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09-21-1999 Special Meeting CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Page 1 A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Thursday, September 21, 2000 at Jenkins Auditorium. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Turville with the following Council Members present: Council Member Biddle and Council Member Lamb. Other officials present were City Manager Saunders, Finance Director Van Zile, City Accountant Lisa Strickland and Deputy City Clerk Maddox. Mayor Turville asked the record to reflect that Council Member Mullins is not present because of illness and Council Member MacLauchlin is not present because she is out of town. Mayor Turville stated that this was the Final Public Hearing of the proposed 2000-2001 Budget of the City of Clermont. Mayor Turville recognized that Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tegen were in attendance at the meeting and welcomed any questions or comments they may have. PUBLIC HEARING 2000-2001 Ad Valorem Millage Rate - Resolution No. 1138 Mayor Turville stated that Resolution No. 1138 adopts the 2000-2001 ad valorem millage rate. Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1138 in its entirety and opened the Public Hearing. There were no public comments and Mayor Turville closed the public hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded bY Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously bY roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1138 setting a millage rate o_f 3. 729for_fiscal?ear 2000- 2001. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Page 2 2000-2001 General Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1139 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1139 by title only and opened the Public Hearing stating that Resolution No. 1139 will adopt the fiscal year 2000-2001 budget for the General Fund. No questions were received and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1139. 2000-2001 Infrastructure Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1140 Mayor Turville read Resolution 1140 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were received and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1140. 2000-2001 Recreation Impact Fee Fund Budget - Resolution 1141 Mayor Turville read Resolution 1141 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were received and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously bY roll call vote to adopt Resolution 1141. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Page 3 2000-2001 Police Impact Fee Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1142 Mayor Turville read Resolution 1142 by title only and opened the Public Heating. No questions were received and Mayor Turville closed the Public Heating. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1142. 2000-2001 Fire Impact Fee Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1143 Mayor Turville read Resolution 1143 by title only and opened the Public Heating. No questions were received and Mayor Turville closed the Public Heating. A motion was made bY Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1143. 2000-2001 1989 Sales Tax Bond Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1144 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1144 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were asked and the Public Hearing was closed. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously bY roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1144. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Page 4 2000-2001 Water Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1145 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1145 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were received in regard to Resolution No. 1145 and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded bY Council Member Lamb and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1145. 2000-2001 Sewer Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1146 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1146 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were received with regard to Resolution 1146 and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1146 2000-2001 Stormwater Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1147 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1147 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were received with regard to Resolution 1147 and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 114 7. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Page 5 2000-2001 Sanitation Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1148 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1148 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were received with regard to Resolution 1148 and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously bY roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1148. 2000-2001 Group Self Insurance Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1149 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1149 title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were received with regard to Resolution 1149 and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded bY Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimouslv b? roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1149. Council Member Biddle stated that he read that some other cities were surprised at their budget process meetings because their group insurance was higher than anticipated and stated he was glad that the City of Clermont's staff has been on top of this matter and there were no surprises for our City. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Page 6 2000-2001 Community Redevelopment Agency Fund Budget - Tentative Resolution No. 1150 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1150 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No questions were received with regard to Resolution 1150 and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1150. 2000-2001 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Budget - Resolution No. 1151 Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1151 by title only and opened the Public Hearing. No comments were received in regard to Resolution No. 1151 and Mayor Turville closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded bp Council Member Lamb, and carried unanimously by roll call vote to adopt Resolution No. 1151. CITIZENS' COMMENTS Dick Tegen asked for an explanation of the logic behind the Statute that says you have to publish your millage rate reflective to the roll-back rate as opposed to the previous year's rate. Mayor Turville gave an example of how the millage is calculated and stated that the language in the Statute is poorly written and is deceptive in its reading. City Manager Saunders stated that the definition of"tax increase" is increased tax revenue to the City, not a tax increase on a home. Mr. Saunders stated that he understands there is an attempt to change the language of the Statute in order to make it clear. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Page 7 City Manager Saunders thanked the Council for the good budget process this year and stated that everyone worked hard on this budget and he appreciated the comprises and the solutions. City Manager Saunders also thanked Finance Director Van Zile and Lisa Strickland for their hard work on the budget. Council Member Biddle stated that while it seemed that the Council breezed through this budget meeting, but there was a lot of work done by the Council and Staff at the workshops. Mr. Biddle stated that the credit goes to City Managers Saunders, Finance Director Van Zile and City Account Lisa Strickland for all their hard work. Mr. Biddle stated that Finance Director Van Zile has won the financial award for the last 10 years because of his excellent work and it is great that our City can have the confidence in this process that many other cities do not have. Mayor Turville stated that Minneola, Lady Lake and Montverde are the only communities that have a proposed millage rate that was lower than our own and considering our size and level of services, our community should be very proud of what we manage to run the City for. There being no further business or discussion, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Attest: Harold S. Turville, Mayor