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Council advances water and wastewater rate ordinances and considers resolution opposing state bill; outcomes and follow-up to be provided
Summary
Council held second readings for two ordinances proposing changes to water and wastewater rates and introduced a resolution opposing Senate Bill 43. Motions were made to bypass third readings and to declare emergencies so new rates could take effect; transcript did not specify full roll-call tallies or final enactment at this meeting.
At the meeting the council considered two separate ordinances and a resolution:
Ordinance 33-81 (second reading): an ordinance amending codified ordinance section 1040.09 pertaining to rates and charges for the Dunedin Water System and declaring an emergency so the ordinance would take effect April 1. Council members discussed bypassing a third reading so the rate change could take effect; a motion was made to bypass the third reading, and council discussed also making a subsequent motion to declare an emergency. The transcript records motions and brief roll-call exchanges but does not provide a complete, named roll-call tally or final signed ordinance text in the record.
Ordinance 33-82 (second reading): an ordinance amending codified ordinances section 10421325 (rates and charges for the Geneva wastewater system) and declaring an emergency. Council members said the matter had been discussed in committees since last year and moved to bypass the third reading and proceed with votes. The transcript records motions but does not clearly record the final roll-call tallies or the ordinance numbers’ final passage text.
Resolution 36-22: a resolution in opposition to Senate Bill 43 (introduced in the state legislature by a named senator in the discussion). The resolution opposes proposed elimination of a 2% lodging/bed tax that funds the county convention and facilities authority (CFA); speakers in the meeting described expected harms to local tourism funding if the tax were eliminated. The council discussed the resolution and the meeting record shows a roll-call on passage occurred later in the agenda, but the transcript as provided does not include a complete, attributable vote record for the resolution in the text supplied here.
Because the meeting transcript did not supply complete, attributable roll-call tallies for the ordinances and the resolution, this article reports motions on the record and notes that staff will publish formal minutes and ordinances with the official vote tallies and effective dates.
