PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA

                                    INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

                                                                                                                            

 

TO:       Honorable Chairman and        DATE:    05.28.02        FILE: CAO02-1238

Members of the Board of
            County Commissioners

 

THROUGH: Robert D. Sumner          SUBJECT:   Pasco County Ninth-Cent

                     County Attorney                                 Local Option Motor Fuel Tax Ordinance

                                                                              First Public Hearing:      

                                                                              6/4/02 – 9:30 am -NPR

 

FROM:  Sidney W. Kilgore                 REFERENCES: Final Public Hearing:

Assistant County Attorney                              6/18/02 – 9:30 am - DC

                                                                                                                            

 

It is recommended that the following be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.

 

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS:

 

Please find attached for first public hearing the proposed Ninth-Cent Local Option Motor Fuel Tax Ordinance.  On Tuesday, 21 May 2002, the Board of County Commissioners approved the introduction of the proposed Ninth-Cent Local Option Motor Fuel Tax Ordinance. Pursuant to the Board’s direction, the ordinance has been revised in the “Exclusive purposes for use” section to provide that the revenues be used for the programs listed in and authorized by Florida Statutes as follows:

 

(a)   Public transportation operations and maintenance.

(b)  Roadway and right-of-way maintenance and equipment and structures used primarily for the storage and maintenance of such equipment.

(c)  Roadway and right-of-way drainage.

(d)  Street lighting.

(e)   Traffic signs, traffic engineering, signalization and pavement markings.

(f)    Bridge maintenance and operation.

(g)  Debt service and current expenditures for transportation capital projects in the foregoing program areas, including construction and reconstruction of roads.

 

ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS:

 

1.     Accept the attached proposed Ninth-Cent Local Option Motor Fuel Tax Ordinance.

 

2.     Direct revisions to the attached Ninth-Cent Local Option Motor Fuel Tax Ordinance.

 

RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNDING:

 

The Office of the County Attorney recommends that the Board of County Commissioners accept the attached proposed Ninth-Cent Local Option Motor Fuel Tax Ordinance, listen to public comment and continue the public hearing until a final hearing on this ordinance scheduled for June 18, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. at the Historic Pasco County Courthouse, 37918 Meridian Avenue, Board Room, Dade City, Florida.  At the June 18, 2002 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners will be asked to take final action on the Ordinance.

 

No funding is required for this item.

 

 

 

Attachments:  Proposed Pasco County Ninth-Cent Local Option Motor Fuel Tax Ordinance

 

cc:     Bipin Parikh, P.E., Assistant County Administrator (Development Services)

          Michael Nurrenbrock, OMB Director

          James C. Widman, P.E., Engineering Services Director

          Gregory T. Riski, P.E., Assistant Engineering Services Director

          Kevin Sumner, Administrative Services Manager (Development Services)