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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09161985Jim Gallagher Mayor City of Sebastian POST OFFICE BOX 127 [] SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958-0127 TELEPHONE (305) 589-5330 Deborah C. Krages City Clerk SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTION BOARD WORKSHOP MEETING SEPTEMBER 16, 1985 - 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL DISCUSSION - PROPOSEDBUILDING FEES ADJOURN SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTION BOARD - WORKSHOP MEETING - SEPTEMBER 16, 1985 MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH AT 7:10 P.M. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: ALTERNATES'MR. DOMINIX, MR. LAMAN; MR. HOFFMAN, CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH. ABSENT: MR. TRIPP, VICE CHAIRMAN CAREY, EXCUSED; MR. PALMER, MR. RIZIO, MR. MOLER, UNEXCUSED. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUILDING FEE INCREASE. SINCE THE LAST MEETING, CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH TALKED TO THE CITY CLERK AND THE MAYOR DUE TO THE FACT OF POSSIBLE MISINFORMATION ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED. THE BOARDWAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE INCREASE IN FEES WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT~AND TAKE CARE OF OTHER CITY DEFICITS WHICH IS NOT THE CASE. THERE WAS INSISTENCE FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD FOR MORE FULL TIME INSPECTIONS AND MAKING INSPECTORS MORE AVAILABLE DURING THE NORMAL WORKINGHOURS OF A DAY. WITH THAT IN MIND THEY DECIDED AT THIS POINT TO HAVE THREE FULL TIME INSPECTORS AND ONE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR WHICH MEANS A LARGE SALARY INCREASE ON THE BUDGET. INiDOING THAT THEY PROJECT A $220,000.00 BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. CHANGES HAD TO BE MADE TO PAY FOR THAT BUDGET. INTHE ABSENCE OF BETTER RECOMMENDATIONS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOUND IT NECESSARY TO TRIPLE THE BUILDING FEES IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. BY STATE LAW THE PROPOSED BALANCED BUDGET MUST BE PASSED.AT THIS POINT THE TRIPLING OF THE BUILDING FEES IS NOT THE. ISSUE~ ' · .. CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH SUGGESTED THE BOARD DISCUSS THE FAIR WAY THE BUDGET CAN BE MET AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO TAKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLY IMPLEMENTING A PERMIT PROCESSING ~EE TO THE FEE SCHEDULE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS THE BOARD TALKED ABOUT. CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE WE COULD MAKE A LIST OF THE FEES DISCUSSED AT TONIGHTS MEETING AND ASK MR. FRANCO TO CONSIDER WHAT THIS WILL DO TO HIS TOTAL BUDGET. MR. DOMINIX FELT THE PROPOSED PERMIT FEES WOULD DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM WORKING IN THE CITY. THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ATTEND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING SO THAT HE COULD CLARIFY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THE BOARD HAS RE~_]" GARDING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BUDGET. SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTION BOARD - WORKSHOP MEETING - SEPTEMBER 16~ 1985 CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH STATED THAT IN THE MEANTIME THE BUDGET BECOME LAW AND OUR PERMIT FEES WILL BE GOING UP FOR AWHILE AND THE BOARD PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA TO KEEP WORKING ON THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR AWHILE. MR. DOMINIX FELT IT WOULD BE EASY TO RAISE THE FEES BUT REDUCING THEM WOULD NOT BE THAT EASY. CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH FELT WITH THE RIGHT ARGUMENT IT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH SUGGESTED THAT A LIST OF THE FEES BE TYPED AND GIVEN TO MR. FRANCO TO LOOK OVER AND GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO. HE THEN SAID WE DID NOT NEED TO DO THE LIST THAT THE BOARD WOULD JUST TALK TO MR. FRANCO AND ASK HIM TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THESE PROPOSED FEES WOULD HAVE AND WOULD HE CONSIDER READJUSTING HIS BUDGET. CHAIRMAN BALLOUGH ASKED IF ANYONE WANTED TO PUT THE FEES DISCUSSED INTO A FORMAL WRITTEN ORDER SO THAT THE BOARD COULD GO OVER IT. HE SAID IT WOULD REQUIRE NOT ONLY A PROCESSING FEE BUT THE DOLLAR VALUATION AS WELL. MR. LAMAN AND MR. DOMINIX VOLUNTEERED TO WORK ON IT SEPARATELY AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. DOMINIX, SECONDED BY MR. LAMAN TO ADD ED~R. DICKEY, UNLIMITED ROOFING, TO THE AGENDA TO ACCEPT OR DENY HIS CORPORATION PARERS. CARRIED. MOTION BY MR. DOMINIX, SECONDED BY MR. HOFFMAN TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO A CORPORATION. CARRIED. MOTION BY MR. DOMINIX, SECONDED BY MR. HOFFMAN TO ADJOURN MEETING. CARRIED. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:30 P.M.