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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
Regular Village Council Meeting
Tequesta Village Hall
345 Tequesta Drive
Thursday, June 14, 2007
7:00 P.M.
(Immediately following the Local Planning Agency Meeting)
We/come!
Citizens Wishing to Address Council
Should Complete a "Comments by the Public" Card for the Mayor
*Asterisk indicates backup material to be provided as soon as available
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
Council Member Amero
III. Approval of Agenda
IV. Standing Reports
Village Attorney
Village Manager
V. Presentations /Proclamations
1. Proclamation declaring the month of July 2007 as "Parks and Recreation Month"
in the Village of Tequesta. [TAB 1]
Ms. Lori McWilliams, Village Clerk
2. Presentation of Village's Comprehensive Annual Report (CAFR) for Fiscal
Year Ending 9/20/2006
Ms. Jody Forsythe, Director of Finance
VL Consent Agenda
All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine and will be enacted by one
motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Village Council
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Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda
and considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda.
VI. Consent Agenda (Con't)
3. Village Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 10, 2007 [TAB 3]
Ms. Lori McWilliams, Village Clerk
Summary: Minutes are available from the Office of the Village Clerk.
4. Village Council Local Planning Agency Minutes May 10, 2007 [TAB 4]
Ms. Lori McWilliams, Village Clerk
Summary: Minutes are available from the Office of the Village Clerk.
5. Village Council Workshop Minutes March 28, 2007 [TAB 5]
Ms. Lori McWilliams, Village Clerk
Summary: Minutes are available from the Office of the Village Clerk.
6. Resolution 51-06/07, A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of
Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, awarding a landscape and irrigation
proposal to Terracon Services, Inc. of Jupiter Florida, in the amount of
$19,973.50, with funding from account #001-210.563.600 having a FY 06/07
balance of $40,124.09 and authorizing the Village Manager to execute on behalf
of the Village [TAB 6]
Mr. Russell White, Public Works Manager
Summary: This is the final phase of the project and four quotes were
received with the lowest from Terracon Services, Inc. There is $40,124.09
budgeted to pay for the project with reimbursement from the property
owners going back into the account once the project is completed.
6a. Council Authorization to seek an exemption from the South Florida Water
Management District for water restrictions [TAB 6a]
Mr. Michael Couzzo, Village Manager
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
VII. Communications from Citizens
• Citizens Wishing to Address Council Should Complete a "Comments by the Public" Card
for the Mayor
VIII. Communications from Council
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IX. New Business
7. Ordinance 613-06/07, Second Reading - an Ordinance of the Village Council of
the Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, amending Ordinance 599
Section 22-56 Meetings and Records for the Planning and Zoning Board;
providing for codification, severability, and providing an effective date.
Ms. Catherine Harding, Director of Development [TAB 7]
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Board approved changing the meeting
time from 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., thereby necessitating an update to the
Ordinance
a) Open Public Hearing
b) Council Comments
c) Public Comment
d) Close Public Hearing
e) Motion on the floor
8. Ordinance 614-06/07, Second Reading - an Ordinance of the Village Council of
the Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, amending Chapter 70
Taxation of the Village of Tequesta Ordinances, by repealing Article II,
Occupational License Tax in its entirety and re-adopting an updated new Article
II, in order to comply with recently enacted State Legislation rescinding Chapter
205 of Florida State Statues [TAB 8]
Ms. Catherine Harding, Director of Development
Summary: The Florida Legislature amended F.S. Chapter 205 changing the
term "Local Occupational License Tax" to "Local Business Tax."
a) Open Public Hearing
b) Council Comments
c) Public Comment
d) Close Public Hearing
e) Motion on the floor
9. Resolution 52-06/07, A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of
Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, approving an agreement between the
Town of Jupiter and the Village of Tequesta for potable water emergency
interconnection service and authorizing the Village Manager to execute the same
on behalf of the Village [TAB 9]
Mr. Scott Hawkins, Village Attorney
Summary: The Village of Tequesta and the Town of Jupiter desire to
maintain the connection of their water systems in order to purchase potable
water from each other as necessary to provide emergency supply of potable
water
10. Resolution 53-06/07, A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of
Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, establishing an Ad Hoc Advisory Board
to the Village Council to be known as the Charter Review Board; establishing its
purpose; providing for its makeup; and establishing the term of its existence;
providing an effective date. [TAB 10]
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Ms. Lori McWilliams, Village Clerk
Summary: The Village Council agreed during the May 29, 2007 Council
Workshop to establish a Charter Review Board to review the Charter in its
entirety.
IX. New Business (Con't)
11. Appointment of Charter Review Board Members [TAB 11 ]
12. Council discussion and approval of Council Member Turnquest's request to
submit an application to become a "Bicycle Friendly Community" [TAB 12]
Council Member Turnquest
13. Council discussion and approval of "Computers for Kids" program
sponsored by the Jupiter Tequesta Rotary Club - [TAB 13]
Vice-Mayor Watkins
14. Resolution 54-06/07 - A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of
Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, authorizing the Village Manager or
designee to enter into contract negotiations with Nichols Sanitation, Inc. as
provided for in Section 3.2 of the Waste Collective Agreement [TAB 14]
Mr. Michael Couzzo, Village Manager
Summary: The current Refuse and Recycling contract approved in 1999
terminates on September 30, 2007 and per Section 3.2 may be renewed by
mutual agreement.
Resolution 55-06/07 - A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of
Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida adopting refuse, recycling and yard waste
collection rates for fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 and authorizing
transmittal of the applicable non-ad valorem assessment rates for all residential
properties in the Village of Tequesta to the Palm Beach County Property
Appraiser and / or Tax Collector to be included on the Palm Beach County Tax
Roll for Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Purposes - [TAB 15]
Ms. Jody Forsythe, Director of Finance
Summary: Approval of Non-Ad Valorem rates for tax roll assessment
purposes
X. Any Other Matters
XI. Adjournment
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE AND BE ADVISED: If any person decides to appeal any decision
made by this Council with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing he/she will
need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he/she may need to ensure that a
verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence
upon which the appeal is to be based.
PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC HEARINGS: Any citizen is entitled to be heard on an official agenda item under
the section entitled "Public Hearings," subject to the three-minute
limitation.
COMMUNICATIONS Any citizen is entitled to be heard concerning any matter
FROM CITIZENS: under the section entitled "Communications from Citizens,"
subject to the three-minute limitation.
OTHER AGENDA Any citizen is entitled to be heard on any official agenda
ITEMS: item when the Village Council calls for public comments subject to
the three-minute limitation.
Village Council Meetings are public business meetings, and as such, the Village Council retains
the right to limit discussion on any issue.
NOTE: Disabled persons who need an accommodation order to participate in this Village
Council Meeting are requested to contact the Village Clerk's Office at 575-6200 at least three
working days before this meeting. Hearing impaired persons please note wireless hearing
system receivers are available by requesting the same from the Village Clerk.
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS
(All meetings are held in the Village Council Chambers,
345 Tequesta Drive unless otherwise indicated)
• Village Council Workshop, Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. (Human Resource
Policies, Annexation and 7/12/07 Pre-Agenda Meeting)
• Village Council Regular Meeting, Thursday, July 12 2007 at 7:00 P.M.