Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-01-2011 VC Senator Bogdanoff-MMARCH 1, 2011 MEETING NOTES VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA AND SENATOR ELLYN SETNOR BOGDANOFF Present William L. Manuel, Mayor Darryl C. Aubrey, Sc.D., Vice Mayor David B. Norris, President Pro Tem Robert A. Gebbia, Councilman Jimmy Knight, Village Manager Melissa Teal, CMC, Village Clerk Ellyn Bogdanoff, Florida Senate, District 25 Laura Coburn, Legislative Assistant Erin , Legislative Assistant Cathy Brandenburg Mayor Manuel began the meeting at 10:50 a.m. Senator Bogdanoff introduced her staff, Laura Coburn and Erin Senator Bogdanoff discussed HB381, Property Assessment; Nonhomestead Increase Limitation Reduction; New Homestead Owner's Additional Exemption, regarding the proposed reduction in the assessment cap on nonhomestead property from 10% to 3%. Senator Bogdanoff has sponsored SB1406, Local Effort School Property Tax/Sales Tax; which provides for: • 2.5 cent increase in the tax on sales, use, and other transactions • revises brackets for calculating sales tax amounts • provides for reservation and allocation of revenues from the additional 2.5 cent increase in the tax rate • deletes a requirement that a district school board levy the minimum millage rate necessary to provide the district's required local effort • revises the notice form relating to a district school board's proposed tax increase for required local effort Discussion ensued on the following topics: • percentage of the Village's budget derived from ad valorem taxes • red light cameras and right -on -red amendment • pill mills • pension reform The meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m. Melissa Teal, CMC, Village Clerk