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Tequesta staff previews 2025 strategic-plan priorities; flags surtax sunset and stormwater analysis
Summary
Staff presented a high-level update on the village's 2023–24 strategic plan, identified 22 objectives with most on track, and flagged the end of a revenue surtax and outstanding capital needs including stormwater, Remembrance Park Phase 2 and facility maintenance.
Village Manager Jeremy gave a high-level update on the village's 2023–24 strategic plan at the Feb. 3 workshop, saying staff had narrowed the plan to four pillars and 22 objectives and that most objectives were on track.
Jeremy identified four core result areas — operating a fiscally responsible government; protecting community appearance, character and identity; building and maintaining municipal infrastructure; and maintaining service levels — and said 16 objectives were on or ahead of schedule, while three were slow and three were behind. He said staff will use the Feb. 7 strategic-plan workshop to reprioritize objectives for the 2025–26 plan.
Key budget and capital items cited by staff included the impending sunset of an infrastructure surtax that has yielded roughly $630,000 in annual capital revenue and will require the village to identify replacement funding or re-prioritize general-fund allocations. Jeremy said vehicle-replacement and some road/sidewalk work are funded but facilities, IT and other capital needs currently rely on the surtax dollar that will no longer be available.
On park projects, staff said about $200,000 remains earmarked for Phase 2 of Remembrance Park but the original planning estimate was roughly $550,000; council will consider whether to fund the gap. Jeremy said the village planted more than 90 trees as part of Remembrance Park and previously budgeted $75,000 for a tree program; staff proposed developing a five‑year tree-planting goal.
Stormwater also drew attention. Jeremy said the village postponed a planned stormwater fee analysis because consultant estimates exceeded the budgeted amount; staff intend to fund an updated analysis when reserves permit and highlighted the stormwater fund as a daily concern.
On undergrounding of overhead utilities, staff and Public Works representative Doug reported that Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) first phase would cover roughly 630–640 homes but FPL would not share detailed cost estimates for subsequent phases; staff recommended a village master plan to give residents and the village a realistic cost basis before pursuing a petition-driven undergrounding program.
Other items staff discussed for follow-up: Old Dixie beautification with county negotiations ongoing, e-bike and golf-cart education rather than bans (state preemption limits local options), a planned sidewalk program with $170,000 funded in the prior two years, and railroad crossing safety improvements tied to FDOT funding. Staff recommended council review more detailed materials at the Feb. 7 workshop and consider adopting the strategic plan in April to guide budgeting.
