Page 8 - Juoiter Spotlight - November '22

Page 8, Jupiter Spotlight
Commissioner’s Update

Budget Brief If you notice an increase in the property taxes on your ￮ $10M for affordable housing development
bill, please note this is due to higher assessed values of • Infrastructure
By County Commissioner real estate, not an increase in the tax rate. Of the 650,420 ￮ $59M in capital improvements
Maria Marino parcels of real property in Palm Beach County as of 2022, ￮ $73.3M for Palm Tran vehicles and operations
For the first time in total market value is $404.3 billion, and total taxable • Public Safety
11 years, the County value is $255.3 billion. ￮ $743.3M for the Sheriff
Commission approved a The county’s total gross budget is $6.7 billion, of which ￮ $10.3M toward Animal Care & Control
reduction in the countywide $1.9 billion is in the General Fund. Current property taxes ￮ $2.7M for Emergency Management
millage rate for fiscal fund 24.9 percent of the gross budget. In addition to ￮ $3.5M for Victims Services
year 2023 – the tax rate property taxes, revenues include the fund balance – the • Substance Use and Behavior Disorders
per $1,000 of your real excess of fund assets over liabilities; intergovernmental ￮ $1M toward the addiction stabilization center
property’s value – from revenues in the form of grants, entitlements, shared ￮ $1.5M for recovery support
4.7815 down to 4.715 mills. revenues, or payments in lieu of taxes; licenses, permits ￮ $6.3M for financially assisted partner agencies
At the new millage rate, a and fees; charges for services; and, inter-fund transfers. Expenditures also include an increase in reserves from
homesteaded property at the median value of $365,000 The county continuously explores innovative means $189M in FY 2022 to $261.9M in FY 2023.
would save approximately $21.68 per year. While the to use taxpayer dollars efficiently and leverage the costs Beginning in March, county departments were required
savings is not huge, it was important to give people a of providing programs and services through grants and to submit their budgets with service levels at status quo,
break as costs all across the board for goods and services partnerships. In formulating the FY2023 budget, the allowing additional requests only for critical needs.
have escalated. The millage reduction was possible Board prioritized six strategies. These are the highlights: Review continues through April and May, culminating
without affecting the delivery of high quality county • Economic Development in a budget workshop in June. The millage rate is set at a
services to the public. ￮ $4.5M in business incentives public meeting in July, and two separate public hearings
Additionally, Palm Beach County received revenue • Environmental Protection occur in September, where members of the public can
replacement dollars through the Federal American Rescue ￮ $4M for natural areas management participate in the process.
Plan Act to cover general government expenses and offset ￮ $750,000 for the manatee protection program Your comments and questions are welcome, and if I
the impact of the pandemic on our community. This • Housing and Homeless can assist you please contact me at (561) 355-2201 or by
frees up ad valorem funds to pay for projects previously ￮ $11.5M for homeless resource centers email at mmarino@pbcgov.org.
approved by the Board. ￮ $2.4M for a non-congregate shelter in the Glades
Northern Notes

Easements And Rights-Of- Some common easements in our area are drainage, water otherwise agreed between the easement owner and the owner
of the underlying property. The easement owner can make
management, utility and landscape buffers. Each of these
Way On Your Property allows the holder to access the property for the purpose repairs and improvements to the easement, provided that
stated. They could be a means to access a pipe, a water body, those repairs or modifications do not interfere with the use
By Katie Roundtree, an electrical connection, or landscaping around a facility. and enjoyment of the easement by the owner of the property
Director of Finance and A right-of-way is a broader type of easement that allows through which the easement exists.
Administration, Northern anyone to travel through the subject property to reach another Please be mindful of easements on your property and keep
Palm Beach County destination. Like other easements, a right-of-way agreement those areas clear of personal property. Access to the district’s
Improvement District gives the recipient no ownership over your property. facilities is critical, especially during storm events.
If you own property in However, a right-of-way does not give the holder access to Suppose district staff or contractors cannot get to an area
Florida, you may encounter another person’s property for “use” of the property. A right- needing maintenance. In that case, there could be future
the terms easement and of-way only allows a person to pass over another person’s unintended consequences.
right-of-way. Both of property. Rights-of-way are for travel purposes across the NPDES tip: Dirt, oil, and debris that collect in parking
them affect how you can land, such as a driveway or a walkway. They do not allow lots and paved areas can be washed into the storm sewer
use your property and the you to use the land for any other reasons. system and eventually enter local waterbodies. Sweep up
rights to your property. Once an easement is created, the easement owner has litter and debris from sidewalks, driveways and parking lots,
They are used frequently in areas where Northern Palm the right and the duty to maintain it for its purpose unless especially around storm drains.
Beach County Improvement District has maintenance
responsibilities. They are essential to allow the district Have Medicare questions? I have answers.
to access areas where it may not have ownership rights
near our facilities or waterways.
An easement is a legal agreement that allows another
party to use the subject property for a specific purpose.
They do not give the user ownership over the property;
they enable the user to use the subject property without Kathy Olejniczak
being arrested for trespassing. An example is a drainage
easement located between two homes. Within one or both Licensed Sales Agent
parcels is a designated area where the easement holder 561-212-7640, TTY 711
may travel to access something on the other side. Another
example is flowage easement which allows water from
one location to travel through a water body owned by
someone else to another.

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