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Home My WebLink About25-009 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-009 A RESOLUTION CERTFYING THE BUDGETED AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ARE NOT GREATER THAN TWENTY PERCENT ABOVE THE ANNUAL FLORIDA STATE AVERAGE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR TIER 2 AGENCIES AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS BY APPROVING IT AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS. WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the following determinations: 1. St. Lucie County BOCC operates the public transportation system known as Area Regional Transit. 2. Area Regional Transit is a Tier 2 provider which operates fewer than one hundred vehicles in revenue service during peak regular service across all fixed route modes as defined in 49 C.F.R. part 625. 3. The Florida Department of Transportation reported that the general administrative costs statewide average for Tier 2 providers for Fiscal Year 2023 were 20.72 percent of the total operating costs. 4. Area Regional Transit's general administrative costs provided in the National Transit Database reporting for Fiscal Year 2023 were 18.79 percent of the total operating costs. 5. Pursuant to section 341.071, Florida Statutes, each public transit provider must certify that its budgeted and general administrative costs are not greater than twenty percent(20%) above the annual state average of administrative costs for its respective tier. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida: 1. The Board hereby certifies that the budgeted and administrative costs for St. Lucie County's Public Transportation System, known as Area Regional Transit, are not more than twenty percent above the annual Florida state average for Tier 2 Agencies. 2. The Board hereby authorizes the Chair to execute any documents necessary and further authorizes the County Attorney to execute any documents by approving it as to form and correctness. 1 After motion and second, the vote on the resolution was as follows: Chair Jamie Fowler AYE Vice-Chair Larry Leet AYE Commissioner James Clasby AYE Commissioner Erin Lowry AYE Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 7th day of January 2025. ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUN , FL RIDA y GOMM/SS �O 7CH DEPUTY CLERK Q �` IPA � APPROVE D AS TO FORM 'ecoum".* AND COprp COUN ATTOR EY 2 2024 Florida Statutes 341.071 Transit productivity and performance measures; reports.— (1) Where there is an approved local government comprehensive plan in the political subdivision or political subdivisions in which the public transportation system is located, each public transit provider shall establish public transportation development plans consistent with approved local government comprehensive plans. (2) Each public transit provider shall establish productivity and performance measures, which must be approved by the department and which must be selected from measures developed pursuant to s. 341.041(3). Each provider shall, by January 31 of each year, report to the department relative to these measures. In approving these measures, the department shall give consideration to the goals and objectives of each system, the needs of the local area, and the role for public transit in the local area. The report shall include the farebox recovery ratio. (3) Each public transit provider shalt publish on its website the productivity and performance measures established for the year and a report which provides quantitative data relative to the attainment of established productivity and performance measures. (4)(a) As used in this subsection, the term: 1. "General administrative costs" includes, but is not limited to, costs related to transit service development, injuries and damages, safety, personnel administration, legal services, data processing, finance and accounting, purchasing and stores, engineering, real estate management, office management and services, customer service, promotion, market research, and planning. The term does not include insurance costs. 2. "Public transit provider" means a public agency providing public transit service, including an authority created pursuant to part II of chapter 343 or chapter 349. The term does not apply to the Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission or the authority created pursuant to part I of chapter 343. 3. "Tier 1 provider" has the same meaning as in 49 C.F.R. part 625. 4. "Tier 2 provider" has the same meaning as in 49 C.F.R. part 625. (b) Beginning November 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each public transit provider, during a publicly noticed meeting, shall: 1. Certify that its budgeted and general administrative costs are not greater than 20 percent above the annual state average of administrative costs for its respective tier. 2. Present a line-item budget report of its budgeted and actual general administrative costs. 3. Disclose all salaried executive management-level employees' total compensation packages, ridership performance and metrics, and any gift as defined in s. 112.312 accepted in exchange for contracts. This disclosure shall be posted annually on the public transit provider's website. (c) To support compliance with paragraph (b), the department shall determine, by tier, the annual state average of general administrative costs by determining the percentage of the total operating budget which is expended on general administrative costs in this state annually by March 31 to inform the public transit provider's budget for the following fiscal year. Upon review and certification by the department, costs budgeted and expended in association with nontransit-related engineering and construction services may be excluded. (d) A year-over-year cumulative increase of 5 percent or more in general administrative costs must be reviewed before the start of the next fiscal year and must be reviewed and approved by the department before approval by the public transportation provider's governing board. History.—s. 85, ch. 90-136; s. 46, ch. 2007-196; s. 15, ch. 2023-70; s. 14, ch. 2024-57. St.Lucie County Area Regional Transit Administrative Costs FY 24 Budgeted Actual SLC Staff Salaries and benefits $ 600,126.00 $634,659.10 Travel $ 4,950.00 $ 3,253.83 Training Registration $ 5,000.00 $ 1,047.50 Professional Services $ 20,050.00 $ 28,530.00 Transit Office-Supplies, equipment,advertising, etc. $ 12,950.00 $ 14,015.46 Dues/Memberships $ 3,000.00 $ 1,916.00 Assessments/Land $ 1,590.00 $ 1,586.78 Communications(cell phones) $ 6,520.00 $ 1,236.78 Software $ 378.00 $ 383.24 Licenses and Fees $ 500.00 $ 1,150.40 $ 655,064.00 $687,779.09 TransitAdmin Costfrom FY23 NTD $1,850,714 The amount from the FY23 NTD Report includes MVTransportation reported administrative costs Transit OperatingCosts from FY23 NTD $9,848,990 SLC percentage 18.79% Statewide Average for Tier 2 20.77% St.Lucie County has not received any gifts as defined in s.112.312 Executive Salary Director $126,068.80 SLC Employee Benefits All eligible full-time SLC Employees receive the following: Paid Sick and Vacation Leave Paid Holidays/Floating Holidays Health,Dental,and Vision Insurance for Employee and Families Florida Retirement System Life Insurance for Employee and Families Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Long-term and Short-time Disability Insurance Shared Sick Leave Jury Duty and Witness Leave Military Leave Bereavement Leave Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Employee Assistance Program Tuition Reimbursement