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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 08 07 City Commission Special Minutes r. , 83-84-21 . SPECIAL MEETING CITY COMMISSION CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS AUGUST 7~ 1984 The Special Meeting of the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs~ Florida~ was called to order by Mayor John V. Torcaso at 7:00 p. m. Roll Call: Mayor John V. Torcaso~ present Deputy Mayor Buck Adkins~ present City Manager Richard Rozansky~ present City Attorney Torn Lang~ present Commissioners: Jim Hartman~ present Inez Linville~ present William Jacobs~ present Leanne Grove~ present Also present: Bill Leedy~ Leedy Corp. Terry Zaudtke~ Conklin Porter & Holmes~ Engineers~ Inc. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was led by Mayor Torcaso. . Public Hearing on the Acquisition of North Orlando Water & Sewer Corp.; Attorney Torn Lang spoke to the Commission. He said he has been negotiating for the City in trying to acquire the North Orlando Water & Sewer Corporation. Bill Leedy is from the Leedy Corporation who was on the negotiating team representing the Underwriters~ the Leedy Corp.~ and Terry Zaudtke is from Conklin Porter & Holmes; he was the engineer on the team. Attorney Lang said what you are about to hear is the culmination of their efforts in trying to reach some kind of agreement that could be presented to the Commission for consideration as a result of the negotiations with NOWSCO. Attorney Lang gave a background of the attempts by the City to purchase NOWSCO. Attorney Lang said he presented each Commissioner with a package which will be reviewed at this meeting; and then at next week's meeting the Commission will be asked to approve the agreement which is in the packet or a revised one. Attorney Lang said there would be no vote taken this evening. This is merely a public hearing to comply with statutory requirement that goes into effect on October 1. Terry Zaudtke~ engineer~ with the firm of Conklin~ Porter & Holmes~ provided the engineering services and summary reports. As to what we would be buying~ he said we would be buying a wastewater treatment facility~ associated land~ a collection system. The plant has a treatment capacity capability of 1.2 mgd; current operations are around .9 mgd which will be the effluent disposal capacity~ but we can treat more sewage at the plant then we can dispose of. He said under the present agreement we are not buying any effluent disposal land or property. tve are buying the current leases to these sites and plans for the Dayron option. The Dayron option is a piece of property that will dispose of approximately 400~OOO gpd of effluent and is located in the Highlands. It will be a series of percolation ponds. The biggest known problem that is known to the City Commission is the effluent disposal capacity is not what we were originally told. When the City purchases the facility~ they will be purchasing the facility "as is".When the City purchases the Dayron property they will have to do the construction of the percolating ponds on that property. . . . . 1& '( Special Meeting, City Commission, August 13, 1984 83-84-21 Page 2 Mr. Zaudtke said they found the physical facilities are in acceptable working order and have been operating to provide the City of Winter Springs with a reasonable level of reliability. They did not discover any mismangement or neglect of equipment. As far as the status of the grants, Mr. Zaudtke said the grants program ranked Winter Springs out of the fundable portion; he said there is still some possibility we can pick up grants for items such as tertiary filtration, sludge disposal and sewer rehabilitation. Attorney Lang said the City of Winter Springs is the only one eligible for those grants; if the City elects not to buy NOWSCO, those grants fallout; they were submitted as a potential purchaser at the time that we submitted the grant requests. Attorney Lang said it is important to realize there is no guarantee that the rates can be affected by acquisition. The purpose for acquiring is to protect the citizenry because the Commission will then set the rates in open forum. Mr. Bill Leedy of the Leedy Corporation said his first topic of discussion is the current financial condition of the utility and he said it is good. In reference to what size bond issue we can support in today's market, Mr. Leedy said this is directly in relation to the net income of the system. The net income of the system of $682,000 in today's market would retire a bond issue of approximately $4,940,000.00. Manager Rozansky spoke in reference to billing. He said that presently Continental does the billing for NOWSCO, and will be doing it until the first of January. Manager Rozansky said a computer is included in the purchase price of the utility, unless there is strong objection from the City. Manager Rozansky spoke about the various options to manage the utility. He said the name would be changed to either Winter Springs Public Utility or Winter Springs Water and Sewer; the name does not come. Manager Rozansky said because this utility serves the residents on this side of town, he thinks it best to keep the office here. The City could either purchase the building for $100,000 to $125,00 or buy a building and place it across from the Public Works Department where the police department trailer used to be. As far as employees there are presently 14 employees. Manager Rozansky said he is trying to get job descriptions, and he will be looking at the employee records to determine longevity, vacations, increases in salary, etc. Manager Rozansky said there is a 72 page inventory on file. The Commission was in agreement to purchase the building and the computer. Attorney Lang made a summary review of the agreement and reminded the Commission to review excluded assets on page 7. Mr. McGinnis statement was discussed. Attorney Lang summarized what the impact will be. He said the City will gain some control over rates and over the standard of service; and hopefully the City will be more responsive to the public than a private utility. On the down side the City is taking some unknown risks by buying a plant that is a used plant, "as is" condition. ... " . Special Meeting, City Commission, August 7, 1984 Page 3 The meeting was adjourned at 9:34 p. m. Approved: . . '-~~ , / : r ( /~r TORCASO ,MAYOR Respectfully submitted, );1u~7lh~ Mary T. Norton, City Clerk 83-84-21