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By Representative Spratt
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Sebring Airport
3 Authority, Highlands County; amending s. 8, ch.
4 67-2070, Laws of Florida, as amended;
5 increasing the threshold for requiring bids for
6 the purchase of property and services; amending
7 s. 3, ch. 67-2070, Laws of Florida, as amended;
8 including additional property under the
9 jurisdiction of the authority; amending s. 6,
10 ch. 67-2070, Laws of Florida, as amended;
11 providing additional powers and duties of the
12 authority; requiring the authority to maintain
13 confidentiality of records made confidential
14 pursuant to general law; amending s. 4, ch.
15 67-2070, Laws of Florida, as amended; providing
16 that an affirmative vote of a majority of the
17 members present at a meeting where there is a
18 quorum shall be necessary for any action by the
19 board; providing an effective date.
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21 WHEREAS, the Sebring Airport Authority owns and
22 operates an airport and industrial park in Highlands County,
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24 WHEREAS, the threshold for requiring bids for the
25 purchase of property and services by the authority is
26 presently $5,000, which is unreasonably restrictive, and
27 WHEREAS, the Authority has recently acquired additional
28 land, which should be included within the area over which it
29 exercises its power and jurisdiction, and
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1 WHEREAS, the Authority could better attract potential
2 tenants for its industrial park if it could maintain certain
3 of their records confidential, as allowed by general law, and
4 WHEREAS, four members of the seven-member board
5 constitutes a quorum for meetings but the affirmative vote of
6 a majority of the entire board is required for any action to
7 be taken, which means that a unanimous vote is required for
8 any action by the board at a meeting where the minimum quorum
9 is present, which is unnecessarily restrictive, NOW THEREFORE,
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 67-2070, Laws of
14 Florida, as amended by section 3 of chapter 89-484, Laws of
15 Florida, is amended to read:
16 Section 8. No contract for the construction, repair,
17 or alteration or otherwise of any facility or part of the
18 same, or the purchase of equipment, services, or supplies
19 involving an expenditure of more than $10,000 five thousand
20 dollars ($5,000.00), shall be awarded let by the Authority
21 unless the Authority advertises for sealed bids at least once
22 a week for 2 two (2) consecutive weeks and such contract is
23 awarded let to the lowest responsible bidder. However,
24 provided the Authority may hereunder created shall have the
25 authority to reject all bids.
26 Section 2. Subsection (a) of section 3 of chapter
27 67-2070, Laws of Florida, as amended by section 1 of chapter
28 95-526, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
29 Section 3. (a) The Sebring Airport Authority shall
30 exercise its powers and jurisdiction over the property now
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1 known as "Sebring Air Terminal" and/or "Sebring Industrial Air
2 Park," as follows:
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4 The West Half (W1/2) of Section 4; All of
5 Section 5, less and except that portion of the
6 North Half (N1/2) lying West of the canal and
7 the Railroad right-of-way spur; the Southeast
8 Quarter (SE1/4) of the Southeast Quarter
9 (SE1/4) of Section 6; All of Section 7, less
10 and except that portion of the West Half (W1/2)
11 lying northerly of State Road No. 623 and West
12 of the canal; All of Section 8; the West Half
13 (W1/2) of Section 9; and that part of Section
14 18 lying North and West of the airport access
15 road, less and except the following land deeded
16 to the Humane Society generally described as
17 being a 10-acre tract lying adjacent to the
18 westerly boundary of the Hendricks Field access
19 road and adjacent to and South of the north
20 boundary of Section 18, Township 35 South,
21 Range 30 East, more particularly described as
22 follows: Commencing as a point of beginning at
23 the intersection of the westerly boundary of
24 Hendricks Field access road (said road being
25 100 feet in width, being 50 feet on either side
26 of said center line) with the North boundary of
27 Section 18, Township 35 South, Range 30 East,
28 Highlands County, Florida, thence South
29 89°01'45" West along the North boundary of
30 Section 18 a distance of 505.70 feet to a
31 point, thence South 01°54'30" East a distance
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1 of 908.84 feet to a point, thence North
2 88°05'30" East a distance of 500.00 feet to a
3 point on the westerly boundary of Hendricks
4 Field access road, thence North 01°54'30" West
5 along the westerly boundary of the Hendricks
6 Field access road a distance of 718.68 feet to
7 a point of curve, thence along a curve to the
8 right having a radius of 2,914.79 feet an arc
9 distance of 181.32 feet to the point of
10 beginning.
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12 All of the above described land lying in
13 Township 35 South, Range 30 East, Highlands
14 County, Florida.
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16 All of that property now owned by the City of Sebring
17 and known as Sebring Air Terminal shall be gratuitously
18 transferred and conveyed to the Sebring Airport Authority,
19 subject to any reservations or restrictions of record or
20 existing leases, and subject to the restriction that none of
21 said property may be sold at any time without the consent of
22 the City of Sebring.
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24 The Sebring Airport Authority shall also exercise its
25 powers and jurisdiction over the following property, subject
26 to the power and authority of the Spring Lake Improvement
27 District, Spring Lake Property Association, Inc., county
28 zoning, and other restrictions:
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30 All of Parcel C, SPRING LAKE VILLAGE IV,
31 according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat
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1 Book 9, Page 75 of the Public Records of
2 Highlands County.
3 Section 3. Subsection (o) is added to section 6 of
4 chapter 67-2070, Laws of Florida, as amended by section 2 of
5 chapter 89-484, Laws of Florida, and section 2 of chapter
6 95-526, Laws of Florida, to read:
7 Section 6. The Sebring Airport Authority is hereby
8 authorized and empowered:
9 (o) To promote the general business interest and
10 industrial interest of the City of Sebring and Highlands
11 County and operate under the terms of section 288.075, Florida
12 Statutes, and to maintain the confidentiality and exemption
13 from disclosure of records made confidential and exempt from
14 disclosure by that statute.
15 Section 4. Section 4 of chapter 67-2070, Laws of
16 Florida, as amended by section 1 of chapter 82-382 and section
17 1 of chapter 89-484, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
18 Section 4. The Sebring Airport Authority shall be
19 governed by a board of seven (7) members, known as Sebring
20 Airport Authority Board. The initial members of the said board
21 shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Sebring
22 for staggered terms as follows: Two (2) members to be
23 appointed for a term to expire on the first Tuesday after the
24 first Monday in January, 1968; two (2) members to be appointed
25 for a term to expire on the first Tuesday after the first
26 Monday in January, 1969; two (2) members to be appointed for a
27 term to expire on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
28 January, 1970; and the other member to be appointed for a term
29 to expire on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
30 January, 1971. At the expiration of each term a successor
31 shall be appointed to fill such vacancies for a term of four
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1 (4) years. Vacancies in office shall be filled by appointment
2 of said City Council for the remainder of the unexpired term.
3 All such appointments after the initial ones provided for in
4 this Act shall be selected by the City Council from a list
5 containing at least twice as many nominees as vacancies. At
6 least four (4) members of the board shall be qualified
7 electors of the City of Sebring. Should the said City Council
8 be unable by a majority vote to select a successor from the
9 original list submitted to them by said board, the said board
10 shall submit to said City Council an additional list
11 containing at least twice as many nominees as vacancies. Upon
12 the reconsideration, the City Council may select from the
13 initial or replacement list. The original list shall be
14 submitted to said City Council within ten (10) days from the
15 expiration of the term of any member of said Authority, and
16 within twenty (20) days from the resignation, death or removal
17 for cause of any member of said Authority. During any vacancy
18 or vacancies for any reason or reasons, the remaining members
19 of said board shall constitute said board with full power and
20 authority to act as though there was no vacancy in the
21 membership of said board. Members shall receive such
22 compensation for their services and reimbursement for verified
23 travel and other expenses as shall be provided for by
24 resolution of said board. Four (4) members shall constitute a
25 quorum for meetings and an affirmative vote of a majority of
26 the members present shall be necessary for any action taken by
27 the Authority. There is hereby created an interim term
28 commencing at the expiration of the term of each board member
29 serving on July 1, 1989, and ending on the thirtieth day of
30 April of the respective calendar year. Said interim term shall
31 be filled by appointment by the City Council as herein
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1 provided. Successive four (4) year terms shall begin on the
2 first day of May of the respective year.
3 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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