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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30936 - MINUTES - City Commission REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION ® APRIL 51 1971 1. Invocation by Commissioner Kay. ® 2. Pledge of allegiance to the flag. 3. Judge Black gave a commendation for the American Legion Marshall La Bree Post No. 304, to the Police Department and citations to the following individual policemen for their service to the Post on March 21: F. Caldwell T. McMillan R. Landerville T. Grandis W. Greer T. Cates W. O'Donnall J. Connor T. Motes C. Fidler G. Philbrick D. Holsworth A. Wren 0. Drummer J. McCracken 4. Roll Call Present Mayor-Commissioner William E. Jackson ® Commissioners Ted Kay Robert Kelly Frank Salvino Boisy Waiters City Manager Woodward Hampton City Clerk E. R. Clay S City Attorney Clarke Walden Building Inspector Hubert Walker Police Chief Edward Baxter S. Approval of Minutes. Commissioner Waiters made a motion to accept the minutes of March 152 1971. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 6. Bids. Commissioner Salvino made a motion that the bids for razing and removal of a building in Hanson-Nelson Subdivision be closed. Commissioner Waiters seconded. There were five ayes. Commissioner Kay made a motion that the bids be opened. Commissioner Waiters • seconded. There were five ayes. The bids read as follows: For the house at 709 S. W. 12th Avenue Big Chief bid $474.00 Pete Stroking bid $425.00 For the house at 302 N. W. 5th Avenue Big Chief bid $944.00 Pete Stroking bid $1,225.00 Commissioner Salvino made a motion to turn the bids over to the City Manager for his tabulation and recommendation. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 7. Public Hearing - Mannheim - 8:15 P. M. Petition of Ilse Mannheim of 33 S. W. 7th Street for a variance permit to construct an addition to her duplex. Commissioner Kay made a motion to permit this variance. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. S. Marron. Commissioner Kay made a motion that the Commission tentatively approve Mr. Marrone's site plan and have it platted and send it back to the Planning and Zoning Board for the small changes and their approval. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. • 9. Palm Beach Foods, Inc. Commissioner Kay made a motion to approve this beer license retail on first reading. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 10. bfama Mials Inc. Request for a liquor license transfer from Johnny s Tropical Steak House to Mama Mia's, Inc. Commissioner Salvino made a motion to permit this request. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. ti? v+r 5 11. Public Hearing - Benkelman - 8 :30 P. M. Commissioner Kay made a motion to pass on three readings Joseph Benkelman's request to rezone from R-3 to B-2, Lots 9 & 10 in Magnolia Park Subdivision, f. address being 20 & 24 West Dixie Highway. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. Mr. Dubuski from the audience objected and the reason being that he didn't understand what could be built in the zoning that Mr. Benkelman was applying for, and that only high class businesses would be allowed at these addresses. 12. Fire Fighters. The Dania Association of Fire Fighters has asked that they be recognized as the exclusive and sole bargaining agent for the personnel of the Dania Fire Department. This was tabled =r until the City Attorney can check into the matter. Why fl 13. Pavilion. Commissioner Kay made a motion that the City Manager telephone for prices to remove the pavilion roof at the beach ' 4 under emergency, since it is in a dangerous structural state. a'•`' "V? Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 14. Public Hearing - Lowe - 8 :40 P. M. Commissioner Kay made a motion " to pass on all three readings Anne Marie Lowe's petition to rezone = <.: from R-3 to B-2, Lots 7 & 8 of Magnolia Park Subdivision, address being 28 & 32 West Dixie Highway. Commissioner Salvino seconded. y { There were five ayes. �.e 15. Alcee L. Hastings. Mr. Hastings requests consideration of a sewer hookup or certain property of the Northwest area. Commissioner Kay made a motion to table this matter. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 16. Fees for Cou_r_t_Appearances. Commissioner Kay made a motion to approve the ive dollar :tee to be paid to off duty law enforcement officers for court appearances in our City. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 17. Trail's End Trailer Park. Commissioner Salvino made a motion to tie in Trail's End Trailer Park to our sewer system for an assessment of $3,645.00. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. The City Attorney will draw up a resolution bringing the area into the sewer district and levying the assessment. 18. Trail's End Trailer Park. Commission Salvino made a motion to settle for a total assessment of $3,500.00 for streets and sidewalks against Mr. Ackel's property. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. The City Attorney will draw up a resolution to agree to the settlement of the assessment charges as drawn up by the City Manager. 19. Mechanic Classification. Commissioner Kay made a motion to accept the City Manager's recommendation that Mechanic 1 be in pay classification 25, at a beginning salary of $2.73 per hour, and Mechanic 2 be in pay classification 28, giving the present mechanic $3.67 per hour. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 20. Hydrants. Commissioner Kay made a motion to award the bids for fire hydrants, valves and fittings to M & H Valve and Fittings, their bid being $189.50 per hydrant - $74. 95 per gate valves and fittings. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 21. Police Car. Commissioner Kay made a motion to accept the City Manager's recommendation to award the bid for one-1971 police car to Munroe Zeder in the amount of $3,253.27. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 22. Picku Truck. Commissioner Kay made a motion to award the bid for one 3 4 ton Chevrolet pickup truck to Slaton Motors in the amount of $2,632.90, as the City Manager recommended. Commissioner Waiters seconded. There were five ayes. Page two April 5, 1971 00 040 23. Trash Truck. Commissioner Salvino made a motion to accept the City Manager's recommendation to award the bid for a trash truck, with side lift gate, in the amount of $5,649.90 to Slaton Motors to be paid for out of this budget. Commissioner Waiters seconded. There were five ayes. 24. Garbage Pickup Rates. After meeting with representives of the Motel- Hotel Industry, the City Manager recommended that we serve these businesses on the following basis : For strictly motel rooms - 75� per room, per motel, for efficiencies in this category - $1.00 per efficiency, per motel. The City Manager was authorized to furnish the above service and to service like constituted businesses. The City Attorney will draw an ordinance or agreement to implement the above recommendation. Commissioner Ray made a motion to accept the City Manager's recommendation. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There ® were five ayes. 25. Pay adjustments. Commissioner Kay made a motion to accept the pay adjustment of a two-step raise for the Police Department as recommended by the City Manager. This two-step increase to be paid to each policeman when he graduates from the Academy. Commissioner Waiters 0 seconded. There were five ayes. Raises for the Fire Department were discussed and tabled. It was decided to hold a special meeting on Wednesday, April 7, at 5 :00 P. M. Commissioner Kay made a motion that we adopt the City Manager's plan ® as proposed for the Public Works Department. That we bring the men up two steps and put them on a forty hour week rather than the forty four hours that they are now working. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 26. Delinquent water bills. Commissioner Kay made a motion to change the policy in regard to delinquent water and sewer bills from the present 60 day provision to 30 days from time of billing. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 27. Nelson Subdivision. Commissioner Kay made a motion that we draw up a resolution to pay H & H Crane $1,948.75 to install a 6" water line from Phippen Road to tie-in with the Nelson Subdivision. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 28. Sewer & Water Operators. Commissioner Kay made a motion to accept the City Manager's recommendation that we retain Trainee Operators in pay range 29, Class C Operators in 31, and establish a pay range 32 for Class B Operators and pay range 33 for Class A Operators. 29. Public Trash Containers. Mr. Baker appeared and presented to the Commission an offer to furnish trash containers for our public use at no cost to the City. It was agreed that advertising wording would be submitted to the City for approval. The Commission authorized the City Attorney to draw up an agreement with Mr. Baker. 30. Building Code Ordinance. Commissioner Kay made a motion to pass the Building Code Ordinance on all three readings. Commissioner Waiters seconded. There were five ayes. 31. Mini Store A lication. Tenneco Gas Company's application to sell beer at t eir station on North Federal Highway, near the northern boundary was presented. The City Attorney stated that since this 'area has the proper grocery store zoning they can be issued a license for consumption of beer off premises. i 32. De-annexation. The City Manager asked the City Attorney to draw up a resolution to the Legislative Delegation concerning de-annexation of a part of our City by Fort Lauderdale. Mr. Walden said the resolution should read that no area be removed from the existing City, and that he would draw up such a resolution. 4 Page three April 5, 1971 db 33. Silverman. Commissioner Waiters made a motion to adopt a resolution of necessity for assessing sidewalk costs on Mrs. Silverman's property across from the Post Office. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, f Mayor-William JaCCSon Clerk-E. R. C1�7 A 4- Page four April 5t 1971