HomeMy WebLinkAboutHandouts_Special Meeting_9/12/2013 (2) SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
MAYOR AND COUNCIL,
AS YOU KNOW A FEW MONTHS BACK I PRESENTED THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL A PACKAGE CONTAINING MY PRESPECTIVE ON A SMALL TAX
INCREASE. i HAVE NOT WAVIERED FROM THE POSITION I HELD THEN.
TONIGHT YOU ARE REVIEWING A SLIGHT TAX INCREASE FOR THE
VILLAGE AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I FOR ONE THINK IT IS THE WISE
AND THE FIDUCIARY THING TO DO.
IN LOOKING BACK TO MY SERVICE WITH THE VILLAGE, I FEEL I
PERHAPS MISSED THE BOAT AND SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED A
SMALLER INCREASE DURING MY SERVICE. WELL SHAME ON ME.
IN REVIEWING THE MILLAGE RATE i NOTICED IT HAS REMAINED THE
SAME SINCE 2008. DURING THAT TIME PROPERTY VALUES HAVE
DECLINED WHICH CAUSED THE VILLAGE'S REVENUE TO DECLINE.
THANKS TO GOOD MANAGEMENT, STRONG RESERVES AND
UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYEES, THE VILLAGE MAINTAINED THE SAME
MILL RATE, LEVEL OF SERVICE AND QUALITY OF LIFE, WHILE
PROTECTING HER RESIDENTS FROM ANY ADDITIONAL BURDEN.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE EXISTING MILL RATE IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE
SAME NOW AS IT WAS IN 1989.
I SINCERELY BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME TO APPROVE THIS SMALL
INCREASE AND TO AVOID A BURDENSOM INCREASE DOWN THE
ROAD. IF YOU LOOKED AT THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED YOU WITH
SOME MONTHS AGO, THE AVERAGE TAX PAYER WILL SEE PERHAPS
AN $80.00 A YEAR INCREASE.
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SURE IS MORE COSTLY THAN IT WAS 6 YEARS �G OR SODA, I AM
DOING BUSINESS, ANY BUSINESS 1'M SURE Hq GO. THE COST OF
PAST 6 YEARS. THE VILLAGE IS NO EXCEPTION S RISEN OVER THE
YOU TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO LOOK DOWN T ND � ENCOURAGE
APPROVE THIS SMALL MILLAGE CHANGE. HE ROAD AND
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION APPROVING THIS PROPOSED MIL
IS A WISE DECISION AND PROTECTS OUR RESIDENTS AND �GE RATE
OF TEQUESTA. HE FUTURE
KEEP IN MIND, IF PROPERTY VALUES RISE, AND i BELIEVE T
YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT T HEY WI«,
RATE. THE SERVICES THE VILLAGE pROViDES AND THERE HE MILL
ARE SUPPORTED BY THE REVENUE THE VILLAGE RECEIVESARE MANY,
KEEP IN MIND AN OLD FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF MINE BY
NOTED ANTHROPOLOGIST, MARGARET MEAD, " NEVER DO
ONE PERSON CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, INDEED, IT IS THE U6T THAT
THING THAT EVER HAS". ONLY
MANY THANKS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK IT
, IS NEVER EASY.
JIM HUMPAGE
562 N. DOVER RD. -
TEQUESTA, FL,