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AGENDA

Board of County Commissioners

Special Meeting –July 27, 2017– 9:00 a.m.

Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building – First Floor

Call to Order.

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Was the Meeting Properly Advertised?

Commissioners' Forum.

Are there any items to be added to the agenda?

Recommendation: That the Board adopt the agenda as prepared (or duly amended).

Discussion Concerning the Proposed Escambia County, Florida, Budget for Fiscal Year 2017/2018

Recommendation Concerning the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Certification of Taxable Value - Stephan Hall, Budget Manger, Management and Budget Services

That the Board take the following action concerning the certification of millage rates and the scheduling of Public Hearings for the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Budget:

A. Certify the millage rates for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 as follows:

County-wide Operating – 6.6165
Law Enforcement/Sheriff’s MSTU (Municipal Services Taxing Unit) – .685
Library MSTU – .359

Once the millage rates listed above have been certified, the millage rate cannot be increased without re-first class noticing the public, the millage rates must be certified by August 4, 2017.

The millage rates for the County-wide Operating, Sheriff’s MSTU, and the Library MSTU are unchanged from the previous Fiscal Year 2016/2017;

B. Certify the proposed millage rates at 2.91% above the aggregate rolled back rate;

C. Affirm the Board’s intent to maintain the current revenue allocation rate at the 75.0% increment within the Community Redevelopment Agency Tax Increment Financing (CRA TIF) Districts for Fiscal Year 2017/2018;

D. Schedule a Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Budget for September 12, 2017, at 5:31 p.m., to be held in the Chambers of the Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County, Florida, located on the first floor of the Ernie Lee Magaha Governmental Building, 221 Palafox Place, Pensacola, Florida; and

E. Schedule a Public Hearing to adopt the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 non-ad valorem special assessment roll at 5:32 p.m., on September 12, 2017, to be held in the Chambers of the Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County, Florida, located on the first floor of the Ernie Lee Magaha Governmental Building, 221 Palafox Place, Pensacola Florida.

Recommendation Concerning a Contract Amendment between Escambia County, Florida, and Volkert, Inc., for Professional Engineering Services on Contract PD 15-16.007 Pensacola Beach Congestion Management Plan - Joy D. Blackmon, P.E., Public Works Department Director

That the Board take the following action concerning the Contract Amendment between Escambia County, Florida, and Volkert, Inc., per the terms and conditions of PD 15-16.007, Pensacola Beach Congestion Management Plan:

A. Approve and authorize the County Administrator to sign the Amendment of Agreement for Professional Consulting Services between Escambia County, Florida, and Volkert, Inc., per the terms and conditions of PD 15-16.007, Pensacola Beach Congestion Management Plan; and

B. Approve a Change Order to PD 15-16.007, Pensacola Beach Congestion Management Plan, for the negotiated amount of $256,825.00 for Phase II - Additional Parking Areas, and the negotiated amount of $1,084,857.33 for Phase III – Roundabouts with Pedestrian Underpasses, for a total of $1,341,682.33. The Change Order will increase the original Contract amount from $463,227.00 to $1,804,909.33.

[Funding Source: Fund 352, Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) III, Cost Center 210107, Object Code 56301, Project #15EN3344, "Pensacola Beach Congestion Management Plan." Funds have been allocated in LOST IV, Cost Center 210106 for this project.]

Adjourn.