BCC Minutes 05/13/1992 W Naples, Florida, May 13, 1992
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County Commissioners tn
and for the County of Collier, and also acting as the Board of Zoning
Appeals and a~ the governing board(s) of such special distr~cts as
have been created according to law and having conducted bus~ness
here~n, met on this date at 9:00 A.M. in WORKSHOP SESSION in Building
"F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the
following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Michael J. Volpe
VICE-CHAIRMAN: Richard S. Shanahan
Burr L. Saunders
Max A. Hasse, Jr.
Patrlcia A. Goodn]ght
ALSO PRESENT: Debby Farrts, Deputy Clerk; Ken Cuyler, County
Attorney; Dennis Cron]n, Assistant County Attorney; Gall Addfson and
Crystal Blankenshtp, Sheriff's Office; and Don Hunter, Sheriff.
LAW E]~ORCE~[ENT IMPACT FEES
May 13, 1992
Legal notice having been published in the Naples Daily News on
May 10, 1992, as evidenced by Affidavit of Publication filed with the
Clerk, public hearing was opened.
Randy Young, Senior Partner with Henderson, Young & Company,
commented the purpose of tonight's meeting Is to explain methods for
levels of service; give alternatives, including estimates of impact
fees for various alternatives and estimates of operating budget
implications for different alternatives; answer questions and receive
direction. He proceeded to discuss the two typical ways in which
levels of servtc,~ are developed for ]aw enforcement.
Sheriff Hunter interjected that, although it has been popular to
use as a bench mark the per capita number of ]aw enforcement officers
as a way of predlcttng the need locally for law enforcement and public
safety agencies, it really is Just a statistic which is reported each
year, and which changes from locale to locale. He elaborated that in
Collier County no calls have been elim~nated from the menu, i.e.
anyone calling the Sheriff's Office wanting a Deputy Sheriff gets one,
and, therefore, calculations reflect an actual consumption of law
enforcement services and is much more accurate than Just relying on a
statistic.
Jane Fttzpatrlck, Associate Partner with Henderson, Young &
Company, remarked the study is broken into two components, the first
section relating to the patrol function of the Sheriff's agency and
the second relating to criminal investigations. She proceeded to do a
walk-through of the tables contained within the stu:]y relating to both
components.
Commissioner Volp, concluded that between now arid the ye~lr 2000
Collier County's law enforcement staff must be doubled, and Mr. Young
concurred that It will in order to achtev~ the 50% avatlabil~ty fac-
tor.
Mr. Young pointed out that law enforcement management pro-
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feesionals have an association which has been wreetling with the issue
of availability factor for a number of years, having revised its stan-
dard from time to time, but with the preferred Guideline currently set
at 50~. He proceeded to explain the Summary of Alternatives for Law
Enforcement Levels of Service, concludinG that the dilemma faced by
the Board of County Commissioners is that, as population grows and as
the case load on the Sheriff's Office grows, to merely give the
Department the same budget as the previous year or the same budget
plus inflation but no net new officers is to reduce the availability
factor.
Mr. Young remarked his firm is very sensitive to the concern that
there is a certain lack of logic to charging a flat rate impact fee
regardless of a lot of other factors, be it the value of the house,
the number of residents in it, the number of bedrooms, etc.
Sheriff Hunter concluded one reason the County cannot have a sta-
tistic defininG the number of employees to hire next year is due to
variables unique to Collier County such as Ordinances which relate
only to this Ccunty and which do not exist in other counties.
Commissioner Shanahan reasoned the message here is that Growth
should pay for growth and $75.15 per household will do it.
Mr. Young interjected that the $75.15 will provide the Sheriff
with the capital cost of keeping up with new officers, i.e. vehicles,
etc., but does not pay the salaries.
Commissioner Volpe suggested that, when it comes to safety and
the security of families, law enforcement is a service the public is
willing to give some type of priority to.
A brief discussion ensued regarding duplication of service such
as in the case of a barking dog where patrol officers respond as well
as alTimal control personnel or perhaps code enforcement personnel.
Following brief discussion, it was the consensus that this matter
be presented back to the Board of County Commissioners by the end of
summer and, therefore, be pf. esented to the CCPC (Collier County
Planning Commission) during the. summer, and Mr. Young concurred the
timing is opportune to coincide with budget decisions.
1992
There betn§ no further business for the Good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by Order of the Chair - Time: 5:00 P.M.
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