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09/27/1990 Special TT 0074 Special Meeting/public Hearing Board of County Commissioners Thursday, September 27, 1990 Key Colony Beach A Special Meeting/Public Hearing of the Board of County Commissioners convened at 5:05 p.m. on the above date at the City Hall in Key Colony Beach. Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Douglas Jones, Commissioner Eugene"Lytton, Commissioner Michael Puto, and Mayor John Stormont. Also present were Rosalie Connolly, Deputy Clerk; Randy Ludacer, County Attorney; Tom Brown, County Administrator; County Staff; members of the Press and Radio; and the general public. All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. The Board proceeded to make additions, deletions and corrections to the Agenda. The following individuals addressed the Board regarding the proposed per month solid waste collection ser- vice rates for commercial property: Al Beattie, Mark Sorensen, Bob Schultze, Craig Belcher, Jack Grosvenor, Randolph Sadtler, and Bob Ernst. County Administrator Tom Brown, MSD Director Charles Aguero, and MSD Assistant Director Jim Baker addressed the Board. The Board then entered into a lengthy discussion. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones to move the rates for mobile homes in established trailer parks back to the old rates. Charles Aguero addressed the Board. Motion died for lack of a second. After further discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Mayor Stormont that each individual park be allowed to make the choice of being billed on a commercial basis or on an individual basis. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Jones that for the next year, each district is to perform certified unified identical audits of franchisees' books by April 15th with costs to be adsorbed by the district or negotiated. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones to amend so that the County set up a format and demand a certified unified audit from each franchisee under the County's format. The original motion as amended was restated to say that next year, each district is to perform certified unified audits under a for- mat set up by the County, such audits to be delivered to the County by April 15th. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Harvey Commissioner Jones Commissioner Lytton Commissioner Puto Mayor Stormont No Yes Yes Yes Yes Motion carried. Motion was made by Mayor Stormont that dumpster utilization charges are to be based on depreciable costs of doing business rather than rental fees. During ~~V/5/cJ~ IT ' 0075 discussion, motion was withdrawn. Motion was then made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Jones to deter- mine the dumpster utilization charge basis following audit presentation. Roll call vote was unanimous. Motion was made by Mayor Stormont that a chart of allowable operational business expenditures be established by MSD for the forth- coming year's audit. Motion died for lack of a second. Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Jones that a franchisee's profit margin is to be established at a fixed percentage above operational costs. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Harvey Commissioner Jones Commissioner Lytton Commissioner Puto Mayor Stormont No No No No Yes Motion failed. Motion was made by Mayor Stormont to adopt the Resolution establishing solid waste collection service rates for commercial property. Motion died for lack of a second. Motion was made by Commissioner Puto to negotiate rate structure and bring back to the Board. Motion died for lack of a second. County Administrator Brown and MSP Director Aguero addressed the Board. Motion was then made by Commissioner Harvey and seconded by Mayor Stormont to adopt the following Resolution establishing the per month solid waste collection service rates for commercial property in the various solid waste collection districts. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Harvey Commissioner Jones Commissioner Lytton Commissioner Puto Mayor Stormont Yes No Yes No Yes Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 447-1990 See Res. Book No. 93 which is incorporated herein by reference. The Board entered into a discussion regarding the problem of the Shore Drive Bridge on Sugarloaf and also waste pickup on Shore Drive. The County Administrator was directed to look into the matter and report back to the Board at the next meeting. The Board discussed entering into tipping fee nego- tiations with franchisees. Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Puto to authorize the County Administrator to enter into tipping fee negotiations with the franchisees and utilize The Solid Waste Group for assistance for completion within sixty days. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Harvey Commissioner Jones Commissioner Lytton Commissioner Puto Mayor Stormont Yes No Yes No Yes Motion carried. I TT 0076 Motion was made by Commissioner Lytton to remove the recycling element in the current commercial rate table. During discussion, motion was withdrawn. Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Lytton that a committee of businessmen be appointed - one from each franchise district - to meet with the County Administrator and the MSD Director to become aware of business aspects of rate structure and to establish standards and franchise regulation criteria, with names of desired appointees to be brought back to the Board at the next meeting. Motion carried unanimously. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. * * * * *