDGETS. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER Loy, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING, BUT JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD. COMMISSIONER LYONS WITHDREW HIS MOTION AND COMMISSIONER Loy WITHDREW HER SECOND. ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THAT IN THE COUNTY BUDGET, THE GENERAL FUND, TRANSPORTATION FUND AND THE OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE COULD BE DEALT WITH IN ONE MOTION. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL FUND 3.30239 TRANSPORTATION FUND 0.00001 1959 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE 0.04239 TOTAL 3.34479 MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER DEESON TO APPROVE THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, TRANSPORTATION FUND, AND 1959 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE AS SET OUT ABOVE. 29 , BOGK 4 PAGE 733OCT 2 i9�� Fp - OCT 21990 8nog 44 Ra GEi'34 COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT ASKING US NOT TO VOTE FOR THIS BUDGET; HOWEVER, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE BUDGETS LINE FOR LINE ON EACH ITEM. WITH THE POSITION WE ARE IN OCTOBER 2ND AND WITH WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE PAST MONTHS WITH THE TRIM BILL, WITHOUT ANY SPECIFIC REQUESTS BEING MADE IN ANY PARTICULAR AREAS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT WE ADOPT THIS BUDGET, AND IT IS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE REDUCTION OF .7239. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON CONFIRMED THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON THEN ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING TENTATIVE BUDGET AMOUNTS: (ALL COUNTY BUDGETS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE FUNDED THROUGH AD VALOREM SOURCES) GENERAL FUND $7,355,386 TRANSPORTATION FUND 567,382 1959 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND INS FUND 108,885 LANDFILL ENTERPRISE 694,585 SECTION 8 HOUSING 2391181 1980 BOND INS FUND 479,875 NORTH CO. WATER ENTERPRISE 179,100 SOUTH CO. WATER ENTERPRISE 271,3448 COURTHOUSE & ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEX RENOVATION FUND 3..443,560 TOTAL $13,339,302 ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE TENTATIVE BUDGETS AS LISTED ABOVE. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE SOUTH BEACH MUNICIPAL SERVICE WATER TAXING UNIT OF 2.50202. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE SOUTH BEACH MUNICIPAL SERVICE WATER TAXING UNIT OF 2.50202. "I FINANCE OFFICER BARTON STATED THAT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THIS TAXING UNIT WAS $16,765. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED HE HAD THOUGHT IT WAS TO BE $17,647, AND FINANCE OFFICER BARTON NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE 5% LESS TO GIVE YOUR NET EXPENDITURE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE SOUTH BEACH MUNICIPAL SERVICE WATER TAXING UNIT OF $16,765. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MULTI-PURPOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT OF 2.10523. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MULTI-PURPOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT OF 2.10523. MR. BARTON NEXT ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE ABOVE TAXING UNIT OF $3,900,673. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MULTI-PURPOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT OF $3,900,673. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON EXPLAINED THAT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND IS $1,032,855, AND THERE IS NO MILLAGE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,032,855. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE WEST INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE FIRE TAXING UNIT OF 0.38229, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE WEST INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE FIRE TAXING UNIT OF 0.38229. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE BUDGET OF $27,941 FOR THE ABOVE'TAXING UNIT. wx 44 PAGE %35 OCT 21980 31 I OCT 21980 BDOK . 44 PACE 736 ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE BUDGET OF $27,941 FOR THE WEST INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE FIRE TAXING UNIT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INQUIRED IF THE BOARD SHOULD ADJOURN AND RECONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO VOTE ON THEIR MILLAGES AND BUDGETS, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE BOARD IS ALREADY IN SESSION, AND HE FELT THEY COULD JUST DECLARE WHICH DISTRICT THEY ARE IN SESSION ON. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DECLARED THAT THE BOARD WILL NOW ACT AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE LAURELWOOD SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED THAT THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THIS DISTRICT WOULD BE 0.51422. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE LAURELWOOD SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE OF 0.51422 FOR THE LAURELWOOD SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON REPORTED THAT THE TENTATIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE ABOVE DISTRICT WOULD''BE $4,300. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE LAURELWOOD SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE BUDGET OF $4,300 FOR LAURELWOOD SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT. AT THIS POINT, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING THE BUDGET HEARINGS ADVERTISED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1980, AT 5;01 O'CLOCK P.M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 33 L OCT 21980 AdoK 44 PA,ur 7:37 Fr- 1 OCT 21980 - BOOK 44 PAG( �! 38 CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DECLARED THAT THE BOARD NOW WILL ACT AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE ROCKRIDGE SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED THAT THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE ABOVE DISTRICT WOULD BE .065711. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE ROCKRIDGE SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE MILLAG:E FOR THE DISTRICT OF .065711. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED THE TENTATIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT WOULD BE $3,555. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE ROCKRIDGE SUBDIVISION STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT OF $3,555. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DECLARED THE BOARD WILL NOW ACT AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE ABOVE DISTRICT OF 0.5. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF 0.5. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT OF $75,075. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A TENTATIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT OF $65,075. 35 Boos 44 PACE 739 OCT 21980 600K 44 fa���740 THE CHAIRMAN DECLARED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOW WILL ACT AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED THAT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE FOR THE DISTRICT IS 2.37591, MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER LYONS, TO ADOPT A TENTATIVE MILLAGE FOR THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT OF 2.37591, ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION BEFORE THE MOTION IS VOTED ON. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLEDGED, BOND COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED THAT THE MOTION PROVIDE THAT THE MILLAGE AND THE BUDGET BOTH ARE PREPARED ANTICIPATING THAT THE TAX REVENUES WILL BE PLEDGED TO SUPPORT THE TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE OF $1,500,000. COMMISSIONER DEESON WITHDREW HIS MOTION, AND COMMISSIONER LYONS WITHDREW HIS SECOND. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A TENTATIVE MILLAGE OF 2.37591 FOR THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT AND STATED THAT THE MOTION IS MADE ANTICIPATING PLEDGING OF FUNDS RAISED FROM THIS MILLAGE TO PAY BACK NOTE OR NOTES OF A TAX ANTICIPATION TYPE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500,000. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ANNOUNCED THAT THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT IS $2,204.642. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A TENTATIVE BUDGET OF $2,204,642 FOR THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT AND STATED THAT THE 77 J MOTION IS MADE ANTICIPATING PLEDGING OF FUNDS RAISED FROM THIS BUDGET TO PAY BACK NOTE OR NOTES OF A TAX ANTICIPATION TYPE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500,000. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADJOURNED AT 8:12 01CLOCK P.M. ATTEST: CLERK UNA I KHAN OCT 21980 37 BOCK 44 f-AcE 741