BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
BOARD MEETING
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
SPECIAL MEETING
MAY 10, 2016
TUESDAY PALM BEACH
STATE COLLEGE
IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING 2:00 P.M. WATTENBARGER
CONF. ROOM (CBP-103)
JOINT MEETING W/SCHOOL BOARD LAKE
WORTH, FL 33461
1. CALL
TO ORDER
A. Roll
Call
2. AGENDA
APPROVAL
A. Additions,
Deletions, Substitutions
B. Adoption
3. REGULAR
AGENDA (Page 2)
4. ADJOURNMENT (Page 2)
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MAY 10, 2016
A. ADMINISTRATION
1. Staff recommends
motion to adopt: an Interlocal Agreement among Palm Beach County, the
School Board of Palm Beach County, and the Signatory Municipalities (municipalities
representing a majority of incorporated population will bind all) pertaining to
the shared distribution and use of the one cent local government infrastructure
surtax. SUMMARY: On May 3, 2016, the Board approved on first reading an
infrastructure surtax plan for one cent, maximum 10 years, creation of an
oversight committee to audit spending for compliance with approved projects,
and the following allocations: 50% to the School District, 30% to the County,
and 20% to the Municipalities. An interlocal agreement establishing a distribution formula
that would be inclusive of all proposed partners will need to be approved by
the County, the School Board, and the governing bodies of the municipalities
representing a majority of the County’s population. The interlocal agreement includes a termination clause that requires the
Board to approve the surtax ordinance by June 7, 2016, the municipalities
representing a majority of the County’s municipal population to approve the
agreement by June 10, 2016, and the Board, prior to the date of the referendum,
not make any substantive changes to the ordinance.
The local discretionary sales surtaxes apply
to all transactions subject to the state tax imposed on sales, use, services,
rentals, admissions, and other authorized transactions. The surtax applies to
the first $5,000 of any single taxable tangible personal property item. Items
such as groceries, baby food, baby formula, and medicines are exempt from sales
tax. Levying this surtax will partially shift the funding responsibility to
visitors; about 25% of sales tax in Palm Beach County is paid by visitors, as
opposed to funding infrastructure backlog through property taxes.
Florida’s Department of Revenue (DOR) will distribute the surtax directly to the School District, each Municipality, and the County. Countywide (PFK)
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4. ADJOURNMENT
"If a person decides to appeal any decision made by this Commission
with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he will need
a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he 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."