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Collier County OKs Pelican Bay special-assessment roll to fund operations and beach renourishment
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to adopt the Pelican Bay special-assessment roll, levying combined operations and capital assessments for the district including funding for an upcoming beach renourishment and a new operations facility.
Collier County commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution to approve the Pelican Bay Services Division special-assessment roll and to levy combined assessments for operations and capital.
Mister Dorril, presenting the Pelican Bay budget, said the district’s funding mix "is a non ad valorem assessment for both operations and capital" and outlined per-unit assessments and a capital program designed to finance next fall’s beach renourishment. Dorril told the board the district expects a new $5,400,000 operations facility to receive its certificate of occupancy later this month and recommended the board adopt the resolution attached to the executive summary.
Christopher Johnson, the county’s director of corporate financial management services, framed the public process and noted the assessment methodology follows Florida law and the district’s original benefit allocation. Johnson also reviewed Pelican Bay operational totals presented in the packet and explained the board is being asked to levy the combined assessments as part of the FY26 preliminary budget actions.
Two registered Zoom speakers addressed Pelican Bay during the public comment period. Marsha Onik said she was "frankly surprised that the county is assessed for this non valerium tax" and questioned why county-owned recreational properties were assessed; Nicole Rolando praised the budget work and urged continued support for the Vanderbilt Beach Library. In response, Dorril and staff reiterated that the assessment methodology assigns benefits to all properties within the improvement district and that the allocation is prescribed by Florida statute.
After a motion to adopt the resolution and a second, the board voted "aye" and the motion passed unanimously. Staff said the action follows the district advisory board’s unanimous recommendation and that affected commercial partners had been consulted.
The Pelican Bay action was presented as part of the county’s first of two required public budget hearings for FY25–26; the board’s final budget and millage decisions will be taken at the Sept. 18, 2025 final hearing.
