The three buckets
- Annual operating: routine cleaning, post-storm sweeps, pond BMP service.
- Recurring inspection: SFWMD ERP O&M inspection under Chapter 62-330.
- Reserve: 5-year drainage recertification and corrective repairs.
Current rates for HOA budget planning
- Catch basin cleaning: $1,500 job minimum covering up to 5 structures; larger jobs $130 to $275 per structure, subject to the minimum. Heavy or treatment structures add $150 each.
- Emergency/same-day work: +35%. Standalone mobilization: $250, waived on maintenance plans.
- Pond littoral maintenance: $1,200 to $3,000 per year.
- SFWMD ERP inspection: $2,500 to $5,500 annually.
- 5-year recertification: from $3,500 including cleaning up to 10 structures, PE certification, drainage sketch and county filing. County fees and repairs are billed separately.
Your annual budget depends on structure count, sediment load, required visits and corrective work. Get a written site-specific quote rather than applying one total to every community.
Where boards under-budget
Corrective work uncovered at recertification, such as pipe repairs, control-structure rebuilds, or littoral restoration, is the number that causes special assessments. Fund the reserve every year and it won't.
The bundling multiplier
Annual Maintenance Plans save 15% on every cleaning; 3-Year plans save 20% with the price locked for 3 years. Mobilization is waived on plans. Pairing the SFWMD inspection with the annual cleaning saves another crew day. See Boca Raton HOA notes for local examples.