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Home My WebLink About30845 - MINUTES - City Commission ;3, - MINU115 ® REGULAR METING DANIA CITY COMMISSION DFCEM131_R 4, 1973 ® 1 . InVOC:Jflon by City Attorney Walden. Pledge of Atlet3iance. 5. RoII CaII Present: Mayor: Ted Kay ® Vice Mayor: Robert Ouncanson Commissioners: Frank Adler Wirllam Jackson John Kay City Manager: Woodward M. Hampton City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin ® City Attorney: Clarke Walden Police Chief: Fred Willis Building Inspector: Hubert Walker 4. A motion was made by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay to approve the minutes of the November 19th meeting. The motion passed unanimously. llw, Civic Center Committee reported to the Commission on their meeting with Robert Kerley and his proposal . Commissioner Jackson made a motion that tho Commission accept the proposal submitted by Robert Kerley who designed tho Civic Center Building. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were four ® aye,. Vice IAayor Duncanson voted No. Mr. Kerley is to present to the City Manager a contract outlining the terms of his omploymont for approval by the Commission at the meeting of 12-17. G. On a motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the A Commission passed unanimously the ordinance that was presented by the Cily Attorney, adopting the procedure under the Home Rule Bill for passing fuhirk, ordinances and changes to the Charter. This was the second and h i rJ road i nc1. On a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Jackson, the ® Commission p,issod on first reading the zoning ordinances for single and multiple family categories as presented by the City Attorney. The ordinances were set for second reading and public hearing on January 7th. A rnolion was made, seconded and passed unanimously instructing the City Attor-ncry to prepare an ordinance based on his memorandum of the problem concerning completion of remodeling of old buildings or their demolition. On •r motion by Vice Mayor Duncanson, seconded by Commissioner Jackson, tlio C,mmiission authorized the City Attorney to have advertised and ready for ,,doplion on January 7th, the ordinance for annexation of Ocean Water- w+rv'• rrai Ier Park. On o motion by Commissioner Duncanson, seconded by Commissioner Jackson, fhe Commission instructed the City Attorney to present an ordinance to cl<,iify the phasing out of non-conforming uses at the meeting of January 7th. Irl. Ih,• Corlmi•..sion approved unanimously the request to the City Attorney to brin<; .,n omendmoni 10 the Commission on January 7th to provide for inim,,l no�pil ,ils to be located in business zoning. 11 . Atlor-n:_�y Shuhood appeared for Miss Alexa Arachy for a setback variance f,:,r her residence at 219 West Dixie Highway. On a motion by Commissioner Adlor, secondod by Commissioner Jackson, the Commission approved unanimously th- v.,rianco for a setback of 15.42 feet, subject to the owner filing :•rill Ila City ,ur ayrecment that this property would not be divided in (,.awr,,hip and sold separately. r:ily Minutes -I- December 4, 1973 r :7S P.M. (in a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Kny, the Commission approved unanimously the opening of the bids for I ho trn;h truck. On a motion by Cormissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner K,,y, the C�,mmissfon turned the bids over to the City Manager for [its tab- ulkrl ion and recommendation. I5. 8: ')0 P.M. On a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Kny, the Commission approved unanimously the opening of the bids for the 1)11)(` ,nd fittings for 3rd Avenue, S.E. Commissioner Kay made a motion that the City Manager be authorized 1'o award the bid -to the low bidder wi-ltvml bringing the rnatter back before the Commission, seconded by Corwriis;ionnr Adler. The motion passed unaimously. Two bids were received A R li1'ipe $4,688.99 and Davis Meter $4,429.40. Davis Meter is low bid .urd bid is nwrrrdod to them. Iq, 8: "', 1).M. No bids were received for two paddleball courts for the Fire Slvlion and Westside Park. On a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Kay the City Manager was authorized to have the courts built without bids not to exceed $3,500. The motion carried unanimously. 1 ',. Vota f4ae Poterman did not appear. I6. Mr. James McMillian appeared before the Commission with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce; Executive Vice President of the Chamber, he poinIc,d out tho benefits which the City would receive from the development planned for the Dania Golf Course property. I /. On a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the Commission approved the City Manager's recommendation that the bids for repairs to the water plant be awarded to H 8 H Crane as low bidder. 11 R 11 Crane bid $128,540. and Jack Allen, Inc. bid $135,800.00. IS. On a motion by Vice Mayor Duncanson, seconded by Commissioner Adler, Hie Commission approved the City Manager's recommendation that the bins for hydrants and valves be awarded to Davis Meter as low bidder. ® A 8 R Utility Supplies bid $8,507.50 and Davis Meter bid $8,396.25. 19. On a motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the Commission approved the City Manager's recommendation that the bids for two police cars be awarded to Harbor Chrysler-Plymouth as low bidder for $3,378.20 each. The Commission then authorized the City Manager to bring a lease agreement for the Commission's approval to the next mooting for leasing two compact cars in order to study the fuel savings. o. The City Manager pointed out to the Commission the cost to the City for rnaintaining a car for the Manager. It was agreed that it would be more 'A expensive to furnish the car than to pay the Manager $1 ,500. per year for the use of his car. The Commission then voted to pay the Manager $ 1 ,900. per year on a motion by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Jackson. There were four ayes, Vice Mayor Duncanson voted No. 't . Commissioner Jackson discussed the need to change the percentage of voters required for a petition for referendum. A motion was made by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Adler that the City Attorney draw an ordinance to be presented at the January 7th meeting which would require ;0' of the. registered voters to initiate a petition. There were four ay(-- Vice Mayor Duncanson voted No. Vic( IInyor Duncanson stated that he would like to discuss the conflict of int. r,;t of tho City Attorney in regard to the Dania Golf Course property ,in(] the need for a conflict of interest ordinance. The City Attorney Waldcn pointed out to Vice Mayor Duncanson that he had approximately two years aqo made known publicly that he represented the owners of this propr,rty and had done so for several years. This was brought to the attent- ion c,f the Commission by Mr. Walden at the time the City studied the po ,sibility of attempting to purchase this tract of land. Mr. Walden City Commission Meeting -2- December 4, 1973 pointed out that al' no time during the period of approximately a year gzr that the zoning was being considered had he ever commented on the zoning -5t question, he also challenged the Commission in that he had never spoken . to them as a group or as individuals, which in any manner could be related ® to the Golf Course property. Fie further stated that it mattered not at all to him whether the property was zoned or developed and that he profess- ionally gave advice to the Commission only when requested by the Commission or when required to do so under his obligation as set forth in the City Charter. Vice Mayor Duncanson then read a statement concerning public officials as he interpreted the feeling of the general public. The ® Commissioners as a whole challenged Vice Mayor Duncanson and his opinion and the feelings of the Commission as generally summed up by Commissioner Adler by his statement "that my life in'Dania is an open book" and that with many year,, of public service he had never been accused of wrong doings and that' his record of service would speak for itself. ® Commissioner Adler made a motion that a vote of confidence be given to lhr City Attorney Clarke Walden, Vice Mayor Duncanson seconded. The vote was unanimous. ® / / Ted L. Kay-Mayor ��1«L,�ki� —� llonda Mullikin-City Clerk • • • • City Commission Minutes -3- December 4, 1973 •