A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE LAKE COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES

OCTOBER 2, 2007

The Lake County Board of County Commissioners met in a special joint session with the Lake County School Board and the Lake County Municipalities on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at 8:30 a.m., in the Board of County Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Lake County Administration Building, Tavares, Florida, for the semiannual report of the Sales Surtax Oversight Advisory Committee.  Commissioners present at the meeting were: Welton G. Cadwell, Chairman; Jennifer Hill, Vice Chairman; Debbie Stivender; and Elaine Renick.  Commissioner Linda Stewart was not present.  Others present were: Keith Mullins, Chairman, Sales Surtax Oversight Advisory Committee; Mayor David Yeager, City of Minneola; Ray Goodgame, City Councilman, City of Clermont; Melanie Marsh, Deputy County Attorney; Cindy Hall, County Manager; Wendy Taylor, Executive Office Manager, County Manager’s Office; Barbara Lehman, Chief Deputy Clerk, County Finance; and Sandra Carter, Deputy Clerk.  No one was present representing the Lake County School Board.

SALES SURTAX OVERSIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT

Mr. Keith Mullins, Chairman, Sales Surtax Oversight Advisory Committee, addressed the Board stating that, in 2001, the citizens of Lake County voted upon themselves a 15 year one cent sales tax, to be divided equally among the Lake County School Board, the Board of County Commissioners, and the 14 Municipalities in the County, and, at that time, they also formed an oversight advisory committee, to assure the citizens that the sales tax was being spent appropriately.  He stated that the Committee meets twice per year – once to look at the budgets and once to look at the actual expenditures, and, when they met on September 10, 2007, it was determined that everybody is budgeted to spend their sales tax appropriately in the upcoming fiscal year.  He stated that detailed reports on the County, the School Board, and the Municipalities were available, for the record, and the next meeting is scheduled to be held March 17, 2008.  A document containing a report of the expenditures and revenues of the one-cent sales tax was submitted to the Board, for their perusal, as per Lake County Ordinance No. 2001-130.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to be brought to the attention of the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 8:40 a.m.

 

 

 

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                                                                        WELTON G. CADWELL, CHAIRMAN

 

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            JAMES C. WATKINS, CLERK