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Naples, Florida, August 2, 1978
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County Commissioners
in and for ~he County of Co11~er, and also acting 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 9: 00 A. M. in BUDGET '10RKSHOP SESSION in Building "F" of the
Courthouse Complex with the following members present:
CHAIRMAN: John A. Pistor
VICE-CHAIR~: David C. Brown
C. R. "Russ" Wimer
Thomas P. Archer (10:30 A.~
Clifford C. Wenzel
ALSO PRESENT: Harold L. Hall Chief Deputy Clerk/Fiscal Officer;
Jnan Swindle, Deputy Clerk; C. '\lilliam Norman, County "tanager;
Martha Skinner, Director of Social Services; Anne Hora, Personnel
Director; Irvinp, Berzon, Utility Director and Mr. Hartley, Naples
Welfare Director.
AGENDA
1978-79 BUDGET HOR.,SHOP REVIEt-l SCHEDULE
HEDNESDAY, AUGUST '2,' 1978
9:00 a.m.
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15-000
50-000
51-010
51-020
51-030
51-040
Personnel
:Anne Hllra
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Irving'Berza
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Utilities Administration
Water Service - Administration
Water Service,- Naples
Water Se~ice - Goodland
Water Service - Isles of Capri
52-010
52-020
52-030
52-040
Sewer Service - District A
Sewer Service - District B
Sewer Service - Marco
Sewer Service - Port-Au-Prince
53-010
53-020
Water/Se"er Service - Immokalee
Water/Sewer Service - Willoughty Acres
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,1;7-000
58-000
Water Nanagement
:Kel1y 'Road Water 'A8.~88rnq~~
1:30 p.m.
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80-010
80-020
80-030
Social Services - Administration Martha Skir
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Social Services
Assistance
Social Services - Homemakers
80-040
03-010
28- 011
Social Services - Naples Welfare Mr. Hartle)
COlUlty ~lanager - 1-fr. Nonnan
Fire Districts - Fiscal Officer Hall (Inc1udir.g account
~umbers 128-012;'28-030j'28-040;I28-050;I28-060 and '28-
(/f15-000) - REVIEWED
PERSONNEL BUDGET -
Hrs. Anne Hora presented the personnel budget which indicated
a 30.7% increase over the present budget and included the proposed
5% employees increase, the addition of one staff person, the increase
in insurance and related compensation rates, and the increase in
charges by the Health Department for all new employees' physicals.
There was discussion regarding the use of one of the personnel
staff, part-time, for Credit Union business with Commissioner Wimer
commenting that the Board's original mistake was in allowing the
CETA employee under the Board's jurisdiction to divide the work
ti~e between the Collier County Credit Union and the Board.
Commissioner Wimer stated he would be emphatically against Personnel
"picking up" the CETA employee for regular payroll as long as there
was an indication that work hours would be spent on Credit Union
business; however, he would approve the addition of one staff
person for the personnel department's use only. lirs. Hord's
explanation of her request for additional staff was the increase
in insurance and workmen's compensation claims together with the
overall increase of employees, stating the Board employs 421 people
and there should be ~ne staff member for each 100 employees. The
request for A 5 drawer lateral file cabinet was discussed together
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with Mrs. Hora's statement that she uses her p~rsonal car for
transportation on County business when the Motor Pool is unable
to provide a County car.
Chairman Pistor requested that Mrs. Hora and County Manager
Norman reach a possible solution regarding the Credit Onion's
use of the County employee and bring it back before the Board
next week and stated the Board's tentative acceptan~e of the
Personnel budget in the amount of $64,502.
WATER ~~NAGEMENT BUDGET - (#57-000) - REVIEWED
Utility Director Irving Berzon tO~Ather with Mr. William
Halters, member of the WMAB, presented the Water Hanagement
bucil~et wi th an opening remark from Mr. Walters that qualified
~he new monies, $470,257 to be raised by taxes for the FY 1978-79,
as being less than the $470,448 figures of this year's budget,
indicating that with the increased tax base for FY 1978-79, the
millage rate will be lower. He expalined this advantageous
position as being the result of more than $1,000,000 carry-over
from last year's budget and the two stringent reviews given the
tentative budget by the members of the t~.
During the discussion that followed every project being
considered for the coming year was touched upon - 1. e. (1) The
flow diversion swa1e for the District 7 weir project along Airport
~oad at a?proximately the Poinciana School; (2) The pipes under
U,S. 41 East that drain the upper areas of fresh water down into
estuarian zones and the need to dam a portion of such pipes to
allow a return to a historical pattern of the overflow; (3) The
Lely canal; (4) The Cocohatchee weir; (5) The Henderson Creek
weir; (6) The continued studies on the same areas of concern; (7)
~he completion of the survey regardi~g topographic maps; (8) The
question of a $30,000 charge made by the Engineering Department
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for services rendered and if it could be a duplicate charge made
to the Utility Division; (9) The &xcavation study; (10) The
Golden Gate study and the possibility of using the $1,300,000
received from GAC eper agreement with the Board) as financing;
ell) The B1g Cypress Basin Boar~'. proposal that they maintain only
the weirs along the salinity line; (12) The maintenance of County
weirs by the County; (13) Contingency fund; (14) The question of
expending the $1,000,000 cash overflow that has been accumulated
from taxes through the years; (15) The total amount of expenditures
for the already designed weirs located at Henderson Creek, S.R. 31
and Cocohatchee River which equals $700,000, more or less; (16)
The monies that are set aside for the Golden Gate main weir and
the Fahkahatchee weir and (17) The statement from Fiscal Officer
Hall that there now is $36,000 additional interest income and a
total of $60,000 added to the tentative budget fund balance thereby
reducing $60,000 required from ad valorem taxes.
Included in the di&cussion was the rapid development of
Collier County which, in turn, requires additional expenditures
for all areas of water management and how the taxing structure is
set up to maintain the entire County not by dist~icts; with the
exclusion of the Immokalee and Everglades areas.
Chairman Pistor requested Utility Director Ber~on to determine
if the $30,000 charge for engineering services is duplicated in
the utility division budget and to confirm the boundaries of the
Coastal Area Taxing District. He asked that a legal opinion be
obtained concerning the spending of the $1,300,000 GAC funds on
Golden Gate Estates study/redevelopment and bring back before the
Board on August 15, 1978.
In summary, the WMAB tentative budget of $470,257 in new monies
for the FY 1978-79 was reduced by $35,567, resulting in a tentatively
approved budget of $434,690 in new monies for the WMAB
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UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION - 150-000, 151-010, #51-020, 15l-030,
and #51-040 - WATER SERVICE/ADMINISTRATION, NAPLES, GOODLAND AND
ISLES OF CAP~I - #52,010, #52-020, 152-030, and #52,040 - SEWER
SERVICE - DISTRICT A: DISTRICt B: MARCO AND PORT-AU-PRINCE:
#53-010 and #53-020 l~ATER/SERVICE, IMMOKALEE AND WILLOUGHBY ACRES;
1158-000 "'- KELLY ROAD WATER ASSESSMENT - BUDGETS REVIEWED
Utility Director Irving Berzon stated at the onset of the
utilities division's buJget review, that the Utility Division and
all the operating budgets under it are self-sustaining and inde-
pendent of the General Fund with the exception of water management
as previously discussed and the two 201 Studies that are 757.
funded by the EPA, and that the Utility Division's budget does
not affect ad valorem taxes.
Discussion followed regarding the cost of the Utility Division's
banking operation; the financing of several Board approved projects;
if any of the needed financing can come from the present $5,000,000
Capital Improvement bond issue; the 201 Study for Everglades
sCl...ers; the drainage work that needs to be done in the Palm River
area and the verification of funds to do the construction; and
in conclusion, Fiscal Officer Hall's comments on the proposed uses
of the revenue from the $5,000,000 Capital Improvement bond fss'Je.
The Board gave tentative approval of the Utility Division
budget as presented.
SOCIAL SERVICES - #80-010 - ADMINISTRATION; H80-020 - ASSISTANCE;
#80-030 - HOMEMAKERS - BUDGET REVIEWED
Mrs. Martha Skinner, Director of Social Services, presented
the Social Services budget which included three revised figures
for not only ambulance service but charges from Medicaid/hospital
and Nedicare/nursing homes under HRS. Mrs. Skinner stated the
two aforementioned accounts are State-mandated and account for
1/3 to 1/2 of her total budget. Her only suggestion for possible
deletion was a new program, Shelter, that carries a proposed budget
of $2,000. The total proposed Social Services budget with the
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increascs as outlined above amounts to $405,991. At this time,
t1rs. Skinner explained in detail the functions of the department
and they include:
1. Medicaid assistance in hospital cases
2. Medicare assistance in nursing home cases
3. Indigent ambulance service
4. Indigent burial service
5. Food stamps on an emergency level only
6. Homemakers service
7. Day care centers
8. Investigative services for all areas of aid
9. Shelter for families who face eviction thru
illness of breadwinner (Th{s is the new program
being requested)
It was the consensus of the Board to tentatively approve the
Department of Social Services' budget as presented.
SOCIAL SERVICES - NAPLES WELFARE - 180-040 - BUDGET REVIEWED
Mr. Hartley presented the Naples Welfare Social Services'
budget in the amount of $24,232 and explained the increase is due
to the salary increase for himself and a $1,000 increase in the
Hcdicaid nursing charge. He stated that the remainder of his
department finances comes from the United Services and donations
and he has attempted to have his programs dove-tail with Mrs.
Skinner's department so that all assistance will go smoothly.
Fiscal Officer Hall was request~d to check into the difference
between the salary figure shown in the budget and the salary
figure Mr. Hartley actually receives.
It was the consensus of the Board to tentatively approve the
Naples Welfare budget as presented.
COUNTY MANAGER'S - 103-010 - BUDGET REVIElolED
County Manager Norman presented his budget for review and
enumerated the items that should be discussed as follows:
1. County Manager's present salary and anticipated
increase for the FY 1978-79
2. Switchboard operator's expense being transferred to
his budget
3. Salary increases (5%) for the County Manager's staff
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4. The amount of monies allotted for Personal Trans-
portation re conferences
5. Pros and cons of the County Manager's office
utilizing a Mag Card typewriter and the suggestion
of using the Word Prooessing department in place
of the Mag Card
6. Anticipated expense of an IBM typewriter
7. The cost of xeroxing oopies as opposed to using
carbon copies
8. The question of oontractual services to maintain
the machines under the County Managor's control
9. Cost of new furniture and phy~ical change in the
office
10. Suggestion of employing a Systems Analysis person
to determine how more effioiency can be obtained in
county government.
Chairman Pistor requested that an expense figure be deter-
mined for the employment of a Systems Analyst and bring it back
before the Board at the next budget hearing.
FIRE CONTROL - 128-011 - FIRE DISTRICT II/CONTRACTED, 128-012 _
ISLES OF CAPRI; '28-030 - GOLDEN GATE; '28-040 - OCHOPEE,
128-050 - HENDERSON CREEK; '28-060 - MARCO FIRE CONTROL - MSTU;
#28-090 - FIR!:: HYDRANT ASSESSMENT- BUDGETS REVIEWED
Fiscal Officer Harold Hall presented the review of the
dependent fire control districts, stating that the gross taxable
value for Fire District 1 has increased by $500,000 (Fire District
1 includes Isles of Capri, Golden Gate and East Naples).
Continuing, Mr. Hall said the proposal for the FY 1978-79, is
to contract the northp.rn portion of Fire District 1 to Golden
Gate; the eastern portion of Fire District 1 to East Naples and
allocate 25% of the District 1 revenues for the Isles of Capri Fire
District. The proposed appropriation of the 1 mill tax will cover the
expenses incurred by the aforementioned contracts.
Discussion followed regarding the Isles of Capri acquiring a
new fire truck; the anticipated high rises to be built on Isles
of Capri and the problems that will ensue; the employment of 2
CETA employees and 2 new firemen by Golden Gate; the physical
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test required by the State for all firemen; and the certification
by the SLate that such a teat has been passed by all firemen.
It was the consensus of the Board that the budsets for the
dependent Fire Districts be approved.
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The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 P.M. by urder of the
Chair.
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