BCC Briefs

At the January 24, 2012, Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board took the following action:

Glades Utility Authority – approved a series of negotiated conditions for absorption of the financially troubled Glades Utility Authority (GUA) as agreed to by the county and the cities of Belle Glade and Pahokee, and set a Feb. 15 deadline for the city of South Bay to agree to the conditions with no additional requirements.

District boundaries – received and filed proof of publication of the advertisement of the adopted ordinance reflecting new BCC district boundaries. The ads appeared on Dec. 31, 2011 and Jan. 7, 2012. The revised district boundaries have been forwarded to the state for adoption.

Non-discrimination – adopted a resolution updating the county’s policy on non-discrimination in contracting so that the classes are consistent with the protected classes in the Palm Beach County Equal Employment Ordinance.

Health Department – approved a memorandum of agreement with the Health Department to delegate the duties of the Environmental Control Officer to the department’s local legal office.

Boynton Beach CRA – postponed for 30 days a request by the Boynton Beach CRA to amend grant conditions allowing for demolition of a building within the Boynton Beach Marina as part of redevelopment of the property.

Qualified target industries – adopted a resolution recommending Digital Risk, LLC, a financial services firm specializing in mortgage underwriting, be approved as a qualified target industry (QTI) business. The board also conceptually approved a job growth incentive grant in the amount of $75,000 to be matched by the city of Boca Raton.

Palm Tran – approved the filing of the FY-2011 Section 5307 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant application in the amount of $14.5 million and approved the FTA master agreement. Section 5307 grants provide funding for public transportation capital, operating assistance, and public transit-related planning.

MSTUs – amended the county’s municipal services taxing unit (MSTU) ordinance to allow for assessments and collections at a percentage rate less than 100 percent when directed by the BCC, but the rate can be no less than 50 percent. This is to account for some remaining MSTU projects that were petitioned at the previous 50 percent rate. Paving and drainage projects were then approved for eight roads at the 50 percent rate.