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ITEM 7.
County Manager - Consent

AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:February  18, 2020 
DEPARTMENT:County Manager
REQUESTER:Tim Gard 
TITLE:Approve MSTBU Interagency Agreements with Tax Collector and Property Appraiser's Office 
I.MOTION REQUESTED
 Approve and execute interagency agreements between Lee County Board of County Commissioners and Lee County Tax Collector, and Lee County Property Appraiser's office.
II.ITEM SUMMARY
 Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, requires the Board to enter into interlocal agreements with the Tax Collector and the Property Appraiser to provide for reimbursement of necessary administrative costs incurred in the course of administering non-ad valorem assessments for Municipal Service Benefit Units.
III.BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION
 A)Board Action and Other History
  

The Office of Municipal Services Taxing Benefit Unit (MSTBU) has used this method of collecting Non-Ad Valorem Special Assessments for its capital improvement program since December 2013. The use of the Uniform Method of Collection (Tax Roll) is authorized by Florida Statutes §197.3632.

 

Interlocal agreements with the Property Appraiser and Tax Collector are required for the following new Municipal Service Benefit Units:

 

a) Sunset Cove Channel Marker Operation and Maintenance Special Improvement Unit  Established by Ordinance No. 18-13, on April 03, 2018.

 

b) Telegraph Creek Bridge Repair Operation and Maintenance Special Improvement Unit. Established by Ordinance No. 18-24, on November 06, 2018.
 B)Policy Issues
  
 C)BoCC Goals
  
 D)Analysis
  
 E)Options
  
IV.FINANCIAL INFORMATION   
 A)Current year dollar amount of item:
No funding required.
 B)Is this item approved in the current budget?No
 C)Is this a revenue or expense item?
 D)Is this Discretionary or Mandatory?Mandatory  State Statute 125.01, Ordinance 98-25, Adm Code 3-15 
 E)Will this item impact future budgets?
If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.
Yes
 F)Fund: MSTBU District
Program:
Project:
Account Strings: debt funding  
 G) Fund Type?Other:   
 H)Comments:
Funding will be through assessment of property owners.
 
V.RECOMMENDATION
 Approve  
VI.TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION
 
VII.FOLLOW UP
 
ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateType
Interlocal Agreement TC 2020-01-131/17/2020Interlocal Agreement
Uniform Collection Interlocal PA 2020-01-131/17/2020Interlocal Agreement
Executed Interlocal - Property Appraiser3/2/2020Interlocal Agreement
Executed Interlocal - Tax Collector3/2/2020Interlocal Agreement
021820R-C-7-Interagency Agreement with the Tax Collector - fully executed6/11/2021Interlocal Agreement
021820R-C-7-ILA-Property Appraiser - fully executed6/11/2021Interlocal Agreement
REVIEWERS:
DepartmentReviewerActionDate
County ManagerWinton, PeterApproved2/7/2020 - 8:49 AM
Budget ServicesHenkel, Anne Approved2/7/2020 - 11:08 AM
Budget ServicesWinton, PeterApproved2/7/2020 - 2:24 PM
County AttorneyFredyma, John J.Approved2/10/2020 - 9:27 AM
County ManagerWinton, PeterApproved2/10/2020 - 11:06 AM