HomeMy WebLinkAboutE. Discussion Of Tri-City Reliever Airport Status (Apopka)Bill Breeze
Executive Director
TM-COUNTYLEAGUE OF CITIES
President ORANGE - SEMINOLE - OSCEOLA
Mayor Robert Breaux
City of Maitland
1st Vice President 1997 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
Mayor Richard Brinkman
City of Edgewood
2nd Vice President DOUBLE TAXATION - Oppose an effort that causes municipal
Kathleen R Russell PP Y p
City of Orlando residents to pay for services provided to unincorporated areas.
Directors:
TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Ensure local government authority to
Commissioner Larry Ady
City of Belle Isle manage and determine compensation for use of public rights of way
and provide for and protect fees, taxes.and other revenue streams to
Mayor Anthony Grant local governments from current and emerging telecommunications
Town of Eatonville
providers.
Mayor Bill Hand
City of Belle Isle
LOCAL PENSION PLANS - Preserve Municipal Home Rule and the
Commissioner John Langellotti collective bargaining process in determining which sections of
City of Winter Springs Chapters 175 and 185 apply to local law plans.
J. Paul Wetzel
City of St. Cloud TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT - Protect the Home Rule ability of
Mayor William E. Winston every city to effectively and locally manage employee salary and
City of Longwood benefit packages in the best interests of taxpayers as well as
Commissioner Russ Hauck employees.
City of Altamonte Springs
(Immediate Past President) ANNEXATION - Provide reasonable procedures for annexation to
Commissioner Bill Arrowsmith eliminate enclaves of all sizes and to provide a procedure to allow the
City of Apopka
(Past President) expeditious annexation of areas developed, or soon to be developed,
which are adjacent to existing municipal boundaries, thus enhancing
the effective and efficient delivery of services by both cities and
counties.
PRESUMPTION OF CORRECTNESS - Oppose any effort to remove
Presumption of Correctness on ad valorem tax assessments.
BUILDING INSPECTORS - Provide relief under .Chapter 468 on
building inspector certification to allow on-the-job training that
documents an inspector's development and thereby allows them to
perform based upon criteria other than solely years of service.
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TRI -COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
LEGISLATIVE. ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION AT NOVEMBER 7, 199.7 MEETING
(Worded as received from Committee Members)
- Oppose UNITARY TAX that will be reintroduced by the legislature. If passed, cities will lose a
major source of direct income and will have to rely on the State for distribution of funds.
- Sunshine Law
- Oppose any erosion of sovereign immunity, and advocate expansion of same.
• Enclaves
• Franchise Fees for Use of Public Rights of Way - replaces the current franchise fee definitions
with a systdm that would prevent an erosion of the fee base from unbundling or redefining
otherwise acceptable services, and ensures the fee can be applied uniformly regardless of the
location of the provider.
• Municipal Public Service Tax - replaces the current definitions with a system that would prevent
tax avoidance.
• Municipal Public Service Tax Fuel Adjustment Charge Exemption - eliminates the exemption of
the fuel adjustment charge from the municipal public service tax.
- Partial Year Assessments - provides the ability to adjust property tax assessments for the first
(partial) year of property improvement. May require a constitutional amendment to segregate
tangible property from real property.
• Preserves municipal Home Rule and the collective bargaining process in determining which
sections of Chapter 175 and 185 apply to local law plans. (Oppose HR 3075 which expands
employee benefits under FS Chapters 175 or 185 thus increasing contributions made by
municipalities).
• Support restoration of full funding of the state recycling grant program.
• Grant cities increased flexible financing opportunities: repeal fuel adjustment exemption from
Public Services Tax and allow Partial Year Assessments.