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Home My WebLink About30958 - MINUTES - City Commission SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DANIA C L"v COMMISSION HELD IN "5 THE DANIA CITY HALL ON AUsUST 24TH, 1970. O !M 1. ROLL CALL PRESENT MAYOR—COMMISSIONER ROBERT E. HOUSTON 't COMMISSIONERS WILLIAM JACKSON ® ROBERT KELLY <- JOSEPH THORNTON BOISY WAITERS '"' CITY MANAGER WOODWARD HAMPTON „ CITY 'iTTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN 'E POLICE CHIEF ED:4.0.RD BARTER �v=: • CITY CLERK E. R . CLAY 2, ADOPTION OF BUDGET g THE CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN THEN READ THE RESOLUTION "= ADOPTING THE BUDGET. HE STATED THIS MEETING 'WAS FOR THE HEARING OF OBJECTIONS TO THE BUDGET. COMMISSIONER WAITERS • THEN QUESTIONED THE MILLAGE AND WHETHER THE 4.90 WOULD GIVE THEM ENOUGH SURPLUS AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT WESTSIDE PARK LAST WEEK. THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT HE THOUGHT 'FF THEY COULD DO THE THINGS NECESSARY ON THE PRESENT MONEY IN µ THE BUDGET. THERE WAS THEN A LONG DISCUSSION BETWEEN CITY +_ MANAGER HAMPTON, COMMISSIONER WAITERS AND COMMISSIONER • JACKSON. �t THERE THEN TO THE MICROPHONE A ERNEST ANDERSON OF 237 N. W. a 8TH AVENUE, DANIA. HE THEN QUESTIONED THE RECREATION DEPT " BUDGET AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT YOU HAD IT BROKEN DOWN THIS YEAR SO AS TO SHOW THE RECREATION DEPT ADMIN SEPARATE FROM THE FROST PARK THE WESTSIDE PARK AND THE SWIMMING POOL. IT WAS THEN POINTED OUT THAT WESTSIDE PARK HAD MORE IN THE BUDGET THAN FROST PARK. THE NEXT TO SPEAK WAS A JIMMY PETERMAN OF 608 W. BEACH BLVD, DANIA. HE ASKED WHAT THE $9000 WAS IN THE RECREATION DEPT ADMINISTRATION SALARY AND HE WAS TOLD IT WAS MR . DICKERSON. HE THEN BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF $110000 IN FROST PARK AND WAS TOLD IT COVERED THREE PARTTIME WORKERS. AS FOR THE PEOPLE AT WESTSIDE PARK THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT TWO OF THEM HAD QUIT TO GO BACK TO TEACHING AND THAT THERE WAS MONEY IN THE BUDGET AS SOON AS THEY COULD GET REPLACEMENTS. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION THE RESOLUTION BE PASSED AND ADOPTED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COkm_'ISSIONER JACKSON. • THE MAYOR THEN SAID IT WAS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. VIDA PETFRMAN THEN CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS AND ASKED WHAT A 150O IMPROVEMENT AT WESTSIDE PARK WAS AND SHE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS FOR LIGHTS AND SHE SAID THAT IS ALG I WANT TO KNOW. THERE THEN APPEARED A MR CHARLES JACKSON OF 7E5 S. W. 4TH STREET, DANIA. HE THEN BROUGHT UP THE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR MAINTERNANCF. • AND IMPROVEMENTS AT FROST PARK OF $80001 HE WAS TOLD BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT THIS WAS FOR RESURFACING THE TENNIS COURTS, CONNECT THE SENIOR CITIZENS BUILDING TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, ALSO PUT A ROOF ON A BUILDING THAT NEEDS IT VERY BADLY. THE CITY MANAGER THEN STATED HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE WESTSIDE TO MAKE UP THEIR MINDS ON THE PAVILLION AND • TODAY HE RECEIVED THERE ANSWER, SO HE ORDERED IT TORN DOWN. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE $2000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE BEACH WIERE TO FIX THE PAVILLION THERE AS SALT HAD GOTTEN INTO IT AND IT WAS DETERIORATED AND HAD TO BE FIXED. THE MAYOR THEN STATED THEY HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND AND ASKED FOR A ROLL CALL. THE VOTE WAS FIVE TO ZERO. O 3. PRICES ON ONE NEW POLICE CAR THE MAYOR THEN ASKED THE CITY CLERK TO OPMN THE PRICES ON THE POLICE CAR. THE PRICES ".4 E AS FOLLOWS: • August £ � , 19'70 (1) • t g-_ Qp (2) ® POWELL MOTOR CO 1333 N. FEDERAL HWY FT LAUDERDALE, FLA 1 - 1970 FORD CUSTOM 4 DR 351 CU. IN , V8 COLOR PASTEL YELLOW. TOTAL PRICE $2989.40 ALTERNATE BID 1 - 1970 FORD FAIRLANE 500 4 DR SED 302 CU. IN. VS COLOR WHITE TOTAL PRICE $2942 .90 �► POWELL DID NOT BID ON TRADE IN. SLATON CHEVROLET 1300 N. Federal HWY FT LAIIDERDALE, FLA. ® 1 - 1970 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE 4 DR MODEL 15469 350 CU. IN. V8 COLOR ASTRO BLUE TOTAL PRICE $2920.06 ALLOWANCE 69 MERC 500.00 NET DIFFERENCE :f,;&42U,Ufi� • MUNROE ZEDER CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH 1850 N. E. 123RD STREET NO MIAMI, FLORIDA s 1 - 1970 PLYMOUTH FURY I 4 DR SEDAN 318 CU. IN. V6 ` COLOR SANDPEBBLE BEIGE TOTAL PRICE $2968.08 ALLOWANCE 69 MERC 550.00 NET DIFFERENCE $2418.08_ ED MORSE CHEVROLET 1640 N. W. 40TH AVENUE LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA 1 - 1970 CHEVROLET BF.LAIR SED 4 DOOR 400 CU. IN. V8 COLOR WHITE • 'DOTAL PRICE $3095.35 ALLOWANCE 69 MERC 395,35 $2700.00 THERE WAS THEN A LONG DISCUSSION WHETHER THEY NEEDED THE CAR • NOW OR SHOTTLD THEY WAIT FOR THE 1971 MODELS. THE WAS TALK OF TURNING CAR NUMBER 2 OVER TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, AS HE ONLY DRIVES ABOUT TWENTY MILES A DAY. COMMISSIONER JACKSON THEN MADE A MOTION THE BIDS BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR TARULATION, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ?TOLL CALL WAS FIVE TO ZERO. • 4. SNENERS TF3 MAYOR THEN STATED THE COMPANY THAT DID THE TV WORK HAD COME UP WITH A FIGURE OF LEAKS IN STATION H OF 193.000 GALS ATID IN STATION F LEAKS OF 96,000 GALS. THE ESTIMATED PRICE F'O? STATION H WAS A309000 AND FOR STATION F $10000. THE ® CITY CIE RK WAS ASKED HOW MIICH THEY COULD GET FROM THE DANIA BANK, HE REPLIED $60,000. THE MAYOR THEN BROUGHT UP THAT THE MAN WHO HAD DONE THE WORK WHICH WAS PPMETRYN CO, THAT THEY WOULD COME IN AND DRAW UP THE: SPECS AT NO CHARGE AND THAT ANY ONE COULD BID ON THE SPECS. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION THAT THE SPECS 81 3E DRAWN AND ADVERTISE FOR BIDS, THE BIDS SHOULD BE SEPARATE ON EACH STATION AND THEN TOTAL BID ALSO SHOWN, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ROLL CALL WAS FIVE TO ZERO. • AuLn»t 24, 1970 (2 ) 5. THE YAYOR THEN BROUGHT UP TTiE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON FOR THE DROTARD COUNTY COMlogTNITY RELATIONS COT T-IISSION AND HE SAID HE HAD A NAME, THE NAME BEING LTJTHER SPARKMAN AND HE SAID HE HAD TALKED TO LUTHER AND HE WAS WILLING TO DEVOTE HIS TIME FOR TUTS, COMMISSIONER JACKSON MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT LTJTHER SPARKMAN TO THE RELATIONS COMMISSION, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER THORNTON. ROLL CALL WAS FIVE TO ZERO. 6. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF THE ZEROX MACHINE AND THAT COMMISSIONER WAITERS WAS USING IT FOR PERSONAL BUSINESS. THE CITY ATTYt_a THEN SAID THAT NO EQUIPMENT BELONGING TO THE CITY SHOULD BE USED FOR PERSONAL REASONS. HE SAID IF ANY COMMISSIONER HAD SOMETHING TO RUN THAT WAS CITY BUSINESS THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD GIVE HIS APPROJAL. 7 . COSSIISSIONER THORNTON THEN STATED THAT SOME TIME AGO THE CITY HAD PASSED AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE. PLATING OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS WAJO ESTATES WITH A STIPULATION `PRAT A BOND WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE STREET AND THE WATER. ALSO THAT THE PLAT WOULD BE FINALIZED AS FAR AS THE SIGNATURES AI+D WITNESS WERE CONCERNED. THIS TO BE RECORDED. THE PLAT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED OR FILED AND THE BONDS HAVE NOT BEEN POSTED. COMMISSIONER WAITERS SAID THEY WOULD BE GOING AHEAD BUT HAD DIFFI(,"ULTY WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY, BUT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ATLANTA AND IT WOULD BE STRAIGHTENED UP SHORTLY. COMMISSIONER WAITERS THEN STATED IT WOULD BE STRAIGHTENED OUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS. 8. IT WAS THEN DECIDED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING AT 5 P. M. ON AUGUST 31ST, 1970. 9. THE CITY MANAGER THEN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF POLICE RADIOS, HE STATED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT HE WAS TO GET MORE PRICES AND HAS FOUND THAT THE GEPRICE IS $626.40 THE COUNTY PRICE ON MOTOROLA IS $617.00. HE STATED IN THE MEANTIME HE HAD TALKED TO TFE REPRESENTATIVE OF JOHNSON PORTABLE UNITS THEY OFFERED THE CITY A UNIT FOR $488.00 THIS IS A SEVEN WATT UNIT, THEY ALSO OFFERED THE CITY A THIRTY DAY FREE TRIAL IF THE CITY PAY THE INSTALLATION COST, IF THE CITY AFTER THIRTY DAYS WISHES TO BUY THE UNIT THEY WOULD CREDIT THE INSTALLATION COST OFF THE PRICE OF THE UNIT. THEY ALSO OFFERED A PORTABLE UNIT FOR $400.10. THE CITY MANAGER THEN ASKED IF THE CITY WOULD ALLOW HIM TO BUY ONE UNIT FOR $488.00 AND TWO PORTABLE UNITS FOR $400.10 EACH THESE COULD BE USED IN STAKE OUT JOBS ETC.THE MAYOR THEN ASKED IF THESE PORTABLE UNITS MOULD REPLACE THE RADIOS IN THE DETECTIVES CP_RS, THE CITY MANAGER SAID NO BUT THEY HAD ALREADY PURCHASED TWO UNITS FOR THE DETECTIVES CARS AT $150.00 each. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE THE ONE UNIT ON THE THIRTY DAY TRIAL BASIS THIS TO BE IAISTALLEDIN THE NEW CAR AND ALSO PURCHASE TWO PORTABLE UNITS, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, ROLL CALL WAS FIVE TO ZERO. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED MAYOR ROBERT E. HOUSTON C CLERK E. R. CLA August 242 1970 (3)