Other budget-cutting ideas are: Increase the millage rate, increase library fees, increase park fees, increase sales tax - all Stabins' ideas.
Archive for July, 2010
Raising fees is not cutting the budget
Saturday, July 31st, 2010The new Pine Island Regulation
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
The new Pine Island Regulation
The new Pine Island Regulation of Professions and Miscellaneous Professions and Occupations of 2008 went into effect on July 1st 2010.
Chapter 468 of this statute “Miscellaneous and Occupations” regulates 16 occupations and professions. Among these are: Part XV: Pine Island Home inspectors
And Part XVI: Pine Island Mold Related Services.
Chapter 469 regulates Pine Island Asbestos Abatement.
Chapter 489 regulates Contracting. Part I: Pine Island Construction Contracting and Part II: Electrical and Alarm System Contracting.
Chapter 468 states “That it is necessary in the interest of the public safety and welfare, to prevent damage to real and personal property, to avert economic injury to the residents of the state, and to regulate persons and companies that hold themselves out to the public as qualified to perform Pine Island mold-related services.
1. The following persons are not required to comply with any provisions of this part relating to Pine Island mold assessment.
(a) A residential property owner who performs Pine Island mold assessment on his or her own property. (b) A person who performs Pine Island mold assessment on property owned, leased or operated by the person or their employer unless that person is in the business of Pine Island mold assessment to the public. (c) An employee of a Pine Island mold assessor while directly supervised by a Pine Island mold assessor. (d) Persons or organizations acting within the scope of the respective licenses require under Part XV of this chapter on behalf of an insured who hold themselves out for hire to the public as a Professional Pine Island Mold Assessor. (e) An authorized employee who is conducting Pine Island mold assessment within the scope of their employment as long as that employee does not hold out for hire to the general public.
2. The following persons are not required to comply with any provisions of this part relating to Pine Island mold remediation
(a) A residential property owner who performs Pine Island mold remediation on his or her own property (b) A person who performs mold assessment on property owned, leased or operated by the person or their employer unless that person is in the business of Pine Island mold remediation to the public. (c) An employee of a Pine Island mold assessor while directly supervised by a mold remediator. (d) Persons or organizations acting within the scope of the respective licenses require under Part XV of this chapter on behalf of an insured who hold themselves out for hire to the public as a Professional Pine Island Mold remediator. (e) An authorized employee who is conducting mold assessment within the scope of their employment as long as that employee does not hold out for hire to the general public.
Terms:
Pine Island Mold: An organism of the class Fungi that causes disintegration of organic matter and produces spores, and includes any spores, hyphae, and mycotoxins produced by Pine Island mold.
Parks user fees not a sure thing
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010County Commissioner Jeff Stabins said Tuesday user and parking fees at parks "is the fairest thing" to do because the people who use them pay the cost.
BP claim informational meeting
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Almost $400,000. That's about how much BP has paid out to local businesses who say the oil in the Gulf is impacting their way of life! If you think your business has suffered because of the oil spill, you could be entitled to a payment from BP, too.
Commissioners get budget-cutting ideas from employees
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010County Commissioner Jeff Stabins told his colleagues Tuesday he received more than 500 different suggestions from more than 100 people who filled out a form suggesting ways to reduce county spending.
Things to Do in Pine Island, Florida
Saturday, July 10th, 2010At seventeen miles long and two miles wide, Pine Island is one of the largest islands off Florida's Gulf Coast.
Hernando commissioner unhappy with locations for parking experiment
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010In a few weeks, Hernando County will embark on a park experiment of sorts. Parking pass stations will pop up in two busy coastal parks as a way to cut staffing costs for a county struggling with a roughly $10.3 million budget deficit.
Keep it simple
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010The plan proposed to install some form of parking meters at some or all of Hernando County parks is one I fully support to forestall the closing of these parks to our residents.