1. Michelle E. Tylutki
2. 45
3. 168 W. Halifax Avenue, Oak Hill, FL 32759
4. 386-345-4716
6. N/A
7. Oak Hill City Commission Seat #4
8. Graduated with Honors from Guilderland High School,
Guilderland, NY
Attended Schenectady County Community
College, Schenectady, NY
9. Collections Manager, Clayton & McCulloh Law Firm 1994
through present
Specializing in Homeowner and Condominium Law representing
clients throughout the State of Florida. As the Collections Manager of
the firm my primary responsibilities are to oversee a team of paralegals and
attorneys and insure timely progress of all stages of pre litigation as well as
all phases of foreclosure and bankruptcy. In addition I am the Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act Compliance Director as well as the Records Custodian
for the firm. In my role with Clayton & McCulloh I consult, on a
daily basis, with volunteer Boards who enforce their association's covenants
and make decisions on behalf of their association members that impact the
community much in the same manner as the City Commissioners make decisions that
impact the residents of Oak Hill. I've worked in real property law for close
to 20 years and prior to that I was employed in the financial
field. My experience in finance (a mid sized teacher's Credit
Union) also involved a volunteer Board of Directors who made decisions on
behalf of and for the benefit of its membership.
10. (a) Growth and Taxation are huge concerns and
the subject of debate at almost every City Commission meeting. The
citizens of Oak Hill are divided on these two extremely important issues.
A great number of our citizens do not want any growth or change and cherish our
rural fishing community, they do not want to see Oak Hill become like our
neighboring cities. An equally significant number of our citizens are
encouraging growth and desperately want Oak Hill to see new housing
developments as well commercial development. These citizens want city
water and sewer and see growth as a significant factor in the appreciation of
their property. I believe that in order to preserve the integrity and
history of Oak Hill and allow our residents who are on a fixed income to remain
citizens of Oak Hill we must allow controlled and/or smart growth. The
bottom line is growth happens, you can not stop it. You can however
manage it and with the rising costs of running the city, we will either grow
intelligently and expand our tax base or we will have no choice but to raise
the taxes imposed on the current citizens which will force many of our citizens
into financial ruin.
10. (b) Taxation and revenue are critical to every
City however without guidelines and controls in place you create an opportunity
for abuse of power. While I am not in favor of micro management of the
finances of the City, without any guidance I believe many cities would be
unable to function or would cater to the whims of the controlling party to the
detriment of the general population.
11. The new management plan for the MLAP does address one
of the issues I believe is critical to our area and that is the seepage of
water from private septic systems on the Preserve. The
increased growth in the surrounding communities puts great pressure on the
Mosquito Lagoon and without careful monitoring and planning we could lose this
precious resource. In addition, the clean up of our waterways is
essential and expensive and also must be monitored to ensure that we are
actively preserving our resources for future generations to come. We can
not ignore the maintenance of the Mosquito Lagoon and profess our desire to
remain a rural fishing community.
12. The Website should have better links to our local
businesses and parks as well as the Library. At present we have a
"phone directory" search for local businesses that truly does nothing
to promote our local business and resources. It would also be
helpful to have links to send requests and/or emails to individual City
Commission Members.
13. The City of Oak Hill is evolving. I believe that
we need someone on the City Commission who is willing to aggressively
investigate the opportunities for grants to maintain and improve our
parks and streets. We need to find ways, other than increasing property
taxes for the existing residents, to enable us to prosper. The
turnover rate of City employees is high and that is costly, we need to
investigate our shortcomings and strive to make our employees proud to
work for the City of Oak Hill and set realistic goals for improving our
retention of quality employees. It is my firm belief that I will be able
to accomplish these tasks for Oak Hill.