VAB Minutes 04/03/2017 April 3, 2017
TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
Naples, Florida, April 3, 2017
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Value Adjustment Board,
in and for the County of Collier, met on this date at 8:30 a.m., in
SPECIAL SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex,
East Naples, Florida, with the following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Penny Taylor, BCC Member
Erick Carter, School Board Member
Nace Cohen, Business Citizen Member
ALSO PRESENT:
James Morey, Esq., Counsel to the Board
Abe Skinner, Property Appraiser
Jeep Quinby, Property Appraiser's Office
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VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
"SPECIAL"MEETING AGENDA
Board of County Commission Chambers
Collier County Government Center
3299 Tamiami Trail E., r Floor
Naples, FL 34112
April 3, 2017 ti 8:30 a.m.
1. Pledge of Allegiance and Roll Call
2. Approval of Today's Meeting Agenda
3. Selection of Independent Legal Services (Counsel) for
Value Adjustment Board (VAB) — Presented by the Procurement Services Division
Applicants/Proposers (RFP#17-7046) for the position are:
• Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
• Holly E. Cosby, P.A.
4. Public Comment
5. Staff and Board Member Comments
6. VAB Dates of Importance
A. Adoption of a resolution establishing Proposed Millage Rates as the
Maximum Property Tax Rates to be levied:
BCC Meeting set for July 11, 2017
B. VAB Organizational Meeting: Monday August 7, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.
C. TRIM (Truth-In-Millage) Notice to be mailed by the Property Appraiser's
Office on August 17, 2017. Deadline to file a petition with the VAB Clerk's
Office would be 25 days following the mailing: September 11, 2017 at 5 pm.
7. Adjournment Sine Die until August 7, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Good morning. It's a pleasure to see
everyone here, and this is a short, but sweet, meeting.
And I think what we'll do is stand and say the Pledge of
Allegiance.
(The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much.
All right. I'll turn it over to you.
MR. MOREY: Good morning. For the record, Attorney James
Morey. I'm just going to give a quick roll call to establish the quorum.
Commissioner Penny Taylor?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Here.
MR. MOREY: Citizen Business Member Nace Cohen?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Here.
MR. MOREY: And School Board Member Erick Carter?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Present.
MR. MOREY: Fantastic. We do have a quorum.
Also with us today we have Mr. Skinner, the Appraiser, Collier
County Appraiser, and a member of his staff, Mr. Quinby.
MR. QUINBY: Good morning.
MR. MOREY: Thank you -- and welcome -- for being here.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And our wonderful court reporter --
MR. MOREY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- Terri.
MR. MOREY: One important item on the agenda is No. 3, and
that's a selection of Independent Legal Services, Counsel for the VAB,
and we have the Procurement Services Division here to present on that
item.
MR. COYMAN: Good morning. For the record, my name is Ted
Coyman, Director of Procurement Services. Thank you for scheduling
this special meeting.
The Item 3 is seeking your approval on the award of a solicitation
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BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: So -- and I'm a business
community person. Other than that, I don't -- and I do have a lot of
experience with the firm Bond, Schoeneck & King, and I find them to
be, you know, quite desirable. You know, I think they're really good.
But if it's the -- you know, the Board's decision to go with Ms. Cosby,
I'm okay with that; I just think it's a risk.
MR. COYMAN: If it pleases the Board, I could recap the five
references that were provided by Holly Cosby: The first is the Lee
County Value Adjustment Board; the second is the Hendry County
Value Adjustment Board; the third is the Glades County Value
Adjustment Board; the fourth is Corona Property Holdings Company;
and the fifth is David and Ruth Hunt, who were clients. So of the five,
there were three other county Value Adjustment Boards as references.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: What is this -- what is the --
this department's experience with Ms. Cosby in the past?
MR. COYMAN: I don't believe Ms. Cosby's performed work for
the county in the past, for Collier County.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Whereas, Bond, Schoeneck &
King has performed?
MR. COYMAN: That's true; however, I must point out that there
were very clear evaluation criteria in the selection, and Ms. Cosby
scored high, higher than the other firm, based on that criteria. Prior
work for the county would have been considered as one of the
references, but there were requirements for -- to provide additional
professional references and the rate requirement, and there were other
evaluation criteria concerning the selection. So, Ms. Cosby did score
higher.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Okay. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: There's a motion on the floor and a
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second. All those in favor, say aye.
Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you.
Very good questions, by the way.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Yeah, good.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Very good.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Thank you.
MR. MOREY: Staff or board member comments. I don't think --
MR. COYMAN: I'll leave the contract with you.
MR. MOREY: I'll make sure -- I'll give them to the Clerk's
Office. All right.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you, Mr. Coyman. Thank you
very much.
MR. COYMAN: Thank you.
MR. MOREY: So without any staff or other board member
comments, just a couple of dates -- a few dates of importance for the
VAB process:
Adoption of a Resolution establishing the Proposed Millage Rates
as the maximum property tax rates to be levied. That will be at the
County Commissioner's meeting set for July 11th, 2017;
The VAB Organizational Meeting, which would be the next
meeting of this board, is Monday, August 7th, at 9 a.m., and that's a
very important meeting. It's a statutorily required meeting for
organization;
The Truth in Millage TRIM Notice will be mailed by the Property
Appraiser's Office on August 17th;
Deadline to file a petition with the VAB Clerk's Office would be
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25 days following the mailing, or September 11th, 2017, by 5 p.m.
That's the date and time by which any petitions would have to be
received by the Clerk's Office.
And then our last agenda item is to adjourn.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a motion to adjourn?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I motion.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Second.
All those in favor?
Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We are adjourned.
There being no further business for the good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 9: 11 a.m.
VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
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DWIGHT E. BROCK, CLERK
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These minutes approved by the Board on /7/2d7
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as presented or as corrected
TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF, U.S. LEGAL
SUPPORT, INC., BY TERRI LEWIS, NOTARY PUBLIC/COURT
REPORTER.
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