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BCC Minutes 09/22/2016 B (Budget) BCC BUDGET MEETING MINUTES September 22, 2016 September 22, 2016 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Naples, Florida, September 22, 2016 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County Commissioners, in and for the County of Collier, and also acting as the Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing board(s) of such special districts as have been created according to law and having conducted business herein, met on this date at 5:05 p.m., in BUDGET SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Donna Fiala Tom Henning Georgia Hiller Tim Nance Penny Taylor ALSO PRESENT: Leo Ochs, County Manager Mark Isackson, OMB Director Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney Troy Miller, Communications & Customer Relations Page 1 COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRAB) Airport Authority r (,I AGENDA Board of County Commission Chambers Collier County Government Center 3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor Naples, FL 34112 BUDGET SESSION September 22, 2016 5:05 PM Commissioner Donna Fiala, District 1 —BCC Chair Commissioner Tim Nance, District 5 — BCC Vice-Chair; CRAB Chair Commissioner Georgia Hiller, District 2 — Community & Economic Develop. Chair Commissioner Tom Henning, District 3 — PSCC Representative Commissioner Penny Taylor, District 4 — CRAB Vice-Chair; TDC Chair NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO SPEAKING. ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS BOARD WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING PERTAINING THERETO, AND THEREFORE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. ALL REGISTERED SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES UNLESS THE TIME IS ADJUSTED BY THE CHAIRMAN. Page 1 September 22,2016 IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO NEEDS ANY ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING, YOU ARE ENTITLED, AT NO COST TO YOU, THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. PLEASE CONTACT THE COLLIER COUNTY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION LOCATED AT 3335 EAST TAMIAMI TRAIL, SUITE 1, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34112-5356, (239) 252-8380; ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION. 1. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING— Collier County FY 2016-17 Budget A. Discussion of FY 2016-17 Millage Rates and Increases Over the Rolled Back Millage Rates B. Discussion of Further Amendments to the Tentative Budget C. Public Comments and Questions D. Resolution to Amend the Tentative Budgets E. Public Reading of the Taxing Authority Levying Millage, the Name of the Taxing Authority, the Rolled-Back Rate, the Percentage Increase, and the Millage Rate to be Levied. F. Adoption of Resolution Setting Millage Rates. Note: A separate motion is required for the Dependent District millage rates; and a separate motion is required for the remaining millage rates. G. Resolution to Adopt the Final Budget by Fund. Note: a separate motion is required for the Dependent District budgets; and a separate motion is required for the remaining budgets. 2. Adjourn Page 2 September 22,2016 September 22, 2016 CHAIRMAN FIALA: Will everyone take their seat, please. Now, after I have you seated, I'm going to ask you to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance with me, please. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: And with that, if anybody in the audience wishes to speak on anything that's to do with the budget, we would need you to stand and be sworn in. (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. Then we move on, and I'm going to pass this on to our County Manager, Mr. Leo Ochs. MR. OCHS: Thank you, Madam Chair and Commissioners. Good evening. This is the second of two statutorily required hearings. This is the final hearing to consider adoption of your Fiscal Year 2017 county budget, and I will turn the microphone over to Mr. Isackson at this point to proceed. MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, County Manager Ochs. Commissioners, good evening. Similar to our hearing that we had on September 8th, I've got some scripted remarks that I'll lay on the record for purposes of compliance with the truth-in-millage statutes, and then we'll -- by each agenda item, we'll pause and allow commissioners times to ask any question that they might have regarding the FY2017 budget. And I'll begin. The final public budget hearing must follow a specific format pursuant to truth-in-millage guidelines. Your agenda contains the specific sequence of agenda items to be covered. Pursuant to Florida Statute Chapter 2009, the required advertisement for this hearing was published in the Naples Daily News on Monday September 19th, 2016. This hearing date was also announced at the first public budget hearing on September 8th, 2016, and was contained within Resolution 2016-158 approving the tentative millage rates as maximum millage rates passed by the Board on July 12th, 2016. Page 2 September 22, 2016 As Chair Fiala had mentioned, that there are agenda and speaker slips that are available in the hallway, and anyone interested in addressing the Board regarding the county budget must complete a speaker slip, and there will be an opportunity during the agenda to discuss and ask questions of the Board. Following some introductory remarks regarding tax rates and any changes to the tentative budget initially submitted to the Board on July 15th, 2016, and subsequently amended at the first public budget hearing on September 8th, 2016, there will be an opportunity under Agenda Item 1C for public comment. Speakers will be called by name. Commissioners, I'll pause there and ask if there are any questions. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Sir, we have no people asking to speak. Item #1A DISCUSSION OF FY 2016-17 MILLAGE RATES AND INCREASES OVER THE ROLLED BACK MILLAGE RATES — PRESENTED MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, Commissioners. Under Item 1A on the agenda is a discussion of the 2016/17 millage rates and increases over the rolled-back millage rates. State law requires that the first substantive issues to be discussed are, one, the percentage increase in millage over the rolled-back rate needed to fund the budget and, two, the reasons ad valorem tax revenues above the rolled back as calculated on the State's DR420 forms are being increased. Rolled-back rate is defined as that tax rate necessary to generate prior year tax revenues, and this tax rate is calculated not including taxable values associated with new construction, additions, deletions, Page 3 September 22, 2016 and rehabilitative improvements. The Board-adopted budget guidance for Fiscal Year 2017 included a millage-neutral position, the same tax rate as last year and, for that matter, since 2010, for the General Fund. For the Unincorporated Area General Fund, the millage rate was reset to the FY2007 rate of.8069 pursuant to Board guidance with the additional marginal ad valorem dollars above the millage-neutral operating levy devoted to restarting the median capital landscape program. Levies for the General Fund and Unincorporated Area General Fund together represent over 96 percent of the total aggregate tax as levied across all of Collier County taxing authorities for Fiscal Year 2017. The FY2017 Tentative General Fund and Unincorporated Area General Fund budgets as presented are based upon Board-adopted budget policy. Both the General Fund and the Unincorporated Area General Fund tax rates are higher than the rolled-back rate. Collier County's taxable value has increased over the past five fiscal years, and the increase for Fiscal Year 2017 is 10.06 percent and 10.19 percent within the General Fund and Unincorporated Area General Fund respectively. Within an increasing taxable-value environment under millage-neutral policy guidance, the rolled-back rate will be lower than millage neutral. This event occurs in FY0217. Collier County recorded its highest countywide taxable value in Fiscal Year 2008 at $82.5 billion. While taxable value has recovered nicely over the past five fiscal years, the tax base remains some 5.4 billion below the Fiscal Year 2008 high. Recovery of tax dollars lost during the economic recession by levying millage neutral within an increasing taxable-value environment has generated necessary General Fund dollars to fund continued Page 4 September 22, 2016 backlog, general government asset and infrastructure replacement maintenance while continuing to maintain the county's distinctive service levels enjoyed by residents and visitors. Each year tax policy is visited by the sitting board, and budget decisions are crafted around the enacted Board guidance. Referring to Exhibit 1A on Page 1, millage rates for each Collier County taxing authority are established pursuant to budget guidance. The roster of tax rates contained within this exhibit and adopted by the Board on July 12th, 2016, represent the maximum property tax rates that can be levied in Fiscal Year 2017. The Pelican Bay Municipal Services Benefit Unit millage rate is .8 -- .0857 per $1,000 of taxable value, and the Fiddler's Creek MSTU has proposed a millage rate of 1.5000 per $1,000 of taxable value. Based upon these respective dependent district MSTU DR420 millage rate entries, if all dependent millage rates are not approved unanimously, staff recommends that these rates be voted on separately under agenda Item 1F, as both will require a vote of two-thirds vote of the Board. The cumulative aggregate roll-back rate for all of Collier County taxing authorities, exclusive of debt service, totals 3.8884 per $1,000 of taxable value. The proposed aggregate tax rate for all Collier County taxing authorities, exclusive of debt service, totals 4.1968 per $1,000 of taxable value. This represents an increase of 7.93 percent over the aggregate rolled-back rate and, by statute, required a notice of proposed tax increase ad for TRIM purposes and not simply a budget summary ad. Commissioners, I'll stop there, the end of Item 1A, and ask if there are any questions. CHAIRMAN FIALA: We have none. MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, Commissioners. Page 5 September 22, 2016 Item #1B DISCUSSION OF FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE TENTATIVE BUDGET - NO FURTHER CHANGES MR. ISACKSON: Turning to Item 1B, which is a discussion of further amendments to the tentative budget, let me note that for tonight's hearing there are no changes to the amended tentative budget adopted by the Board of County Commissioners at the first public budget hearing of September 8, 2016, and there are no proposed changes to the maximum millage rates set by the Board on July 12, 2016. Commissioners, I'll stop there. Any questions? CHAIRMAN FIALA: Nothing. Item #1C PUBLIC COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS — NONE MR. ISACKSON: Chair Fiala, that moves us to public comments and questions, if there are any. MR. MILLER: I have no registered public speakers at this time. CHAIRMAN FIALA: And nothing from the commissioners either. MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, Chair. Item #1D RESOLUTION 2016-186: AMENDING THE TENTATIVE BUDGETS — ADOPTED Page 6 September 22, 2016 MR. ISACKSON: The next item is Agenda 1D, which is a resolution to amend the tentative budgets. And, Commissioners, under Item 1D, you will find the required resolution which indicates that there are no amendments to the amended Tentative Budget adopted by the Board of County Commissioners at the first public budget hearing of September 8th, 2016, and a motion would be in order to approve the resolution. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: So moved. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Second. CHAIRMAN FIALA: I have a motion and a second. Any comments? (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HILLER: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: (Absent.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: Very good, sir. It passes 4-0. MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, Commissioners. Item #1E PUBLIC READING OF THE TAXING AUTHORITY LEVYING MILLAGE, THE NAME OF THE TAXING AUTHORITY, THE ROLLED-BACK RATE, THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE, AND THE MILLAGE RATE TO BE LEVIED MR. ISACKSON: The next item is Agenda Item 1E, which is, Page 7 September 22, 2016 once again, my favorite thing to do, which is I have to go through and publicly read, by taxing authority, the rolled-back rate, the current rate to be levied, and the percentage increase or change from the rolled-back rate, and this reading must occur before adoption of the final millage rates. So without further adieu, I'll begin, unless there are any questions from the Board. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Did you say this is 1E? MR. ISACKSON: Yes, Commissioners. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you. MR. ISACKSON: Excuse me, 1F. I'm on Agenda Item 1 -- I'm on Agenda Item 1E; I'm sorry, ma'am. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Oh, because I couldn't find it. MR. ISACKSON: We'll move to 1F after I go to the reading. The General Fund: The proposed millage rate, 3.5645; the rolled-back millage rate, 3.3368. The percent change from the rolled-back rate is 6.82 percent. Water Pollution Control: The proposed millage rate, .0293; the rolled-back millage rate, .0274. That's a 6.93 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. (Commissioner Henning is present.) The Unincorporated Area General Fund: The proposed millage rate, .8069; the rolled-back millage rate, .6721. That is a 20.06 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Golden Gate Community Center: The proposed millage rate, .1862; the rolled-back millage rate, .1728; a percent change from the rolled-back rate of 7.75 percent. The Victoria Park Drainage: The proposed millage rate, .0365; the rolled-back millage rate, .0365. No change from the rolled-back rate. Naples Park Drainage: Percent change from the rolled back -- Page 8 September 22, 2016 excuse me. Proposed millage rate, .0066; the rolled-back millage rate, .0066. No change from the rolled-back rate. The Vanderbilt Beach MSTU: Proposed millage rate, .5000; the rolled-back millage rate, .4613. That is an 8.39 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Isle of Capri Fire: The proposed millage rate, 2.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.8765. That is an increase of 6.58 percent over the rolled-back rate. The Fiddler's Creek MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 1.5000; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.4123. That is a 6.21 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Ochopee Fire Control MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 4.5000; the rolled-back millage rate, 4.3602. That is a 3.21 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. Collier County Fire MSTU: The proposed millage rate, 2.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.9802. That is a 1 percent increase or change from the rolled-back rate. The Goodland/Horrs Island Fire MSTU: The proposed millage rate, 1.2760; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.2063; a 5.78 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Sabal Palm Road MSTU: Proposed millage rate, .0912; the rolled-back millage rate, .0912. That is no change from the rolled-back rate. The Golden Gate Parkway Beautification MSTU: The proposed millage rate, .3692; the rolled-back millage rate, .3692. No change from the rolled-back rate. The Lely Golf Estates Beautification MSTU: The proposed millage rate, 2.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.8463. That's an 8.32 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Hawksridge Stormwater Pumping MSTU: The proposed millage rate, .0417; the rolled-back millage rate, .0417. No change Page 9 September 22, 2016 from the rolled-back rate. The Radio Road Beautification MSTU: The proposed millage rate, .1000; the rolled-back millage rate, .2742. That is a 63.53 percent decrease from the rolled-back rate. The Forest Lakes Roadway and Drainage MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 1.1438; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.1017; a 3.82 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Immokalee Beautification MSTU: The proposed millage rate, 1.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, .9894. That is a 1.07 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Bayshore Avalon Beautification MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 2.3604; the rolled-back millage rate, 2.2925. That's a 2.96 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Haldeman Creek Dredging MSTU: The proposed millage rate, .7348; the rolled-back millage rate, .6887. That is a 6.69 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. Rock Road MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 3.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, 2.9133. That is a 2.98 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Radio Road East MSTU: The proposed millage rate is 0.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, .3078. That is a 100 percent decrease from the rolled-back rate. The Forest Lakes Debt Service: Proposed millage rate, 2.8562; the rolled-back millage rate, 2.5892. That is a 10.31 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. Radio Road East Debt Service: Proposed millage rate, 0.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, .1570. That is a negative or minus 100 percent decrease from the rolled-back rate. Collier County Lighting MSTU: Proposed millage rate, .1750; the rolled-back millage rate, .1750. No change from the rolled-back rate. Page 10 September 22, 2016 Pelican Bay MSTBU: The proposed millage rate, .0857; the rolled-back millage rate, .0795. That is a 7.80 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. Finally, Commissioners, your aggregate millage rate: Proposed is 4.1968; the aggregate rolled-back rate, 3.8884, and that is a 7.93 percent change over the rolled-back rate. Item #1F RESOLUTION 2016-187: SETTING MILLAGE RATES — ADOPTED; MOTION TO APPROVE THE DEPENDENT DISTRICT MILLAGE RATES — APPROVED; MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING MILLAGE RATES — APPROVED MR. ISACKSON: Commissioners, if there are no questions on agenda Item 1D, we'll move to -- or 1E, excuse me, we'll move to Agenda Item 1F, which is a resolution adopting the millage rates as proposed. COMMISSIONER HENNING: So moved. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. I have a motion and a second. All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HILLER: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: Very good. MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, Commissioners. Page 11 September 22, 2016 That moves us to Item 1G on your agenda, which is a resolution. MR. KLATZKOW: Mr. Isackson, did you need separate motions on that -- MR. ISACKSON: No, not -- it was -- excuse me. Thank you, Mr. County Attorney. Commissioners, going back to Item 1F, let me just read the literature in my notes. And we will need a motion, Commissioners, to approve the dependent special district millage rates and then a motion to approve the remaining millage rates. COMMISSIONER HENNING: So moved. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HILLER: (No verbal response.) COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: That's a 5-0. Go ahead. MR. ISACKSON: And my apologies, Commissioners. Then a motion for the remaining millage rates. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: So moved. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Second. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. All in favor? COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye. Page 12 September 22, 2016 COMMISSIONER HILLER: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: It passed. MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, Commissioners. Item #1G RESOLUTION 2016-188: ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGET BY FUND — ADOPTED; MOTION TO APPROVE THE DEPENDENT DISTRICT BUDGET — APPROVED; MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING BUDGETS — APPROVED MR. ISACKSON: Under Item 1G, this item is to approve the final adopted 2017 budget. And, Commissioners, here two motions are required. The first motion is to adopt the dependent district budgets by fund. COMMISSIONER NANCE: I make a motion -- I so move. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Second. CHAIRMAN FIALA: And I've got a second. Any discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HILLER: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed, like sign. COMMISSIONER NANCE: I move approval for the dependent Page 13 September 22, 2016 district budgets. MR. ISACKSON: Now, Commissioners, the second motion is to adopt the final budget for all remaining funds. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Oh, excuse me. I so move for the remaining funds. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. Motion and a second. All in favor? COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HILLER: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: Very good. MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, Commissioners. That's all I have, unless there are any questions the Board has. CHAIRMAN FIALA: This is it? MR. ISACKSON: This is it. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Does anybody want to stay around and talk a little bit longer? COMMISSIONER HILLER: Let's do it all over again. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Well, with that then -- COMMISSIONER HILLER: That was just, like, so much fun; a redo. CHAIRMAN FIALA: The meeting is adjourned. ***** There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 5:25 p.m. Page 14 September 22, 2016 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL tpinia2 je.;& DONNA FIALA, CHAIRMAN ATTEST DWI I- T E. BROCK, CLERK Astasto a, a+S r Y i .a f; t 1 These minutes approved by the Board on t l is , as presented or as corrected . TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF U.S. LEGAL 1 SUPPORT, INC., BY TE LEWIS, COURT REPORTER AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Page 15