ISCOC Minutes 03/22/202327.A.1
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee
March 22, 2023
Naples, Florida
LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Collier County Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee
met on this date at 8:30 A.M. at 3299 Tamiami Trail East, Building F, 3rd Floor, Board of County
Commission Chambers, Naples, Florida with the following Members Present:
Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee
Present: Scott J. Lepore
Kevin Johnson
Ronald Kezeske
Katherine Basso
Mike Petscher
James W. DeLony
James Caton
Absent:
Also, Present: Bendisa Zela — Management Analyst, Facilities Management, Division
Colleen Greene — Assistant County Attorney, County Attorney's Office
1. Call to Order & Pledge of Allegiance
The Chairman called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
Ronald Kezeske led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Roll Call — Liaison
Seven members of the Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee were present representing
a quorum.
4. Approval of The Agenda
The agenda was distributed to all present and the minutes were approved.
5. Approval of minutes from Previous Meeting
• Meeting Minutes — January 12, 2023
The minutes were distributed to all present and the minutes were approved. N
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1. Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee Applications
There were four applications for the Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee. Mr. DeLony
made the motion to not forward Mr. Trachtenberg application to the Board of County
Commissioners for appointment to this committee. Motion was second by Mr. Kezeske and was
passed unanimously. Mr. DeLony made the motion to recommend all three applicants be forwarded
to the Board of County Commissioners. Mr. Lepore second the motion. The motion was passed
unanimously. The Committee recommended three new members Kerry Geroy, Ronald Kaplan and
Patricia Sherry to the Board of County Commissioner. Currently, the Infrastructure Surtax Citizen
Oversight Committee has two vacancies.
8. Projects
A. Facilities & Capital Replacements
C. Community Priorities
9. Old Business
A. Monthly Reports to the Committee
B. Validated Project Updates -1st Quarter 2023
C. Committee Support Documents: Section 212.054 Florida Statutes & Collier County
Ordinance 2018-21
10. Announcements
11. Committee Member Discussion
• Mr. Lepore welcomed the new members Katherine Basso, James Caton and Kevin Johnson to
the committee.
• Mr. DeLony recommended that at every meeting, there is an agenda item as a place holder,"
Project Update" highlighting at least one big project.
• Susan Usher, OMB: Statute states that the County has to notify the Department of Revenue
before October 1st and that the Board has to approve an ordinance to terminate the tax and that
has to be delivered before November 16th by Statute.
• Mr. Ronald Kezeske made a motion that the County Board makes efforts to notify the business
community if the Surtax is going to sunset at the end of the year. Mr. DeLony second the motion.
The motion was approved unanimously.
• Susan Usher, OMB stated that we are at $436 Million. There is a possibility of collecting another
$85 Million on top of the $490 Million. These are estimates and include interest. The committee
will stay active until all the funds including the interest collected are validated.
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12. Next Meeting Date
The next meeting of the Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee will be on June 29, 2023,
at 8:30 AM in the BCC Boardroom at 3299 Tamiami Trl E, Naples FL 34112 on the third floor.
13. Adjournment
Mr. Lepore made a motion for this meeting to be adjourned and was accepted unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 AM with nothing further to discuss.
Collier County Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee
Scott Lepore — Chairman
The foregoing Minutes were approved by Committee Chair on June 29, 2023, "as submitted" [ ] or
"as amended" [ ]
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