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Originally Posted by twoplanekid
In yesterday’s Villages Daily Sun, there was an article labeled "Inside CDDs". One of the topics discussed was "How do residents benefit from a CDD". It was stated that "That local control also ensures that the board of supervisors adopts sound decisions during public meetings to reduce costs and maximize revenue." Well, I would hope so.
At the October 2022 NSCUDD board meeting in the Villages, I stated the following.
“As a few board members were absent from the last board meeting and as I can only discuss NSCUDD issues with them at a board meeting, I would like to make all members aware of my feeling on an issue that troubles me.
Last month I pointed out that NSCUDD trash pickup fees are $22.96 per month. The fees charged to Villages residents south of 44 with a similar two day pickup schedule are $19.70 plus a Wildwood tax of $1.71. If we compare their charge less tax with ours, NSCUDD is 15% higher.
When we purchase systems from a private entity, we present to the public a pledge that we will do better than the private entity that had operated that system. I would encourage District staff and Jacobs to look at ways to reduce cost so that NSCUDD can adjust our fees to a more reasonable level compared to fees charged for the same level of service by a private entity south of 44.
I noticed that tons collect by Jacobs in August were down yet millage was the same as last year per the Sumter sanitation graph. Please think out of the box to change how we operate to help reduce costs.
Keeping cost inline should be a top priority with us. I understand we may need to increase fees to our CSU customers because we may need to increase our reserve funding. I believe that our large bond payments that amount to 57% of all expenditures have limited what we can accrue for reserves. These large bond payments are needed to cover what NSCUDD purchased from a private firm. Again I encourage all board members to keep in mind our pledge to the public that NSCUDD will operate more efficiently than a private entity. “
So, we could and should be doing better with utilizing CDDs than a private entity. The benefits of going from one type of public entity to another is another matter.
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Not following you here..... aren't our fees already set til 2031? They just went up 3.25% (same as last year and after going up 14.75% the year before) and are going up 3.25% each year for the next 8 years bring the fee to $30.62 as I read it.
https://www.districtgov.org/communit...s-Schedule.pdf