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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30915 - MINUTES - City CommissionPal MINUTES Regular Meeting Dania City Commission November 1, 1971 1. Invocation by Mayor Jackson. 2. Pledge of allegiance to the flag. ® 3. Roll call. Present: Mayor William E. Jackson Vice Mayor Ted Kay Commissioners Robert Kelly Frank Salvino Boisy Waiters City Manager Woodward M. Hampton Building Inspector Hubert Walker Police Chief Gus Brugger City Clerk E.R. Clay 4. Approval of minutes of October 18th. Commissioner Kelly made a motion these minutes be approved, which was seconded by Commissioner Kay. They were passed by a vote of 4-0. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 1. The City Manager presented the recommendation that the Commission authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with the School Board and ® Broward County to construct a Little League ball field on the Collins Elementary school property. The City Attorney was authorized to draw the resolution adopting said agreement and the Mayor was authorized to sign said agreement. Motion by Commissioner Kelly, seconded by Commissioner Kay to approve. Vote was 4-0 in favor; Mr. Waiters was absent for this vote. ® 2. The City Manager presented the quesiton of selling beer at the Dania Fishing Pier. This action was necessary as an appeal from the decision of the City Manager not to permit the sale of beer at the Fishing Pier due to the language in the lease agreement. After much discussion Commissioner Kay made a motion that the city permit the sale of beer at the pier on the following conditions: That no beer be sold after 7:00 p.m. in the evenings and not before 7:00 a.m. in the morning; further that the operator would be responsible for policing the sales to eliminate the purchase of same by teenagers; that the operator not sell the beer in cans to be taken out on the pier and that the operator be responsible for any excessive trash 0 problem that this might create. It was the concensus of opinion that if the city permitted the sale of beer at one location on the beach that it should not be restricted at the other location. The vote was: Commissioner Kay Yes Kelly No ® Salvino Pass Waiters Yes Jackson Yes The City Manager asked that the City Attorney give him a memorandum in writing on the legal manner of issuing a permit and signing the pink slip of zoning or land use. It was agreed the permit would not be issued until such legal opinion and instructions had been received by the City Manager. Now 3. The City Manager presented the request from the Department of Transportation to agree in principle to exchange land for ; right-of-way purposes at Wayside Park. The City Manager stated yT that no actual exchange of land would take place until an exact r„$: determination of the description of the property had been made. zti" P P P Y cj At this point in the discussion Bill Brooks from the audience addressed the Commission and stated that the City should use its own survey to determine the accuracy of any exchange of land that was to be made. :u After this determination, should the Dept. of Transporation request the exchange of land for right-of-way purposes the City Commission w would have the opportunity to agree or not agree with exchange. A motion by Commissioner Kay seconded by Commissioner Salvino was approved by a 5-0 vote. s eI 4. The City Manager brought to the attention of the Commission the problem of the Anton project and the authorization by the Commission4M to issue a permit for the first 80 units. It. was noted that the ,�Tu City Manager had stated that this 80 units would be handled under the present capacity of our plant with no adverse effect. R Commissioner Kelly read from the memorandum concerning the original Anton project and pointing out that the deed to two acres should be delivered and that the assessment for water and sewer service should be as agreed upon; i.e. that they pay the city one-half of the assess- ment for water and sewers as set forth in the memorandum of October 26, 1971 by Broome and Farina as it refers to the first 8.725 acres. It was pointed out that the modifications to the lift station "F" must be made before any additional units beyond the first 80 can be approved. Motion by Commissioner Kay, seconded „ by Commission Salvino to authorize the permit to be issued on the following conditions: 1. that a deed to two acres of land be deliv- ered to the City with no restrictions as to useand recognizing that Mr. Anton and his associates would have the right of first refusal should the City decide to dispose of this two acres. 2. that Mr. Anton and his associates pay to the City the assessment charges for water and sewers in the amount of one-half of the assessment as determined by the City Engineer on the first 8.725 acres. The vote was taken and it was approved 5-0. 5. The City Manager presented to the Commission a request by the Dept. of Transportation to install a new traffic light at Federal Highway and South Third Street. The cost of $14,640 would be shared by the State and Federal Government. The City will be responsible for maintenance in the future. A motion by Commissioner Kelly, seconded by Commissioner Waiters was approved 5-0. 6. The City Manager reminded the Commissioners to submit to him a list of streets that in their opinion need to be resurfaced. These would be done under contract with Broward County. The City Manager also reminded the Commission of a meering November 4th at 5:00 p.m. with fiscal agents who propose to serve the city. Following this at approximately 7: 30 p.m. will be a meeting of the City Commissioners with the Zoning Board members, Mr. Sparkman, Mr. Walker and the City Manager to discuss zoning problems and land use. 7. The City Manager recommended that the Commission by resolution condemn the old Broward septic tank structures on North Fed ral Highway. Resolution to condemn was offered by Commissioner ay, seconded by Commissioner Salvino. The resolution was approved 5-0. 8. Mr. Clay brought to the attention of the Commission that the City had assessed the state TRSSI Fund in the amount of $107.91 for street improvement. The state had notified the City that they do not pay special assessments without the state's prior approval. The City Attorney advised the Commission that this should be waived and removed from our assessment role. A motion by Commissioner Kay, seconded by Commissioner Kelly to cancel this assessment was approved on a 5-0 vote. ,t Commissioner Kelly brought up the question of advertising for a Personnel Director. The advantages and disadvantages of a parttime Personnel Director was discussed. A Mr. R.L. Fitzgerrell spoke from the audience on this matter. He pointed out that he professionally was very familiar with personnel work and that in his opinion as a citizen that this pro- posal for two hours would not be beneficial to the City nor professionally self-satisfying to any personnel man. He pointed out that it would of necessity expand itself and either the person employed would be giving much free time to the city or the city would have to create further salaries in order to compensate the man for his work. After much further discussion by the Commissioners no action was taken on this proposition. Commissioner Waiters pointed out that the City Manager cannot do all the things for the cit:y but he should have. some help. Commissioner Waiters stated that he as well as other commissioners asked the City Manager to do many things for the city and that the Manager tries to handle all of these assignments but in his opinion in order to give the Manager more relief from these chores that the city should sometime in the future hire a Personnel Director. The question was left status quo with the Manager continuing in the position of Acting Personnel Director to advise with the Civil Service Board. Questions were raised from the audience concerning the sufficiency of the city' s water sources. After much discussion between the commissioners and Pete Prossic from the audience, Mr. Brice answered several of their questions based on a recent meeting he had with the Water Management Board. No further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned. Mayor, Wi m Jackson w City Clerk, E. R. C)AV November 1, 1971 w