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MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
The
Miami Shores Village Council held their regularly scheduled Meeting on Tuesday,
October 7, 2003 beginning
at 7:32
PM. The Meeting was held in the Council
Chambers of Village Hall with the following members present:
PRESENT: Mayor McCoy
Herta Holly
Al Davis
Ed
Quinton
Greg
Ullman
ALSO
PRESENT: Tom Benton, Village
Manager
Barbara
Estep, Village Clerk
Richard
Sarafan, Village Attorney
PRESENTATION
Al Berg, Code Enforcement
Director, presented the “House of the Month” award for October, 2003, to Mr.
Robert Schrier of 150 N.W. 94th Street.
Mr.
John Farrell, Principal of the Miami Shores/Barry University Charter Middle
School provided the Council with information regarding the School’s operation
and achievements.
CONSIDERATIONS
1)
CONSENT
AGENDA Barbara
A. Estep
A) APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AND THE SEPTEMBER 16,
2003 BUDGET HEARING
MINUTES.
B) AWARD OF BID TO PRITTS, INC. FOR ROOF AND PATIO
REPAIR WORK ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$24,800.
C) REQUEST APPROVAL TO WAIVE BID PROCEDURE AND
PURCHASE 2003 GARBAGE TRUCK FROM NEXTRAN TRUCK CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $140,618.76.
The
Village Clerk read the Consent Agenda Items into the record. Mr. Davis moved approval of the Consent
Agenda as proposed. Ms. Holly
seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor.
2) VILLAGE CLERK Barbara
A. Estep
A) APPOINTMENTS
TO THE PLANNING & ZONING BOARD
Ms.
Estep indicated that there are three vacancies for the Planning &
Zoning Board and seven candidates.
Misters Abramitis, Crutchfield, Fernandez,
Vickers and Zelkowitz were present and spoke on their own behalf. The Council Members voted by paper ballot
with the following results:
Quinton Abramitis,
Fernandez, Zelkowitz
Holly Abramitis, Crutchfield, Fernandez
McCoy Abramitis,
Crutchfield, Fernandez
Davis Abramitis, Crutchfield, Fernandez
Ullman Abramitis, Crutchfield, Zelkowitz
With
Misters Abramitis, Crutchfield and Fernandez
receiving a majority of the votes, they were appointed to the Planning
& Zoning Board.
B)
APPOINTMENTS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Ms.
Estep announced that as with the Planning & Zoning Board, there were
three vacancies on the Code Enforcement Board and five applicants. Misters Busta, Commissiong, Perl and Vickers
were present and spoke on their own behalf.
Voting was conducted by paper ballot with the following results:
Quinton
Busta, Perl, Vickers
Holly Busta, Commissiong, Perl
McCoy Busta,
Perl, Vickers
Davis Busta, Perl, Vickers
Ullman Commissiong, Perl, Vickers
Receiving
a majority of votes, Misters Busta, Perl and Vickers were appointed to the Code Enforcement
Board.
Ms.
Estep advised that a number of the remaining Board appointments could be
accomplished by motion as the number of applicants equaled the number of
vacancies.
C) APPOINTMENTS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
BOARD
Ms.
Holly moved to appoint Misters Paier and Tenney to the Historic Preservation Board. Mr. Davis seconded the motion and the
vote was unanimous in favor.
D)
APPOINTMENTS TO THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION BOARD.
Ms.
Holly moved to appoint Ms. Ross Agosta, Mr. Charles,
Mr. Rumble and Ms. Dorney to the General Employee Pension Board. Mr. Quinton seconded the motion and the
vote was unanimous in favor.
E) APPOINTMENTS
TO THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
Mr.
Davis moved to appoint Mr. Hannau and Ms.
Rodriguez to the Recreation Advisory Board.
Mr. Ullman seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor.
F) APPOINTMENTS TO THE COUNTRY CLUB ADVISORY BOARD.
Mr.
Davis moved to appoint Ms. Mennes, Mr. Spahn and Mr. Upthegrove to
the Country Club Advisory Board. Mr.
Quinton seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor.
G) APPOINTMENT TO THE FINE ARTS COMMISSION.
Mr.
Davis suggested that this appointment be tabled as he does not know the
applicant, Mr. Torres and Mr. Torres was not present. Mr. Quinton seconded the motion to table
and the vote was unanimous in favor.
H) APPOINTMENT
TO THE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD.
Ms.
Estep reported one vacancy and two applicants for the Personnel Appeals
Board. Mr. Spahn
was not present and Ms. Rodriguez had introduced herself when the Council
was considering appointments to the Recreation Advisory Board. A paper ballot was conducted with all
Council Members voting to reappoint Mr. Spahn to
the Board.
3) VILLAGE COUNCIL Greg
Ullman
A) DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING
SCHEDULING COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETINGS.
Mr. Ullman provided
information to the Council regarding his request to schedule workshop
meetings on a regular basis. Mr.
Ullman summarized the information contained in his backup memorandum. Individual Council Members offered their
thoughts and comments on the idea of workshop meetings. Mr. Sarafan suggested that if it is
necessary, due to time constraints, deadlines, etc. to conduct a regular
Council Meeting where action can be taken, the Council can conduct its
regular meeting and then adjourn to the workshop session. Following these discussions, Mr. Ullman
moved to schedule, on an experimental basis for the next six months, every fourth Council Meeting as a
workshop meeting, with the caveat that if Council action is required on any
pending issue, a Regular Council Meeting will take place prior to the
workshop meeting in order to dispense with the action item at hand. Mr. Quinton seconded the motion and the
vote was unanimous in favor.
4) ANNOUCEMENTS
The Clerk read the
announcements.
5) PUBLIC COMMENTS
Leon Newman Mr.
Newman asked whether public comment would be allowed during the workshop
sessions.
Manny Quiroga Mr. Quiroga
suggested that an article on Code Enforcement be included in the monthly
newsletter.
John Busta Mr. Busta
spoke of the permitting process and outstanding liens.
6) COUNCIL COMMENTS
Greg Ullman Mr. Ullman spoke of the
applicants for the Board vacancies.
Al Davis No Comment.
Ed Quinton Mr.
Quinton spoke of the excellent qualifications of those residents applying
for Board appointments.
Herta Holly Ms.
Holly thanked the Board applicants, offered sympathy to the extended
community at the Charter Middle School on the passing of BJ Orfely, congratulated the Shores Performing Arts
Theater on the numerous nominations for Carbonell
Awards, the success of the Living Room Concert sponsored by the Fine Arts
Commission, and spoke of a group of parents of elementary school children
who got together and painted their children’s classroom.
Mayor McCoy Mr.
McCoy spoke about the upcoming Halloween Howl event and also announced that
the Mayor’s Community Task Force would be developing an on-line community
calendar.
7) ADJOURNMENT
The
October 7, 2003 Regular Council Meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM.
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Jim
McCoy, Mayor
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Barbara
A. Estep, CMC
Village
Clerk
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