2008.07.29_TC_Minutes_SpecialTOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
MINUTES OF TOWN COMMISSION MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4.20 P M
Mayor Jim Newill, CPA called the Special Meeting to order in Commission Chambers at
1:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER:
Roll Call: Members present: Mayor Jim Newill, CPA; Vice Mayor Miriam S. Zwick;
Commissioner John J. Sorrelli; and Commissioner John J. Pagliaro. Absent -
Commissioner Doris M. Trinley. Also present: Town Attorney Tom Sliney; Town
Manager Dale S. Sugerman; Town Clerk Beverly M. Brown; and members of the public.
• Pledge of Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance was given, followed by a minute of
silence in honor of members of the military, both living and deceased.
Civility Pledge: Town Clerk Brown recited the Civility Pledge for the Commission and
public.
1. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA
None
2. PUBLIC CONIlVIENTS AND REQUESTS
None
3. NEW BUSINESS
A) Setting the Tentative Maximum Millage Rate -Fiscal Year 2008-2009
Town Mana eg r Su erman -This is the time of the year when the Town Commission
has an obligation to establish a tentative maximum millage rate for the 2008-2009
• fiscal budget year. The initial rate is the maximum millage rate that can be put into
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• place going forward, and is set at this time so that the public is given notice on what
the maximum tax rate might be for the next year. This tentative maximum millage
rate is not the final millage rate. The final millage rate which will go on the tax bills in
November will be established only after we complete our budget public hearings in
September. Typically, the tentative millage rate at the beginning of the budget session
is set at some high number, in order to give the Commission some flexibility on next
year's revenue as we work our way through the budget workshops into the budget
hearings. The final millage rate can always be lower than the initial tentative millage
rate. It cannot, however, be higher.
While the proposed draft budget previously submitted to the Town Commission was
built on an assumption that the final millage rate could be set at 3.85 mills (which is
made up a combination of 3.402 ad valorem taxes and .4458 voter approved debt
service), going into the budget process the Town Commission could establish a much
higher tentative millage rate (with a simple majority vote) based upon the roll-back
rate amount of 4.1397 mills (which is made up a combination of 3.6939 ad valorem
taxes and .4458 voter approves debt service.) I am distributing a spreadsheet showing
the impact of various millage rate options, (included as part of these minutes)
including the 4.0 millage rate of two years ago, the 3.95 millage rate from the current
budget year, and 5 alternative scenarios of millage rates running from the roll back
rate of 4.1397 mills, all the way down to 3.80 mills. If the tentative millage rate is set
at the roll-back rate of 4.1397, it would require a 2l3's vote of the Commission.
• MOTION: Vice Mayor Zwick moved to set the tentative maximum millage rate at
3.95 mills; seconded by Commissioner Pa lg iaro.
ROLL CALL:
Vice Mayor Zwick - Yes
Commissioner Pagliaro - Yes
Commissioner Sorrelli - Yes
Mayor Newill - Yes
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND REQUESTS RELATED TO ITEMS DISCUSSED
AT MEETING:
None
5. AD TOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Commission at this time, a
MOTION was made by Commissioner Sorrelli and seconded by Commissioner
Pagliaro to adjourn at 4:35 P.M.
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Jim Neff G~11, CPA, Mayor
Miriam S. Zwick, Vice
Doris M. Trinley, Commissioner
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Jb~n J Sorrelli, Commission 7
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Joluk agliaro, ; ~ orr~4nissioner
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• Be erly M. Bro n, MMC
Town Clerk
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