BCC Briefs for August 17, 2010

At the August 17, 2010, Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board took the following action:

School Tax – agreed to place on the November ballot a referendum allowing for continuation of an additional .25 mill ad valorem tax to support school operations through June 30, 2015.

Beach Funding – passed a resolution asking the state to review an application for approximately $6.875 million for local shoreline protection projects. If approved, the county’s matching share would be $6.042 million.

Marinelife Center – conceptually agreed to lease an additional ¾ acre within Loggerhead Park for expansion of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center. The proposed expansion area immediately north of the existing center would displace three picnic shelters and parking spaces, which can be mitigated elsewhere in the park at the center’s expense.

Environmental Resources Management – approved termination of a .99-acre conservation easement at Whiteside Industrial Park for a cash buyout of $85,000; also, as anticipated, approved termination of a 1.44-acre conservation easement adjacent to a proposed county branch library site in The Acreage for a native upland preserve buyout of $80,064.

Biohazard Waste Incineration – sitting as the Environmental Control Board, agreed to amend the county’s Biohazardous Waste Incineration Facility Ordinance No. 92-22 to mirror state and federal regulations pertaining to medical waste incineration facilities, and to include Palm Beach County standards regulating chromium levels.

Palm Tran – approved fare increases for Palm Tran’s Transportation Disadvantaged Program. The new monthly rate will be $10 for people whose household income is at or below 100 percent of the poverty level, and $15 for those with incomes between 100 and 150 percent of the poverty level.

Roads – approved on preliminary reading and to advertise for public hearings on Sept. 14 amendments to the five-year road program and an ordinance to comply with state legislation authorizing the use of unmanned traffic cameras.

Advisory Boards – reassigned four seats on county advisory boards and committees held by the former District 2 commissioner.

County Charter – directed county administrators to create a charter review process to be approved by the BCC at a later date.