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Home My WebLink About30710 - MINUTES - City Commission ,rY 1 sit A: MINUTES REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION ' AUGUST 10, 1976 2� Invocation by Reverend James Stephens, Mount Zion Methodist Church, Dania Pledge of allegiance. u Roll Call: Present: Mayor: Robert H. Duncanson Vice Mayor: John Bertino Commissioners: Frank Adler Robert Donly John Kay Acting City Manager: Wanda Mullikin City Attorney: Jack Milbery Police Chief: Rudolph Rigo (Acting) Building Official: Thomas Littrell Zoning Consultant: Luther Sparkman X Business 1. Approval of minutes A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Kay to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of July 27,1976. Motion passed unanimously. 2 . Citizens Comments Mr. Kenneth Hall, property owner in the City of Dania, appeared to report more incidents with the Police Department as a follow up on charges filed by him on July 27,1976. Several other citizens voiced complaints about the lack of police protection. 3. Presentation - Titan Environmental Services Mr. Tomlinson of Titan Services made a brief presentation on a proposed Regional Resource Recovery Facility in the Port Everglades area and re- quested a resolution of interest from the City. Vice C:ayor Bertino made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Donly to adopt a resolution of interest to be forwarded to Titan. Motion passed unanimously. 4. On a motion by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Adler, the Commission authorized Mr. Tom Esposito to pay his assessment (#4-76) based on lots as set up in the schedule presented to the Commission. The City Attorney and the administration were authorized to draw up a payment schedule for assessments as an amendment to the charter. 5. Mr. Samuel Williams appeared before the commission to request that some action be taken to remove a dead tree from the property abutting his mother's property at 909 S .W. 12th Avenue. Mr. Williams stated that this tree is encroaching on his mother's property and is a safety hazard. on a motion by Vice Mayor Bertino, seconded by Commissioner Adler, the Commission authorized the administration to spend up to $500 to have the tree removed and assess the property owner for the cost after proper notice. Commission Minutes -1- August 10,1976 �HH:N wanx - _ ry .y -,. 4^� 6 . Ordinance-Public Hearing-Second Reading q Commission_r Adler made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Donly, to adopt an ordinance on second reading approving the plat of "Dania Highlands # 2" with a 15' right of way for an alley. Motion passed on the following roll call vote: Commissioner Adler yes Vice Mayor Bertino yes Commissioner Donly yes Commissioner Kay yes Mayor Duncanson yes 7 . Ordinance - First reading a . ) A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Adler to adopt an ordinance on first reading making interdepartmental transfers of appropriations within the General Fund. Motion passed on the following roll call vote: s% Commissioner Adler yes iY. Vice Mayor Bertino yes Commissioner Donly yes Commissioner Kay yes s, Mayor Duncanson yes :S b.) Commissioner Donly made a motion, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino to e~ adopt an ordinance on first reading incorporating an amendment into the police pension plan. Motion passed on the following roll call vote: Commissioner Adler yes Vice Mayor Bertino yes Commissioner Donly yes Commissioner Kay yes Mayor Duncanson yes 8. City Vehicle Policy Due to the illness of Police Chief Willis, the discussion of private use of city vehicles was postponed until the Aug. 24,1976 meeting. 9. Agreement - City of Hollywood Commissioner Donly made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Kay, to enter into an agreement with the City of Hollywood for the right of way line along Stirling Road to enable the City of Dania to install a water line to the West Well Field . Motion passed unanimously. 10. Appointment a. ) On a motion by Commissioner Kay, seconded by Commissioner Adler, Mr. Robert LaCroix was named as the commission's appointment to the Civil Service Board contingent upon Mr. LaCroix's acceptance. The following names were presented to the commission as nominees for the Civil Service Board: Mr. Kerm Wenkstern Mr. Kurt Ely Mr. George Hewlett The administration was asked to obtain a resume from each nominee. 4' b. ) On a motion by Commissioner Kay, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino, Mr. Kurt Ely was appointed to the Finance Committee to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Rodney Collins . 1T Commission Minutes -2- AUGUST 10,1976 T c . ) Vice Mayor Bertino made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Adler to appoint Mr. John S . Lassiter, Sr. as City Manager at an annual salary of. $21,272.1.6 . Motion passed on the following roll call vote: Commissioner Adler yes Vice Mayor Bertino yes Commissioner Donly yes Commissioner Kay no Mayor Duncanson yes 11. Vice Mriyor Bertino presented the possiblity of submitting the citizens desires to establish a Housing Authority for the City of Dania as a referendum item in the November election. Many pros and cons of establishing a Housing Authority were presented by the commissioners and many citizens appeared to express their views in favor of it. Mr. Russell Barakat, Executive Director of the Broward County Housing Authority, pointed out that the City could be in danger of losing the block grants they now have and any future grants if they did not establish a Housing Authority. He also pointed out two ways a Housing Authority can be established: 1) by commission action and 2) by a petition signed by 25 citizens and presented to the commission requesting that they do so. Mr. Boisy waiters presented a petition to the Commission signed by several citizens in favor of the Housing Authority. Vice Mayor Bertino made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Adler to put the issue to a referendum vote on the November ballot, Motion passed on the following roll call vote: Commissioner Adler yes Vice Mayor Bertino yes Commissioner Donly yes Commissioner Kay yes Mayor Duncanson no 12 . No action was taken on the request from PERC for a consent agreement to conduct a consent election of the blue and white collar workers of the City of Dania. ADDENDUMS 1. Block Grant Proposal-Emergency Mr. Dave Howard, chairman of the Block Grant Committee, presented the pro- posal for phase III of the Block Grant totaling to 2' million dollars . Vice Mayor Bertino made a motion seconded by Commissioner Donly to adopt a resolution to go to the County on this proposal. Motion passed unanimously. 2. Commissioner Kay requested that the commission authorize up to $1500 to rent a bulldozer to construct an access road to the S.E. Park Area in order to have it filled with buildable fill. He also requested that Broome and Farina Engineers be authorized to mark the four corners of the property. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Donly to approve this request. Motion passed unanimously. 3 . Mayor Duncanson presented three items to be considered for the November or Narch elections: (lumber one was charter changes and on a motion by Commissioner Donly, s(lcondec'. by Commissioner Kay, the commission voted to put this on the March ballot. Tlwp.ber two was the primary election issue and on a motion by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino, the commission voted to put this on the (November ballot. Number three was annexation and the commission voted to put this on the March ballot. City Attorney Tlilbery was authorized to draw up the wording for these ref- rendum items . anission minutes -3- August 10,1976 COMMENTS : City Manager Lassiter asked which lots the City was to mow and which were to be charged. The general feeling of the commission was that small lots were to be mowed by the City and acreage was to be mowed and billed after proper notice. City Manager Lassiter pointed out that since he had been appointed as City Manager it creates a vacancy of Fire Chief in the Fire Dept. and recommended that Lt. Eugene Jewell be appointed as Acting Fire Chief. Commissioner Donly made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Adler to appoint Lt. Jewell as Acting Fire Chief effective immediately. Motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Kay asked that the alley between 10th Aven. and 12 Ave. ,N.W. that leads into the canal be properly barricaded. Mayor Duncanson asked Commissioner Kay what progress had been made on the Dania Elementary School. Commissioner Kay explained that he was waiting for a floor plan designating proposed locations of 'the offices before he would be able to furnish a cost estimate. City Attorney pointed out that the millage deadline for advertising public hearings was Aug. 24th and Aug. 30,1976. A workshop was set for Aug. 11 to discuss a possible millage increase. And a special meeting was set for Aug. 16 to set the millage and adopt the budget for 1976-77 followed by a workshop on the budget. -a o-Zommissioner l - City-ler< Commission Minutes -4- August 10,1976 o AGENDA e REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION AUGUST 10, 1976 ' j 8 :00 P.M. l Invocation Pledge of allegiance. Roll call. Business ® I . Approval of minutes Regular meeting - July 27 2 . Citizens Comments ® 3 . Presentation - Titan Environmental Services Mr. Dean Tomlinson to present a proposed plan for development of a Regional Resource Recovery Facility in the Port-Everglades area. EXHIBIT: Acting City Manager Memo and booklet from Titan ® (previously distributed) APPEARANCE: Mr. Tomlinson 4. Consideration and possible action on request of Mr. Tom Esposito to pay his assessment on S. E. Sth Avenue and S. E. 4th Terrace per lot as CO's are applied for. ® EXHIBIT: Acting City Manager - Memo #5 5. Request by Mr. Spencer Williams to appear before the Commission EXHIBIT: Letter from Mr. Williams APPEARANCE: Mr. Williams 6. Ordinance - Public Hearing - Second Reading Public hearing to consider on second reading an Ordinance approving a plat of "Dania. Highlands No. 2" with a 15 ' easement for an alley. EXHIBIT: Ordinance (previously distributed) 7. Ordinance - First Reading a. Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance making inter-departmental transfers of appropriations within the General Fund for the 1975-76 fiscal year. EXHIBIT: Ordinance and Memo #6 - Acting City Manager b. Consideration and possible action on an ordinance incorporating an amendment into the Police Pension Plan. EXHIBIT: Ordinance and copy of Amendment from Traveler's Insurance Company. 8 . City Vehicle Policy Continuation from the July 13th meeting=request from Police Chief Willis to use City vehicle for personal use and discussion of distribution of old Police cars and acceptance of cars from individuals or businesses . 9 . Agreement - City of Hollywood Consideration and possible action to enter into an agreement of the City of Hollywood for right of way line along Stirling Road. • EXHIBIT: Letter to Mr. Reasons and agreement. i 10. Appointment a. Consideration and possible action to appoint members to Civil Service Board. EXHIBIT : Memo from Mrs. Charlene Moore Acting Personnel Director (previously distributed) b. Consideration and possible action to name a member to the Finance Committee to fill a vacancy. C. Consideration and possible action on selecting a City Manager. 11. Discussion and possible action of submitting as a referendum item in the November election, the Citizens desires to establish Housing Authority for the City of Dania. Vice Mayor Bertino 12 . Consideration and discussion of a consent agreement from Pere to conduct a consent election of the blue and white collar workers of the City of Dania. EXHIBIT: Opinion from City Attorney Correspondence from Pero. a Regular Commission Agenda -2- August 10 , 1976 i