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HomeMy WebLinkAbout31087 - MINUTES - City Commission MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING, CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, HELD AT 8:00 P.M. ON JANUARY 29, 1968. The City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida, met in session in the Commission Room at the City Hall. Present were : Commissioners Robert Houston Richard Marant 0 Joseph Thornton Boisy n. Waiters Mayor-Comm. Robert Kelly City Attorney Clarke Walden Acting Chief Police Donald Parton Building Inspector Hubert Walker ® Acting City Clerk Jeans Moore Special meeting was called by Comm. Houston and Comm. Thornton. Mayor Kelly had no Agenda in the meeting notice so the meeting was turned over to Comm. Thornton. ® Handling of the recall petitions - Objections were that persons wishing to sign .the petition not be asked to read the petition, also that the petitions be placed in the from part of the office where they would be more convenient for would-be signers. The City Attorney advised that the Clerk and any clerk assisting her should refrain from making any comment concerning the petition ® as it would be considered improper. He also stated that the check- ing of the voters ' names could be checked any time the clerk chose to do so. He also suggested that a place be set aside for the purpose of signing this petition. Mrs. Diecidue from the audience complained about the time it took to sign the lengthy petition, but stated that she did not read it. Mr. Dean Ryan from the audi- ence asked if anyone signing the petition would be leaving them- selves open to a law suit as had been rumored. The City Attorney assured him that they would not. The commission was in agreement that someone from the recall committee would be allowed a copy of the petition daily showing the signers of the previous day, he also felt that the Commissioners being recalled should have the same ! privilege. Comm. Houston complained that the City Hall was not open on Saturday or two nights during the week so all interested people could sign the petition. Mr. Nick DiMauro asked why only Mr. Houston's name was used in connection with the recall when there were at least 40 or 50 persons connected with it. He re- ferred to a newspaper article in which he claims they were named. 0 He offered a list of the names to Comm. Marant which Marant offered to accept if it was a list he had to submit rather than a news- paper article. Mr. Houston offered to stand the expense of keeping the office open for signatures two nights a week, (the same nights the county books are open) and on saturday. Comm. Marant moved that the request be denied, seconded by Comm. Waiters. In answer O to Comm. Thornton's question, Mr. Walden stated that the Charter does not say that the office should be kept open additional hours. Voting as follows : Commissioners Houston no Marant yes p Thornton no Waiters yes Mayor-Comm. Kelly yes Mr. Walden said he had received a letter today from Mr. Waiters ' attorney and asked how he `should answer the letter. The dlerk had refused to remove the name and the answer would simply state that, unless the majority of the Commission objected, Mr. Walden's advice was that. the names should be removed, and Comm. Thornton wished it to be part of the record that was upholding Mr. Walden's advice. The question was asked from the audience: "If a Notary went around to obtain signatures, could he in turn sign for them? d - 1 - j` Mr. Walden said that this could not be done, each person must sign for himself. To another question asked as to where the signing could be done , Mayor Kelly answered that it was up to the City Clerk. Comm. Thornton brought up the discussion on the proposed raises in salary for the City Employees , and invited the public to stay b if they were interested. He commented on a bill from Lind6©rSI& Waite concerning the audit. He referred to the minutes of the ;meeting when this audit was authorized August 1, 1966. mp A motion was made by Comm. Brice to authorize this audit with ,1r; the stipulation that the total cost should not exceed $49000 This motion was withdrawn. The final motion was made by Comm. Brice that Lindfora and Waite be hired as auditors and they they ive the City periodic statements, and the cost should not exceed 'S .�5,000; seconded by Comm. Zenobia. The .auditors ran up a bill of $8,000 which they were willing to concede $19500 leaving an ad- ? z justed balance of $6,500 for the audit. They. contend that the ; City still owes an unpaid balance of $3,500. Comm. Thornton read. aloud a letter from Lindfors & Waite dated June 16, 1967 and rec- commended that the City pay no additional fees. This matter was tabled until the next meeting by a motion made by Commissioner Waiters ; seconded by Comm. Marant and the auditors were requested n to be present. Voting as follows: Commissioners Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes Waiters yes Mayor-Comm. Kelly yes Motion passed. Comm. Thornton addressed Comm. Waiters concerning the employee pay raises . Comm. Waiters felt that there should be some more study made of the pay scales. Comm. Houston asked again for the Dec: ember balance. Comm. Houston made a motion that any arises granted be retroactive to January 1 (having corrected his first date of February 1) seconded by Comm. Waiters. Voting as follows: Commissioners Houston yes Marant y9s Thornton yes Waiters yes Mayor-Comm. Kelly yes Motion passed. Mr. Walden stated that Mr. Kessinger of the Civil Service Board had called on him about 10 days ago about the desire of the Board _ to meet with the Commission to discuss some phases of the Civil Service Plan. A tentative meeting was set up for Wednesday with the Commission and Civil Service Board for Mr. Bachmann of Fort Lauderdale. Commissioner Thornton had a Letter from the Railroad about con- struction at N. W. loth Street, and would like to have more in- formation about the $6,800 mentioned in this letter which he felt covered a three way agreement. He would like to see this agree- ment. No action taken. There was a discussion of the budget reports and what they reflect. Mr. Goldberg felt that there was sufficient money in the budget to give the promised raises this time. Comm. Houston asked for a bud- get report of the month of December. The average monthly expend- itures are around $45,000 according to the City Manager. Comm. Houston pointed out that if a very large bill was paid during any of the months , it would throw the average off. 2 - i Mr. Walden referred to a letter he had written the City on the Sewer Project. Also there had been a meeting on Saturday con- cerning this subject and it was Mr. Walden's understanding that Philpott Ross & Saarinen would make a final report around Feb- ruary 1st on the various things they held the Bonding Company responsible for, and present the report directly to the Bonding Company. Mr. Carney had turned in his report to the City Manager. Mr. Walden suggested that the Engineers write a report on every- thing they felt the Bonding Company should be responsible for Nor and submit this report a day or two before the deadline. Mr. Goldberg questioned if he should send the report he had to date to the Bonding Company. Mr. Walden felt it would be all right, but he felt it should be one final letter that he would be glad to submit if given the information. Comm. Houston again asked what had been done on the test wells. Mr. Walden claimed he had an easement. agreement on the land near Highway 1 and 95 where a test well is planned, and that someone was trying to contact the owner to get permission to use this property. Comm. Houston questioned how long it would be before we would have to move out of the existing two wells. He said that a well field was needed. Comm. Houston also asked about the Trash Pit. Mr. Goldberg has contacted the Health Department about the newly proposed site„ but they had asked for additional information. He had planned to set up a meeting with the representatives there to find out if there were going to be restrictions on what materials we could dump there. Comm. Houston contended that Mr. Goldberg should first get a permit to use the proposed site for a dump. Mayor Kelly asked if Comm. Thornton had a copy of the checks made out to cash in 1962 that had been discussed at the last meeting which Comm. Thornton had been unable to attend. Comm. Thornton said he had, and went on to explain what the check was for. Mayor Kelly stated he was not ques- tioning what the check was spent for, but only that it had been made out to cash and not endorsed. Comm. Thornton said he wanted some explanations on a couple of thingsthat he would bring up at a future .meeting. Meeting adjourned Mayor Robert Kelly Acting City Clerk Jean Moore a - — 3 —