Recap 06/26/2014 B NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
Notice is hereby given the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County will conduct
Budget Workshops Thursday, June 26, 2014 and Friday, June 27, 2014, if necessary, at
9:00 a.m. Workshops will be held in the Boardroom, 3rd Floor, W. Harmon Turner Building,
Collier County Government Center, 3299 East Tamiami Trail, Naples, Florida to hear the
following:
COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FY 2015 BUDGET WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
AGENDA
Thursday, June 26, 2014
9:00 am
General Overview— Presented by County Manager Leo Ochs
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• Courts and Related Agencies (State Attorney and Public Defender)
Chuck Rice, Court Administrator
- Direction was given to keep the transfer to Teen Court the same as it was in
FY13/14
• Growth Management
Nick Casalanguida, Growth Management Division Administrator
- Direction was given to restructure items within Fund 131 to keep with what is
being projected in regards to needed staff and reserves (update to be reported to the
BCC - target date of first budget meeting in September)
• Public Services
Steve Carnell, Public Services Administrator
- Direction and questions asked regarding: the maintenance at park facilities; hours
of operations at the libraries to support the working families by implementing more
evening hours; support of the Big Corkscrew Island Park; museum funding;
accurately account between capital accounts and reserves for planning purposes; and
breakdown of tourist development tax (send to Tourist Development Council)
• Administrative Services
Len Price, Administrative Services Division Administrator
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Deferred maintenance to be addressed and leverage of new technologies and the
need for good, qualified personnel for those applications
- Direction and questions asked regarding management of capital assets for other
cost centers (IT, fleet, facilities, etc.); fleet management: maintenance (in-house
versus outsourcing) versus purchase cost analysis; incentivize good driving habits
could be evaluated; and programs of vehicles that should be leased versus owned
(Staff is already re-evaluating annually)
• Public Utilities
George Yilmaz, Public Utilities Administrator
Revenue centric and to meet level of service
- Direction and questions: capital management program is commended as an
example that should be used in other areas of the county; sludge and waste
management to be addressed with public/private partnerships (on a 5-year plan)
• Debt Service
Mark Isackson, Corporate and Business Financial Services
- No questions
• Management Offices (Pelican Bay)
Neil Dorrill (Pelican Bay Services Division), Jack Wert (Tourism),
Bruce Register (Business and Economic Development) and
Mike Sheffield (Communications & Customer Relations)
- No questions
• County Attorney
Jeff Klatzkow, County Attorney
- No questions
• BCC (Community Redevelopment Agencies, Airport)
Leo Ochs, County Manager
- Direction given to remove the position of the BCC Office Manager (update the
Board on where the cost savings could be reallocated)
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(Lunch Recess was taken. Budget Workshop meeting to resume at 1:00 pm)
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
1:00 pm
Constitutional Officers:
• Elections
Jennifer Edwards, Supervisor of Elections
- Direction and questions regarding: adequate office/storage space and discussion on
a potential site with possibility of lease/buy and if any grants are available; capital
expense to be explored from existing funds; and the long range plan to replace
equipment in 2018
• Clerk of Courts
Crystal Kinzel, Finance Director, representing the Clerk of Courts' Office
- No questions
• Sheriff
Kevin Rambosk, Sheriff
Requesting corrections administration and law enforcement staff increase; address
housing concerns for new hires and to be able to offer an attractive and competitive
package for recruitment of officers
- Direction: adequate funding for AED's and training of first responders;
encouragement to maintain enough staff to cover the growth and needs of the
county; and to continue promoting public safety
• Other Constitutional Officers requesting to address the BCC
- None
Public Comment
- None
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