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Home My WebLink About30840 - MINUTES - City Commission Y� 4 M I i4Ui ES REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION JANUARY 21 , 1974 I . Invocation by Clarke Walden 2. Planlge of Allegiance. 5. RoII CaII : Present: Mayor: Ted L. Kay Commissioners: Frank Adler William Jackson John Kay City Manager Woodward M. Hampton City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin City Attorney: Clarke Walden Police Chief: Fred Willis Building Inspector: Hubert Walker Absent: Vice Mayor: Robert Duncanson ( ill ) 4 . A motion was made, sustained and carried unanimously to approve the minutes of the meeting of January 7th. 5. the minutes of the Planning and Zoning Board's meeting of January 8th were read. Item N6 was a public hearing on a proposal initiated by the City Commission to rezone the S.E. corner of Dania Beach Boulevard and Federal Hinhwoy from 13-2 to C-1 zoning classification. The Board recommended to the Commission to rezone this property to C-1 . On a motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the Commission voted unanimouslY to Pass on fir-s-I reading, an ordinance to rezone this property to C-I . Item ,;'/ [ rank fasce was requesting a public hearing to be held before the Board' s m,x-t meeting, but his request had since been withdrawn. 6. On a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Kay the request forcondeumation of building on North Federal Highway known as Franks Pizza Parlor Restaurant was approved unanimously. 3: 10 p.m. Bids for 3/4 ton pickup truck for water department. On a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Jackson, the Commission unanimously approved the bidding to cease and the bids to be opened. On a motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay the Commission ;® voted un�rnlmously to turn the bids over to the City Manager for his tabulation and recommendation. d. On a motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the Commission in ,nirriously passed on first reading the ordinance concerning completion of remodeling of old buildings or their demolition. i), Mayor Kay recognized George Shahood, Past President of the Chamber of Commerce who i,ro-enied comments from the Chamber of Commerce, supporting the integrity ind performance of Clarke Walden as City Attorney. Mr. Shahood emphasized that th(, City felt that Mr. Walden's services to the City had been of the hi<lhost caliber and that the City should endeavor to influence Mr. Walden to withiiniw his resignation. Pete Prossic, Charles DeMuzzio and others supported his request that Mr. Walden remain. Lengthy comments were made by the Commission. Mayor Kay, Commissioners Adler, Jackson and Kay spoke of the „xc( lIIonI service rendered by Mr. Walden and stated that he should remain, f ho ;Would reconsider. Mr. Walden read a lengthy statement of his work a:il-h th�o Ciiy through nineteen commissions. A motion made by Commissioner Jicf,,.on, :,ocondod by Commissioner Kay to reject Mr. Walden's resignation. A roll call vo M was taken: C'ummis,ioncr' Adler Yes -,ncr Jackson Yes 'r ice tbryor Dunc.rnson No Cxruni °.inner K,iy Yes iayor h,r/ Yes r.ily Cnnr',i:;Tun ;Minutes -I- January 21, 1974 r2�r MA IN Hofnro voiincl Vice Mayor Duncanson commented that his father was an attorney 111d one thing he always told film was that an attorney does not represent 'two c I i on I s. Vice Mayor Duncanson also said he felt that Mr. Walden has the integrity that everyone said he has and that he is a fine attorney, but the Vice Mal-1 I, I I h(- could nol vote in favor of this rejection, therefore he voted no. 10. 1 he City Manager n recommended Luther Sparkman be appointed as Zoning Consultant to the City and to work with the Planning and Zoning Board as well as the C i I y Commission. On a motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner K,jy to appoint Luther Sparkman as Zoning Consultant. The vote was unanimous. 11 . the Commis,; ion tabled the recommendation of the Manager on the Increase of the building permit fee schedule to the February 4th meeting. I Commissioner Jackson reported on the Public Works Committee meeting in regard 1" private pickup of garbage and trash. On a motion by Vice Mayor Duncanson, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the Commission unanimously rejected all bids and )LJ I hor I zed1-he bid bonds to be returned to the bidders and the City Manager to have the specifications redrawn and advertised for bids. 13. On a motion by Commissioner Kay, seconded by Commissioner Jackson, the Commission authorized the City Manager to advertise for bids for two large ('.()nlainor5 where citizens may dump trash. The vote was unanimous. 14 . On i motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the Commission voted Unanimously to accept the City Manager's recommendation to aulhori /(, Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Mullikin to attend a training development conference for women in government at the University of Florida on February 21 , 22, and 23rd. I'). the Department of Transportation requested the City to approve their designation of roads for improvement within the City as being urbanized and to be allocated from the funds set aside under the "M" funds authorized by the federal assistance program. A motion to approve this was made by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Vice Mayor Duncanson. The vote was unanimous. lb. The City Manager reported to the Commission on the Cityfs audit as prepared by Joseph Spina and Associates. The City Manager recommended that Mr. Spina's firm be retained for the audit of the fiscal year 1973-4. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Vice Mayor Duncanson to approve this recommendation. 11 . A resolution was presented by the City Attorney which would authorize Lieutenant Ld t-Ioore and Fire Inspector Doug Simpson to issue citations for violations of the f iro safety regulations. A motion was made by Commissioner Jackson, seconded try Commissioner Kay to pass this resolution. The vote was unanimous. H. the City Attorney presented an ordinance for the City to adopt which adopts the South Florida Building Code of 1973 and amendments as they are approved by the Board of [Rules and Appeals. On a motion by Vice Mayor Duncanson, ,-.oconded by Commissioner Kay, the Commission passed the ordinance on first and second readings. The vote was unanimous. lei. The City Manager reported to the Commission that the monies for the four additional policemen could be provided from within the police budget for 56,000.00 from the contingency fund. On a motion by Commissioner <,iy, seconded by Vice Mayor Duncanson, the Commission authorized four t+1i I ion,il men and to transfer the $6,000.00 from the contingency fund to the mice [)ep,jrtruont budget. n. lho City Manager reported to the Commission on his meeting with Superintendent Senator Zinkil , Representatives Miller and Dyer and Representative r )y(J'-, Aid Adrian Catarzi , in regard to preserving the Old Dania Elementary "Ch, o I . On a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Jackson, th-, Commis;ion approved the report and authorized the City Manager to notify th,; interested irtencies of government that the City of Dania will, cooperate with them and w! I I bear its proportionate share of the cost for preserving hu i 1 ,1 i n 1. Ci ly Cound -.ion Minutes -2- January 21, 1974 E2 = « . »fl»ra:k,�o, representing le Sunshine Villas presented d check !« aa.m \ ¥ to the u« for use R 4e Fire Rescue Unit mappreciation a their excellent \ s -vice. m 2r Kay a�accepted the e�k m4expressed !# appreciation of the } � e \9er e w ,ems m4 gesture. \ \ r c Kay-Mayor r, � e , - %Q\ wuw;»e R Ge4 �e A \ � . \ % ) ƒ \ � } e e e e e o9emeua Minutes — January z, 1947 ƒ