Invocation, Pledge of
Allegiance and Roll Call
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call (Muriel Straughn, Deputy Clerk)
Present: Sherrie
Taylor, Chair, District 5
Gene Morgan,
Vice-Chair, District 3
Amendments and Approval of
Agenda
Add: Commissioner Lamb’s Travel to FAC Policy
Conference 16A
Add: Amendment
to Lease for Hospital Beds - 12A
Remove from Consent
Agenda add for discussion as 16B: Appointment of Clarence Jackson to
Tourist Development Council 9A
Lamb/Holt approve as amended 5 – 0
Awards, Presentations and
Appearances
1. Introduction of the Interim Director for Gadsden
County Health Department
Mr. Paul Myers, Interim Administrator to Gadsden County Health
Department, introduced himself saying that he is from Alachua County Florida
and is not a candidate for the position.
Time frame for the replacement – by the end of October. Surgeon General makes the appointment with
the confirmation by the County Commission.
There is a nationwide search and the closing date was August 31. The applicant base is set. Interviews will begin shortly.
2. Impact of the Budget Cuts - Capital Area Community Action Agency
Dorothy Inman-Johnson, Executive Director, addressed the board. Gadsden County received $1.8 million last
year. (2010-2011) Unfortunately, there
is likely to be some major cuts in the programs that will greatly impact on
Gadsden County.
She asked the board to support their efforts to go to the federal
government to reconsider the massive cuts to the poor. She
asked for a resolution from the board in support of the effort to stop the
reduction by Congress. Send to President
and delegation
Lamb/Holt approve to direct
staff to put forth such a resolution to be brought back to the agenda at future
meeting. 5 – 0
3. Request for Gadsden County to Re-apply for a Community Development Block Grant to Fund Infrastructure Improvements for an Assisted Living Facility
Anthony Matheny,
Planning and Community Development Director, Charlie Harris, Facility Owner and
Auburn Ford, Grant Consultant were all present.
Mr. Matheny recalled that Mr. Harris applied for CDBG grant funds, but
the application was denied because of deficiencies in the application. He must now reapply in a different funding
cycle with a new application. He is asking
for permission to apply.
Holt/Lamb approve the reapplication
Commissioner
Morgan noted that it was on the agenda under awards, presentations and
questioned whether it should come back on a future agenda.
Attorney Glazer confirmed that action could be
taken on the applicants request .
Vote
4 – 1 to move forward with the application.
Clerk of Courts
4. Value
Adjustment Board Appointments
Lamb/Croley approve Taylor,
Morgan and Ms. Emily Rowan to VAB 5 – 0
5. Presentation of
County Finance and County Clerk Issues
Nicholas Thomas, Clerk of the Courts, addressed the board.
Emergency invoices for emergency invoices on the jail. Will need to amend the current budget to make
the jail repairs and do a Advertised Budget Change. Must take from Capital Projects fund balance.
$66,000 for chiller; $25,000 for showers.
Put this on the next agenda for budget amendment – advertised
Consent
Lamb/Morgan
approve 6 – 8 5 - 0
6.
Ratification of
Approval to Pay County Bills
7.
Approval
of Bid Award for Actuarial Services for OPEB (Optional
Post Employment Benefits) a Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Requirement (Connie McLendon, Finance Director)
8.
Approval of Commissioner Taylor’s Travel to Attend
the Advance County Commissioner (ACC) Education Program (Sherrie Taylor, Chairperson)
9.
Reappointment
of Current Tourist Development Members with Expired Terms (Anthony
Matheny, Planning and Community Development
Director and Sonya Burns, TDC Secretary)
Morgan – send back to TDC
Holt – does not have to go back to TDC
Croley – concurred with HOLT
Holt/Lamb appoint Clarence Jackson to TDC as Citizen subject to it
being a proper classification 4 – 1 (Morgan)
Commissioner Taylor – Hemant Patel to continue
to serve the remainder of this year – December 2011. If unable to continue in a regular capacity, then look at
reappoint.
Patricia Vice, Jeff DuBree
Holt/Lamb continue reappointment of Jeff DuBree to the end of 2011 3 – 2
(Croley/Morgan)
Croley/Lamb approve appointment of
Ms. Vice to the end of 2011 5 – 0
Items Pulled for Discussion
Citizens Requesting to be Heard on Non-Agenda Items
(3 minute limit)
Michael Taylor 120 North Macon St. Quincy,
FL - Small Business Coordinator through
the Chamber– requested $25,000 from the Chamber of Commerce budget. Their funding will not allow for that this
year. Had 13 graduates from the
program. Seeking money to keep the
momentum going.
Elizabeth Peterson - graduate
of the Small Business Center – finished in July; time that was given to them was awesome. Core group started the course in
January. They continue to meet together. They all have businesses that are
thriving.
Budget Hearing will
be on September 7, 2011 to state how they feel about the budget process.
Public Hearings
10.
Public Hearing – First Reading of Neighborhood Commercial Land
Development Code Text Amendments – Proposed Ordinance (Anthony Matheny, Planning and Community Development Director)
Chair announced this is a public hearing. Called for public comments. No response.
Matheny – this was debated at length in Planning Council.
Intersection criteria – Holt/Taylor would like to see it changed.
Section 5204 B – intersection criteria
Commissioner Morgan – need to
support recommendation of the Planning Commission and the staff.
Commissioner Holt – it is not
the Planning Commission’s responsibility to attend to economic
development. It is the Board’s
responsibility. Need to go back and look
at the Comprehensive Plan and change it to attract business to the county.
Croley/Morgan approve as recommended. 5-0
Motion to approve with the exception of the
language 5204B – delete the language limiting businesses to the intersection
criteria.
Staff directed to bring back to the board a list of business types that
can be put into the various categories such as Commercial, Neighborhood
Commercial, etc. Have in next agenda
packet.
11.
Public Hearing – Approval of
Resolution Number 2011-030 and Budget Amendments to the Fiscal Year 2010/2011
Budget – Funds for Records Center Roof and Line Item for Gretna Water/Sewer Line (Connie McLendon, Finance Director and Jeff Price, Senior Management and Budget Analyst)
Chair announced a public hearing.
Open to comments from the public after board discussion.
Commissioner Croley motion to
split the question. Chair felt the
motion was out of order. Motion died for
lack of a second.
Attorney Glazer – it is a public hearing and has been advertised as one resolution. Cannot split the question.
Holt/Lamb approve the budget
amendment. 4 – 1 (Croley opposed.)
General Business
12.
Redirection of Half Cent Tax
and Trust Revenues from Capital Regional Medical Center to Medicaid in Order to
Take Advantage of Federal Matching Funds
Michael Glazer, Deputy County Attorney,
$400,000 recommended by the Clerk which is less than was paid to CRMC
last year from the surtax proceeds and the trust fund interest. Deadline is September 15th.
Motion by Commissioner Morgan
and second by Commissioner Holt to approve.
5 – 0
12A- Amendment to the lease of
hospital beds Morgan/Holt(?) 5 – 0
13.
Request for Funding for
Community Celebration of Educational Progress of the Gadsden County Schools
Lamb/Taylor motion to approve.
Morgan – never a right time to do the wrong
thing. There are many items that come
before the board that need to be funded by other sources. This is not the right thing to do with tax
payer dollars.
Holt – if the commissioners want to give
individually, then they should, but this is not something that tax dollars
should be used for. It should be funded
with donations, not government.
Taylor – all municipalities gave and over
3,000 people received the service. Going
forward, we might not need to go this route, but this night, we need to send
the message that we support them.
Vote 3 – 2 (Croley/Morgan opposed)
14.
Approval
to Pay Invoice Number 90609 (Preble-Rish, Inc.) for Additional Planning Services
to the Contract for the EAR –Based Amendments and Area Plans, Project Number
228.100 $4,590
Lamb/Holt pay $4,590 to Preble Rish
5 – 0
(Anthony Matheny,
Planning and Community Development Director)
15.
Approval of Revised
Circulation of Library Materials and Overdue Library Materials Policy
Carolyn Poole, Library Director
Lamb/Holt Motion to approve.
Commissioner Morgan – this went
back to the Commission and they have recommended it.
Commissioner Croley - amend it to include to notify
State Attorney office if materials are not returned.
Holt – in favor of the fine.
Suggested that violators not be allowed to check out other materials.
Morgan agreed with Commissioner
Holt. Possibly a communication
issue. Send out emails. No more check outs.
Croley – was not suggesting
that a State Attorney should send out letter for overdue books. However, it seems that every method of
notification should be taken, but other mechanism are out there. Check with other libraries to see what
measures are the most successful.
Commissioner Taylor
Ms. Emily Rowan we didn’t have any teeth to
begin with. Felt that they should start
small and then build on it. Great
discussion about how much to charge. We have a problem with members not showing
up. Will come back and talk to Mr.
Lawson and come back with a plan to get members that will show up.
Vote 5 – 0
16.
Approval
and Execution of the State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Annual Report (Clyde Collins, Building Official and
Phyllis Moore, SHIP Administrator)
Holt/Lamb
5 – 0
16a. Approval of Commissioner Lamb’s travel
to the Florida Association of Counties Policy Committee Conference
Croley/Holt
5 – 0
County Administrator
17.
Update on Solar Energy Farm/Land Use Change (Arthur Lawson, Interim County Administrator)
If this is approved as permissible use by
right, it would only require staff approval.
Croley – He proposed this in Ag
3 land use designated properties. The
idea to do solar business on AG land makes sense, but it needs to be reviewed
by the board as to actual siting issues.
18.
Update on Board Requests (Arthur Lawson, Interim County Administrator)
County Attorney
19.
Discussion of New Changes to the Gun Law (Deborah Minnis, County
Attorney)
State of FL enacts all gun laws and have taken further steps as
of October 1, that local governments cannot make regulations on gun laws. Gadsden County has four ordinances that must
be repealed.
How does this apply
to assault weapon? If someone is
stockpiling weapons.
20.
Update on Various Legal
Issues
(Deborah
Minnis, County Attorney)
Discussion Items by Commissioners
21a. Commissioner Lamb, District 1
– FACC did talk about this at the last meeting. Havana also discussed it at their Town Hall meeting. FACC has said again, that whenever we need
help with grant writing to call on them to help find someone.
21b. Commissioner Croley, District
2 – Report and Discussion on Public Issues and Concerns Pertaining to Commission District Two and
Gadsden County -
talked to Mr. Lawson about citizens who bought letters for permits and have not
received their termination of services letter from the county.
21c. Commissioner Holt, District 4
– Economic Development – Want to develop an Economic Plan to encourage people
to locate here.
Discussion of Citizens’ Bill of Rights
Other Concerns
Commissioner Morgan, Vice
Chairman, District 3 Budget Hearing on September 7, 20ll at 6:00 p.m. Public Works staff were out on holiday
due to rain. He thanked them for good
job.
Commissioner Taylor, Chairperson,
District 5 – Look at ordinance to redirect the use of the surtax to accomplish
the problems at the jail. Letter to people who are losing services at
the dump sites. Set up meeting with the
permit buyers and educate them about why the sites are being closed and have
Waste Pro here also. All stake holders
should be present.
Would like to
agenda the build out of the hospital.
Motion Taylor/Holt third Tuesday
in October 5 – 0
Redistricting – to
staff – we need to address this. 2%
increase in population. Where are our
obligations? What is required of us? Need to finish this process. Come back at a later date with a
recommendation. Does the State require
us to do something.
Have all right
people here for discussion.
Motion to Adjourn
Holt/motion to
adjourn at 9:00 p.m.
Receipt and File
22.
a. For the Record: Letter from Progress Energy Regarding
Progress Energy’s Transmission Line
Enhancement Project in your Area – Quincy to Havana Rebuild
b. For the Record: Budget Amendment Numbers 110031-110093
(Exceptions 110038, 110046, and
110057)
September Meeting(s)
- September 7, 2011, First
Budget Hearing, 6:00 p.m.
- September 19, 2011, Final
Budget Hearing, 6:00 p.m.
- September 20, 2011, Regular
Meeting, 9:00 a.m.