09/27/1990 Special
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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
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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.
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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.
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