Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 08-01-2006 ‎(special)‎ — reading text

anticipated Police Department - $ 25, 000 for window leak engineering and patio canopy Fire Station 7 - $ 120, 000 for debt service payments for Fire Station 7 renovations Tennis Center - $ 40, 740 for improvements to bring back a professional women' s tournament Jet Stadium - $ 35, 000 for aggregate base to asphalt parking lot 20f3  City Hall Athletic Complex - $ 26, 000 for asphalt parking lot Library - $ 50, 000 for air conditioning condensing units Storm Drainage - $ 103, 200 for Chicago Avenue and Eglin Easement Water Line Replacement - $ 47, 250 for Presidio development, Sound Park, and Oak Street Sound Property - $ 52, 500 for landscaping and irrigation City Council and staff continue to maintain and improve service delivery levels while maintaining a millage rate that is low compared to cities of similar size and service levels. Expansion or enhancement of services and programs occurs continuously and recent examples include: City Hall athletic field development Softball Complex/Fairgrounds land acquisition Advanced Life Support services including new personnel and vehicles Police Officer take- home vehicle policy Beal Parkway Neighborhood revitalization In order to leverage existing funds, staff actively pursues grant opportunities for police and fire equipment, parks improvements, urban forestry initiatives, housing assistance, disaster mitigation, and other programs as appropriate. The City currently has over $ 4 million in projects underway that are fully or partially grant funded, excluding hurricane disaster assistance. Public Hearinas Per state statute, the City must hold public hearings on the budget and the City' s meetings may not be on the same date as that of the County or the School Board. The City is required to notify the Property Appraiser of the date and time of the City' s first public hearing for the budget and this date is printed on the tax bills. Any change in the meeting time for the first public hearing on the budget will require notice to each City property taxpayer. Accordingly, City Council established its public hearings for the budget at its May 23, 2006, meeting, for the following dates and times: Special Council Meeting - Wednesday, September 6, 2006, 5: 30 pm Special Council Meeting - Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 5: 30 pm According to information currently available to the City, these budget hearing dates do not conflict with the public hearing dates of the School Board or Okaloosa County. Conclusion Staff respectfully requests that City Council: Motion 1 Set the FY 2006- 07 tentative millage rate for ad valorem taxes at 4. 9700 mills. Motion 2 Confirm the dates and times of the public hearings for the budget: Special Council Meeting - Wednesday, September 6, 2006, 5: 30 pm Special Council Meeting - Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 5: 30 pm Attachments: 2006 Certificate of Taxable Value ( DR- 420) 2006 Preliminary Taxable Value for CRA Value History 7sessedConcur Do Not Concur Hold for Discussion 1. ~(,?O~ Manager u:\ finance\ budget 06-Q7\ mil age - trim\tentative millage memo 8- 1. doc 3 of 3  Certification of Taxable Value DR- 420 SECTION I R. 01/ 95 2006 Year Fort Walton Beach To Name of Taxing Authority) Okaloosa County 1) Current Year Taxable Value of Real Property for Operating Purposes 1, 227, 484, 394 2) Current Year Taxable Value of Personal Property for 136, 324, 453 Operating Purposes 3) Current Year Taxable Value of Centrally Assessed 0-- Property for Operating Purposes 4) Current Year Gross Taxable Value for 1, 363, 808, 847 Operating Purposes ( 1) + ( 2) + ( 3) 5) Current Year Net New Taxable Value ( New Construction + Additions + Rehabilitative Improvements Increasing Assessed Value By At Least 100% + Annexations - Deletions) 22, 507, 276 6) Current Year Adjusted Taxable Value ( 4) - ( 5) 1, 341, 301, 571 7) Prior Year Final Gross Taxable Value 1, 099, 663, 741 From Prior Year Applicable Form DR- 403 Series) I do hereby certify the values show herein to be correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Witness my hand and official signature at Ft. Walton Beach , Florida. this the 29th d~ of June , 20~ TAXING AUTHORITY: If this portion of the form is not completed in FULL your Authority will be denied TRIM certification and possibly lose its millage levy privilege for the tax year. If any line is inapplicable, enter N/ A or -0-.' SECTION II 8) Prior Year Operating Millage Levy per $ 1, 000 9) Prior Year Ad Valorem Proceeds ( 7) x ( 8) 10) Current Year Rolled- Back Rate ( 9) divided by ( 6) per $ 1, 000 11) Current Year Proposed Operating Millage Rate per $ 1, 000 12) Check TYPE of Taxing Authority: D County D Oependent District D Municipal Service Taxing Unit D Municipality D SpecIal DIstrict D end~ nt. Indep' . Multi- County D Water Management District 13) IF DEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT OR MSTU IS MARKED, PLEASE SEE REVERSE SIDE. 14) Current Year Millage Levy for VOTED DEBT SERVICE $ 15) Current Year Millage Levy for OTHER VOTED MILLAGE $ 16) Enter Total Prior Year Ad Valorem Proceeds of ALL DEPENDENT Special Districts $ and MSTU' s levying a millage. ( The sum of line (9) from each District' s Form DR- 420) 17) Total Prior Year Proceeds: ( 9) + ( 16) $ 18) The Current Year Aggregate Rolled- back Rate: ( 17) divided by ( 6) $ per $ 1, 000 19) Current Year Aggregate Rolled- back Taxes: ( 4) x ( 18) $ 20) Enter Total of all non- voted Ad Valorem Taxes proposed to be levied by the Principal $ Taxing Authority, all Dependent Districts, and MSTU' s if any. line ( 11) x line (4) 21) Current Year Proposed Aggregate Millage Rate: ( 20) divided by ( 4) $ per $ 1, 000 22) Current Year Proposed Rate as a PERCENT CHANGE of Rolled- back Rate: line 21 divided by line 18) - 1. 00] x 100 Date, Time and Place of the first Public Budget Hearing: I do hereby certify the millages and rates shown herein to be correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. FURTHER, I certify that all millages comply with the provisions of Section 200. 071 or 200. 081, F.S. WITNESS my hand and official signature at Florida, this the day of , 20_ Signature of Chief Administrative Officer and Title Address of Physical Location Mailing Address Name of Contact Person City State Zip Phone # Fax # See Instructions on Reverse Side  PETE SMITH PLEASE REPLY TO: Okaloosa County Property Appraiser 151- D N. E. Eglin Pkwy 101 E. James Lee Blvd. Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548-4498 Crestview, FL 32536 850) 651- 7240 850) 689- 5900 FAX ( 850) 651- 7244 FAX ( 850) 689-5906 OFFICE OF THE OKALOOSA COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER June 29, 2006 City of Fort Walton Beach ATIN: Ms. Joyce A. Shanahan, City Manager P. O. Box 4009 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549 Dear Ms. Shanahan, The Okaloosa County Property Appraiser' s Office has compiled the 2006 Preliminary Taxable value for the Fort Walton Beach Community Redevelopment Areas. According to our records, the amount is: 2006 Tax Year eRA Parcels Taxable Value 2006 New Construction Fort Walton Beach 837 170, 025, 560 ( county/ city) 6, 955,602 Original CRA ( RD)