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MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
& COUNCIL WORKSHOP
The Miami Shores Village
Council held their regularly scheduled Council Meeting on Tuesday, June
15, 2004 at the Village
Hall. The Meeting was called to
order at 7:40 PM with the
following members in attendance:
PRESENT: Herta Holly
Al Davis
Ed Quinton
Greg Ullman
ALSO PRESENT: Tom Benton, Village Manager
Lisa Keeley, Recording
Secretary
Mark Malatak, Finance Director
ABSENT: Jim McCoy
PRESENTATION
State Senator Gwen
Margolis, representatives from the South Florida Water Management District
and Mr. Robert Levy, the Village’s State lobbyist, presented the Village
with a mock check in the amount of $200,000 representing grant funds
awarded to the Village during the recent State Legislative session for Village
drainage projects.
RECESS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
The Regular Council
Meeting was recessed at 8:04 PM in order to conduct a Council Workshop Meeting in the Conference
Room of Village Hall.
CONVENE COUNCIL WORKSHOP
Mrs. Holly convened the
scheduled Council Workshop with the same individuals present for the
regular Council Meeting in attendance.
The purpose of the Council Workshop was to discuss the 5 Year
Capital Improvement Budget and Sanitation Fees.
A)
5 YEAR
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET
Mr. Benton gave a brief
summary of the capital improvement budget process and the reason for the
Workshop agenda item. Council
Members discussed their views on the items presented for approval for the
upcoming fiscal year (2004/2005).
During the discussions, it was the consensus of the Council to
remove the following items from the first year of the proposed Five Year
Capital Improvement Budget: N.W. 2nd Avenue Wall Installation ($95,000), Youth Basketball
Court ($25,000), Patio Railing ($13,025), and Computer Workstation Upgrades
($23,500). A lengthy discussion
regarding the proposed median installation for N.E. 95th Street ensued, with individual Council Members voicing
their thoughts on whether or not the median should remain in the proposed
budget. Following this discussion,
it was the consensus of the Council to leave the N.E. 95th Street median project in the budget until such time as a) a full Council
is present to hear the item, and b) the effected residents can be notified
of the possibility of the project being deleted for this upcoming fiscal
year.
B)
SANITATION
FEES
Mr. Benton provided the
Council with information regarding the Village’s bulk trash service,
including operational issues raised by Miami-Dade County and DERM; the Special Legal Counsel’s recommendation to cease
operation of the Village’s chipper field, and the associated cost to
continue to provide the bulk trash service.
Mr. Benton reviewed a number of options available to the Village,
with different levels of manpower and equipment, and their associated cost
increases. Council Members discussed
their views on the options provided, with Mr. Ullman suggesting an
additional alternative. At the
conclusion of the discussions, a majority of the Council Members present at
the meeting indicated that they were in favor of raising the sanitation
fees generally in line with the Option 3 offered by the
Administration. Actual increases
will be proposed in an ordinance amendment at an upcoming regular Council
Meeting.
ADJOURN COUNCIL WORKSHOP/ RECONVENE COUNCIL
MEETING
Mrs. Holly adjourned the
Council Workshop at 9:37 PM and reconvened the Regular Council Meeting.
CONSIDERATIONS
1)
VILLAGE CLERK Barbara
A. Estep
A) APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 1, 2004 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES.
Mr. Davis moved approval
of the June 1, 2004 Council Meeting Minutes. Mr. Quinton seconded the motion and the
vote was unanimous in favor.
2) FINANCE DEPARTMENT Mark Malatak
A) DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION
APPROVING AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
Subsequent to the
suggested changes proposed during the workshop session, Mr. Davis moved to
adopt the proposed Resolution as amended.
Mr. Ullman seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor.
3) ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ms. Keeley read the
announcements.
4) PUBLIC COMMENTS
Cesar Sastre Mr. Sastre spoke of the proposed
annexation and of a recent Letter to the Editor.
5) COUNCIL COMMENTS
Al
Davis No Comment.
Greg
Ullman Mr. Ullman thanked the
staff for their work on the Capital Budget.
Ed
Quinton Mr. Quinton echoed Mr.
Ullman’s remark regarding the work on the Capital Budget.
Herta Holly Mrs. Holly thanked the individuals
responsible for helping the Village obtain State funds for future drainage
projects.
6) ADJOURNMENT
The
June 15, 2004
Council Meeting & Workshop was adjourned at 9:45 PM.
____________________________
Herta
Holly, Vice Mayor
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Barbara
A. Estep, CMC
Village
Clerk
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