City of Cedar Key
Public Hearing
October 4, 2004
Present: Mayor Paul Oliver, Commissioners Sue Colson, Ken Daniel, Heath
Davis and Vanessa Edmunds Also City Clerk Frances Hodges
1. Call to Order Mayor Paul Oliver called the hearing to order at 7:00
p.m. He announced the reason was to adopt a final tax rate and a Tentative
Budget for Year 2004 -2005. It is a public hearing in order to receive
opinions from the General Public and to answer questions. Mayor Oliver
announced that the proposed millage rate of 2.6 mills is 23.15% more than
the rolled back rate of 2.1113 mills. The proposed Operating Budget
expenditures of the City of Cedar Key are 7.5 percent more than last year¹s
operating expenditures.
2. Final millage Resolution Number 254 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HEATH
DAVIS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 254. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KEN DANIEL.
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE. MOTION MADE AND WITHDRAWN BY
COMMISSIONER HEATH DAVIS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 255. Ms. Frances took a
moment to thank them for the gift of flowers and then read out Resolution
Number 254.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HEATH DAVIS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 255.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KEN DANIEL. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE
VOTE. Ms. Frances read out Resolution Number 255.
ROLL CALL VOTE CONDUCTED BY MS. FRANCES FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 254: AYE -
COMMISSIONERS VANESSA EDMUNDS, KEN DANIEL, SUE COLSON, HEATH DAVIS AND MAYOR
PAUL OLIVER. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
ROLL CALL VOTE CONDUCTED BY MS. FRANCES FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 255: AYE -
COMMISSIONERS KEN DANIEL, SUE COLSON, HEATH DAVIS, VANESSA EDMUNDS AND MAYOR
PAUL OLIVER. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
3. Adjournment MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HEATH DAVIS TO ADJOURN. SECONDED
BY KEN DANIEL.
Docks A resident asked about the bids to repair the docks. Commissioner
Colson reported two bids are in and one more is expected. Tomorrow night
they expect to review the bids, see what FEMA can reimburse and decide if
they rebuild them as they were or go with a floating dock. Commissioner
Davis said at the last meeting they gave Mr., Mickey the go ahead on moving
on the dock issues. However Commissioner Colson thought they would have a
chance to look at the choices.
Final Budget Hearing 10/04/04 page 2
The resident asked if they will move to take over the County Dock. Mayor
Oliver said the owner at the time of a storm must work out reimbursement
with FEMA. They will have to wait until that is done before taking any
initiative to acquire it.
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m. | 