This past week Rob Robinson (District Manager), Tim Sayre (BOS), Joni Martin (BOS) and myself attended Palm Beach County Days in Tallahassee to represent Indian Trail Improvement District and to lobby support for our appropriation bills. It was a great week meeting with Senators, House Representatives, Governor’s staff and many others. It is always neat to see the representation of Palm Beach County en masse, as well as the legislative process in action. Palm Beach County Days gives the County, municipalities and Special Districts an opportunity to participate in the legislative process. I witnessed our County Commissioners Melissa McKinlay, David Kerner, Mary Lou Berger and Mayor Mack Bernard in action. It made me proud to be a part of the leadership in Palm Beach County.
This year ITID has three appropriation bills
1. Corbett Levee ($5.7 million) HB2229
2. M0 outfall gate ($400,000) HB2231
3. Moss Pilot Project ($400,000) HB2313
All three bills are sponsored by Representative Rick Roth and supported on the Senate side by Senator Powell, as well Senator Harrell is co-sponsoring the Corbett Levee bill. We are very grateful for their support.
All three bills were referred to the House Agricultural Appropriations Sub-Committee. The bills for the M0 outfall and the Moss Pilot project have now passed the sub-committee and have moved on to the House general appropriations committee. The Corbett Levee bill was added late Friday to the Agriculture Appropriations sub-committee agenda next Tuesday.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Please take a moment to participate in the legislative process by sending a thank you note to Representative Rick Roth for sponsoring, supporting and continuing to advocate for ITID’s appropriation Bills. As well as a thank you to Representatives Holly Raschein and Kristin Jacobs for their support. Please also send a note thanking Senator Powell for supporting the three ITID appropriations as well as Senator Gayle Harrell for supporting the Corbett Levee appropriation.
Please also send an email to Senator Debbie Mayfield, Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment and General Government and Senator Wilton Simpson, Vice-Chair asking for their support for the Corbett Levee funding.
Lastly please send an email to our District 6 County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay thanking her for supporting and advocating for ITID’s initiatives this legislative year.
All email addresses are listed below. With community support, we can hopefully get these bills passed and our projects finally fully funded this year. I have included a one page document below that gives a short description on each of the projects. If you want more information on the projects, please feel free to contact me at bargue@indiantrail.com.
The Honorable Rick Roth
House of Representatives
209 House Office Building
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
Rick.roth@myfloridahouse.gov
The Honorable Holly Raschein
House of Representatives
418 The Capitol
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
Holly.Raschein@myfloridahouse.gov
The Honorable Kristin Diane Jacobs
House of Representatives
200 House Office Building
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
Kristin.jacobs@myfloridahouse.gov
Senator Gayle Harrell
310 Senate Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
harrell.gayle.web@flsenate.gov
Senator Bobby Powell
211 Senate Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
powell.bobby.web@flsenate.gov
Senator Lori Berman
311 Senate Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
berman.lori.web@flsenate.gov
Senator Wilton Simpson, Vice Chair Appropriations
402 Senate Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
simpson.wilton.web@flsenate.gov
Senator Debbie Mayfield, Chair of Appropriations
322 Senate Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
mayfield.debbie.web@flsenate.gov
Honorable Commissioner Melissa McKinlay
301 North Olive Ave. Suite 1201
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Mmckinlay@pbcgov.org
