09-16-2008 Budget Hearing Meeting•
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MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
BUDGET HEARING — FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009
The Miami Shores Village Council held their second and final Public Hearing on the proposed Fiscal
Year 2008-2009 Operating Budget on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. The Meeting was held in the
Council Chambers of Village Hall and was called to order at 7:00 PM with the following Members
present:
PRESENT:
Mayor Herta Holly
Steve Loffredo
Hunt Davis
Prospero Herrera
J.C. Rodriguez
ALSO PRESENT: Tom Benton, Village Manager
Barbara Estep, Village Clerk
Richard Sarafan, Village Attorney
1) PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND PROPOSED
MILLAGE RATES (7.6351 AND 0.6578).
Mr. Benton advised the Council of the Miami Herald's error in the required TRIM advertising and the
fact that the Village would receive a letter regarding the minor infraction. Mr. Benton indicated that the
Village had presented a balanced budget at 7.6351 mills, had not increased the sanitation rate nor the
Stormwater rate. Mr. Benton stated that the debt service millage on the two General Obligation Bonds,
one for the aquatic center and one for the charter school, had been reduced slightly. In response to a
question posed by Mr. Loffredo, Ms. Holly indicated that the tax dollars would start to come in from the
County in mid-December.
2) A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL,
MIAMI SHORES, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING FINAL AD VALOREM
TAX LEVIES FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND OTHER FUNDS OF
THE VILLAGE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,
2008, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
3) A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL, MIAMI
SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009
BUDGETS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Mrs. Estep read the proposed Resolutions into the record. Mayor Holly opened the floor for the Budget
Hearing. As no one present wished to speak, Mayor Holly closed the Budget Hearing.
Mr. Loffredo moved to adopt the presented Resolution to establish final ad valorem tax levies for fiscal
year 2008-2009. Mr. Herrera seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Mr. Davis then moved to adopt the presented Resolution to adopt the fiscal year 2008-2009 budgets. Mr.
Herrera seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor of the motion.
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4) ADJOURNMENT
The September 16, 2008 Budget Hearing was adjoumed at 7:10 PM.
Barbara A. Estep, MMC
Village Clerk
Herta Holly, Mayor