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<br />City Commission Workshop <br />Fire Assessment Fees Report <br />April 14, 2008 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Consensus of the Commission was to move forward with the presentation. <br /> <br />Barbara Lipscomb, City Manager, stated that the Fire Assessment Fees Report was being <br />presented as a financial tool which is used routinely throughout the State by many cities <br />and counties for funding certain municipal services. The staff believes this method to be <br />a more fair and equitable way to pay for these services. Ms. Lipscomb introduced Mr. <br />Robert Sheets from GSG Corporation for his presentation. <br /> <br />CSG Presentation <br /> <br />Mr. Sheet stated that since 1996, CSG has worked with 77 cities, counties and special <br />districts on fire assessment programs in Florida. He indicated that 39 had implemented <br />the fees. The remaining 18 that did not implement fees are looking at revisiting the <br />potential of a fire assessment. Mr. Sheets gave a cost apportionment for fire services <br />based on man-hours, number of parcels and building square footage. <br /> <br />Fully Funded Assessment Rates Per Capacity Unit - Total Funding _ $3,549,641 <br /> <br />Prooerty Cateeorv <br />Single Family Residential <br />Multi-Family Residential <br />Commercial <br />Industrial/Warehouse <br />Institutional <br /> <br />Portion of Budeet <br />$ I 1,390,078 <br />$ 674,426 <br />$ 1,248,388 <br />$ 14,409 <br />$ 221,340 <br /> <br />Rate Per Hilline Unit <br />$ 136.00 <br />$ 279.00 <br />$ 772.00 <br />$ 9.00 <br />$1,094.00 <br /> <br />Property Tax Substitution Proposal Budget at 35.76% - Total Funding _ $1,288,728 <br /> <br />Single Family Residential $ 504,822 $ 50.00 <br />Multi-Family Residential $ 244,925 $ 102.00 <br />Commercial $ 453,366 $ 281.00 <br />IndustriallWarehouse $ 5,233 $ 9.00 <br />Institutional $ 80,382 $ 398.00 <br /> <br />Mr. Sheets also addressed response standards, exemptions, assessment examples and an <br />implementation schedule. If Fire Assessment Fees are approved, a Certified Assessment <br />Roll must be submitted to the Tax Collector by September 15,2008. A copy of the <br />presentation by Mr. Sheets is attached to and made a part of these minutes. <br /> <br />City Presentation <br /> <br />Mr. Randy Newlon, Finance Director, stated that Fire Service Fees are being presented as <br />an alternative to traditional funding sources, i.e. increase in the millage rate to cover <br />inflation costs for fire rescue services. In recent years the State Legislature has imposed <br />