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LONGWOOD, FLORIDA
f MARCH 8, 1993
Commrss= Members P ent:
Mayor Lovestrantl
Deputy Mayors rilson
r Steve Miller
Commiss lone= Fred Pearl
commrssr Members Absent:
onCOmmissioner Rex Anderson
staff Members P
s ASeMCFell in, City Administrator
raldine D Zambri, City Clerk
Necky vose, city Attorney
1. Mayor Loves rand called a Special Meeting to order at 5:30
P.M.
2. REVIEW RESIDENTIAL -GARBAGE CONTRACT PROPOSAL REGARDING
,i Mayor Loves[ and referretl to a me o he had writ en t the
dated March 5, 1993 and m Eromt the City
I Atlm nistrator dated rch B, 1993 and aid he thought the
Commission would agreeM after leading his m that they a ted out
o£ confusion. Commissioner Miller arrrvedm at this point in [he
meeting.
Commissioner Pearl aid after ing the act he
believed i should be s t 12&, and also rsuggested thatna
of 565,DD0ta wally bees t, and further that it be determinedrhow
the city would be paid. e
Mayor L estrand n ted {ees charged by other m cipal ities.
Discussion continnetl regarding the collecting/Franchise fee.
Miller suggested, ather than charging
percentagessthatra straight fee of 51 per customer per m nth be
charged. aid this would safeguard the r silents i [hat i£
there w es and the rate changed, the collection fee would
remarn the same.
Deputy Mayor Smerilson and Commissioner P arl objected t
setting the Fee at a which was less than the revenue projected
rn the budget, thereby tcausing a butlget deficit.
r Mayor L estrand saitl h would prefer that s dollar amount,
ather han avpercentage, be chargetl.
by commissioner arl, onaea by Depnty mayor
rilson~n that the collecting/billing eEee be set at $1.30 per
customer, per month, with a $fi5,000 guaranteed mrnrmum per Year.
Setting the collecting fee at $1.30, with the option of
lowering i after mid-year budget w s discussed and Deputy Mayor
rilson said he would be in favor of the $I.00 fee if there w
e that there would not be a deficit. He Further suggested
thatr the collecting fee could be reduced if rt was determined,
n failed to c rry by c o to t with Deputy Mayor
rilsono and Commissioner P arLwvotingwaye nand Mayor Lovestrand
and commissioner Miller voting nay.
Discussion c ued and Commissioner Miller said he believed
they could find s way to cut c make up Eor the 30 cents
difference. Deputy Mayor Smerilson and commissioner Pearl objected
to lowering the fee without having a plan to provide fox the budget
deficit that would occur from the lower fee. Mayor Lovestrand said
Mayor Lovestrand passed the gavel to Deputy Mayor 5 rilson
and made a motion that $1:25 perm nth per custemer be charged for
a collection/franchise fee. Seconded by Commissioner Miller.
Deputy Mayors rilson said he could n vote in favor o£ the
motion unless someone came up with a plan, o
ied by a three t ith Mayot Lovestrand
Commissionersa Miller and Pearl voting says and Deputy Mayor
Smerilson voting nay.
3. Meeting adjourned at approximately 5:95 P.M.
Paul Lovestrand, Mayor
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Geraldine D i, City Clerk