Davie council reimposes fire, solid waste and stormwater assessments for fiscal year starting Oct. 1, 2025

The Davie Town Council voted unanimously to reimpose fire protection, solid waste service and stormwater assessments for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, during a special assessment public hearing; the meeting date is not specified in the record.

The three resolutions confirm preliminary rate resolutions, approve assessment rules and provide for collection, effect, conflicts, stability and effective dates for each assessment. No members of the public spoke during the hearings and Council member Lewis was excused before the votes.

Mayor Paul opened the special assessment hearing and asked staff to read each resolution by title. The fire protection assessment resolution was read by Mister Weinthold, the solid waste service assessment resolution was read by Mister Wiefel, and the stormwater assessment resolution was read again by Mister Weinthold. In each instance the council opened a public hearing, received no public comment, closed the hearing, and a council member moved approval followed by a second. Roll-call votes on each item were unanimous among members present: Mayor Paul, Council member Whitman, Council member Starkey and Vice Mayor Hatton voted yes. Council member Lewis had been excused earlier in the meeting.

Votes at a glance

- Fire protection assessment (resolution reimposing fire protection assessments for property in the Town of Davie for the fiscal year beginning 10/01/2025): Passed; yes—Mayor Paul, Council member Whitman, Council member Starkey, Vice Mayor Hatton; Council member Lewis—excused. The resolution’s title indicates it approves recitals, confirms a preliminary rate resolution, approves assessment rules and provides for collection, effect, conflicts, stability and an effective date; the resolution text and specific assessment rates were not specified in the hearing record.

- Solid waste service assessment (resolution reimposing solid waste service assessments against residential property in the Town of Davie for the fiscal year beginning 10/01/2025): Passed; yes—Mayor Paul, Council member Whitman, Council member Starkey, Vice Mayor Hatton; Council member Lewis—excused. The resolution’s title says it confirms the preliminary rate resolution and approves the assessment rule; specific rates or fee amounts were not specified in the hearing record.

- Stormwater assessment (resolution reimposing stormwater service assessments against developed property in the Town of Davie for the fiscal year beginning 10/01/2025): Passed; yes—Mayor Paul, Council member Whitman, Council member Starkey, Vice Mayor Hatton; Council member Lewis—excused. The resolution’s title indicates it approves the assessment rule and confirms a preliminary rate resolution; specific rates or parcel-level assessments were not specified in the hearing record.

Council action and context

At the start of the meeting Mary Hevacorn asked for a motion to excuse Council member Lewis; a motion and second were made and the council voted to excuse Lewis before the hearings began. For each assessment item the council opened a public hearing, allowed an opportunity for public comment, heard none, closed the hearing and moved directly to a vote. There was no recorded debate, amendment or staff presentation expanding on rate methodology or the amount of assessments during the portions of the record provided.

What the record does and does not show

The hearing record supplied includes the resolutions’ titles and the council’s roll-call votes but does not include the full resolution text with rate schedules, parcel-level assessments, or supporting staff reports. The record also does not specify the meeting date. The council’s actions as recorded were procedural final votes reimposing the assessments for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025.