Agenda 06-10-13 The City of BoMton Beach
FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MISSION STATEMENT
THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY IS REVIEWING THE IMPACT OF EXISTING OR PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS ON THE CITY'S BUDGET, REVENUE SOURCES, AND OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES. THE COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE
TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAY FAVORABLY IMPACT THE CITY'S BUDGET AND OVERALL FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY.
MEETING OF MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 @ 6:00 — 8:00 P.M.
LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM A
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MINUTES OF THE NOTICED START TIME OF THE MEETING, THE CITY CLERK OR DESIGNEE WILL SO NOTE THE FAILURE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM AND THE
MEETING SHALL BE CONCLUDED. COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAY NOT PARTICIPATE FURTHER EVEN WHEN PURPORTEDLY ACTING IN AN INFORMAL CAPACITY.
AGENDA
• Call to Order— Don Scantlan, Committee Chair
• Should any members not be able to make the meeting; contact Tim Howard ( HowardT(Qbbfl.us )
or (561) 742 -6311 by 3 pm Monday as the meeting may be cancelled for lack of a quorum.
• Approval of May 13, 2013 Minutes (Copy attached) — Kindly review in advance of meeting
• Committee Member recommendations (Voted on 5/13/13, copy attached)
• Jeff Grady
• Steven Grant
• Review, Discuss and Vote on Committee Member Study Topic Recommendations for FY 2013 -2014
• Fakhry (Ed) Boulos
• Don Scantlan (Copies attached)
o Budget Survey results — had 156 response (Copy attached)
• Discuss City's Budget Workshop (Library Program Room)
• Monday, July 22, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 23, 2013 @ 10:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, July 24, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.
• Other Business
• Distribution of Budget Survey Summary to participants per question #20.
• Adjournment
Currently scheduled future meeting dates - Targeted for 2 nd and 4 Monday of each month:
• Monday, June 24 — 6:00 PM
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MINUTES OF THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD O
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013, AT 6:00 P.., IN THE CITY LIBRARY, ROOM A
208 S. SEACEST BLVD., BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
PRESENT:
Steven Grant, Vice Chair Tim Howard, Finance Director
Gary Dunmyer
Fakhry "Ed" Boulos
Jeffrey Grady
Dolores Schlesselman
ABSENT:
Don Scantlan, Chair
1. Call to Order
In the absence of Chairman Don Scantlan, Steven Grant acted as Chair and called the
meeting to order at 5:57 p.m.
Motion
Mr. Dunmyer moved to approve the agenda. The motion was duly seconded and
unanimously passed.
2. Approval of April 8, 2013 Minutes
Motion
Mr. Grady moved to approve the minutes as published. Mr. Dunmyer seconded the
motion that unanimously passed.
3. Approval of April 22, 2013 Minutes
Mr. Dunmyer noted his last name was misspelled.
Motion
Mr. Boulos moved to approve the minutes as amended. Mr. Grady seconded the
motion that unanimously passed.
4. Review, Discuss and Vote on Committee Member Study Topic
Recommendations for FY 2013 -2014
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• Steven Grant
Mr. Grant received information from the City of Boynton Beach about pension multipliers
and employee contribution rates for the defined benefit pension plans. His
recommendation was the City Commission enroll all future employees, consisting of
General Employees, Fire and Police, in the Florida Retirement System (FRS).
A defined benefit plan is a plan based on earnings, years of service and a multiplier.
The last page of his presentation contained a chart from the 2012 actuarial report
reflecting the Police have a 3.5% multiplier, and Fire and General Employees have a
3% multiplier. The City Commissioners are already on the FRS plan. If the City moved
to the FRS plan, employees would be impacted as their multiplier would go from 3% to
1.6 %. The chart also showed that compared to the FRS plan, the City contributes two to
three times as much as FRS employers. He noted the FRS plan includes all
government workers including teachers.
Under the City's defined benefit plans, General Employees and Police contribute 7 %,
and Firefighters contribute 12 %. Defined benefit plans have both employee and
employer contributions. The Boynton Beach plans are underfunded, which required a
higher employer contribution. The employer contribution was over 30 %, in addition to
what the City paid their employees.
Mr. Grant reported the employee contribution is set by each plan's Ordinance and each
plan has a pension administrator and a Board that hires financial advisors. The
composition of the Boards is also set by Ordinance. The City Commission adopted the
Ordinance, but could change the contribution rate, if the item is negotiated.
A comparison of local cities in the area reflected Boynton Beach paid a higher
contribution rate than most others due to the 3% multiplier. The higher the multiplier,
the higher the contribution rate. He commented pensions are considered a liability and
life expectancies are unknown.
There would be little to no savings if new employees started in the FRS system in the
2013/2014 budget year. The issue is the City cannot force employees to change
pensions once they are vested; hence, the recommendation is to enroll new hires or
individuals wanting to transfer into the FRS plan. Employees transferring to the FRS
system would receive a lesser benefit than the Boynton Beach defined benefit plan
because of the lower multiplier. Subsequently, the contribution rate for the City plan may
increase in the future because no new money will go into the fund. New employees
would be paying into FRS. Mr. Grant noted the FRS plan is in the top 80% of state
pension plans.
General Employees were defined as Blue and White Collar employees and pensions
are a negotiable item in Collective Bargaining Agreements. Any change made would
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affect future union employees. Mr. Grant noted City workers have not had a raise since
2009 and wages were frozen since then.
The City would still contribute to the current plan, but if transferring to the FRS plan, its
contributions would be significantly lower. The contributions made by Firefighters would
stay the same, but it was mostly the General Employees that would be impacted. There
are also groups of individuals within each plan to whom the changes may not apply. Mr.
Grant emphasized it is a big issue. Some articles favored defined benefit plans and
some favored an investment plan similar to a 457K, which FRS offers.
Mr. Grant reviewed the FRS plans. FRS was set up where employees were not required
to make any contributions. Employers picked up the total cost, but the legislature
passed a bill that employees had to pay 3 %. A lawsuit was filed as it was thought there
was an unlawful taking; however, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the State
and allowed it.
The investment plan was similar to a defined contribution plan. The employee
contributes 3% and the FRS employer matches it. The funds vest with the employee in
one year and since it is the employee's own personal fund, he /she can choose how to
invest. The money would accrue in the FRS system. With this plan, the employee
would get everything back if they left service before vesting. The benefit at retirement;
however, was subject to the investment earnings and losses.
The FRS defined benefit plan has vesting at eight years. If an employee works five
years and leaves without vesting, the employee will only receive the 3% contribution.
The benefit at retirement is not subject to investment performance. Additionally, FRS
pensioners are given a one -time opportunity to switch to the other plan.
In researching his topic, Mr. Grant spoke with the Police Department, the FRS
enrollment manager, other City employees and he researched the pros and cons of the
FRS investment plans versus the City's pension plans.
Mr. Grant recommended the City Commission enroll all future General, Fire and Police
employees in the Florida Retirement System. He put on record the pros of doing so. It
would decrease Boynton Beach's and employee contributions to the current pension
plan. The decrease will result in more funds being available for the budget and
employees. The plan gives new employees the option of a defined benefit plan and
defined contribution plan with a one -time option to transfer to the other plan. Current
employees can still maintain a defined benefit plan, and it may result in other FRS
pensioners coming to Boynton Beach to work.
He read the cons of the recommendation into the record. The FRS system contains a
legislative risk where the decision of the contribution rate and other benefits are left up
to legislators. Boynton Beach's current contribution may increase in future years before
it starts to go down to cover current employees. General Employees will receive a
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lower multiplier. It creates a distinction between employees (old pension system and
FRS) and it may result in employees transferring to other FRS positions.
Mr. Grant commented to fund the current plan, the City may have to contribute more
because new employees will be contributing to a different plan. The City has to cover
the liabilities. It will create a distinction between current and future employees. The
impact on next year's budget would be little to none and of all the plans, the Firefighters'
Pension Plan was the most underfunded and was a greater burden on the City.
Mr. Grant requested the members vote on the recommendation to enroll all future
employees in the FRS plan.
Vote
The members unanimously voted to approve the recommendation.
• Jeff Grady
Jeff Grady presented his item whether to make or buy solid waste collection services
and explained he used an excellent report compiled by researchers from Stanford and
Berkeley Universities. In the report, over 1,000 cities were studied. A chart in the
meeting backup showed solid waste privatization was fairly easy to institute. Solid waste
collection was defined to mean curbside garbage collection and commercial dumpsters.
He reviewed the services the City provides and what data was available. He noted solid
waste had a lot of data and their studies included recycling. He also pointed out Key
West has become a role model providing competitive services with other cities in Florida
as far as pricing. This was due to recycling and reducing the amount of trash. Over
many years, the program paid for itself and they contract private haulers.
Mr. Grady explained solid waste is an "Enterprise" operation that provides positive
revenues to the City. Last year, it was anticipated solid waste would contribute $3.3
million to the General Fund and the adopted budget was about $4 million. This amount
was expected to grow. Mr. Grady explained the City receives its revenue either through
taxes or enterprise operations. Residents and commercial establishments pay a
monthly fee for water, sewer and trash collection. The City receives a positive cash flow
because the fees are higher than the expenses. However, it was pointed out the fees
are regulated and they must be competitive with other cities. He noted approximately
$11 million is collected and it costs $7 million to operate, leaving a surplus of $4 million.
Mr. Grady reviewed no vehicle or equipment replacements were projected for solid
waste and the department's current fleet staff of 32 employees would be impacted. He
reviewed privatization would be fairly easy to accomplish as it has an easily defined
scope and there were contractors available with measurable results. He noted the
Cities of Delray Beach and Hollywood use outside contractors for some services and
Fresno, California also made the transition. It was thought competition could yield good
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results. There are contractors that have large operations that could concentrate their
services on one task as opposed to all the services the City provides. He pointed out
less than half of all U.S. cities operate collection fleets. Mr. Grady reviewed one of the
documents he used reflected private collection services, on average, over the last 20
years, were 20% to 40% lower than the City's costs.
Privatization would provide performance improvement through specialization of the
service, reduce funding liabilities for pension and vehicle insurance, there would be
lower fuel costs, and tipping costs and replacing equipment would not need to occur.
Factors against privatization were the contractor would have an incentive to cut corners.
Labor risks, such as strikes could occur, and City employee resistance could be
encountered as the decision would be a one -way decision. Training and placement of
displaced workers would have a cost and there would be a cost to study and develop an
RFP which would be between $20,000 and $70,000. It was thought, if another city of
like size already went through the bid process, the City could piggyback off their
contract. Mr. Howard agreed, but noted the City would have to accept the exact scope
of services.
The City had options. It could contract residential collection and franchise commercial
and multi - residential services. Regardless of whatever was decided on, the entire
process must be reviewed and a plan implemented, which would take time.
The recommendation was to develop a potential plan for residential and commercial
solid waste collection including contracted or franchised services. The potential
reduction in operating costs was slightly more than $2 million and the savings on future
fleet replacements was also an advantage. Conversely, the City would lose control of
daily operations of the solid waste collections and would have to rely on contract
management to oversee the services.
Lengthy discussion followed about hurricane cleanup, and which portions of solid waste
would have the most savings and beneficial impact on net revenues to the City. Bulk
pickup was also discussed and in response those discussions, it was noted most of the
cities studied moved all the components of solid waste collection over to the private
sector. They kept the same pickup days. Disposals would still occur at the County
facility and the City or the contractor could pay the tonnage fees, depending on how it
was written in the contract. Some contractors sorted recyclables and received extra
revenues, which could help the contractor offer their services at a lower cost.
The current impact on the 2013/14 budget year was anticipated to be $4,040,000. The
Committee was aware there were two national haulers and four or five smaller
companies that service the County. If contracted, it would be fairly easy to get the same
service. Discussion followed about a non - performance provision and the bidding
process. It was explained the City was not changing services at this time. It was just
deciding whether to hire a consultant to study the issue to determine future needs.
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The solid waste equipment lasts for about 3 to 10 years, depending on its use. A
maintenance routine was needed. City trucks are used everyday in different sections of
the City except for Sunday. Fuel costs were a substantial component of the expenses
as was insurance. There are other risks and savings the City would realize without the
trucks. Mr. Boulos noted there is a change in technology and new trucks are running on
natural gas. He suggested delaying consideration of the matter. It was anticipated the
City's current vehicles had five years left as there have not been any large equipment
purchases.
The research has shown, based on the experience of other Florida cities, that there is a
potential for savings. The question was whether it was worth doing the study. It would
require many man hours to come up with a viable report to make a decision. A
consultant could do the work in a year.
Mr. Grady's recommendation was to develop a plan as written using a contractor or
franchised service and study what the impacts were going to be for the City. The review
should be a prudent review, encompassing the City, data sources, and the data the
department receives from residents and the community. The City only did an in -house
review. He also noted there are components of services the City provides that would
not fit well into an RFP, and that is what would surface during the study process.
Mr. Grady explained the studies detailed how the shift saved money. As an example,
the cost per ton for a company handling a million tons per day is less than the cost for a
City to handle 1,000 tons a day. It was the dichotomy of scale.
A question was posed if there would be a risk to defer considering the matter for a year
or two. Mr. Grady explained there is a savings, and if deferred, the savings would also
be deferred. Additionally, if deferred, the City must consider the cost of early attrition of
the equipment if it broke or the cost of continuing the service during the time it takes for
the bid process. It was conceivable the entire process could take two years. Mr. Grady
explained the recommendation inherently included the bid process. Mr. Howard
explained the RFQ and RFP process.
Mr. Grant requested a vote on the recommendation which was to develop a potential
plan for residential and commercial solid waste collection, including contracted or
franchised services for all solid waste collections within the City.
Vote
The recommendation was approved by four votes in favor and one opposed, (Ms.
Schlesselman dissented.)
5. Discussion of Budget Survey
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• Review Budget Survey results — concluded on May 3, 2013, had 156
responses (see attached)
There was consensus of the Committee to table discussion of the budget survey to the
June 10th meeting.
Mr. Grant announced he would not be available for the next meeting on June 10th.
6. Other Business
None.
7. Adjournment
Motion
Mr. Grady moved to adjourn. Mr. Dunmyer seconded the motion that unanimously
passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:56 p.m.
Catherine Cherry
Minutes Specialist
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Boynton Beach Financial Advisory Committee
FY 2013-2014 Budget Recommendation
lectl7
julaopic: Pension Plans — Intercity Comparison of Benefits
L_ _ _
Reviewed By: Steven Grant
Recommendatj cl i c 1: I recommend that the City Commission
enroll all future employees (General Employees, Fire, Police) in the Florida Retirement System
(FRS).
Pros of Recommendation: Decreases Boynton Beach"s and Employees contribution to the
current pension plan. The decrease will result in more funds being available for the budget and
employees. The plan gives new employees the option of a defined-benefit plan and defined
contribution plan with the one-time option to transfer tot other plan. Current employees
can still maintain their defined benefit plan. May result in other FRS pensioners to come to
Boynton Beach to work.
Cons of RecoMMendation: The FRS system contains a state legislative risk; where the decision
of the contribution rate and other benefits is left up to legislators. Boynton Beach"s current
contribution may go up in future years before it starts to go down to cover current employees.
General Employees will receive a lower multiplier. Creates a distinction between employees
(Old Pension system and FRS). May result in employees transferring to other FRS positions.
References (Staff, Docume j%_ and Publicl: Spoke with FRS enrollment administrator; Spoke
with Police; research the FRS website and studies done about FRS, 2012 Actuarial Valuations for
Boynton Beach employees.
Impact,,on 2013 14 Bledwat: Little to none, this will only effect future employees and
employees who wish to transfer.
1 m2j4AL2mLjtlLAUdg@g: As less money is put in from new workers, the old pension plan
may need a greater contribution percent from Boynton Beach to pay out on the pension
liabilities. However, new employees that enter the FRS plan will likely require less of a
contribution from Boynton Beach.
1MRpSL2D izens: Nof i impact.
moact on i t : Current staff may have the option to switch plans to the FRS. Future staff
will have different benefits then older staff.
Connittee Vote Result: For: 5 Against: _Q_
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FRS Investm Plan FIRS Pension P lan
Who contributes Your FRS-cov employer provides Your FIRS -covered employer
and how much? the majority of your FRS retirement pr ideas the majority of your FRS
plan contribution based on a faxed retirement plan contribution based
per centage of your g ross s (aural o n a fixed percentage of your gross
e mployee yee and employer rate is 6.3% salary as determined by the ,state
for Rte cider Ows employees). A legislature. A mandatory 39"6 pre
man datory pretax coniribudon contribution is deducted from your
is deducted from your paycheck and paycheck and deposited into the
deposited into your retirement account. Pension Plan trust fund.
Wh ere the Into an investment account that Is Into a single pensl n Plan trust fund
monthly contrib - established in your name by the FRS. for all FRS Pension Flan mernbers,
titans deposited
Who invests the You can elect how to allocate your The State Board of Administration
money? account ba.lan e arnong the funds of Florida manages the Pension
available t Its anent Fl i scants, Plan trust fund for aH FRS-cover
Yo u are responsible for managing your employees. Investment results d
account and can change your investment not affect benefit e
elections at any time. Investment rea tiks
ll a ffect your benefit.
Wh en am f vested After I year of FRS service. You After 8 years' o FPS service., You
in y benefit? are always fully vested in your own are alwa y's fully wrested in your own
co ntributions, as long you remain in contributions, as hang as you remain
the Investment Plants in the Pension Plana
Wh at if I change If you go to work for ano ther FRS- If you go to work for another FRS-
j obs after vesting? covered employer, you will remain covere employer, your pension
enrolled in the Investment Plan,2nd plan benefit VIII continue to grow.
co ntributions vA co ntinue to be made If you go to work for a non-FRS-
to your account. If you leave F . # covered employer, your Pension
covere employment, y to have the Plan benefit will be frozen until
O ption of. you either begin receiving month
• L eaving your money in the Plan,' retirement benefits or return to
OR FRS-covered employment.
• Tak ing a distribution and ret rin .
Ifyat have say Ptnjion Pian strxire Misr to lsly 1, 2011, you are subject tj &ytar vesdngs If yea lain the Pension Plan
0,10F sluts luly 1, 2011 and have no Pretivis h asian Plan selvictyrU are ssblesu to k -year ttstiga
Now year tmooyee tOn6 utit ns ,ut dis nbuttd or refunded to you deptasds an a number at fasters, upu al it you
use you 2" fltaiaas o switch PI a In the finure, You mn tall dia HyFRS finanti l Guidance line at 1.866w446 - 9322,
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FRS Investm lay FRS P ension Plan
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after I make my career to tch to the other FRS retirement pl2 n provided you are actively
initial election'? employed by an FPS employer and earning retirement servic
credit at the time your e lection is received.
How sloes my The Investm Plan benefit should The Pension Plan benefit ,grows
benefit/account atccrrnulat steadily over your slowly at first, and then„ be caus e
grow? cares re despite shcarr - .rxaa ups and the Pension plan formula is based
downs in the nnarkeE,Ybur benefit on the average of year highest
ultimately depends on how well year's of pay and total years of
you manage your account and on creditable . e `c ,tit takes a
the investment returns earned on steep climb near retirement age.
contributions. In the early years A 3.3-year employee will earn
of your FRS career, most of your over 5096 of theiir n fit un the
benefit comes from the co ntrfbtr- last 10 years of their FRS career.
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Boynton Beach Financial advisory committe
FY 2013 -2014 Budget Recommendation
Subject Develpmental fees,companson to other cities
Reviewed by fakhry (ED) Boulos
Recommendations : Fees are accessed only to cover associated (oper~ating+impact )costs.
b is evident from the data Abed the city may be able to increase it's fees
to recover increased costs and still be in One with other cities dose by
Pros of adr+irionail fees should eliminate deficits in department of development
operating budget
cons of recommendation Publish studies ,covering all of Flo ida,suggest that impact fee increases
a building capitalization by $1.0= $1.24.
References Boynton beach staff
Delray beach staff
Boca raton staff
Published fees schedules and regulations
Impactfees.com
impact fees in Honda GregoryBarge
National impact fees survey 2012
Impact on 2013/2014 budget Favorable
Impact on cfl itzer s City dev!elopmeritai fees represent less than HALF of the tatal fees for a new
house and about 6% of the total cos<t.For a commercial budding the city fees
represent about 3% of the total costs . should inc yeas a building capitalized costs.
impact on staff Recover costs /maintain staff
Primary Developmental Fees Comparisons
A typical $85 k permit value ,new,single family
Boynton Beach Delray Boca Raton
actual calculated calculated
Permits 1955 1050 2000
permits for subs 1760
parks 875 500 3500
public works review 630
site plan approval 1400 1800
plan check 587 credited
water 2020 1200 5200
sewer 1200 1100 4170
electric 250
fire 125 625 —
inspections* 1200*
Toni city tees ice) 6800 7900 18500
Total aunty 7400
Total state 50
formula
Primary Development fees Comparisons
A New " offices $1.4 Million Permit Value
Boynton Beach Delay Boaca Raton
Actual Calculated Calculated
Permits 34700 15400 33000
permits for subs 29400 (50%)
Parks 1000
pubfic work review 630
Site plan approval 1400 1800
plan check 3500 credited
public art 4100
planning + zoning 240
enviromental (EAB) 1580
pin. adv. b.(PAR) 300
parks 1000
water 540 1850 5200
sewer 320 11130 4200
frre(2) 1300 2100 —
inspections 8000*
electric 300
Green b d . 160
Total city fees (rounded) 45000 52500 54700
Total county 24000
Total state 1000
* formula
MARCH 21 2013
DEV. FEES ,COMP. TO OTHER CITIES
DEPT. OF DEVELOPMENT
NANCY BYRNE DIRECTOR
ANDREW MACK BUIL./ENG,
MIKE RUMPF DIR.
_ COURTEOUS AND SUPPORTIVE
3CLASSES OF FEES
BUSINESS FEES /TAX
COULD BE A PROFIT CENTER, WITHIN STATE LIMITS
COMPARISON DATA- AVAILABLE
BUILD, DIV. FEES BEING REVISED
BASED ON ACTUAL DIRECT COSTS
COMPARISON DATA AVAILABLE
PLANNING AND ZONING FEES
BASED ON ACTUAL COSTS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FEES..BEING REVISED
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Boynton Beach Financial Advisory Committee
FY 2013 -2014 Budget Recommendation
Subject /Topic: Make /Buy Solid Waste Collection
Reviewed By: Jeff Grady
Recommendation (Specific Action Recommended): Develop a potential plan for residential and
commercial solid waste collection using contracted or franchised services for all solid waste collections
within the city.
Pros of Recommendation: There is a potential reduction of operating costs for solid waste collection of
more than 2 million dollars. Future collection fleet replacements could also be avoided.
Cons of Recommendation: This City would lose control of the daily operations of solid waste collections
and would rely on contract management to oversee the services.
References (Staff, Documents, and Public):
Angerer, D. (2011). Should Your City Consider Privatization? University of Tennessee Municipal Technical
Advisory Service.
Levin, J., & Tadelis, S. (2008). Contracting for Government Services: Theory and Evidence from US Cities.
Berkeley: Stanford University & University of California Berkeley.
National Solid Waste Management Association. (2013). Privatization: Saving Money, Maximizing
Efficiency. Washington.
http: / /www.boynton- beach.org/ departments /soIid_waste /index.php
http: / /www.fresno.gov /NR /rdonlyres /lDl72901 -EF55- 4840 -B5A4-
E546A96445 F3/26611/FY2013 M i dYea rU pdate_F i na I .pdf
http://www.keywestcity.com/egov/documents/1345470842
http: / /www.gfoa.org /downloads /GFRAug04.pdf
http:// www .environmentalistseveryday.org /solid- waste - management /privatization- saving - money-
maximizing- efficiency /index.php
Impact on 2013/2014 Budget: Cost estimate of $20,000 to $70,000 to develop RFP meeting service
needs and regulatory requirements.
Impact on Citizens: Change of same services from city branded to commercially branded
Impact on Staff: 32 field employees would need reassignment, retraining, placement, or other
assistance.
Committee Vote Result: For: —4— Against: _1_
Boynton Beach Financial Advisory Committee
FY 2013 -2014 Budget Recommendation
Subiect /Topic: Property /Casualty insurance costs
Reviewed By: Don Scantlan
Recommendation (Specific Action Recommended):
A. As part of the annual budget workshops, conduct a Risk Management review of all policies
and establish a Commission strategy for Risk Management.
B. In all future RFP /Q require that respondents be able to get quotes from League of Cities.
C. Recognize the special asset that the city has in Pamela Webb.
Pros of Recommendation: A. The establishment of Risk Management strategies and policies can have a
significant impact on city resources. The point at which the city assumes itself or pays to share risk is a
quintessential policy decision. This policy decision (risk management strategy) could warrant an
workshop all of its own, however, I think having a discussion of risk management strategies as part of
the annual budget workshop could suffice and would be a great improvement over past practices.
Requiring. B. The League of Cities has risk management services that are specific to the unique
situations of municipalities. C. Retaining high performing staff can ensure the city performs its services
and duties in an efficient and effective manner.
Cons of Recommendation: A. Risk Management Strategy is a complex topic. Its discussion at the
annual budget workshop could put pressure on other agenda items. B. Placing this requirement in
future RFP /Qs could reduce the pool of eligible respondents. However, not being able to get quotes
from League of Cities for Risk Management products and services also reduces the pool of available
quotes. C. I see no negative effect of recognizing well performing staff.
References (Staff, Documents, and Public): I did a phone interview with Frank Babbon, the Risk
Manager for Delray Beach. I reviewed the Lake Worth Request for Proposals (RFP #11 -12 -213) for
Property; Inland Marine; Boiler & Machinery; Crime; Public Official Liability; Excess Automobile Liability;
Excess General Liability; Excess Worker's Compensation. I conducted an in- person interview with City
Staff: Pamela Web, Julie Oldbury and Tim Howard.
Impact on 2013/14 Budget: Depending upon the Risk Management strategy chosen by the Commission
and upon future events, hundreds of thousands of dollars could be saved each year by raising
deductibles, eliminating coverage (which also increases risk of future costs).
Impact on Out Year Budgets: Depending upon the Risk Management strategy chosen by the
Commission and upon future events, hundreds of thousands of dollars could be saved each year by
raising deductibles, eliminating coverage (which also increases risk of future costs).
Impact on Citizens: Depending upon the Risk Management strategies chosen by the Commission and
upon future events property tax rates could be reduced or increased.
Impact on City Staff: Except recommendation C, there is no impact on City Staff.
Committee Vote Result For: Against:
Boynton Beach Financial Advisory Committee
FY 2013 -2014 Budget Recommendation
Subiect /Topic: Annual Citizen's Survey
Reviewed By: Don Scantlan
Recommendation (Specific Action Recommended): The Citizen's Survey is conducted to provide the
City leaders with another data point to consider when making resource allocations and budget
decisions. There were 155 respondents who agreed to the privacy policy and were allowed to answer
the questions (not agreeing with the privacy policy prevents the respondent from continuing by the
software). The sample size of 155 is considered statistically significant for Boynton's population of 18YO
and over of 55,067 (per 2010 census) at a 95% confidence level with a confidence interval of +/- 7.9.
Not all respondents answered all of the questions; therefore, the actual confidence level and interval of
each specific question will vary. This year a narrative response was allowed on three questions as a
technique to collect more citizens' opinions, than allowed by a closed question technique. I conducted a
categorical analysis of the narrative responses to assist the leadership in reviewing the responses. The
specific responses and the categorical analysis are attached to this recommendation as an executive
summary of those responses.
Pros of Recommendation: Use of the data in the survey should increase the likelihood that the
Commission is making its budget decisions in line with the desires of their constituents.
Cons of Recommendation: While the sample size does represent a statistically significant
representation of the adult population of Boynton Beach, a larger sample size would allow a higher
degree of confidence in the outcomes. Also, there were three narrative responses allowed this year,
Questions 9, 11 and 21, Their responses are organiz3d into categories in the analysis that follows this
recommendation page.
References (Staff, Documents, and Public):
Impact on 2013/14 Budget: Depends upon actions taken by the Commission during budget and policy
decisions.
Impact on Out Year Budgets: Depends upon actions taken by the Commission during budget and policy
decisions.
Impact on Citizens: Depends upon actions taken by the Commission during budget and policy
decisions.
Impact on City Staff: Depends upon actions taken by the Commission during budget and policy
decisions.
Committee Vote Result For: Against:
Executive Summary of Annual Citizen's Survey
Questions 1 &2. Agree to Privacy Policy. The respondent must agree to the privacy policy in order to
continue with the survey. There are two questions, because, they are asked once, then if they say no
they are asked again to see if they want to agree with the policy or leave the survey. If they answer the
second question no, they are exited from the survey. If they answer yes, they are allowed to proceed.
Question 3. Residence /Business status. 73.6% (106) respondents maintain a residence in Boynton
Beach. 16% (23) owned AND operated a business in Boynton Beach. 6.3% owned a business in Boynton
Beach, but, do not have a residence here and 4.2% (6) had neither a business or residence in Boynton
Beach.
Question 4. Years of residence. Most people (133) skipped this question (it was only available to those
who answered that they both owned a business and maintained a residence in Boynton Beach). Of
those that answered the biggest category (39.1 %) was less than 5 years.
Question 5. Years of business operation. Most people (133) skipped this question (it was only available
to those who answered that they both owned a business and maintained a residence in Boynton Beach).
Of those that answered, the biggest category (56.5 %) was less than 5 years.
Question 6. Years of residence. Available to those answered Q3 with option 2 (residence /no business).
Less than 5 years was the largest category (27.6 %). Three of the remaining four categories were
relatively close to 20% and the category 16 -20 years was the smallest at 14.3 %.
Question 7. Years of business operation. Available to all regardless of how they answered Q3. Only 9
people answered this question. Less than 10 years (combination of two 5 -year categories accounted for
2/3 of the answers.
Question 8. Your District. Districts 3 had the most respondents with 49.2 %.. District 2 had the least
again this year with 14.3% (but was within 2 responses of district 1).
Question 9. Your factor to reside /own business in Boynton Beach. 86.1% (106) listed Public Safety as
Very or Extremely Important. The lowest response for extremely important was (again this year) cultural
factors (which also had the lowest rating average). The highest response for unimportant was Schools.
This question had allowed a narrative response. The responses are categorized in the categorical
analysis that follows.
Question 10. Options to reduce deficit. 44.8% chose combination of eliminating services and raising
property taxes and fees.
Question 11. Which General Fund services would you eliminate or cut? 48.9% said to reduce library
hours. Approximately one third of respondents selected; Close one or more parks or recreation centers
and eliminate median landscaping. It should be noted that in the narrative responses allowed to
question 11, several respondents said reduce waste /improved efficiency should have been a choice. I
recommend that when the survey is done next year that a narrative question ask residents where they
think the waste exists.
Question 12. Police coverage /response time. 64.8% (68)selected increase property taxes. Last year this
question was a near tie within the margin of error of the survey. This year a definite preference is
shown in the answers with almost 2/3 preferring increase taxes over reduced coverage.
Question 13. Fire assessment increase. This year answers showed a slight preference for an increase in
the assessment over reduction of services. Last year was an absolute tie (50 %) for both yes /no.
Question 14. Raising taxes /fees. Raising fines (77.7 %) closely followed by rentals (65.7 %) were the top
Strongly agree /agree responses with Business tax receipt (26.61 %) getting the most that
disagreed /strongly disagreed.
Question 15. Would you agree to increase in revenues limited to same as cost of living increase? Over
2/3 (70.5 %) of the respondents would agree to revenue increases up to the cost of living increase.
Question 16. Support for School House Museum. 57.1% of respondents did not support the city's
current support for the School House Museum at the current level.
Question 17. (Respondent characteristic question) Age ranges 25 -44 and 45 -64 were tied with 50 count
each.
Question 18. (Respondent characteristic question) Family income: range of over $100K was selected by
30.5% of the respondents with $50 -74K next most with 25.7 %. The smallest category was below $30K
with 4.8 %.
Question 19. Your name and address: 23 persons chose to provide their name and address.
Question 20. Would you like a copy of the final report? 35 persons provided email addresses and
requested copies of the final survey report.
Question 21. What suggestions would you have to help close any projected General Fund budget gap?
This question had allowed a narrative response. The responses are categorized in the categorical
analysis that follows.
Categorical analysis of Narrative responses to Questions 9, 11, and 21.
1 summarized the responses into general categories. The "Other" category was used for responses
that did not answer the question.
Question 9. Why locate in Boynton?
Location -3 (hospital, beaches, relatives)
Public Safety
Low taxes
Entertainment
History /historic buildings
Home prices
Other -3
Question 11. What to eliminate or cut?
Police -2
Fire -4
Line by line review of department budgets /requirements
Eliminate corruption
Eliminate curb side recycling
Reduced landscaping -2
Reduced art -2
Reduce events -2
Reduced Parks /recreation
Reduce public works /maintenance /equipment
Reduced street lighting
Waste /redundancies (increased efficiencies)
Sell unused real estate
Contract solid waste
Reduce overtime
Reduce commissioners pay
Change employees to 401K
Other -5
Question 21. Suggestion to reduce budget gap?
Increase gasoline tax
Raise taxes/ franchise fees -2
Line by line budget review (in public) -3
Reduce school house museum support
Increase CRA and community events
Close CRA offices
Reduce city employee benefits -3, (eliminate DROP, change to 401K)
Lower restrictions on business /economic development
Reduce waste in operations
Reduce downtown development efforts
Sell land owned by city /CRA
Fire dept to County -2
Reduce landscaping -2
Reduce size of city staff
Increase use of renewable /recycled energy
Eliminate curb side recycling
Eliminate funding to support old high school
Once a week trash pick -up
Other -4
2013 BUDGET SURVEY - CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH ^SurveyMonkey
1. 1 agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy.
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 99.4% 155
No Q 0.6% 1
answered question 156
skipped question 0
2. 1 agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy.
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 0.0% 0
No 0.0% 0
answered question 0
skipped question 156
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3. We will begin by collecting some general information. Please choose an answer that
best describes you:
Response Response
Percent Count
I maintain a residence AND own or
operate a business in Boynton 16.0% 23
Beach.
I maintain a residence in
Boynton Beach BUT do not own 73.6% 106
or operate a business there.
I own or operate a business in
Boynton Beach BUT do not 0 6.3% 9
maintain a residence there.
I neither maintain a residence nor ❑
own a business in Boynton Beach. 4.2% 6
answered question 144
skipped question 12
4. How many years have you maintained a residence in Boynton Beach?
Response Response
Percent Count
Less than 5 years 39.1% 9
5 to 10 years 17.4% 4
11 to 15 years 0 21.7% 5
16 to 20 years 0.0% 0
More than 20 years 21.7% 5
answered question 23
skipped question 133
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5. How many years has your business been in operation?
Response Response
Percent Count
Less than 5 years 56.5% 13
5 to 10 years 0 8.7% 2
11 to 15 years 0 8.7% 2
16 to 20 years 0 8.7% 2
More than 20 years 0 17.4% 4
answered question 23
skipped question 133
6. How many years have you maintained a residence in Boynton Beach?
Response Response
Percent Count
Less than 5 years 27.6% 29
5 to 10 years 0 17.1% 18
11 to 15 years 20.0% 21
16 to 20 years 14.3% 15
More than 20 years 0 21.0% 22
answered question 105
skipped question 51
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7. How many years has your business been in operation?
Response Response
Percent Count
Less than 5 years 33.3% 3
5 to 10 years 33.3% 3
11 to 15 years 0 11.1% 1
16 to 20 years 0 11.1% 1
More than 20 years 0 11.1% 1
answered question 9
skipped question 147
8. Please select your City District and Commissioner representing your residence or
business. If you maintain a residence AND are also a business owner, check the District of
your residence.
Response Response
Percent Count
District 1 — Commissioner Merker.
Located generally west of 1 -95 and 15.9% 20
south of Old Boynton Rd.
District 2 — Commissioner Hay.
Located generally east of 1 -95 and 0 14.3% 18
north of Boynton Beach Blvd.
District 3 — Commissioner
Fitzpatrick. Located generally
49.2% 62
east of 1 -95 and south of
Boynton Beach Blvd.
District 4 — Commissioner Segal.
Located generally west of 1 -95 and 0 20.6% 26
north of Gateway Blvd.
answered question 126
skipped question 30
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9. How important were the following factors in influencing you either as a resident or businesE
owner to move to or remain in Boynton Beach?
Extremely Very Important Unimportant Moderately Rating Rati
important important important Average cou
City amenities (e.g., parks, beach, 38.2% 24.4% 23.6%
9 Y) (47) ( ) ( ) 11.4% (14) 2.4% (3) 3.85
recreation programs, librar 30 29
City services 38.2% 37.4% 19.5% 3.3% (4) 1.6% (2) 4.07
(47) (46) (24)
15.7% 14.0% 38.0%
Cultural factors (19) (17) (46) 19.0% (23) 13.2% (16) 3.00
Employment 29.5% 26.2% 20.5% 10.7% (13) 13.1% (16) 3.48
(36) (32) (25)
Housing choices 43.8% 32.2% 17.4% 4.1%(5) 2.5% (3) 4.11
(53) (39) (21)
Location 50.0% 31.7% 15.8% 2.5% (3) 0.0% (0) 4.29
(60) (38) (19)
70.7% 15.4% 10.6%
Public safety (87) (19) (13) 1.6% (2) 1.6% (2) 4.52
Schools 33.3% 15.8% 24.2% 10.0% (12) 16.7% (20) 3.39
(40) (19) (29)
Other:
answered question
skipped question
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10. To eliminate the use of any general fund reserve funds for next year, are you in favor of:
Response Response
Percent Count
Eliminating or cutting services 32.4% 34
Raising property taxes and other
22.9% 24
fees
Combination of eliminating
services and raising property 44.8% 47
taxes and other fees
answered question 105
skipped question 51
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11. To maintain the current property tax rate and other fees, which General Fund services
would you eliminate or cut? (Indicate all that you would recommend)
Response Response
Percent Count
Police — Reduce Police coverage 0 15.6% 14
Fire — Close a fire station 27.8% 25
Recreation — Close one or more
recreation centers 33.3% 30
Parks — Close one or more parks 35.6% 32
Library — Reduce Library hours 48.9% 44
Public Works - Eliminate street
13.3% 12
lighting
Public Works - Eliminate median
38.9% 35
landscaping
Public Works - Eliminate street
10.0% 9
maintenance
Other:
26
answered question 90
skipped question 66
12. Relating to Police coverage /response time, would you rather:
Response Response
Percent Count
Increase property taxes, or 64.8% 68
Reduce coverage and see a
35.2% 37
possible decrease in response time
answered question 105
skipped question 51
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13. The City's Fire Rescue Assessment is a non ad valorem fee (i.e., not based on property
value). Are you in favor of an increase in the Fire Assessment to enable Fire Rescue to
maintain its current quality levels of emergency response times and level of service?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 53.3% 56
No 46.7% 49
answered question 105
skipped question 51
14. How much do you agree or disagree that the following taxes and /or user fees should be
raised to the extent to which the City is able in order to maintain the City's high level of
services? (Franchise fees are fees that the City charges utility companies for the use of
City streets and right -of -ways. The utility company (electric, telephone, cable, and water) is
allowed to pass the cost on to the customer.)
Neither
Strongly Strongly Rating
Agree Agree nor Disagree
Agree Disagree Disagree Count
Franchise Fees 23.8% (25) 32.4%(34) 21.9% (23) 12.4% (13) 9.5% (10) 105
Business Tax Receipt (Formerly
13.3% (14) 39.0%(41) 21.0% (22) 17.1% (18) 9.5% (10) 105
known as Occupational License)
Fines (e.g., Code Compliance
34.0% (35) 43.7%(45) 12.6% (13) 5.8% (6) 3.9% (4) 103
violations)
Rentals (i.e., of City facilities by
18.1% (19) 47.6%(50) 20.0% (21) 9.5% (10) 4.8% (5) 105
the public)
User Fees (e.g., beach,boat dock
14.4% (15) 44.2%(46) 19.2% (20) 15.4% (16) 6.7% (7) 104
decals; Tennis Center)
answered question 105
skipped question 51
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15. Would you agree to annual increases of the revenues in the previous question if they
were limited to cost of living increases for the South Florida region as published by the
federal government?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 70.5% 74
No 29.5% 31
answered question 105
skipped question 51
16. Do you support the City continuing to provide annual financial support of approximately
$190,000 annually to The Schoolhouse Children's Museum & Learning Center?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 42.9% 45
No 57.1% 60
answered question 105
skipped question 51
17. What is your age?
Response Response
Percent Count
18 -24 0.0% 0
25 -44 47.6% 50
45 -64 47.6% 50
65+ 4.8% 5
answered question 105
skipped question 51
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18. What is your annual family income?
Response Response
Percent Count
Less than $30,000 ❑ 4.8% 5
$30,000 - $49,999 10.5% 11
$50,000 - $74,999 25.7% 27
$75,000 - $99,999 18.1% 19
$100,000+ 30.5% 32
Rather not say 0 10.5% 11
answered question 105
skipped question 51
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19. The following information is optional. However, by providing this information, it will
assist the Financial Advisory Committee to sort and analyze responses.
Response Response
Percent Count
Your Name:
69.7% 23
Business Name:
Address:
66.7% 22
Address 2:
City /Town:
78.8% 26
State:
84.8% 28
ZIP:
100.0% 33
answered question 33
skipped question 123
20. Would you like to receive a copy of the summary report when available, by email?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 38.5% 35
No 61.5% 56
Email address:
35
answered question 91
skipped question 65
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21. What specific suggestions would you have to close any projected General Fund budget
gap for next fiscal year?
Response
Count
34
answered question 34
skipped question 122
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Page 9, Q9. How important were the following factors in influencing you either as a resident or business owner to
move to or remain in Boynton Beach?
1 close to my aging parents Apr 24, 2013 12:58 PM
2 Public Safety Apr 24, 2013 12:44 PM
3 The question isn't phrased this way, but although many of these factors are Apr 24, 2013 11:56 AM
important to us, in the current state of the city, they are actually reasons we
would consider leaving. Although we have hopes as we see great strides toward
improvements.
4 Reduce police and fire pay. By 2% commissions and mayor by 50% all city Apr 23, 2013 5:22 PM
employees making more than 50k by 1 % plus 1 % for every 10k above 50k. Then
reduce city taxes and eliminate unnecessary programs that are paid for by the
tax payers
5 New stores and restaurants. Need to be more like delray. Apr 23, 2013 12:29 PM
6 Boynton's rich history /heritage, beach, + historical buildings Apr 18, 2013 11:48 AM
7 close to nearby entertainment and restuurants Apr 10, 2013 4:45 PM
8 Home price Apr 5, 2013 5:50 PM
9 low property taxes! Apr 4, 2013 3:40 PM
10 Accessibility to 1 -95. Close by shopping. Close by a hospital. Mar 27, 2013 10:12 AM
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Page 10, Q11. To maintain the current property tax rate and other fees, which General Fund services would you
eliminate or cut? (Indicate all that you would recommend)
1 incorporate more nighborhood watch personnel Apr 24, 2013 1:03 PM
2 Someone with knowledge needs to review the Police and Fire budgets with a Apr 24, 2013 1:00 PM
fine tooth comb. There is way too much "fluff' and it is not managed correctly.
All departments need to be looked at. All these take home vehicles for city
employees other than Police Officers is ridiculous. There should be vehicles
available for daily use but no one should be taking them home unless they are in
an on -call status and not a bogus one, one that you will actually have to respond
and do work (ie the worker bees, not management). Utilities also has to be
reviewed. There is mismanagement in that department also. Someone in
Finance needs to go over these budgets line by line!
3 None Apr 24, 2013 12:16 PM
4 Reductions in any possible over spending across the board- re- assess budgets- Apr 23, 2013 11:28 PM
what is fluff & what are basic needs.
5 The police and fire retirement is beyond ridiculous, that's where the cut must be Apr 23, 2013 11:25 AM
made.
6 Elliminate Corruption. Apr 23, 2013 9:45 AM
7 More police or a patrol of some sort is needed in our neighborhood. Seems like Apr 23, 2013 9:34 AM
every other house (including mine) has been broken into during the last two
years. Crime is Boynton's biggest problem.
8 Everybody else already reduced to the bone. Why is fire increasing staff? Apr 23, 2013 9:12 AM
9 stop curbside recycling Apr 23, 2013 9:08 AM
10 Nothing is mentioned about wages /salaries /benefits for Fire /Police Depts. These Apr 22, 2013 12:49 PM
should be reviewed as well. What about limiting officers use of police vehicles
for personal use?
11 Continue to use more low maintenance and low water median landscaping. Apr 22, 2013 10:31 AM
Less grass and more slow growing ground cover.
12 according to the fire cheif in his budget summary, the fire budget gets about $15 Apr 19, 2013 10:08 PM
million from EMS billing, contracts for outsourcing, inspections, test, and grants.
The fire assessment SHOULD BE ELIMINATED BECUASE IT'S PURPOSE IS
OVER. Using the fire assessment for anything other than building fire station #5
is a misuse of tax money as per the ordinance. Let's use Palm Beach County
fire rescue. Using PBC fire rescue would save our city millions and stop the
pension fund from bleeding dry. At least save what pension fund is left for those
who have already retired.
13 You can't answer this question with a few checkboxes, its just not that simple. Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
There needs to be small groups in each department, and one overall small group
to bring them together to go through each allocation of how city funds are being
spent and determine whether or not it is the best use. Do I think we want to
reduce police coverage? Absolutely not. Do we need to maintain a sub - station
at Renaissance Commons? I don't know, what does it do, how much does it
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Page 10, Q11. To maintain the current property tax rate and other fees, which General Fund services would you
eliminate or cut? (Indicate all that you would recommend)
cost? Those are short term questions, long term questions like areas that
commonly thought of as Boynton Beach that are really still part of the county,
does it make sense to expend efforts to convince them to become part of the
city? Obviously, that creates additional expenditures but it also increases the
revenue source. For both the short and long term, we need to get out of the
reactionary "young adult" spending habit of looking at what we have in the bank
account and determining what we want to / can spend. We have to become
middle aged and not jump on the chance to spend additional funds when they
are temporarily available (ala 2004 -2007) and start holding to a more long term,
balanced plan.
14 WHAT MEDIAN LANDSCAPING, MEDIANS WERE PUT IN PLACE AT LEAST Apr 18, 2013 6:02 PM
TWO YEARS AGO ON SE 3RD ST. IT'S THE STREET ONE BLOCK WEST OF
FEDERAL. IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR FOR PALMS TO BE PLANTED AND
THAT'S ALL IT IS NOW, PALMS AND DIRT. WHY DID THE MEDIANS HAVE
TO BE INSTALLED ON THESE BLOCKS TO BEGIN WITH. THE RESIDENTS
LOST PARKING SPACES, AND THE ROAD IN NOW VERY NARROW. IT
SEEMS MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED BY ELIMINATING THE
MEDIANS TO BEGIN WITH.
15 increase police coverage + increase neighborhood watches. eliminate Artwork Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
around town, movies, various festivities
16 Some of the Public Works areas could be scaled back, but not eliminated Apr 18, 2013 11:26 AM
entirely. Possible Parks and Rec Centers could reduce operating hours. Not in
favor of reducing Public Safety.
17 We need more public safety. Crime is on the rise. Apr 17, 2013 5:29 AM
18 Reduce Public Art Apr 15, 2013 2:17 PM
19 10% CUTS ACROSS THE BOARD. GET MORE EFFICIENT. KEEP Apr 4, 2013 3:49 PM
RESPONSE TIME THE SAME WITH 10% LESS MORE EFFICIENT
20 stick to a real and comprehensive budget, sell unused /unneeded real estate Apr 3, 2013 8:07 AM
owned by the City, consider contracting waste services.
21 Maybe a reduction in the amount of Public Safety equipment. for instance, all of Mar 29, 2013 2:58 PM
the extra boats, jet -skis, motorcycles, trailers, anything duplicated. Just a
thought instead of losing actual people /employees.
22 I'm not privy to the overall budget line items, so this is hard to think about what to Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
cut. I can handle trash pick up once a week, personally, but others may need an
extra bin in order to maintain. That's just off the top of my head. Street lighting.
I've always disliked it, but others see it as protection. Never closes parks or rec
centers. EVER!
23 Eliminate city paid public events such as fireworks 4th of July, if city paid. Events Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
should be solely commercially sponsored.
24 Savings likely could be found by other means. Mar 26, 2013 6:02 PM
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eliminate or cut? (Indicate all that you would recommend)
25 we should look at how much we are payinf employees reduce overtime, take a Mar 23, 2013 8:54 PM
look ar recievables and collections. Commissioners should not be paid.
26 Increase in tax base should help - with new businesses and new multi family Mar 22, 2013 8:54 PM
housing coming on tax rolls - this should help. If a recreation program is only
serving 10 or less residents it should be discontinued. Another approach is to
restucture retirement plans - have all unions agree that any employee with 5 or
less years of service should be put on a 401 K - not a guarantee like is in place
now. This could save a million dollars in 1st year and more each year as we
move forward.
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1
Your Name: Terry Lonergan May 2, 2013 11:44 AM
Address: 45 Rutland Lane May 2, 2013 11:44 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach May 2, 2013 11:44 AM
State: FL May 2, 2013 11:44 AM
ZIP: 33436 May 2, 2013 11:44 AM
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Your Name: Jeffrey Fine Apr 29, 2013 8:45 AM
Address: 75 Maple Lane Apr 29, 2013 8:45 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 29, 2013 8:45 AM
State: FL Apr 29, 2013 8:45 AM
ZIP: 33436 Apr 29, 2013 8:45 AM
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Your Name: Africa Fine Apr 26, 2013 5:24 PM
Address: 75 Maple Lane Apr 26, 2013 5:24 PM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 26, 2013 5:24 PM
State: FL Apr 26, 2013 5:24 PM
ZIP: 33436 Apr 26, 2013 5:24 PM
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Your Name: Linda Cerar Apr 24, 2013 1:03 PM
Address: 87 Cedar Lane Apr 24, 2013 1:03 PM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 24, 2013 1:03 PM
State: FL Apr 24, 2013 1:03 PM
ZIP: 33436 Apr 24, 2013 1:03 PM
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Your Name: Rachel Apr 24, 2013 12:16 PM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 24, 2013 12:16 PM
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State: FL Apr 24, 2013 12:16 PM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 24, 2013 12:16 PM
6
City /Town: Boynton beach Apr 24, 2013 11:52 AM
State: FL Apr 24, 2013 11:52 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 24, 2013 11:52 AM
7
Your Name: Lynne Snyder Apr 24, 2013 9:30 AM
Address: 2702 SW 5th St Apr 24, 2013 9:30 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 24, 2013 9:30 AM
State: FL Apr 24, 2013 9:30 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 24, 2013 9:30 AM
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Your Name: Duane Cyr Apr 24, 2013 9:02 AM
Address: 817 SE 3rd St. Apr 24, 2013 9:02 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 24, 2013 9:02 AM
State: FL Apr 24, 2013 9:02 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 24, 2013 9:02 AM
9
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 7:09 PM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 7:09 PM
10
ZIP: 33436 Apr 23, 2013 12:34 PM
11
Your Name: Jennifer dubien Apr 23, 2013 12:11 PM
Address: 2845 sw 4th street Apr 23, 2013 12:11 PM
City /Town: Boynton beach Apr 23, 2013 12:11 PM
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State: FL Apr 23, 2013 12:11 PM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 12:11 PM
12
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 23, 2013 11:25 AM
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 11:25 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 11:25 AM
13
Your Name: Maggi Woodall Apr 23, 2013 10:47 AM
Address: 2616 SW 5th ST Apr 23, 2013 10:47 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 23, 2013 10:47 AM
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 10:47 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 10:47 AM
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State: FL Apr 23, 2013 10:44 AM
ZIP: 33426 Apr 23, 2013 10:44 AM
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Your Name: Richard Virgil Apr 23, 2013 10:23 AM
Address: 10 Lawrence Lake Drive Apr 23, 2013 10:23 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 23, 2013 10:23 AM
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 10:23 AM
ZIP: 33436 Apr 23, 2013 10:23 AM
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ZIP: 33436 Apr 23, 2013 10:07 AM
17
Your Name: Dana Rushing Apr 23, 2013 10:03 AM
Address: 350 N Federal Hwy Apr 23, 2013 10:03 AM
Address 2: 1113S Apr 23, 2013 10:03 AM
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City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 23, 2013 10:03 AM
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 10:03 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 10:03 AM
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Your Name: Tia Barnett Apr 23, 2013 10:00 AM
Business Name: N/A Apr 23, 2013 10:00 AM
Address: 728 West Ocean Avenue Apr 23, 2013 10:00 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 23, 2013 10:00 AM
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 10:00 AM
ZIP: 33426 Apr 23, 2013 10:00 AM
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Your Name: CJ Ferguson Apr 23, 2013 9:34 AM
Address: 2819 SW 5th St Apr 23, 2013 9:34 AM
City /Town: Boynton beach Apr 23, 2013 9:34 AM
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 9:34 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 9:34 AM
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Your Name: Peter Ream Apr 23, 2013 9:30 AM
Address: 710 SW 27th Ave Apr 23, 2013 9:30 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 23, 2013 9:30 AM
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 9:30 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 9:30 AM
21
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 9:15 AM
22
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 9:15 AM
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Your Name: Marie McQuade Apr 23, 2013 9:10 AM
Address: 2846 SW 4th Street Apr 23, 2013 9:10 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 23, 2013 9:10 AM
State: FL Apr 23, 2013 9:10 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 23, 2013 9:10 AM
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Your Name: John McElroy Apr 22, 2013 12:49 PM
Address: 8563 Briar Rose Point Apr 22, 2013 12:49 PM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 22, 2013 12:49 PM
State: FL Apr 22, 2013 12:49 PM
ZIP: 33473 Apr 22, 2013 12:49 PM
25
ZIP: 33436 Apr 22, 2013 10:31 AM
26
Your Name: Gregory Hoggatt Apr 22, 2013 8:23 AM
Address: 926 SW 37th Ct Apr 22, 2013 8:23 AM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 22, 2013 8:23 AM
State: FL Apr 22, 2013 8:23 AM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 22, 2013 8:23 AM
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Your Name: Aaron Von Gauss Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
Business Name: Xclavian, Inc. Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
Address: 1081 NW 5th Ave Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
State: FL Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
ZIP: 33426 -3524 Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
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Your Name: Susan Oyer Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
Address: 140 SE 27th Way Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
Address 2: mailing address: PO Box 57 BB, FL 33425 Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
City /Town: BB Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
State: FL Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
ZIP: 33425 Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
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City /Town: Boynton Beach Apr 10, 2013 12:54 PM
State: FL Apr 10, 2013 12:54 PM
ZIP: 33436 Apr 10, 2013 12:54 PM
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Your Name: Muckerman Apr 9, 2013 7:46 PM
Address: 225 w. ocean ave Apr 9, 2013 7:46 PM
City /Town: Boy ton Apr 9, 2013 7:46 PM
State: FL Apr 9, 2013 7:46 PM
ZIP: 33435 Apr 9, 2013 7:46 PM
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Your Name: irene latour Mar 31, 2013 9:17 PM
Address: 3 verwood way Mar 31, 2013 9:17 PM
City /Town: boynton beach Mar 31, 2013 9:17 PM
State: FL Mar 31, 2013 9:17 PM
ZIP: 33426 Mar 31, 2013 9:17 PM
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Your Name: Steven B Grant Mar 27, 2013 1:01 PM
Business Name: Steven B. Grant, Esq. Mar 27, 2013 1:01 PM
Address: P.O. Box 424 Mar 27, 2013 1:01 PM
City /Town: Boynton Beach Mar 27, 2013 1:01 PM
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State: FL Mar 27, 2013 1:01 PM
zip: 33425 Mar 27, 2013 1:01 PM
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Your Name: Hollis C Tidwell III Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
Address: 324 sw 3rd ave Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
City /Town: boynton beach Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
State: FL Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
zip: 33435 Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
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1 terryl33436 @yahoo.com May 2, 2013 11:44 AM
2 boulosl809 @gmail.com Apr 30, 2013 2:25 PM
3 Icm524 @aol.com Apr 29, 2013 1:48 PM
4 fourthwheel @yahoo.com Apr 29, 2013 8:45 AM
5 afine @africafine.com Apr 26, 2013 5:24 PM
6 Kristen @esaleco.com Apr 24, 2013 11:05 PM
7 cobias @aol.com Apr 24, 2013 3:43 PM
8 Jcapod @yahoo.com Apr 24, 2013 1:42 PM
9 lindycerar @yahoo.com Apr 24, 2013 1:03 PM
10 Rfulton88 @msn.com Apr 24, 2013 12:16 PM
11 klkmsnyder @yahoo.com Apr 24, 2013 9:30 AM
12 duanecyr44 @yahoo.com Apr 24, 2013 9:02 AM
13 Jenniferdubien @yahoo.com Apr 23, 2013 12:11 PM
14 Nicolembell @bellsouth.net Apr 23, 2013 11:57 AM
15 flwoodall @bellsouth.net Apr 23, 2013 10:47 AM
16 cvirgil @comcast.net Apr 23, 2013 10:23 AM
17 drushcon @aol.com Apr 23, 2013 10:03 AM
18 tdex615 @comcast.net Apr 23, 2013 10:00 AM
19 ccaveglia @hcrecapital.com Apr 23, 2013 9:48 AM
20 mcquade1 @bellsouth.net Apr 23, 2013 9:10 AM
21 jmcelroy0507 @gmail.com Apr 22, 2013 12:49 PM
22 nikiarntz113 @aol.com Apr 22, 2013 10:58 AM
23 Inmatheson @yahoo.com Apr 22, 2013 8:41 AM
24 hoggattg @gmail.com Apr 22, 2013 8:23 AM
25 boynton @avongauss.com Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
26 SusanOyer @gmail.com Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
27 mystique177 @hotmail.com Apr 10, 2013 12:54 PM
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28 Mmucks1 @aol.com Apr 9, 2013 7:46 PM
29 BADGERPH2 @AOL.COM Apr 4, 2013 3:49 PM
30 ZOEL16 @bELLsOUTH.NET Apr 4, 2013 3:10 PM
31 getaclue @outlook.com Mar 29, 2013 10:59 AM
32 grantlegalfl @gmail.com Mar 27, 2013 1:01 PM
33 troycbc @embargmail.com Mar 27, 2013 11:14 AM
34 uhollis @gmail.com Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
35 loebg @bellsouth.net Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
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next fiscal year?
1 0.5% gasoline tax, Apr 30, 2013 2:25 PM
2 Manage your budget appropriately. It is completely insane that we (taxpayers) Apr 29, 2013 1:48 PM
keep paying more for financial irresponsibility.
3 Figure out how Delray Beach manages to keep its taxes so low while ours Apr 24, 2013 11:05 PM
increase every year. We own in both cities and there is quite a dramatic
difference.
4 Raise taxes and franchise fees Apr 24, 2013 1:03 PM
5 Again, I believe that the Police and Fire budgets need to be reviewed and Apr 24, 2013 1:00 PM
scrutinized. There is a lot of spending going on with summer uniforms, winter
uniforms, overtime mismanagement and such. Close attention needs to be paid
to the study that is going to come back soon for the Police. Lets not waste
money by having the study and then not doing anything with it. Having the SO
take over should not even be an option. To go to SO and then realize after the
first contract that the service is HORRIBLE, it would be impossible to start a
police department up again after getting rid of vehicles, weapons and such. The
Police Department has to be managed better.
6 Support the CRA as they make great strides to improve our city and attract Apr 24, 2013 12:16 PM
businesses, residents, and tourist who will bring the financial resources we need
to fund the improvements and community services. Promote the city's goals and
plans at community events.
7 Would it be possible to still provide support to the Schoolhouse Museum but Apr 24, 2013 9:30 AM
decrease the amount? Hold fundraisers for continued programs at the museum
and rec centers to offset costs. Add volunteer programs to reduce costs from
salarid positions in rec centers, museum, etc.
8 Examine highest paid officials income- reductions there ?? Review departmental Apr 23, 2013 11:28 PM
budgets- how much is able to be eliminated?
9 Lower restrictions on businesses to increase money coming into boynton. Apr 23, 2013 12:34 PM
Delray knows what they are doing.
10 Eliminate waste and duplication of services. Fireman and police benefits are out Apr 23, 2013 12:23 PM
of control. There are many robberies in my neighborhood. Perhaps they should
do their job.
11 Retirement programs to police and fire. Do away with the d.r.o.p. Apr 23, 2013 11:25 AM
12 Would need to take a closer look at the proposed budget line items before Apr 23, 2013 10:47 AM
answering this question.
13 Do not put any more money into the downtown redevelopment Apr 23, 2013 10:23 AM
14 One big suggestion. Instead of giving away land that the CRA spent $900K for, Apr 23, 2013 9:34 AM
why not sell it, or lease it, or at least hold onto it until the property value rises and
someone wants to buy it. I appreciate the delicacies of balancing a budget.
Everyone wants everything, but no one wants to pay for it. For me, I'd say more
police, less fire.
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next fiscal year?
15 What savings would we have if the fire dept was county? We looked at the Apr 23, 2013 9:12 AM
police going county which I am against but why hasn't the city looked at county
for fire. Also, how much a year is legal? Would there be a cost savings for
having two lawyers in house, a paralegal and a secretary? There is no way it
would be as much as the current amount.
16 Raise Taxes Apr 23, 2013 9:10 AM
17 Every item should be reviewed as to the feasiblity of limiting that service to Apr 22, 2013 12:49 PM
reduce cost as well as reviewing the feasibility of raising taxes. For instance, I'm
not in favor of reducing police coverage but I am in favor of reducing the police
officers use of the vehicles for personal use (ie driving to /from the station and
having the car parked at their residence). This seems like it would be additional
fuel costs to the city. Also, I wouldn't recommend closing parks or recreation
centers but you could increase the cost to those that utilize those parks /centers
instead of increasing property taxes for all residents. Best of luck in making
these decisions that hopefully have the proper balance of both.
18 Police fire and parks and recreation are all necessary to Boynton Beach. Apr 22, 2013 12:04 PM
Beautification projects and unnecessary expenses should be cut.
19 1 belive the East Boynton little league field should remain partially funded by the Apr 22, 2013 10:58 AM
city, they help to give our children a positive and safe sport and keeps them out
of any trouble. We should not keep feeding money into the area north of boynton
beach off seacrest, the only thing that will change this area are the residents that
live there and police presence. No landscaping, or road decor will change this
area.The people have to change!
20 Just like last year, question #8 shows a lack of ability to think of real solutions. It Apr 19, 2013 10:08 PM
appears that the city does not really want to hear from the people. The real
solution to the police budget is not one of two very narrow choices. Let's use the
savings from contracting our fire dept with PBC and hire more officers and better
police equipment. Also, police budget details - not just the summary that is
posted on the city's website - should be available to the public.
21 Sunset the Fire Assessment. That was to end and you continue to fine excuses Apr 19, 2013 2:58 PM
to use it. Cut city staff.
22 I'm really not fond of questions 9 through 13, they seem like pointed questions Apr 19, 2013 2:18 PM
trying to support a specific person or agenda and for the most part a very poor
way to determining how to execute a successful budget. 9) You can't correlate
an exact dollar figure with a specific response time, that's ludicrous. You have
to have an acceptable strategy for properly providing the desired level of
services and that determines what the resource requirements are and the costs
required. To the point of raising taxes vs cutting services - you're probably going
to have to do both, that's not a big secret, the trick is to do it with purpose rather
than trying to balance a spreadsheet. 10) Same as with the police department.
11) Arbitrarily raising rates attempting to balance a budget without a purpose is
just digging yourself deeper. Is the fee in question on par with other cities in this
part of the county? Does the fee have impact on a broader city objective, such
as bringing (and keeping) smaller / mid size businesses to Boynton Beach?
Fines are a different matter, if fairly assessed, can almost always go up but will
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next fiscal year?
do very little to balance the overall budget. 12) The reason I said no is the
question implies a certain lack of thought. Each year you need to make an
assessment, balance it with the overall city objectives and apply it as best you
can. Just stating we'll have a (blank) increase per year indicates a very poor
overall strategy, imho. 13) 1 don't know much about the Children's Museum
specifically, but in general with an organization that also charges an admission
my thought is... The city may need to contribute funds and /or resources to help
initiate and /or foster growth of a desirable entity, but the cord has to be cut at
some point. The entity in question has to develop a responsible and sustainable
plan for continued operation. Not that you asked, but what is the story with the
old high school? I know there is nostalgic value, I get that, and I've never been
inside myself, but looking at published pictures it seems to be a structure in great
disrepair that we are expending a tremendous amount of effort and time on
trying to convince others to rehabilitate it. Unless I'm mistaken, it also happens
to be occupying city land in a city that desperately needs to modernize and
expand its building(s) that house city services. Does the nostalgic value
outweigh the obvious practical needs of today and going forward? It wasn't
mentioned on the questionnaire, a strange omission in my opinion, but - do we
need to figure out the financing for a proper municipal complex or comparable
plan to house to city services including City Hall and the police department?
Yes, even if that means bonds or other increases in "taxes ". While most
residents or business owners will probably never see the inside of said
building(s) it sets the tone for everyone that works in the city and broadcasts the
image the city wants to set forward. The converse is also true, a bad work
environment or one that appears to be unimportant to the city will set a negative
tone. It's like restaurants in a way, if you want to know how well they maintain
the kitchen you can usually tell by judging how well they maintain the restrooms -
not comparing city hall to a restroom, though a kitchen analogy may work. I
won't go much in to this one, but the decision to allow and help support a "mega
church" to become part of the Boynton Mall was a very bad decision - in many
different ways. I can understand the owner's desire to accept any tenant, but its
like giving unlimited water to a person dying of thirst.
23 Close the CRA office on Federal Hwy. Get out of whatever lease agreement Apr 19, 2013 1:51 PM
there is.
24 Switch to LED lights, go solar, cooking oil to run city cars, get high school /FAU Apr 18, 2013 11:56 AM
volunteers to provide as many basic tasks as possible (ex. answering phone,
filing, youth involvement, community groups)
25 Do not have enough information but city needs to look at how it spends our Apr 9, 2013 7:46 PM
money ...pensions,ect. Also needs long range budgeting done to help solve for
future
26 Eliminate curb side recycling Apr 8, 2013 3:11 PM
27 1 think we could do more with less. No more pensions instead 401 K 3% match by Apr 4, 2013 3:49 PM
the city only if the employee puts in 3 %. NO MORE PENSIONS, EMPLOYEES
PAYING A GREATER PART OF THEIR MEDICAL PREMIUMS. LET PEOPLE
SERVE THEIR CITY - LET THEM TRULY SERVE NOT SERVE THEMSELVES
TO HIGH SALARIES AND NUMEROUS BENEFITS WORK 4 8 hr days for 80%
of their pay. Cut taxes. NO SALARY OR A SMALL SALARY. RELY ON RICH
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next fiscal year?
PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER.
28 see paragraph 7 Apr 3, 2013 8:07 AM
29 Remove any funding to the old.high school do not give them tax.breaks. tear it Mar 31, 2013 9:17 PM
down.
30 A piece of information I thought was missing relative to the Reserves, was how Mar 29, 2013 2:58 PM
much is left. The survey said 2.91M was taken last and asked if we would want to
do it again this year but it would help to know our current balance.
31 Reduce the trash pickup to once a week. Mar 27, 2013 1:01 PM
32 Open Police Lobby Monday thru Thursday Mar 27, 2013 12:15 PM
33 Schoolhouse Museum should be its own non - profit and fundraiser. Senior Mar 27, 2013 10:27 AM
Center should have commercial sponsor for naming the building or venue. (I
don't know if that still is open. Maybe it can absorbed by Bethesda Hospital.) The
city should work hard to find a good tenant for old Expo Building. That would
make an excellent location for city hall if ever relocated. Mortgage companies
should pay a fee to the city for every month a house sits empty. And more of a
fine when not maintained.
34 Pension reform, rarely give lien reductions, make department heads defend Mar 22, 2013 8:54 PM
every line in their budget. Make sure that new businesses and multifamily
housing is being added to tax roles and at highest and best use values. Increase
impact fees by 2 %. Question 8 is not an either or - keep response time the
same and service the same - but no need to raise taxes - simply collect code
fines and make sure general fund covers public safety 1st and foremost.
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CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH
Financial Advisory Committee - Potential Issues for Study and Assignment Areas
Item Issue Department Contact Area Assignment
# Initial j Follow Up
1 City Services Survey City Manager City Manager Jeff Grady
2 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Analysis Finance Budget / Public Works / Utilities
3 Debt & Debt Service Finance Finance
4 Franchise Solid Waste Services City Manager Public Works
5 Make /Buy Other City Services City Manager TBD Jeff Grady
6 Close /Consolidate City Facilities City Manager Public Works / Utilities
7 Property / Casualty Insurance Costs City Manager Risk Management
8 On -Site Health Clinic City Manager Risk Management / Human Resources Fakhry (Ed) Boulos
9 Pension Plans - InterCity Comparison of Benefits Finance Human Resources Steve Grant
10 Analysis of Residential vs Commercial Tax Base Finance Budget - County Property Appraiser
11 Business License Tax - Competitive Analysis Finance Development
12 Development Fees - Comparison to Other Cities Finance Development Fakhry (Ed) Boulos
13 Revenue Trends & Forecasts Finance Finance
14 Revenue Streams Generated by Other Cities City Manager Finance Steve Grant
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