Attendee Name	Title	Status	Arrived
Robin Fisher	Chairman / Commissioner District 1	Excused
Chuck Nelson	Commissioner District 2	Present
Trudie Infantini	Commissioner District 3	Present
Mary Bolin	Commissioner District 4	Excused
Andy Anderson	Vice Chairman / Commissioner District 5	Present

 

Vice Chairman Anderson called for the public hearing to consider statement of proposed user fee rates for Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District for FY 2011-2012.

 

Al Pennell, Manager/Engineer of Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District, stated present today are Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District Board Members appointed by the Brevard County, Drew Powshak and David Isnardi; Member appointed by the City of West Melbourne Pete Mills; and Members appointed by the City of Palm Bay, Jim Tapp and Bob Hinkle.  He mentioned January 2012 is the District's 90th anniversary.  He went on to say in February 2011, the Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District's Board of Directors adopted a tentative budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 for submittal to Brevard County utilizing input, District history, experience, and utilizing an annual evaluation of the District's 20-year capital equipment replacement program in the County's Budget Office; and he expressed his thanks to Ashley Hepburn for his assistance.  He advised this budget represents a 10 percent reduction in total costs from fiscal year 2011; it has no merit or COLA adjustments to salary; and the one open position has been eliminated.  He stated the District presents this budget with the continuing emphasis on the general state of the economy; the District thus proposes a continuing freeze on user fee rates for fiscal year 2012, a position the District has maintained since 2008.  He requested approval by the Board for the adoption of annual user fee rates for fiscal year 2011-2012 as follows:  Residential at $19.13 per lot or acre, the same as the 2008-2009 rate; Commercial at $37.14 per lot or acre, the same as the 2008-2009 rate; and Agricultural at $6.69 per lot or acre, the same as the 2008-2009 rate. 

    

Vice Chairman Anderson called for the public hearing to consider tentative approval of proposed user fee rates for Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District for FY 2011-2012.

 

There being no objections or comments the Board approved proposed rates as requested by the Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District FY 2011-2012 of $19.13 per lot or acre for Residential, the same as the 2008-2009 rate; $37.14 per lot or acre for Commercial, the same as the 2008-2008 rate; and $6.69 per lot or acre for Agricultural, the same as the 2008-2009 rate.

 

MOVER:             Trudie Infantini, Commissioner District 3

SECONDER:     Chuck Nelson, Commissioner District 2

AYES:                 Chuck Nelson, Trudie Infantini, Andy Anderson

EXCUSED:        Robin Fisher, Mary Bolin

 

Upon Board consensus, the meeting adjourned at 5:47 p.m.

 

 

 

ATTEST:                                                         ___________________________________

                                                                        ROBIN L. FISHER, CHAIRMAN

                                                                        BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

_________________________              BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA

MITCH NEEDELMAN, CLERK