2002.09.17_TC_Minutes_Special
TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
MINUTES OF TOWN COMMISSION MEETING
PUBLIC HEARING/SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday. September 17.2002 5:01 P. M.
Vice Mayor Michael W. Hill called the Public Hearing/Special Meeting to order in
Commission Chambers at 5:01 P.M. stating its purpose was to hold an advertised
Public Hearing/Special Meeting for the purpose of considering adoption of the
2002/2003 fiscal year budget and its corresponding ordinances.
Town Clerk Doris Trinley called the roll. The Vice Mayor, and Commissioners John
J. Sorrelli, Robert L. Lowe and Rachael Scala-Pistone were present. Mayor
Thomas J. Reid was absent.
Town Manager Ben Saag and Finance Director Stan Novak were also present.
For the record, Vice Mayor Hill noted a millage levy of 4.0000 (3.7029 operating
mils; .2971 mils debt service - a 5.98 increase of the roll back rate of 3.4940)
He then called for a MOTION to open the Public Hearing (COMMISSIONER
• SORRELLI/COMISSIONER LOWE).
Only Earl Ruth, 1005 Russell Drive, was present; his question regarding a tax
increase was satisfactorily answered by the Vice Mayor and Town Manager. The
Public Hearing was then closed upon MOTION by COMMISSIONER
SORRELLUCOMMISSIONER LOWE.
Opening the Special Meeting, Vice Mayor Hill directed the Clerk to give final
reading, by title only, to the Levy ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA,
TO EFFECT A TAX LEVY BASED UPON THE 2002 TAX ROLL OF THE
TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH.
The ordinance was unanimously approved upon roll call vote, following MOTION by
COMMISSIONER SCALA-PISTONE/COMMISSIONER LOWE.
Vice Mayor Hill then directed final reading, by title only,of the Appropriation
(Budget) ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH,FLORIDA,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2002-2003
• BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2002 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2003.
Minutes of Town Commission Public Hearing/Special Meeting
September 17.2002 Page 2 of 2
The ordinance was unanimously approved upon roll call vote, following MOTION by
COMMISSIONER SORRELLUCOMMISSIONER LOWE.
There being no further business to come before the Commission at this time, Vice
Mayor Hill adjourned the Public Hearing/Special Meeting at 5:10 P.M. upon
MOTION by COMMISSIONER LOWE/COMMISSIONER SCALA-PISTONE.
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APPROVE:
Absent-
Thomas J. Reid, Mayor
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OV~RHl~E'
HIGHLAND BEACH -fie town commis-
sion,, at a special 5 p.m. public hearing on
7uesdag approMed a 515.7 million budget
for 2002-2003. Homeowners will. pay
$4 per $1..,000 of assessed property
value; this is tpe ninth straight year
the: rate`has been unchanged. Under
the budget, the owner of a home'as,-
sessed at$200,p00 and covered by the
$25,000 homestead exemption would
pay $700 in taxes, assuming the value
of the home remained the same as
last year.: But because the town's value
increased by 17.5 percent, some ho-
meowners will. pay more, although
more than of hal# the increase in
roperty values comet from nearly ,
$98 million in new construction as ad=
ditional condominium towers opened.
The taxable value of a home covered
by the Save Our Homes assessment
cap will increase no more than 1.6
percent. Tuesday's vote was 4-0; May-
orThomas J. Reid was out of town.