HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 08-31-1982 Public HearingCITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC HEARING
AUGUST 31, 1982
A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA WASIIELD ON AUGUST 31, 1982 AT CITY
HALL, 105 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY. MAYOR JOHNSON L.
MURPHY, JR. AT 7:32 P.M.
THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY. CLERK. ,OFFICIAL PRESENT WERE:
MAYOR JOHNSON L. MURPIIY, JR., COUNCIL MEMBERS J. CALVERT, L. HARRIS,
L. NICHOLAS AND W. RUTHERFORD; CITY ATTORNEY/CITY MANAGER JOSEPH
SCOTT AND CITY CLERK P. BEAULIEU.
ITEM '1. PUBLIC REARING RE: PROPOSED BUDGET 1982-83 AND USE
OF REVENUE SHARING FUNDS
IN ORDER TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE FLOOR, MAYOR MURPHY
MOVED TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET THAT THE COUNCIL HAD REVIEWED AT
THE LAST WORKS11OP AND CERTIFY THE VILLAGE AS 1.183 FOR THE UPCOMING
FISCAL YEAR AND ESTABLISH SEPTEMBER 7, 1982 AT 7:30 P.M. AS THE FINAL
PUBLIC. HEARING. FOR ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND CERTIFY THAT ALL FEDERAL
REVENUE SHARING MONIES WILL BE SPENT, ON POLICE SERVICES AND THE 1/2
CENT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX ,MONIES WILL BE USED TO REDUCE UTILITY
TAXES AND PROVIDE AREA WIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. MR. NICHOLAS
SECONDED NOTION.
COUNCIL HAD BEFORE THEM A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE BUDGET
AND THE 1982 CERTIFICATION OF TAXABLE VALUE STATEMENT DEPICTING THE
1.183 MILLS. MAYOR MURPHY COMPARED .THE PAST. YEAR'S MILLAGE RATE
AND TAXABLE VALUE AND THIS YEAR'S MILLAGE RATE AND. TAXABLE VALUE
AND NOTED THAT AN. ADDITIONAL $8,000 WOULD BE COLLECTED WITH THE
PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE INCOME FROM THIS MILLI+GE
WAS USED FOR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE 1/2 CENT SALES TAX PROJECTED INCOMB
AMOUNT OF $113,479. CITY MANAGER SCOTT EXPLAINED THAT SINCE THE CITY'S
MILLAGE RATE WAS LESS THAN 4 MILLS, THE CITY WAS OBLIGATED TO REDUCE
THE UTILITY TAXES ACROSS THE BOARD INSTEAD OF REDUCING THE MILLAGE
RATE. THE REDUCTION IN THE UTILITY. TAXES WOULD BE 8.538 AND WOULD
APPLY TO POWER, TELEPHONE AND GAS.
MR. SCOTT DISCUSSED THE REVISIONS MADE TO THE BUDGET AS A RESULT
OF THE CHANGES MADE AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. THE CHANGES WERE AS
FOLLOWS: $5,000 INCREASE IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET TO
COVER A PART-TIME CLERK IN BUILDING OFFICIAL'S OFFICE; $6,000 INCREASE
IN FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT WHICH HAD
BEEN OMITTED INADVERTENTLY; INCREASE OF $1,600 IN FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
TRUCK EQUIPMENT FUND TO RECONCILE WFHIINCREASE IN PORT CONTRACT FROM
$14,,000 TO $15,600.,
AT THIS TIME MAYORMURPHY REMINDED THE APPROXIMATELY 12 CITIZENS
IN THE AUDIENCE THAT THE FINAL HEARING WOULD BE ON SEPTEMBER 7,AT
7:30 P.M.
VOTE ON TUE MOTION ON THE FLOOR CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
TIIBRE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING ADJOURNED AT. 8:48 P.M.
APPROVED THIS _7_ DAY OF SEPTEMBER , 1982.
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CITY CLERK.._
CITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC HEARING
B-31-82
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