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HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-30-2017 Workshop Workshop Meeting October 30, 2017 6:00 p.m. Council Chambers The Workshop Meeting of the Crestview City Council was called to order at 5:30 P.M. Members present were: President J.B. Whitten, Vice President Bill Cox, Joe Blocker, Shannon Hayes and Doug Faircloth. Also present were the honorable Mayor David Cadle, City Clerk Elizabeth Roy, City Attorney Bill Holley department heads and members of the press. WORKSHOP Called to Order This workshop was called to order by Mr. Whitten. Pledge of Allegiance The pledge was led Mr. Cox. Open Workshop The Workshop was open by Mr. Whitten. Approval of Agenda Mr. Whitten asked if there were any changes to the Agenda. There were none and Council gave consensus to present Workshop Agenda. Public Opportunity on Council Agenda items Discussion/Consensus of Sales Tax Projects Ms. Roy, City Clerk informed the Council of that she and other Department Heads formulated a list of projects that meet the criteria for County’s Half Cent Sales Tax. These projects deal with infrastructure, general infrastructure, public safety and public facilities all of which the Half Cent Sales Tax can be used for. Ms. Roy is requesting a consensus from Council on the projects presented so that the list of projects can be submitted to the County. Mr. Hayes asked for the projects to be stated for the public. Ms. Roy then stated the proposed projects: Enlarge the turn radius at Industrial Drive and Highway 90 ($32,000.00) Crestview Corners Access Road ($150,000.00) Redstone Avenue-Brookmeade round-about construction ($899,000.00) Midcrest to Duggan Connector Road ($1.9 million) Arena Road Paving Phase 1($2.1 million) Arena Road Paving Phase II ($1.4 million) Arena Road Paving Phase III ($3.5 million) Duggan Avenue Extension to Arena Road ($2.1 million) Gun Firing Range ($100,000.00) Raspberry Road Extension a City/County Project ($9 million) Sports Complex including land a County/School Board Project ($ 4 million) Environmental upgrades ($250,000.00) She added that in January 2018 there will be a definite answer if the Half Cent Sales Tax Proposal passes and if so we can then plan on what projects that can be budgeted from those funds. Discussion ensued. Discussion of Charter Review Committee Recommendations Mr. Whitten stated that he would like Mr. Conner the Committee Chairman to join Ms. Gaillard at the podium because as they review the proposed Charter there may be questions that are directed to the Committee Chairman. Discussion ensued. Mr. Whitten asked the question if there was ever any discussion to expand the Council from five to seven. Mr. Conner answered that it was discussed but it wasn’t a concern of the Committee. Discussion ensued. Mr. Whitten asked Mr. Conner if there was a discussion to change from having precincts to having all Council members be “at large”. Mr. Conner answered that yes there was a discussion on that topic but it was decided not to change that. Discussion ensued. Mr. Conner commented that there were many issues from the Charter discussed in our meetings but the Committee focused on creating a charter that focused on having a either a strong Mayor or City Manager form of government. Mainly, that’s what was asked of us to do and the Committee recommends the City Manager form of government. Discussion ensued. Council thanked Mr. Conner and the Committee for the work that they did on the Charter. Mr. Whitten stated that now Council needs to decide at the next meeting what the next step would be concerning the Proposed Charter Changes because this Proposed Charter will be presented. Discussion ensued on how the Charter would be presented for voting purposes. Mr. Faircloth inquired about the duties of the City Manager whether or not they would be able to hire or fire any employees. Mr. Conner answered that the Committee felt it best to leave that to an HR Director to take care of personnel issues. Discussion ensued. Comments from the Audience Mr. Cal Zethmayr, WAAZ FM, 506 West 1st Ave, Crestview FL, gave his viewpoint on providing information about the Charter vote and reaching people to actually vote on the Charter. Discussion ensued. Adjournment This meeting was adjourned by Mr. Whitten at 6:57 p.m. _____________________________ __________________________ Elizabeth M. Roy J B Whitten City Clerk Council President Minutes approve this day of______, 2018. 3 Workshop Minutes 10/30/2017