County, municipal and school district officials reviewed a proposed update to the interlocal agreement (ILA) that guides coordinated school planning, concurrency findings and the administration of impact fees.

Chris Wilson of CJ Wilson Law and Jim Lipsey presented the draft. Wilson said the draft aims to align the ILA with current Florida statutes, streamline the concurrency and school‑site processes, remove language that merely restates statutes and add a new section governing administration, collection and reporting of school impact fees.

Key proposed changes explained in the presentation:

- Oversight and meeting structure: Replace an infrequently used quarterly joint committee with a staff working group that meets at least twice yearly and produces an annual report; create a smaller oversight committee of elected officials (recommended 3 representatives per governing body in discussion) to review annual reports and recommendations.

- School site selection: Simplify notice requirements to reflect statutory minimums — notice to local governments before site purchase and before construction, with zoning and normal permitting processes to follow.

- Level of service and capacity calculations: Maintain 100% of permanent FISH (Florida Inventory of School Houses) capacity but add long‑term relocatable units into the level‑of‑service calculation to better reflect available capacity.

- Concurrency application and timing: Streamline the school‑board concurrency application process so developers file concurrency applications early with the school district and include certification with local government land‑use applications; district commits to a 30‑day finding window in the draft process description.

- Proportionate‑share mitigation and payments: The draft formalizes a dollar‑for‑dollar voucher/credit approach consistent with statute and recommends that mitigation payments be remitted directly to the school board; commissioners and district staff said this was already negotiated in prior discussions and some developers prefer county collection but staff argued direct remittance to the district is efficient.

- Impact fees: Add a new interlocal section setting a standard monthly remittance process, allowing local governments to retain administrative costs, and providing audit/reporting requirements so the school district can reconcile receipts.

Commissioners asked about membership sizes for elected oversight and timing of the annual report; several preferred keeping the full interlocal meeting while optionally adding a smaller oversight panel. School and county staff said the working group and interlocal meeting timing would be drafted to feed into both budget cycles and the school district’s required five‑year work plan.

Ending: Staff said they are meeting biweekly to finalize a draft and will return the updated ILA to each governing board for consideration; no vote occurred at the joint meeting.