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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOCC Minutes 04-27-2004 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA REGULAR MEETING Date: April 27, 2004 Convened: 9:00 a.m. Tape: 1-2 Adjourned:11:45 a.m. Commissioners Present: Chairperson, Paula A. Lewis, Frannie Hutchinson, John D. Bruhn, Cliff Barnes, Doug Coward Others Present: Doug Anderson, County Administrator, Ray Wazny, Asst. County Administrator, Dan McIntyre, County Attorney, Dennis Murphy, Community Development Director, Pete Keogh, Parks and Recreation Director, Paul Phillips, Airport Director, Jack Southard, Public Safety Director, Roger Shinn, Central Services Director, Beth Ryder, Community Services Director, Sheriff Mascara, Millie Delgado-Feliciano, Deputy Clerk 1. MINUTES (1-245) It was moved by Com. Hutchinson, seconded by Com. Bruhn, to approve the minutes of the meeting held April 20, 2004; and, upon roll call, motion carried unanimously. 2. PROCLAMATIONS A. Resolution No. 04-121- Proclaiming May 3, 2004 through May 7, 2004 as T. Lucie County Correction Officer’s Week “ in St. Lucie County, Florida. It was moved by Com. Coward, seconded by Com. Bruhn, to approve Resolution NO. 04-121; and, upon roll call, motion carried unanimously. B. The County Administrator announced the Employee of the Quarter- Woody Newsom, Golf Pro. C. The Board of County Commissioners congratulated Fairwinds Golf Course for being listed in Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” for Top Courses Averaging 50,000 rounds a year or more. D. The County Administrator read upcoming events . 3. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS Mr. Charles Grande, Hutchinson Island, addressed the Board regarding Growth Management and density. 4. CONSENT AGENDA (1-544) It was moved by Com. Coward, seconded by Com. Hutchinson, to approve the Consent Agenda with items C9F and C12 being pulled; and, upon roll call, motion carried unanimously. 1. WARRANT LIST The Board approved Warrant List No. 32. 2. PUBLIC SAFETY Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity- The Board approved advertising a public hearing on the application of Coastal Care for a Class F Con to be held at 9:00 a.m. on May 11, 2004. 1 3. PARKS AND RECREATION A. Purchase of the Sodium Hypochlorite Feed System EQ04-255 and BA04-147- The Board approved EQ 04-255 and BA 04-147 to purchase the Sodium Hypochlorite Feed System for the renovated Ravenswood Pool in Port St. Lucie. B. Seabreeze Janitorial Contract CO4-01-055 termination- The Board approved the cancellation of Seabreeze Janitorial contract (CO4-01- 055) and permitted staff to negotiate with and hire the second lowest qualified bidder (Beach land Cleaning) or negotiate with and hire the third lowest qualified bidder (Ninety –Five South) if negotiations with Beach land Cleaning Service are unsuccessful. In the event both negotiations do not work out, staff was authorized to go out for bid. 4. HUMAN RESOURCES Adjustment to the four year pay and classification plan (year five) - The Board approved the adjustments to the pay and classification study retroactive to April 1, 2004 except for the Strategy & Special Projects Department, growth Management Department and the new positions for Community Services and Code Enforcement which are effective April 27, 2004. 5. PUBLIC WORKS A. Permission to advertise for Public Hearing for Ten Mile Creek Recreation Area and Queens Island Preserve- The Board approved the request to advertise for public hearing. B. Second Amendment to Contract No. C00-090539 Harbor Branch Environmental Labs, Inc.- The Board approved the second amendment and authorized the Chairman to sign. C. Non-Exclusive Commercial Solid Waste and Recyclable Material Collection Service Agreements for ABC Dumpsters- The Board approved the Non-Exclusive Commercial Solid Waste and Recyclable Material Collection Service Agreements and authorized the Chairman to execute. 6. MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET A. Resolution No. 04-137 for a $200,000 grant from the FDEP for the River Park Marina- The Board adopted Budget Resolution 04-137 establishing the budget for the Florida Protection for the River Park Marina. B. Inter-fund Loan from the General Fund Emergency Reserve (001) to North County Utility District- Capital Facilities Fund (479) and Budget Resolution No. 04-127- The Board approved Budget Resolution 04-127 to establish the budget for the inter-fund loan from the General Fund Emergency Reserves into the North County Utility- Capital Facilities Fund. The inter-fund loan will be repaid at an interest rate of 2%. 7. UTILITIES Howard C. Osterman, Inc., to provide Utility Consulting Service- The Board approved Howard C. Osterman, Inc. to provide Utility Consulting Service in connection with the North County Utility District in the amount of $75,000. 2 8. CENTRAL SERVICES Change Order No. 3 to Contract C02-07-561 with Norment Security Group, Inc.. Rock Road Jail Security System upgrade- The Board approved Change Order No. 3 to increase contract 10 days for a completion date of May 2, 2004 and authorized the Chairman to sign the Change Order as prepared by the County Attorney. 9. COUNTY ATTORNEY A. Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County-2003004 Investment/Partnership Fee Contract- The Board approved the proposed contract with the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County, and authorized the Chairman to sign the contract. B. Declaration of Surplus Property according to Ordinance No. 02-18- The Board approved declaring the attached list of thirteen parcels surplus and directed staff to proceed with disposal pursuant to Ordinance 02-18. C. Revocable License Agreement- Holiday Pines Property Owners Association, Inc.- The Board approved the after the fact Revocable License Agreement with Holiday Pines Property Owners Association, Inc., to record the Revocable License Agreement in the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida. D. Port of Ft. Pierce- Harbormaster Bond for Jesse W. Porter- The Board approved Jesse W. Porter to guarantee his performance as harbormaster for the Port of Ft. Pierce. E. Historic Resources Survey- Fourth Amendment to May 7, 2002 Agreement with Janus Research, Inc.- The Board approved the proposed forth amendment to the May 7,2002 agreement with Janus Research, Inc., and authorized the Chairman to execute the amendment. F. Partial Release of Lien- This item was pulled. 10. GRANTS A. Rural Capital Assistance Support Grant- The Board authorized staff to apply for the Rural Capital Assistance grant in the amount of approximately $117,000 and accept if funded. The Board authorized the Chair signing Resolution 04-139 and other documents associated with the grant application. B. Recovery Land Acquisitions Grant Application- The Board approved the Chair signing the Recovery Land Acquisition grant application to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the amount of approximately $1.15 million to assist with the acquisition of environmental lands connecting to Paleo Hammock. C. Florida Communities Trust Florida Forever Program for funds to assist in the acquisition of Paleo Hammock Addition, a 423 acre project that is immediately adjacent to Paleo Hammock Conservation Area- The Board approved submittal of the grant application for the Paleo Hammock Addition Project to the Florida Communities Trust Florida Forever Program in the amount of approximately $2.34 million. 3 D. Florida Communities Trust Florida Forever Program for funds to assist in the acquisition of Heathcote Botanical Park and authorize the expenditure of $27,000 for development of the preliminary conceptual plan necessary for the FCT application- The Board authorized the submittal of the FCT grant application for Heathcote Botanical Park in the amount of approximately $2.9 million and the expenditure of $27,000 for a preliminary conceptual plan necessary for the FCT application. The Board also approved Budget Amendment 04-148. 11. PURCHASING Award Bid # 04-036 Roll Off Containers- The Board approved awarding Bid # 04-036 Roll Off containers to Equipco Manufacturing for $33,200 (8x $4150). The Board also approved the revised equipment request # EQ04-195 to cover the purchase of this Wheel Loader. 12. COMMUNITY SERVICES This item was pulled. REGULAR AGENDA 5. NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED 6. CENTRAL SERVICES Approval of Selection Committee’s recommendation to move forward with the Design/Build Expansion of the St. Lucie County Correctional Facility by Centex Rooney/Schenkel Shultz- Consider staff recommendation to approve the Centex/ Rooney Schenkel Shultz as the Design/Build Firm for the Rock Road Correctional Facility Expansion Project at a fixed firm price of $18,955,000.00 approve total funding of $20,500,000.00 and authorize the Chairperson to sign the contract as prepared by the County Attorney. Com. Hutchinson advised the Board that due to the fact that her son is employed by one of the sub-contractors for this project, under the perception of conflict, the County Attorney suggested she abstain from voting or any discussion on this issue. Mr. Manny Suarez, DLR Consultants from Orlando, Florida and the assigned County Consultant, addressed the Board and gave a brief history of where the county is today. Mr. Dave Schultz, Schenkel, Shultz, Architects for the project, addressed the Board on the timetable for completion. He advised the Board that according to the schedule, the first pod would be available for occupancy by May 31, 2005 and the second by June 28, 2005. Sheriff Mascara addressed the Board and updated everyone on the Budget requirements for year 004/005. The expected increase in operational costs is from $15.2 million to $20.1 million. This amount will be off set with $1.5 million in revenue generated from housing Federal inmates, which would bring the net cost to $18.6 million the next budget years. This is based on the assumption that we will have 100 Federal inmates at a cost of $85.00 per day and this has been budgeted at the completion date of May housing them for 5 or 6 months. 4 In addition to the additional employees needed to house the inmates, there will be additional medical costs. The company has given us an idea that there will be an increase of between 40 and 50% this alone is over a one million dollar increase. Fiscal year budget 05/06 the cost increases to $23,219,000 operational costs would be off-set by 2.4 million dollars from housing 80 Federal inmates per day at a charge of $85.00 and this has been budgeted for the entire year. The 06/07 budget, operational costs for the entire facility would be $28.5 million this would be off set by $2.1 million of revenue generated by Federal inmates at 70 inmates being housed at that time at a cost of $85.00 per day for the entire year. Net cost $23.6 million. The Sheriff advised the Board that presently due to the over crowding of the jail, the ratio is 1 staff member per 7.8 inmates. Com. Barnes addressed the Board with his concerns and why he was not going to vote for the package. He stated a year ago he was told the cost would be $16 million and now it has increased to $20 million. A year ago he was told the new pods were for maximum security inmates, now there is only one pod for maximum security and the other for medium security. The Board was also promised the Federal inmates would be picking up the tab for the foreseeable future and now it does not look as if this will happen. Com. Barnes expressed his concern with the budget within the next 3 years is $10.5 million more in operations than it is today. The County has not budgeted for these increases. The County Administrator stated they are looking for alternatives for funding. They are meeting with the Judges primarily with Judge Angelos on the GPR. He will continue to work with the Finance Director of the Sheriff’s office on the budget . There are many issues with Article V that need to be addressed. Com. Coward questioned if this building would house the need in the future. The Sheriff stated that at this point, he and those he closely worked with on the project felt it would. Com. Barnes asked how and when was the decision made to build medium security pods without informing the Board of this decision. The representative from the Architectural firm stated the medium security pod can be converted into a maximum security pod with building a wall to divide sleeping area and also the plumbing would already be there for the additional bathroom facility. Com. Barnes stated he would not vote in favor of anything other than maximum security pods. The Sheriff advised the Board of the liability and the fact that there are 7 law suits pending due to the overcrowding at the jail. It was moved by Com. Coward, seconded by Com. Bruhn, to approve staff recommendation; and, upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Nay: Barnes; Aye’s: Coward, Bruhn, Lewis with Com. Hutchinson abstaining; motion carried by a vote of 3 to 1. Com. Hutchinson requested staff and the Sheriff get together with the entities and try to do something at the State level . 7. GROWTH MANAGEMENT 5 Appointment of a Board Member to the Corridor Management Entity- Consider staff recommendation to appoint a Board member to the Corridor Management Entity- Com. Lewis volunteered. At this time Com. Hutchinson left the meeting and was present for any of following votes. It was moved by Com. Coward, seconded by Com. Bruhn, to ratify Com. Lewis’ appointment; and, upon roll call, motion carried unanimously. 8. ADMINISTRATION Off Road Vehicle Plan- Discussion by Com. Barnes Mrs. Jean Hearn submitted the attached letter regarding this issue. In a brief discussion, staff was directed to address the issues, obtain more information, answer all questions and concerns, provide an analysis before moving forward with any design and look into all procedural requirements. ADDITION Revised Interlocal Draft with the City of Port St. Lucie Law Enforcement Impact Fees- Consider staff recommendation to approve the revised interlocal draft with the stated changes as per the County Attorney. It was moved by Com. Bruhn, seconded by Com. Barnes, to approve staff recommendation, and; upon roll call, motion carried unanimously. Bi-Weekly Committee Reports- The Board provided updates. There being no further business to be brought before the Board, the meeting was adjourned. ___________________________ Chairman ___________________________ Clerk of Circuit Court 6