Item O1
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ounty of onroe
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Mayor George Neugent, District 2
Mayor Pro Tem David Rice, District 4
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Danny L. Kolhage, District 1
Heather Carruthers, District 3
Sylvia J. Murphy, District 5
County Commission Meeting
February 15, 2017
Agenda Item Number: O.1
Agenda Item Summary #2609
BULK ITEM: DEPARTMENT:
No County Attorney's Office
TIME APPROXIMATE:STAFF CONTACT:
Bob Shillinger (305) 292-3470
none
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
County Attorney Report for February 2017.
ITEM BACKGROUND:See attached.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: n/a
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
none
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
n/a
DOCUMENTATION:
County Attorney Report February 2017
Code fines and costs collected through Jan 2017
SM Code Fine Reductions AS OF FEB 7 2017
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Effective Date:
Expiration Date:
Total Dollar Value of Contract:
Total Cost to County:
Current Year Portion:
Budgeted:
Source of Funds:
CPI:
Indirect Costs:
Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts:
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Revenue Producing: If yes, amount:
Grant:
County Match
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Insurance Required:
Additional Details:
REVIEWED BY:
Bob Shillinger Completed 01/24/2017 2:37 PM
Kathy Peters Completed 01/24/2017 3:34 PM
Board of County Commissioners Pending 02/15/2017 9:00 AM
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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MayorGeorge Neugent, District 2
Mayor Pro TemDavid Rice, District 4
Danny L. Kolhage, District 1
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Heather Carruthers, District 3
Sylvia J. Murphy, District 5
Robert B. ShillingerCounty Attorney**Office of the County Attorney
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Pedro J. Mercado, Assistant County Attorney **1111 12Street, Suite 408
Cynthia L. Hall, Assistant County Attorney **Key West, FL 33040
Christine Limbert-Barrows, Assistant County Attorney **(305) 292-3470–Phone
Derek V. Howard, Assistant County Attorney**(305) 292-3516–Fax
Steven T. Williams, Assistant County Attorney**
Peter H. Morris, Assistant County Attorney
Rene Rogers, Assistant County Attorney
Patricia Eables, Assistant County Attorney
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Board Certified in City, County & Local Govt. Law
To:Mayor Neugent & Commissioners
From:Bob Shillinger, County Attorney
Date:February 7, 2017
Re:February2017County Attorney Report
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1.–As a result of the hearing
last fall, PSC staff has recommended a rate increase of approximately53%,which
is approximately half what was requested by the utility. PSC staff disallowed many
ofKWRU’sexpenses, including some management fees, legal and accounting
fees.The PSC voted to acceptthis recommendation at its meeting on 2/7/17. The
final order should be issued by the end of February and, unless appealed, will
become final 30 days after it is issued.The new rates will go into effect oncethe
utility files a new tariff sheet with the PSC and sends out customer notices.While
the average customer will see an increase in their monthly billand an increase in
some miscellaneous charges, the resulting rates are still lower than most of the
other wastewater utilities in the County, other than the City of Key West.The
resulting rates are approximately $150 –325 per year less for the average
residential customer compared to what KWRU had requested or what the PSC had
ordered before the County filed its petition. While staff did not adoptthe County’s
projections for growth on Stock Island,and thuswe believe that they have
understatedfuturerevenues, the resulting final rates are only slightly higher than
what the PSC had originally ordered for phase 1 rates. The rates will also go down
by 5% in four years, when some utility expenses have been fully recovered.
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Two property owners in the Cudjoe Regional
Wastewater System service area filed suit against the County and FKAAseeking a
judicial declaration that they are not obligated under state law and county
ordinance to connect to the CRWSunless the grinder pump is located in the right
of way; the amended complaint also seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the
county and the FKAAto provide a gravity hook up to the property owners.On
12/7/16,Circuit Judge Bonnie Helms dismissed Count I of the amended complaint
with leave to refile a second amended complaintbefore recusing herself. On
2/3/17, Judge Koenig denied the property owners’motion for rehearing and
imposed a deadline of 2/16/17 to file an amended pleading.
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3..The
developer/property owner filed a notice of appeal on 6/15/16. County and State
filed notice of cross appeal on 6/20/16.This is the eighth (8th) time this case has
been before the Third DCA.The Third DCAextended the deadline for Galleon Bay
to submit its initial brief to 2/23/17 and stated that no further requests for
extensions will be allowed.
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4.-The parties
reached a tentative settlement agreement during a mediation conference held on
8/29/16.TheBoard ratified the settlementagreementat the 9/21/16 meeting.
Under the agreement, the parties stipulated that the value of the Davis property
was $175,000; the parties also stipulated that the County and State are permitted
to appeal the underlying liability finding previously entered in favor of Mr. Davis.
The settlement eliminates the need for a valuation trial that had been scheduled for
10/17/16 before Chief Judge Mark Jones.After the Court enters a final judgment,
the County & State plan on appealing the underlying liability judgment to the Third
District Court of Appeal.
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At the June 2016 meeting, the Board gave direction to work with the Tax
Collector to seek full payment of tourist development taxes by AirBnB customers in
a manner that does not conflict with or encourage violations of the County’s
vacation rental ordinance. Included within that direction was to consult with
outside counsel to gauge the interest of other counties to join us in a suit against
AirBnB but also to negotiate with AirBnB to see if we can avoid litigation. Those
efforts are ongoing. Due tothe sensitive nature of these efforts, Commissioners
are invited to contact the County Attorney for further details.
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6.The Board directed legal to
research options for taking legal action against FPLand others entities due to the
threat to FKAA’s wellfields in Florida City posed by the hypersaline plume
emanating from the cooling canals at FPL’s Turkey Point facility.Weare
continuing to monitor the situation closely.
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7.Throughthe first four months of FY17
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(10/1/16 to 1/31/17),code compliance and legal staff collected
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which is approximately 70% of the amount collected during all of FY16
As the attached spreadsheet indicates, in prior years the collections were as
follows:
FY12FY13FY14FY15FY16FY17 to date
$370,272$427,458$469,676$552,408$1,110,726$786,879.56
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8.The Code Compliance Department presented 19
vacation rental cases to the Special Magistrate on January 26, 2017. Of those 19
cases, 14were found in violation (including 10stipulated agreements), 2were
continued, and 3 came into compliance prior to the hearing.The Special
Magistrate imposed fines of$66,438.00.
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The Board requested periodic updates on
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fine reductions granted by the Special Magistrate.See attached report.
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