MINUTES OF MEETING
CORAL SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
The regular meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of the Coral Springs Improvement District was held
Present and constituting a quorum
were:
Robert D. Fennell President
William Eissler Vice
President
Glen Hanks Secretary
Also Present Were:
Gary L. Moyer Manager
Dennis Lyles Attorney
Donna Holiday Recording Secretary
John McKune Gee & Jenson
Roger Moore Engineer
Rich Hans District Staff
Bill Joyce District Staff
Mr. Fennell called the meeting to
order at
Mr. Moyer stated we will conduct a
tour of the plant expansion at this time and for the record, we will not
discuss policy, we will only gather facts and information and if there is
anything that needs to be discussed we will do it when we get back to the
conference room as part of the regular meeting.
The
Board convened the business portion of the meeting in the conference room at
SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of the Minutes of
the October 20, 2003 Meeting
Mr.
Moyer stated that each Board member had received a copy of the minutes of the
There
not being any,
On MOTION by Mr. Eissler seconded by Mr.
Hanks with all in favor the minutes of the
THIRD
ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration
of Resolution 2004-1 Amending the Water and Sewer
Mr. Moyer
stated we corrected the debt service fund budget. As part of the refinancing, the 1978 series
went away altogether. We now have a 2002
Series which was part of the refinancing.
We originally provided in your budget $2,288,025 which in reality should
be $2,029,066. The only other change is
in trustee fees which went down $6,200.
Mr.
Fennell stated in the first whereas clause it should be Coral Springs and not
North Springs.
On MOTION by Mr. Eissler seconded by Mr.
Hanks with all in favor Resolution 2004-1 amending the water and sewer
enterprise fund budget for fiscal year 2004 was approved.
FOURTH
ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration
of Request for a Surface Water Management Permit for
This
item pulled from the agenda.
Mr.
Lyles stated I distributed to each of you a letter requesting a modification to
my fee schedule. I believe I have
submitted something that is within the confines suggested by Mr. Fennell and
that is staying within increases of the consumer price index since the
initiation of this relationship and within your adopted budget. I do not anticipate and I will commit to not
requesting any further review of the fee structure until another three years
have expired at which time it will be a full ten years since I started
representing the Board. I’m not promising
a request for increase at that time, I’m just saying
there will not be a request until that time.
On MOTION by Mr. Eissler seconded by Mr.
Hanks with all in favor the modification to the fee schedule for District
Counsel was approved.
Mr.
Lyles stated we had a lengthy discussion at the last meeting regarding
Mr.
Lyles stated as you are aware we are required to submit a bill to the Florida
Legislature combining the original act that created this District and any
amendments to that act into one document that is easily understandable by
someone who wants to look at one document as opposed to several. We have tried to do this several times and
for one reason or another the bill has not gone
through. This year, being the last year
you are allowed to do that under the statute, we have once again, submitted our
package, economic impact statement, all the necessary support documentation and
submitted it to the legislative delegation through the executive director so
that it can be acted on as a local bill here in Broward County and submitted to
the legislature during the session of 2004.
You now have to have a sponsor for such a bill, even though it is
required by State law. I contacted
Senator Skip Campbell’s office and they indicated that they will sponsor this
bill. First reading will be sometime in
the first week of December and second reading the second week in December. In the meantime I have been urged to have a
meeting with Representative Ritter who is involved in this matter and I have
spoken to Mr. Fennell about such a meeting and he has agreed to attend the
meeting as has the President of the North Springs Improvement District which
has a similar bill and similar set of issues with Representative Ritter. We will meet and discuss our codification
bill and the subject that will come up is a change in the manner of electing
Board members. Based on previous
positions approved by the board, we are going to once again suggest that the
wise thing to do is amend Chapter 189 which controls all special districts in the
State of Florida to authorize a voluntary transition if the majority of the
board agrees to a system of electing Board members on a one person one vote
basis and to convert from a three member board to a five member board. We will make that suggestion again. You have indicated in your budget process
that you want to pursue proactive creation of such legislation and this will be
the first step in that direction. No
promises as to what happens once they are in session in
Mr.
Eissler stated I suggest when you meet with Ms. Ritter, that you commit to
nothing and give her nothing; just see what she wants
to do and state what we are willing to do.
B. Engineer
1. Monthly
Water & Sewer Charts
2. Update
on Construction
There
not being any, the next item followed.
There
not being any, the next item followed.
There not being any, the next item
followed.
SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Supervisors Requests and
Audience Comments
There
not being any, the next item followed.
On MOTION by Mr. Eissler seconded by Mr.
Hanks with all in favor the invoices were approved.
On MOTION by Mr. Eissler seconded by Mr.
Hanks with all in favor the meeting adjourned at
Glen Hanks Robert
F. Fennell
Secretary President