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City Council Information Letter
Happy Father's Day!
June 14, 2002
Use Tax Recovery Efforts
You will recall a previous authorization to contract with Municipal Tax
Consulting for the recovery of use taxes from the State of Florida for sales
taxes paid by contractors on government projects performed by the City of
Sebastian. Via this arrangement, fees for successful recovery efforts would
have totaled 1/3 payment to Municipal Tax Consulting. Unfortunately
however, as referenced in the attached memorandum by Director of Finance
Mark Mason, a recent change in state statues disallows such recovery
efforts. As such, the aforementioned contract has essentially become null
and void.
Updates to the Florida De artment of Law Enforcement
As part of the State of Florida's program to enhance security measures via
directives from the federal level, please be advised that the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement has recently contacted staff here at
Sebastian City Hall to collect information for various large scale events
scheduled in the coming months. General direction in this regard is to
provide specific contact and logistical information for each event, including
schedule of activities. As such, the attached facsimile document was
delivered to the FDLE office in Fort Pierce earlier this week, to encourage
and direct a higher level of security. As you can imagine, security efforts for
the upcoming Pelican Island 100th Anniversary Celebration will be extremely
augmented due to anticipated participation from high level officials from both
state and federal officials. I will of course keep you abreast as to the
progress of respective efforts on a continuous basis.
City Councillnformation LeEer
June 14,2002
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Trolle Serw'ce for S ecial Events
In response to the increasing attendance of outdoor special events
sponsored and hosted by the City of Sebastian, arrangements were recently
made to offer trolley transport services beginning with this year's
Independence Day Celebration. As such, individuals who park at significant
distances from venues can be shuttled via routes to be established for
proper accommodations. Essentially, the City will rent a trolley, to include
a driver, from the Indian River County on Aging. Arrangements are also
being made for offsite designated parking at the former Beall's Department
Store just southeast of the Sebastian Corporate Limits on United States
Highway One. Operations will be conducted between the hours of 6:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., with the first transport anticipated to be patrons of the VIP
Breakfast beginning during the 7:00 a.m. hour. The trolley service will also
become available during the Pelican Island 100th Anniversary Celebration,
with transport arrangements anticipated to be made available Saturday
March 15, 2003, circa 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Hopefully, this effort will be
very much appreciated by patrons of large-scale city-sponsored outdoor
events.
City Participation in Independence Da Parade
In response to Mayor Barnes' inquiry Wednesday evening relative to
Independence Day Parade participation, please be advised that the City of
Sebastian's contribution to this year's event will include a police honor guard
presence as well as displays from Sebastian Municipal Golf Course. Staff is
working diligently to assemble classic automobile(s) to cater municipal
dignitaries. However, should any of you wish to make individual
arrangements for vehicles and/or floats, Lion's Club Chair Jerry Osmundson
is available to assist your needs accordingly. Any of you may therefore feel
free to contact Mr. Osmundson by calling 589-1447 to make arrangements.
Enclosure(s):
Memorandum from Mark Mason-Recovery of Use Taxes
Fax to FDLE - Contact Information
My Docu ments/InfoLetter137
HOM]~ Of PELICAN ISLAND
M moran
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Terrence R. Moore, City Manager
Mark C. Mason, CPA, Director of Finance0~i~---'-'~
June 14, 2002
Recovery of Use Taxes
On September 26, 2001, the City Council authorized a contract with Municipal Tax Consulting for the recovery of
use taxes from the State of Florida for sales tax paid by contractors on government projects performed for the City
of Sebastian. The contract provided for payment to Municipal Tax Consulting for 1/3ra of any recovery as a fee.
Municipal Tax Consulting performed there analysis on the City's capital projects and prepared requests to be
submitted to the State of Florida for recovery. The requests totaled approximately $200. In February of 2002,
Florida statutes changed regarding these recovehes. They are no longer allowed. The requests made by Municipal
Tax Consulting were not made in time and the State denied reimbursement.
Therefore, there will be no recovery of use taxes paid by the City to any contractor for capital projects.
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HO~E OF PELICAN !S~D
1225 Main Street, Sebastian, FI 32958
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JUlY 4TH EVENTS WIll BE HELD AT THE RIVERVIEW PARK WHICH IS lOCATED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF SEBASTIAN BOUIEVARD (C.R. 512) AND INDIAN RIVER DRIVE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN
"UNITED WE STAND"
4TM OF JULY 2002
CITY MANAGER
CITY LAISON
PUBLIC WORKS
POLICE DEPT
FINANCE AND ADS
F1REWORIiS
COUNTY FIRE DEPT
~CE MOORE
JEAN TARBELL
TER_R.Y HILL
PAUL GRAVES
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LINDA LOHSL
MELROSE PYROTECI(NCES
SCOTT FULTON
JEFF DICrOS
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589-5233
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562-2028
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PRBSIDENT
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LIONS CLUB
JERRY OSIvlUNDSON
JOANN OSMUNDSON
HARRY MARSHALL
JOANN OSMUNDSON
JACK HAWK.INS
BETSY HAWKJ[NS
JERRY KENNERK
PHYLLIS KENNERK
BOB PROVOST
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589-8135
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589-2927
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JERRY OSMUNDSON
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ivIEETINO DATES
ALL MONDAYS 6:00 TO 7:30 P.M
SEBASTLA.N YACHT CLUB
APRIL 8TM
MAY 13TM
JUNE 10TM
JUNE- 24TM
6:30 am 5K Run Sponsored by the American Cancer Society
8:30 am Parade (starts at the Community Center to Indian
River Dr. south to Riverview Park)
9:30 am Welcome by the 4th of July Committee
Dignitaries Address
National Anthem
Invocation
Introduction of Grand Marshal~
Jim-P-aimie~ne ~ y/~/~ ~,/,~/~ ~
10:00 am Flag - Raising Ceremonies
~- ~/~ ,~- Man and Woman of the Year Presentation
/~ ~-~- ponsored by the Sebastian Sun
11:00 am SkyDive Sebastian Drop-In
11:00 - 12:00 pm
11:00 - 3:00 pm
NOON
12:00 - 2:00 pm
1:45 - 2:15 pm
2:00 - 4:00 pm
4:00 - 6:00 pm
6:30 - 9:00 pm
9:00 pm
I.R.H.S. Cheerleaders
5 Piece Dixieland Band Strolling in the Par~(
Visit Booths for Food & Crafts & More
Greg Fes Sel with 50 - 70's Music
Finesse Dancers
Say Uncle, Rock & Roll Band
No Show Band
Wildcard with Kenny Hammer on the Main Stage
Enjoy Fireworks over the Indian River
The React Team and P.A. Systems All Day