Latest / 2MC / 2MC Podcast Eps 78 - Back to Business
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- 00:00:05:24 - 00:00:07:04 MAK Hey, everybody. I'm mak 00:00:07:06 - 00:00:09:28 Courtney And I'm Courtney. Welcome back to 2MC. 00:00:09:29 - 00:00:12:07 MAK We are here in the studio today. 00:00:12:07 - 00:00:14:17 Courtney We are. And we are going to talk board meeting. 00:00:14:18 - 00:00:19:00 MAK Yeah we had a big board meeting. Lots of stuff to cover, so we should get after it. We should. 00:00:19:02 - 00:00:19:15 Courtney Okay. 00:00:19:16 - 00:00:21:24 MAK All right, let's go. Woo! 00:00:21:27 - 00:00:31:05 Courtney I feel like we needed like a okay. Okay. So we had Sam Amerson come up and he spoke to our board. 00:00:31:05 - 00:00:33:12 MAK Solid waste director. Yes. 00:00:33:13 - 00:00:48:15 Courtney Yes. Okay. And he spoke to our board about the final assessment resolution for FY 27 and the solid waste assessment and the special assessment role to the tax collector. 00:00:48:16 - 00:00:51:09 MAK Okay. I don't know what you just said. That was a lot. 00:00:51:10 - 00:00:55:26 Courtney Yeah. Yeah, it was a lot. But let me tell you the small little nitty gritty. 00:00:55:26 - 00:00:57:02 MAK Of it. Break it down for me. 00:00:57:04 - 00:01:03:06 Courtney Breaking it down. So what this means is we have waste pick up. Right? 00:01:03:07 - 00:01:03:25 MAK Yes. 00:01:03:25 - 00:01:07:17 Courtney We got trash, We got bulk, we got vegetation. 00:01:07:19 - 00:01:09:20 MAK And we got an extra one. 00:01:09:23 - 00:01:11:06 Courtney Yeah. Recycling? 00:01:11:07 - 00:01:11:24 MAK Yes. 00:01:11:24 - 00:01:15:01 Courtney So you get four pickups a week. 00:01:15:03 - 00:01:15:19 MAK All. 00:01:15:19 - 00:01:17:13 Courtney All the things. 00:01:17:15 - 00:01:19:08 MAK Low. Low price? 00:01:19:11 - 00:01:23:08 Courtney Yes. Of $464.37. 00:01:23:09 - 00:01:28:01 MAK And it was a slight increase. Right. It was like about an $18 or something for the year. 00:01:28:02 - 00:01:34:10 Courtney Okay. Yes. $18 for the year increase. But honestly, I love our. 00:01:34:10 - 00:01:35:09 MAK Try to have our. 00:01:35:14 - 00:01:39:04 Courtney I love it. You know what? If they could come every day. I'd love that too. 00:01:39:05 - 00:01:44:29 MAK I love I love the service we have. And I do too. There are neighbors. 00:01:45:01 - 00:01:46:17 Courtney Who would love to have our services. 00:01:46:22 - 00:01:48:23 MAK Who don't live in Martin County. Who would love to have that? 00:01:48:24 - 00:01:55:26 Courtney Yes. So it serves 50,352 residents. I thought that was really cool. No. Yeah, that's. 00:01:55:26 - 00:01:56:27 MAK A good number. 00:01:57:00 - 00:02:01:18 Courtney And it's a total, like 208 pickups for the whole year. 00:02:01:20 - 00:02:08:03 MAK So you get one vegetation and one recycling, two, two trash. 00:02:08:04 - 00:02:09:16 Courtney And then additional bulk. 00:02:09:16 - 00:02:13:01 MAK Pickup, additional bulk. Okay. Yeah. Which is great because. 00:02:13:02 - 00:02:14:12 Courtney As amazing. 00:02:14:15 - 00:02:25:19 MAK Prior to hurricane season, now we're right in hurricane season we are. But this is your time to trim. And then you have some bulk waste that you could have picked up. 00:02:25:22 - 00:02:27:14 Courtney This is true. Right. Yeah. 00:02:27:16 - 00:02:28:04 MAK Okay. 00:02:28:05 - 00:02:33:20 Courtney Yes. Good. Yeah. So that was approved. Everything was good with that. 00:02:33:26 - 00:02:49:08 MAK And then there was a conversation about this Parks and Rec ordinance, right? Yes. A lot of public comment. About sharks. Yeah, it was good. It's. You know, I have to say, it is. 00:02:49:10 - 00:02:51:10 Courtney Shark week. Shark week. 00:02:51:11 - 00:02:54:00 MAK I know it's very appropriate that it came up this week. 00:02:54:02 - 00:02:55:24 Courtney I know I thought so, too. 00:02:55:27 - 00:02:58:02 MAK Yeah. So anyway. 00:02:58:06 - 00:03:12:00 Courtney So basically what was what this was for was our current ordinance is really that the county is mandating these things. But. Right. The state actually now. 00:03:12:02 - 00:03:12:11 MAK Right. 00:03:12:12 - 00:03:13:28 Courtney So it's mandating these things. 00:03:13:29 - 00:03:35:21 MAK Right. So it's a preemption of county rule. Home rule as we say. So the FWC manages the waterways while the county may manage the beach access. Right. The public beach access. Not in front of personal homes and stuff. Yeah. So that was a good distinction, I thought, for me when I was listening to it. 00:03:35:22 - 00:03:53:04 Courtney Yes. And so what happened with this item is the board actually did table it for now. They asked staff to go back, rework some of the language with some of the things that the public comment had brought to their attention. So it'll be back at the board meeting? Yes. I don't know when exactly. 00:03:53:04 - 00:03:53:26 MAK But we'll talk. 00:03:53:28 - 00:03:54:26 Courtney About the agenda. 00:03:54:29 - 00:04:00:12 MAK Yeah. What do we have next? 00:04:00:14 - 00:04:14:15 Courtney Okay. So this one was an adoption of an ordinance where they're amending chapter 155. Right. And that's for streets, roads and bridges. Just general ordinances relating to speed limits and delegation authority. 00:04:14:16 - 00:04:21:04 MAK And this allows, allows our public works Department to be able to apply for state and federal grants. 00:04:21:05 - 00:04:34:01 Courtney Yes. For county projects and helping how they relate to establishing speed limits and whatnot. So it's a good thing. It's getting state and federal dollars back into our community. So love that. 00:04:34:02 - 00:04:47:27 MAK Yes. We did have a presentation by Chief Fire Chief Chad Chen about potential fiscal impacts of the proposed homestead exemption. 00:04:47:28 - 00:04:52:15 Courtney We did, yes, in the board heard that and they had a good discussion on that. 00:04:52:21 - 00:04:53:13 MAK Good discussion. 00:04:53:14 - 00:05:10:24 Courtney So the next thing that we had was we had a an amendment to the zoning atlas to change the zoning classification. There's going to be it's right here. 00:05:10:26 - 00:05:15:08 MAK Oh, I was two items down. So I was like, what is she talking about? Okay. 00:05:15:09 - 00:05:26:12 Courtney So let's go. It goes from industrial district to a limited industrial district. The board did approve that, and they recommended that the applicant work with the neighbors regarding the. 00:05:26:13 - 00:05:31:22 MAK Oh, this is the Wallace and the brewhouse. Yes. Coffee? Yes. Us one. Yes. 00:05:31:25 - 00:05:34:12 Courtney And so, yeah, just that they worked together on that. 00:05:34:17 - 00:05:36:15 MAK Good neighbor. 00:05:36:17 - 00:05:37:10 Courtney That's what we do. 00:05:37:11 - 00:05:41:06 MAK Right. Yes. 00:05:41:09 - 00:05:46:07 MAK This is what I thought we were talking about. Okay. So that's why I was like, what? Like. 00:05:46:07 - 00:05:47:06 Courtney Where are you at? 00:05:47:07 - 00:06:01:10 MAK Yes. Yes. We had two pieces of property that we accepted through our through the Environmental Land Oversight Committee. Right. That. So first one was 2.7 acres. 00:06:01:13 - 00:06:10:01 Courtney Yes. Yes. And then the next one actually was ten parcels. 00:06:10:03 - 00:06:11:02 MAK Totaling. 00:06:11:03 - 00:06:22:01 Courtney Totaling 2.7. Yeah. So that just with our committee, the environmental lands, that's the sales tax at work preserving land. 00:06:22:03 - 00:06:26:09 MAK I love it, and I feel like I feel like we talk about these all the time. 00:06:26:09 - 00:06:27:11 Courtney So yeah, they are. 00:06:27:11 - 00:06:34:24 MAK Just drop a link to the information so you can see. Yeah. Yeah. See all the lands that we've. 00:06:34:26 - 00:06:35:25 Courtney It's super exciting. 00:06:35:26 - 00:06:37:14 MAK It is. It really is. I feel. 00:06:37:14 - 00:06:40:24 Courtney Like it's been almost a year, right, since we've gotten that. 00:06:40:27 - 00:06:54:26 MAK So as soon as we've gotten that, soon as that really went into effect, they had all of the all of the back work, all of the rules and regulations, and the committee was ready to go, and they just started looking at property and buying it up. That's really exciting. 00:06:54:27 - 00:07:01:27 Courtney I know, I love it, I feel like we're just after like just it being a year. I feel like we've done so much already. So I'm excited to. 00:07:01:27 - 00:07:02:18 MAK See. 00:07:02:21 - 00:07:04:16 Courtney What the future holds for that. 00:07:04:17 - 00:07:05:16 MAK Oh, nice. 00:07:05:17 - 00:07:06:09 Courtney Yeah. Well. 00:07:06:10 - 00:07:11:04 MAK Yeah, I think the future is green. 00:07:11:06 - 00:07:17:19 Courtney So that's kind of everything we had for the board meeting it. The next one is August 11th. Okay, so. 00:07:17:24 - 00:07:19:09 MAK You can't believe that. August 11th. 00:07:19:11 - 00:07:22:20 Courtney No, I can't believe we're already back to school. Is happening. 00:07:22:21 - 00:07:24:00 MAK Yes. 00:07:24:02 - 00:07:24:28 Courtney It's just. 00:07:25:01 - 00:07:26:04 MAK A lot of stuff going on. 00:07:26:06 - 00:07:27:16 Courtney Summer flew by. 00:07:27:20 - 00:07:28:09 MAK It did? 00:07:28:12 - 00:07:34:22 Courtney Yeah. All right, well, that's everything we have. We are going to put the events down in the show notes for you guys. 00:07:34:23 - 00:07:41:06 MAK Yep. With us on social. Yes. Like. Comment. Share. Follow. 00:07:41:09 - 00:07:42:11 Courtney Subscribe. 00:07:42:12 - 00:07:42:25 MAK Oh, yeah. 00:07:42:25 - 00:07:45:24 Courtney And comment. 00:07:45:27 - 00:07:48:29 MAK Okay. Yes. You can comment twice if you'd like. 00:07:49:01 - 00:07:50:06 Courtney And yeah, that's all we got. 00:07:50:07 - 00:07:51:17 MAK All right. Thanks for joining us today. 00:07:51:18 - 00:07:53:16 Courtney We'll see you guys next time. Bye bye.