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COMMISSIONERS’ ITEMS
Commissioner Manning • Discussion of Land Development Code amendments.
Commissioner Pendergrass • Discuss the actions taken by the CLASAC committee for future maintenance of 20/20 properties.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS April 1, 2014 John E. Manning District One The Honorable Rich Workman The Honorable Jeremy Ring Cecil L Pendergrass Chair, Finance & Tax Subcommittee Chair, Government Oversight District Two Florida House of Representatives Florida Senate Larry Kiker District Three 221 The Capitol 525 Knott Building 402 South Monroe Street 404 South Monroe Street Brian Hamman District Four Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
Frank Mann District Five RE: HB 1189 and SB 1442 – Firefighters’ Pension Trust Fund
Roger Desjarlais County Manager Dear Chairman Workman and Chairman Ring:
Richard Wm. Wesch County Attorney I am writing on behalf of the Lee County Board of Commissioners to urge
Donna Marie Collins expansion of the Marvin B. Clayton Firefighters Pension Trust Fund Act (Act) to Hearing Examiner include municipalities that provide fire protection services to unincorporated
areas.
The Firefighters’ Pension Trust Fund is funded through an excise tax of 1.85% imposed on the gross premiums of property insurance written within a municipality or special fire district. Currently, a municipality providing fire services to a Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU) within an unincorporated area is not entitled to receive the premium tax collected from the MSTU by the State. House Bill 1189 and Senate Bill 1442 would allow such taxes to be reallocated to such a city for the purpose of providing pension benefits to its firefighters.
The City of Cape Coral currently provides fire protection, non-transport
advanced life support and fire inspection services to the Burnt Store Fire MSTU in unincorporated Lee County. Despite having provided these services since 1990, Cape Coral is unable to receive the premium tax collections on insurance policies for the properties located within the MSTU. Reallocating these funds for the benefit of the firefighters providing the service is the right thing to do and will have an exceedingly small fiscal impact on the State.
We appreciate your favorable consideration of these measures.
Sincerely,
Larry Kiker, Chairman Lee County Board of County Commissioners
CC: Speaker Weatherford and President Gaetz Representative Boyd and Senator Negron, Committee Chairs Representative Eagle and Senator Bradley, Bill Sponsors
P.O. Box 398, Fort Myers, Florida 33902-0398 (239) 533-2111 Internet address http://www.lee-county.com Recycled Paper AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER FY 2014‐15 House‐Senate Budget Comparison SUBJECT HB 5001 SB 2500 Total$ 75,288,017,232 $ 74,875,331,971
Human Services$ 30,664,583,394 $ 30,640,717,097 Education$ 22,643,524,881 $ 22,280,987,236 Nat. Res./Growth Mgt./Transp.$ 13,170,160,443 $ 12,966,288,455 General Government$ 4,198,472,965 $ 4,309,471,885 Criminal Justice & Corrections$ 4,123,553,063 $ 4,178,651,138 Judicial Branch$ 487,722,486 $ 499,216,160
Lee County Alico Road Phase II Force Main ‐‐ $ 761,250 Spanish Creek Restoration (Daniels Preserve) ‐‐ $ 100,000 Gasparilla Island‐‐Beach Nourishment$ 106,822 DEP List Gasparilla Island‐‐post construction monitoring$ 55,988 Line Item 1653
Statewide SHIP* Funding$ 158,470,000 $ 44,650,000 Lee Total$ 1,208,440 $ 5,415,537 County Portion$ 779,807 $ 3,494,646
CJMHSA** Local Matching Grant Program$ 3,000,000 $ 1,000,000 Bob Janes Triage Center ‐‐ $ 250,000
FGCU Innovation Hub Research (IHUB) ‐‐ $ 7,600,000
UF/IFAS SWFL Research & Education Center ‐‐ $ 10,000
SalusCare‐‐Community Action Team$ 750,000 $ 675,000 SalusCare‐‐Crisis Stabilization Unit ‐‐ $ 362,000 Increase PACE*** by 30 slots in Lee County$ 778,511 $ 788,511 Children's Network of SWFL‐‐TOPs**** in Lee$ 586,750 $ 150,000
Everglades and Lake O $ 125,000,000 $ 157,844,525 C‐43 West Basin Storage Reservoir ‐‐ $ 15,000,000 (See Everglades & Lake O Funding Spreadsheet for additional details)
* State Housing Initiatives Program ** Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse *** Program for All‐Inclusive Care for the Elderly **** Teen Outreach Program
Lee County Administration Monday, March 31, 2014 SENATE Budget - House IRLLOB and Everglades and FY 2014-15 Everglades and Lake O Funding Comparison* Other Other
Kissimmee River Restoration Project $5,000,000 $5,000,000
C-111 South Dade Project/Taylor Slough $5,000,000 $5,000,000
C-43 Caloosahatchee West Basin Storage Reservoir $15,000,000 $0
DACS BMPs in Northern Everglades $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Picayune Strand Restoration - 55,000 acres of wetlands and uplands between Tamiami Trail and Alligator Alley $2,000,000 $0
Lake Worth Lagoon Restoration -seagrass and mangroves, capping muck and stormwater projects $2,075,000 $0
Indian River Muck Removal: Proviso - Transfer to St. Johns River WMD for muck removal - Banana River/Central and Northern Indian River, collaboration with FIND (indlucdes $1M to FIT for lagoon research). $10,000,000 $0
Eau Gallie River Muck Removal $10,000,000
St. Lucie River C-44 stormwater treatment area and reservoir $40,000,000 $40,000,000
Restoration Strategies in Base $32,000,000 $32,000,000
Dispersed Water Management Program in Northern Everglades - water retention cost-share projects on public/private lands $3,000,000 $0
Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory & Kilroy water quality monitoring devices - St Lucie River & Indian River Lagoon $7,000,000 $0 Northern Estuaries Resource Recovery pilot program that re-establishes oyster population and seagrass beds - $500K for each estuary $1,000,000 $0
Pump station modifications to move excess water in the WCAs south to Everglades National Park $2,769,525 $0
Subtotal $127,844,525 $95,000,000
Tamiami Trail Bridge $30,000,000 $30,000,000
Total $157,844,525 $125,000,000
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