To the flag of the United States of America and to the standsy roll. Roll call. Mayor Nickerson here. Vice Mayor Martin present. Council person Irv present. Council person Lightoot Ward
here. Council Penc Winters here. Also present. For the record, Janice Jacobe, village clerk, Christ with the Aloo village manager. You have a quorum. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Do I have approval of the agenda? I move to approve the agenda. Moved by Council President.
Second. Second by Vice Mayor. Say I say none. Uh the first resolution we can hand over that just read that uh resolution 202530 into the record for us.
Good evening. Uh resolution 2025-30 adoption of nonadbalorum year 2025 2026 a resolution of the mayor and village council of the village of Elportal of Miami day county Florida adapting the
rate Solid waste and recycling services in the village of Elporttowal as indicated in attachment A. Imposing solid waste and recycling assessment for property located within the village of Elporttowal for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 2025. Approving
the rate of assessment for the budget for fiscal year 2025 2026. Fixing the time and date for final adoption of the assessment. Providing for incorporation of recitals. Providing for an effective date. Thank you very much. you guys this is about the solid waste. This is not about
the contract. This is separate from that. This is something that we have to adopt to have uh solid waste and recycling um services and the nonavalorum is not set by us either. So that's not the abalor that's not the
taxes. This is different. Um this is this procedural thing about having solid waste and recycling services. Do I have any questions or comments from the council? uh council person uh life for a nonabalorm for the for the non-abalorm the rate is
not set by us. Um it it usually goes up uh year after year because cost goes up but um but it's out of our control. doesn't question it doesn't matter
what it is. Again, the nonaval alarm. Um, madam manager, if you want to jump in the non avalorum is is something that's not set by us. No, this is a non- tax fee that is um
set by Monday county annually. Um, it is uh certified um in June, July during the summer months um and processed in that way. This is your uh solid waste bills. This is what it sets. And in terms of
does it go up, it goes up according to um what is provided to the county and how those um they assess, you know, gasoline, service fees, those kinds of things. So, I don't have the exact numbers of what we did what we paid last year, but I can get those if you give me
a little time. But in the meantime, this is not set by the village, but we do have to certify it as a part of the whole um budgeting process. [Music] here. Hello.
Yes. Comfort. No, that that was that was my saying. Everybody want me to say it again. I I I probably can't do that. If you read it, it says recycling services in the village of Elportell. Uh imposing solid waste and recycling assessment for property located within the village.
Okay, etc., etc. But monetarily, these are just a bunch of words. It's the tax rate that I'm more concerned about. Well, this is the non-ax fee on property. We pay um for recycling through the county and the um the
special assessment for solid waste is through your your tax bill through the county but it's a part of the what you will receive annually from Miami date county and we're just setting that this is the fee for Elportal and I still don't know what the fee is.
It's outlined in the item. Um you may have um units based on portfolios. Yes. On on if you look in your item, you'll see authorization to proceed based on these numbers.
With that said, what are we paying now? 3 3 um 315 8 and 10 cents. Is that what we're doing or that's what we're trying to get to? I don't I don't understand the question.
You you're looking at authorization to proceed. Yes. Okay. What are we talking about in terms of this? This is waste management. Now, I'm not being facitious. This is waste management. It happens every year.
People don't know what it means. And I'm one of the people that said, I tell you what, we'll put it in right. We'll put it on the at the next council meeting so you will know where we're going, why we're doing it, and we have been doing it all the time. What I asked was what
was what what what is it now? and I can see what it is going to be later. All I'm trying to ask is what is it now? It doesn't tell me now. It just tells me what it's going to be. $383,818. If you will give me a moment, I will get the one from last year. Thank you.
You always do a good job. Thank you. Anyone else from the council hearing? Seeing none, moving on to hearing. Seeing none, moving on to um the audience. Anyone from the audience about the uh special assessment
nonabalorm tax waste and recycling services? Say your name, address for the record. Hello. Hello. My name is Francis Seagull at 214 Northwest 91st Street.
So, the manager signed a contract with the property appraisal for the rate of $446.82. I thought we signed with Coastal for the amount of $487.80.
It So, are you going to make a change? Oh, are you going to make a change with Day County on how much they're going to collect from the residents? No. No. The village typically pays the residual.
So, the residents pay the fee that it's set and whatever is residue the village absorbs and we've done that uh for the past couple of years. Oh, sorry. No, the village of Elertell pays the residue of that amount. to make
up the difference and we've done that for we're going to pay. So the resident will pay this but the village of be about $35,000 for the difference for 859 residents. Yes. Okay.
Yes. And that is why when we had the meeting about solid waste last week and selected um the price was so important because the village makes up the difference. Couldn't we had met with the uh
the solid waste companies before you had signed the contract with the property appraisal? So we could have been in sync with what the residents would have paid
individually how so to um Miami date the the actual course it's it's not set by the the companies this is something that they work out with the companies this is the county's
um fee Miss Francis, I could take you aside and discuss it. We paid this. If we had met earlier before July, we could have maybe then made uh the
residents would have paid the $487.80. I know it's still coming out of our pockets, but then now we have to readjust our budget for the 35,000. Well, actually, when I looked at the um
budget, the actual um cost has an expense was much more than what we were going to collect. Why wouldn't Wouldn't that be the same? Is there additional
cost on top of the payment that we make to Miami Dade? We aren't in a position to negotiate this this fee. This is the fee that the county has negotiated and um and
requires that the municipalities then authorize. And so we don't know what that is until it is and there's a process that goes it's takes about a year to get to this. So it was signed um with this in mind but we have not passed
those fees on to the to the resident. We could raise it but um we we've chosen not to and we've absorbed the costs the residual costs in the past. And on the budget you have 383,000 which did equal exactly to the proposal
revenue but the cost on the other side you had it much higher uh like over 400 thou 419,000 on the expense when we're only going to
pay 383,000 approximately in uh garbage and recycle. I was just wondering why the cost is much higher than what we're going to actually pay in if that's what we agreed
with the waste department. I don't have the answer for you at this moment. When our CFO and I are able to sit with you and go through this, we will do this this week if you're available. Thank you very much, Miss Anyone else from the audience?
Waste and and recycling services hearing. Seeing none, uh, back to the council. Do I have any further questions or comments? Do I have a motion? Moved by council person like a war. Do I have a second? Second. Second by council person Winters. Madam
clerk, is that roll call? Roll call. Council person Winters. Yes. Council person lifewood Ward. Council person. Yes. Vice Mayor Martin? Yes. Mayor Nickerson? Yes. Motion passes five to none. Thank you very much. Um, is there any good in welfare from the audience? Uh,
anything at all, we're going to move right to the final budget hearing. If not, seeing none, do you have a motion to adjurnn? So moved. Uh moved by council person. Do you have a second? Second. Second by council person winters. All in favor say I.
I. Say nay. Um hearing none. The solid waste special assessment meeting for Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 is adjourned at 6:48 p.m. We got two minutes.