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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Monday, July 6, 1998
Marathon, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners convened at 10:00 a.m., on the above date, at the
Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll call
were Commissioner Keith Douglass, Commissioner Shirley Freeman,
Commissioner wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Mary Kay Reich and
Mayor Jack London. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk;
James T. Hendrick, County Attorney; James Roberts, County
Administrator; County Staff, members of the Press and Radio; and
the general public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
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ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey granting approval of additions, corrections
and deletions to the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator James Roberts discussed with the
Board - Review of: 1) Results of staff negotiations with the
Village of Islamorada in reference to an Interlocal Agreement
effective October 1, 1998, and approval of provisions to be
included in that Agreement; and 2) Review of staff
recommendations for unresolved issues and instructions to staff
concerning future negotiations. After Board discussion, motion
was made by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by Commissioner
Douglass granting approval of Staff Recommendation for items 1
through 12 as indicated in the document entitled MONROE
COUNTY/VILLAGE OF ISLAMORADA - NEGOTIATIONS. Said document is
attached hereto for reference. Growth Management Director Bob
Herman, addressed the Board. Roll call vote was unanimous.
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Mr. Roberts then addressed the Board concerning issues
still under negotiation with the Village as well as additional
miscellaneous issues to be resolved.
County Attorney James T. Hendrick addressed the Board
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concerning the status of the County's garbage franchise
agreements within the Village.
Mr. Roberts indicated that negotiations with the
Village would continue and that he would be reporting back to the
Board concerning their progress. Mayor Ron Levy of the Village
of Islamorada addressed the Board.
There being no further business to come before the
Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Clerk to the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County
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MONROE COUNTYNILLAGE OF ISLAMORADA
NEGOTIATIONS
BACKGROUND
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Since becoming an officially incorporated municipality in January of 1998, the
Village of Islamorada has been wrestling with the questions of what services to provide
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directly, what services to have the County continue directly and what services to purchase
from the County or outside entities. It was not until the end of March, 1998, that there
was an official governing body in place so that discussions could begin between the
County and the Village.
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On April 3, 1998, representatives of the Administration and the County
Attorney's office met with representatives of the Village to initiate discussions. These
were general discussions about how to proceed, with the primary agreement on that date
being that we would work through an interlocal agreement, or agreements, for the
purpose of implementing decisions. There were succeeding meetings on May 8, 1998,
May 28, 1998, and June 22, 1998. Many issues have been resolved and others are
pending. On a few issues, there is still much disagreement between the County and the
Village.
Attached is a copy of the May 7, 1998, letter from the Village Attorney to the
County. This is the primary set of issues around which discussions have occurred and
agreements, or lack thereof, developed.
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The purpose of this report is to identify to the Board of County Commissioners
where agreements exist and staff recommendations in that regard, where agreements do
not exist and still need to be work9&.put, and where there are apparent major differences.
AGREEMENTS AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Below are the positions taken by the Village, agreements by the Administration
and County Attorney, arid staff recommendations. These items begin on page 4 of the
Village Attorney's letter and refer to the period beginning October I, 1998.
1. The Village will take over all Planning, Zoning, Building Inspection, and
Environmental Resource is~ues.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
2. The Village will take over all Code Enforcement functions.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
(The County will continue cases before the Special Master in the event the
Special Master retains jurisdiction over those cases. The County will not
undertake the app'eal of any orders ofthe Special Master. That will be the
obligation of the' Village.)
3. PARKS AND BEACHES
A. The County will turn over its intrrest in Anne's Beach and
the Village will operate and maintain Anne's Beach.
B. The County will turn over its interest in the park behind the
Islamorada Public Library and the Village will maintain
and operate that park.
The Administration feels that the maintenance of
these two facilities, isolated as they are from other
County facilities, would be better handled by the
Village. An analysis by the Planning Director
indicates that there will be no significant impact
upon the County's ability to meet its obligations
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under the level of service for parks under the 20 10
Comprehensive Plan.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL OF A AND B
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4. The Village will provide maintenance for the Hurricane Monument. The
County will continue to own.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
5. The County will continue to provide Animal Control servIces in the
Village as part of the County-wide program.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
6. The County will transfer all public roads and bike paths under the
County's jurisdiction to the Village, including Route 905. The Village
will assume ownership of those roads and bike paths and all maintenance
responsibilities. The County will assign its maintenance responsibilities
on FDOT bike paths to the Village.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
7. The Village will pay the cost of all street lighting to the power company.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
8. The Village will take over maintenance and control of traffic lights.
RECOMMENDA TION: APPROVAL
9. The Village will take over control and maintenance of traffic signage.
RECOMMENDA TION: APPROVAL
10. The Village will assume all fire service responsibilities and will conduct
those from the Islamorada Fire Station and possibly from some other
location determirted by the Village to cover Plantation Key. The County
agrees that the Village will receive (by transfer at no cost) the equipment
included at the Islamorada Fire Station. This includes the two existing fire
trucks. Equipment to be turned over to the Village does not include
radios. The County will assign the lease to the Islamorada Fire Station to
the Village. However, there is a mobile home co-located on this property
which was purchased and installed within the last year and which is used
as EMS on-duty crew quarters. The mobile home's utilities, water and
electric, are connected to the Islamorada Fire Station. Monroe County
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must reserve the right to maintain this mobile home at the existing site as
long as it is the provider of EMS to the Village, and furthermore, have the
right to remove the facility if and when it is no longer the EMS provider.
RECO~ENDAr.~ON: APPROVAL
11. The Village will be responsible for its Fire Marshal services.
RECO~ENDATION: APPROVAL
12. The Village will continue with participation In Monroe County's
Emergency Management program.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
ISSUES STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION
13. The Village is interested in conducting its Emergency Medical Services
directly. However, it recognizes the difficulty of having those services
established by October 1, 1998. Discussions have centered around the
County continuing the EMS services at the same level as presently exists
for a contracted price rather than the service being included directly in the
taxing district. The County presently has an offer on the table of $61 0,000
for continuation of the same level of service as currently exists (which
figure is slightly below the County's estimate of the Village's share of the
district EMS expense) and the Village is presently offering $585,000.
RECOMMENDATION: IF THE VILLAGE ACCEPTS THE
COUNTY'S FIGURE AND AGREES TO CONTINUE THE SAME
LEVEL OF SERVICE UNDER THE SAME PROGRAM AS
PRESENTL Y EXISTS, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE
A CONTRACT WITH THE VILLAGE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE
YEAR. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT AT THE END OF ONE YEAR,
THE VILLAGE WILL BE PREPARED TO TAKE OVER THE
SERVICE DIRECTLY.
14. The Village proposes to assume responsibility for its Solid Waste and
related operations. It propbses to do this either through assignment of
contracts with the County's current franchisees, or through a contract
secured independently by the Village.' The County has taken the position
that there is an obligation on the part of the Village to continue in the
County's Solid Waste program, particularly for three significant reasons:
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A. Part of the income derived from fees collected within the
Village area is dedicated to satisfy the bonding
requirements to pay for incinerators and landfill closure,
obligations incurred for the benefit of Islamorada as well as
the ~!lcorporated areas.
B. Tl1e County has a contract with Waste Management, Inc. for
the purpose of hauling out the County's Solid Waste to
facilities outside the County. That contract has a provision
which states that the County must meet a certain minimum
tonnage or pay Waste Management as though it had met
such tonnage. Tonnage from th~ Village area was part of
the calculations for the original contract. Without the waste
flow from the Village area, and without the fees collected
from the Village area, the County will probably not be able
to meet this condition.
C. The County's position is that the Village would be
interfering with contractual relationships (i.e. long tenn
contracts with the franchisees and Waste Management) if it
does not continue with the present system. The County
Attorney and the Village Counsel continue to have legal
differences over these issues.
If the Village takes over the Solid Waste function, it will
assume the County's Pollution Control function. Sludge
services will be on a fee for service basis as charged to the
balance of the County.
RECOMMENDATION: IF THE VILLAGE CONCURS WITH THE
COUNTY'S POSITION ON THE SOLID WASTE PROGRAM ABOVE,
THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNTY ATTORNEY BE
AUTHORIZED TO INCLllDE THAT AGREEMENT WITHIN THE
PROPOSED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. IF THE VILLAGE DOES
NOT SO AGREE, THERE WILL BE A FURTHER REPORT TO THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CONCERNING THE
STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS.
FINANCIAL ISSUES
The following issues are not yet resolved and there is a difference of opinion
concerning the theories upon which the Village has proposed the distributions of funding.
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The Village has indicated that it is less concerned about statutory obligations and which
system of distribution are ultimately chosen than about the total amount of funding the
County will provide to the Villa~The following is the status of the negotiations:
15. The Village claims 40% of approximately $1,700,000 in roadway impact
fees (account 130). The County has indicated that, if agreement can be
reached on other major financial issues, it would be willing to provide to
the Village the amount of funding presently authorized for expenditure in
the Village under the Seven Year Road and Bike Way Plan. This figure is
approximately $680,000.
RECOMMENDA TION: APPROVAL OF COUNTY'S POSITION
SHOULD ISLAMORADA CONCUR.
16. The Village claims 40% of approximately $274,000 of parks impact fees
collected within the district. The County's position is that $200,000 of
that amount is already programmed to the capital program for facilities
within the district. That leaves $74,000 not' programmed. The staff
recommendation has been to review the last $74,000 dollars paid in park
impact fees and to identify what portion of that was collected within the
geographic boundaries of the Village and, subject to agreement on other
major financial issues, to remit that amount to the Village. That amount is
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RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL OF ABOVE COUNTY
POSITION SHOULD ISLAMORADA CONCUR.
17. The Village requests 40% of the fire impact fees presently totaling about
$62,350. The Board of County Commissioners has already approved an
amount for fire hydrants within the geographic boundaries of the Village.
It is suggested that this amount, $18,000, be made available to or for the
benefit of the Village.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL OF ABOVE POSITION IF
ISLAMORADA CONCURS.
18. The Village has requested $500,000 to cover transition year expenses.
There is neither statutory nor regulatory authority for that to occur and the
request is not backed up with any further justification. Moreover, the
County has also incurred major expenses as a result of the incorporation
and has no "windfall" to distribute. The Administration's position is not
to agree to such funding.
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AFPROV AL OF ADMINISTRATION'S
19. The Village is requesting 25% of the fund balances in the Fire District I
accounts. This i~n the theory that they have paid into District I and
should receive some of those funds back. Twenty-five percent would total
approximately $300,000. There is not statutory authority under which this
should automatically occur.
RECOMMENDATION: THE ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION HAS
BEEN THAT THIS IS NOT AN AMOUNT THAT SHOULD BE
TRANSFERRED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE ADMINISTRA nON IS
RECOMMENDING THAT THE TWO FIRE TRUCKS AND
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT IN THE ISLAMORADA FIRE ST A nON
BE TURNED OVER TO ISLAMORADA.
20. The Village is requesting that 2P% of the fund balances in the
MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT account be turned over to the
Village. This is on a similar theory as number 17 above. These funds
include incorporated parks and beaches and the funds covering the variety
of Growth Management activities. The number requested would be
approximately $874,000. Once again, there is no statutory obligation to
turn over funds in these accounts. '
21. The Village wanfs all funds generated within the Village for the Monroe
County Land Authority to be transferred to the Village. Once again, there
is no statutory authority to do so. In addition, this issue should be
discussed with the Land Authority, the Executive Director and Land
Authority Counsel. Only for the City of Key West is there any type of
fund segregation defined by statute, not in the other incorporated areas of
Monroe County. However, the same result could be obtained by a less
formal understanding between the Land Authority and the Village.
22. The Village is entitled to an amount of the infrastructure sales tax
collected within its jurisdiction. 'It is the County's understanding that the
State has already issued distributions to the Village and that those
distributions would total approximately 1.2 million dollars for the year.
That means that approximately 1.2 million dollars less will be available
for the capital program for the County. It is reasonable to anticipate that
the Village will receive its portion of those taxes. However, the Village's
potential tax collections were included as part of the revenue flow in the
justification for the bonds on the new detention facility on Stock Island.
Those bond payments annually approach 50% of the total collection of the
infrastructure sales tax. It is felt that Islamorada has an obligation to remit
to the County that portion of their infrastructure sales tax distribution
which would support the detention facility bonds for two reasons.
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A. Those collections were pledged as part of the support for
the bonds long before the Village was ever incorporated.
B. Th&"."Yillage will continue to use the services of the
detention facility and should pay its proportionate share of
the capital cost.
To date, the Village has not indicated that it will remit those funds.
ADDITIONAL ISSUES
There are a number of additional issues being discussed as identified below. Not
all of these will need to be resolved immediately, but the Board should be aware
that they exist.
23. The County presently provides Social Service Transportation and Veterans
Transportation partially through utilization of the gasoline tax. There is
also a Transportation for the Disadvantaged Program which the County
supports. The Village has asked for additional information which the
County will provide. It is the County's position that we can continue to
provide these services County-wide utilizing the same funding sources. It
would be much more difficult if the Village wanted the County to provide
these on a fee for service basis or on an estimated contract amount.
24. In reference to the fire and emergency medical systems issues, there are a
number of issues that need to be discussed and resolved. The following is
a sample.
A. How will 911 calls be taken and dispatched within the
Village? Will the Village utilize~he present 911 system?
B. Will the Village have its own communication network for
fire? Presently, the fire network in the County is
maintained by District 1.
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C. How will Mutual Aide be handled with the Village for
occurrences both inside and outside of the Village
boundaries?
D. Wha;-.wjll handle the inspection and maintenance of fire
hydrants?
E. Will the Village be requesting that the County undertake
the training of its volunteers at the Monroe County
Training Facility and, if so, will the Village be willing to
provide payment for that service?
F. Will the Village handle all its interfacility transfers for
EMS and special events or does it wish the County to
continue providing those services?
G. Will the Village participate in specific parts of the County's
Emergency Management program, especially the Special
Needs Registry and shelters, or will it establish its own
programs?
H. The County must determine whether some equipment
obtained under State grant can be assigned to a
municipality.
25. The Florida Department of Community Affairs appears to have made a
$15,000 grant to the Village. There is some question as to whether that is
to be sent through Monroe County or directly to the Village. If it is a
separate grant for the Village, the County has no problem; however, if it is
intended to be part of another Monroe County grant and that $15,000
would diminish the amount of funds coming to the County, there would
have to be further discussions.
26. The County presently has an Interlocal Agreement for maintenance and
use of facilities at Plantation Key Elementary School. The question is
whether the Village and the School Board will accept assignment of that
Agreement as part of the Village's recreation program. There is a similar
relationship with Coral Shores High School.
27. Discussions continue concerning whether the Village has the right to
provide cable television franchise when the County already has an
agreement with TCl. The right to franchise, of course, carries with it the
right to have a fee 'paid by the franchisee.
28. The Village has once again raised the issue of the fine and forfeiture
taxation and how it is distributed between what they call municipal as
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opposed to COlplty-wide services. Although there are not specific
proposals on the table for these negotiations, it appears as though the
Village and the Sheriff are having discussions concerning law enforcement
within the Village.
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29. The Village is requesting that the Tourist Development Council include
one member appointed by the Village.
As is evident from the above, the transition for a section of the County into
municipal status is a complicated one. Apparently, there is a significant number of issues
that have been resolved. Others are closer to resolution and should be concluded within
the next few weeks. The major sticking points are related to money and especially the
difference between what the new Village feels it is entitled to from existing County funds
and what it is entitled to from existing State Statute. As identified above, in many cases,
State Statute does not obligate the sharing of those funds. The Administration and
County Attorney's office will continue on the open issues to have them resolved and
available for action by the County Commission prior to October 1, 1998.
James L. Roberts
County Administrator
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.OF' COUNSEL
VIA FACSIMILE\U.S. MAI~
Mr. James L. Roberts
Monroe County Administrator
Monroe County, Florida
Public Service Building
5100 College Road
Key West, FL 33040
Re: Islamorada, Village of Islands, Transition Agreement
Dear Mr. Roberts:
Pursuant to our conversation earlier this week, the following is an outline of the items
which we believe need to be covered in a Transition Agreement between Monroe County (the
"County") and Islamorada, Village of Islands (the "Village") for both this the transition year
(1997-1998) and, on an ongoing basis, as well as our suggestions as to how each issue should
be handled.
I. Municipal Services For Transition Year 1997-1998
All services should be handled and provided to the Village by the County in the same
manner and to the same degree as were provided prior to incorporation with the exceptions
listed below.
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May 7, 1998
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A. Developmental Services.
1. Planning and Zoning. Pursuant lour charter, the Village will take over
planing and zoning functions for new residential and commercial
construction including, the intake of applications, the processing of
applications, the "RaGa" process and any necessary public hearings.
2. The County will retain responsibility and functions for intake and
processing for alterations and renovations for both residential and
commercial find will continue to be responsible for any construction
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3. All applications currently on file and being processed by Monroe County
for new commercial and new residential construction will be turned over
to the City and handled by the City. AnY' applications currently in the
pipeline for alterations and tenovations for residential and commercial
will be processed and handled by the County.
4. Amendments to previously issued development orders will be handled by
the Village.
5. Replacement construction which involves more than 50% of the cost of
the project will be considered new construction and handled by the
Village, replacement with less than 50% will be handled by the County
as renovations.
6. The County will retain responsibility and functions related to the
administration of Division 6 ("Floodplain Management Standards ") and
Division 8 ("Environmental Standards") of the Village's Transitional
Land Development Regulations.
7. All applications for outdoor lighting will be processed and handled by
the County.
8. The County will retain responsibility and functions related to the
issuance of demolition permits and residential fence permits.
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PASTORIZA & GUEDES, P.A.
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9. All applications for tree removal or major prunmg permits will be
processed and handled by the County.
10. A more specific list of Village and County responsibilities should be
attached to the Agreement.
B. Bllilding Inspections.
1. Building inspections for new residential and new commercial
construction will be performed by the Village.
2. Inspections for commercial and residential alterations and renovations as
well as inspections for building resulting from applications currently in
process and for buildings currently in process (both residential
construction will be performed by the County).
C. Code Enforcement.
Code enforcement will be handled by Monroe County m accordance with
current practice with the following caveats:
1. On a monthly basis, the Village should be supplied with a list of pending
cases and the status of those cases.
2. A level of service would need to be established.
3. A complaint mechanism woulCl needs to be established so that as the
Village sees code enforcement problems, contact can be made, an
inspection done and a follow-up memorandum from the County as to
action taken can be received. Any finds received would be retained by
Monroe County.
4. The County will supply the Village with a list of code enforcement
officers responsible for citing violations in the Village.
WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN
PASTORIZA & GUEDES, P.A.
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II. 1998-1999 and Beyond
A. Generally.
As specified below, the Village will either continue with Monroe County on a
contractual basis with a price to be determined, contract with an outside party or
provide the service itself. In the case of each transition, we would suggest a
department level detailed transition plan be worked out for each service to be
transferred to the Village to insure a smooth transition with clarity of responsibilities.
The Village would continue to receive all countywide services which are funded by
countywide ad valorum taxes.
B. Planning and Zoning.
Effective October 1, 1998, the Village would take over all planning and zoning
functions.
C. Building Inspections.
Effective October 1, 1998, the Village will take over all building inspections.
D. Code Enforcement.
Effective October 1, 1998, the Village will take over all code enforcement
functions.
E. Parks and Beaches.
The Village will operate and maintain Anne's Beach and the park behind the
Islamorada Public Library (see below). '
F. Public Works.
Effective October 1, 1998, the Village will take over maintenance of all Village
roads within the Village.
WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN
PASTORIZA & GUEDES, P.A.
Mr. James L. Roberts
May 7, 1998
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G. Solid Waste.
Effective October 1,1998, at the Village's option we will either continue with
your current franchisees or contract the service out on an independent basis.
H. Fire.
Effective October 1, 1998, the Village will provide all fire service within the
Village independently from the Islamorada Fire Station and by contract with the
Tavernier Station to cover Plantation Key.
I. E.M.S.
The Village will contract with the County for EMS Services.
J. Animal Control.
Effective October 1, 1998, the Village will provide this service.
III. Property and Equipment
A. Real Estate.
The Village would like to discuss with the County the possibility that the County
could deed or lease to it, on a long-term basis, the following pieces of property. Full
maintenance and operation costs to be borne by the Village.
1. Anne's Beach (owned by D.O.T.)
2. County Park behind Islamorada Library.
3. County Road 905.
4. Islamorada Fire Station (owned by Monroe County School Board).
B. Equipment.
The Village would like to be given title to all equipment in the Islamorada Fire
Station and all equipment budgeted to be purchased by District I during fiscal year
1998-1999 to be maintained ~nd operated at the expense of the Village.
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IV. Financial Matters.
A. Impact Fees. Currently the District 3 impact fees accounts have the
following balances:
1. Account 130 - Roadway $1,700,000.
2. Account 131 - Parks $268,000.
3. Account 135 - Fire $62,000.
The Village is approximately 40% of District 3 and, therefore, we believe we
should get 40% of these amounts paid to the Village upon execution of the
agreement.
B.. Ad Valorum Taxes.
The Village will levy ad valorem taxes effective October 1, 1998.
C. The Village will receive the following payments from the County:
1. $500,000 to cover transition year expenses;
2. 25 % of fund balances in Fire District I accounts; and
3. 20 % of fund balances in MSTU accounts.
D. All funds generated in the Village for the Monroe County Land
Authority.
V. Fine and Forfeiture Fund.
In reviewing Chapter 142, Florida Statutes, the statutory authorization for this fund
appears to be two mills. While the Village is more than willing to pay for County wide higher
level policing services, certainly we do not want to be assessed for municipal service. It is our
intention to contract with the Sheriff's department to provide municipal policing services on an
interim and perhaps even on a longer term basis.
WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN
PASTORIZA & GUEDES, P.A.
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May 7, 1998
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VI. Tourist Development Council
One member appointed by Village.
Very truly yours,
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