Board of County Commissioners
Gadsden County, Florida
AGENDA
Regular Public Meeting
September 7, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Present: Eugene Lamb, Chair, District 1; Doug Croley, Vice-Chair, District 2; Gene Morgan, District 3; Sherrie Taylor, District 5; Nicholas Thomas, Clerk; Mike Glazer, County Attorney; Johnny Williams, County Administrator
Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Amendments and Approval of Agenda
Add Economic
Development CDBG Grant as 20A Auburn
Ford, City of Quincy CRA
Morgan/Croley
approve 4 0
Motion and second
withdraw after Attorney Mike Glazer requested removal of Item 14.
Item 14 was pulled at request
of Attorney Mike Glazer.
Morgan/Croley
approve agenda as amended. 4 - 0
Awards, Presentations and Appearances
1 Update on Florida Department of Transportations Five Year Work
Plan
(Robert Presnell, Public Works
Director)
Keith M. McCarron, ARPC Senior
Planner appeared.
2.Presentation of FY 2009 Audit Report
Richard Law, County Auditor appeared. Rendered an unqualified opinion.
Consent Pulled Items: 13
Croley/Morgan
approve the remainder of the consent agenda.
3. Approval of Minutes July 29, 2010
Budget Workshop/Special Meeting
- July 6, 2010 Regular Meeting
4. Ratification of Approval to Pay
County Bills
5. Approval of Resolution 2010-040
Recognizing the Contributions of the Citizens Committee
to Review the Rural Emergency Hospital Concept
(Commissioner Eugene Lamb, Chairman)
6. Approval and Execution of the State
Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Annual Report
(Clyde Collins, Building Official and Phyllis Moore, SHIP
Administrator)
7. Approval of Signatures for Special
Assessment Lien and Rehabilitation Contract Emergency
Repairs
(Clyde Collins, Building Official)
8. Approval of Signatures for Special
Assessment Lien and Rehabilitation Contract State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Program
(Clyde Collins, Building Official)
9. Approval of Signatures for Special
Assessment Liens Impact Fee Proviso (IFP) and State Housing Initiative (SHIP) Programs
(Clyde Collins, Building Official)
10. Approval of Signatures for Signatures
for Special Assessment Lien and Rehabilitation Contract
Impact Fee Proviso (IFP) and State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Programs
(Clyde Collins, Building Official)
11. Approval and Signatures for
Satisfaction of Special Assessment Lien
(Clyde Collins, Building Official and Phyllis Moore, SHIP
Administrator)
12. Approval of Mosquito Control Agreement
with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services (DACS) Annual Certified Budget
(Robert Presnell, Public Works Director)
Discussion: Croley/Morgan
approve 4 0
Items Pulled for Discussion
13. Approval of Amendment 5 Grant LP
6721 with the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (Robert Presnell,
Public Works Director)
Citizens Requesting to be Heard on Non-Agenda Items
(3 minute limit)
Lanois Crockett
2964 Lakeview Point Road EAR Recent meeting was cancelled; Stipulated
Settlement Agreement requested citizen input meetings be rescheduled
Commissioner Taylors comments
directed to get with the Growth Management Director cou
Murray Seay, 957
Havana Highway, Quincy Zoning request from Commercial to Rural Residential
David King asked for forensic
audit of CRA and the Sheriff
Asked that all
public funds be withheld until the findings of the forensic audit is
concluded.
Matter addressed to
the County Administrator.
Sylvia Brooks, 240 Allen Ranch
Lane Paving of Allen Ranch Road requested attorneys opinion in writing
regarding the legal issue regarding paving of private roads.
Private road off a public road
Mike Glazer The Florida Constitution prohibits use of public funds on
private roads. BOCC passed ordinance
providing for a process. However,
questions regarding legality of the ordinance have arisen.
Donation of the
right-of-way to be given to the County Administrator and he was directed to
agenda the matter.
Public Hearings
14. Public Hearing Amendment of
Ordinance Number 88-009 to Include Additional Areas
of Nuisance Abatement This item was pulled from the agenda at the request
of Attorney Mike Glazer.
(Deborah Minnis, County
Attorney)
General Business
15. Approval of Contract with
Solutia Revenue Recovery - Bad and Outstanding Debt Collection Agency (Don
Crum, EMS Director)
Melissa Andrews, 314 Clematis
St. # 201 WPB F: 33401 ARI
Solutia is not licensed in the State of
Florida (yet), No contract was brought
to the BCC.
Bring back at next meeting.
16.Approval of Inter-Local Agreements with Local
Municipalities and the Gadsden County School
Board - Charles Chapman addressed the
board. Croley/Morgan approve 4 0
17. Department of Homeland
Security Grant for Planning Training, Functional Exercise and Equipment
Contract: 09-DS-51-02-30-01-393 Charles
Brinkley, Emergency Management
Coordinator Croley/Morgan approve 4 0
18. Department of Homeland Security Grant for Planning Training, Functional
Exercise and Equipment Contract: 08-60-02-30-01-361 Croley/Morgan 4 0 approve
(Morris Young, Sheriff/Charles
Brinkley, Emergency Management Coordinator)
19. Approval of Continuation of Inter-Local
Agreement with the City of Quincy for Animal Control
Services (Charles Chapman,
Administrative Coordinator) Retro
Active to October 1, 2009. Croley/Morgan
approve 4 0
20. Approval
of Amendment to the Gadsden County Senior Services By-Laws Article III Board of Directors (Johnny Williams, County Administrator) Judge
Stewart Parsons Croley/Morgan approve 4
- 0
20A. Auburn Ford CDBG Economic
Development Grant
Anthony Metheney response. Recommended that any applicant show proof of
financing before the application begins.
County Administrator
21. Update on Board Requests
(Johnny Williams, County Administrator)
County Attorney
22.Update on Various Legal
Issues Commissioner Croley requested
written attorney Opinion on the issue of private roads
(Deborah Minnis, County
Attorney)
Discussion Items by Commissioners
23.
Commissioner Morgan, District 3
No Items
District 4 No Items
Commissioner Taylor, District
5 No Items Letter from Clerk Local
Option on Fuel Tax Midway has appealed.
When the CA is preparing to
hire a new department head, it comes before the board. Why not when they are fired?
Commissioner Croley, Vice
Chairman, District 2
Emergency Management and E911
have it on next agenda to receive information Croley/Morgan 3 1 (Taylor
opposed.)
Privatizing mowing of county
rights-of-ways
County Probation Privatization
Vendor has contacted him regarding follow-up.
Parking Lot open container
drinking; complaints from police that partying is going on in the county
parking lot. City Manager is willing to
meet with County Administrator.
Croley/Lamb motion to have county administrator to meet with city
manager and discuss how to control the parking lot situation. 4 0
Library cleanliness and poor
maintenance of the facilities. Many
complaints are coming to him.
Commissioner Lamb, Chairman, District 1 Appointments
to the 2010 Value Adjustment Board
Fuel Tax
Appointments to the Value
Adjustment Board Croley, Lamb and Rowan Continue with the members that
served last year.
Receipt and File
24.
a. For
the Record: Letter to Law, Redd, Crona
and Munroe, P.A. Regarding the Audit Transition to Purvis, Gray and Company,
LLP David King, 913 Drake Acres
Road, Quincy, FL 32351
b. For the Record: Letter from FDLE Regarding the Sheriffs Area
Drug Taskforce 09
c. For the Record: Budget Amendments Approved by the County
Administrator
September Meeting(s)
- September 8, 2010 1st
Budget Hearing, 6:00 p.m.
- September 21, 2010 - Regular
Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
- September 21, 2010 - 2nd
Budget Hearing, 6:00 p.m.