Oviedo presses county on mobility‑fee spending, seeks protections for funds within benefits district

Council reviewed a draft interlocal agreement to implement the county—s mobility fee and to reconcile funds collected that may benefit Oviedo.

Planning/legal staff and outside counsel outlined four topics staff had analyzed: statutory compliance, termination of the prior county road impact fee agreement, how the county has spent collected funds, and timing of payments from the city to the county under a new interlocal. City staff—s data review found roughly $740,000 of fees in the city database that staff flagged as potentially inconsistent with county accounting; county staff provided a revised figure closer to $1.2 million when the two databases were compared.

Why it matters: the interlocal determines whether, and how, mobility fees collected inside Oviedo or in adjacent unincorporated areas will be spent on projects that benefit the city and whether the city receives credits or set‑asides for county‑collected fees that affect Oviedo roadways.

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