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Mayor Gabriel Groisman Village Manager Jorge M. Gonzalez
Assistant Mayor Seth E. Salver Village Clerk Dwight S. Danie
Councilman David J. Albaum Village Attorneys Weiss Serota
Councilman Jeffrey P. Freimark Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L.
Councilman Buzzy Sklar
Bal Harbour Village Council
Retreat Minutes
January 17, 2019 from 3:00 PM until 7:30 PM
and
January 18, 2019 from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM
St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort • 9701 Collins Avenue • Bal Harbour • Florida 33154
January 17, 2019
CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Groisman called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM.
The following were present:
Also present:
Mayor Gabriel Groisman
Assistant Mayor Seth Salver
Councilman David Albaum
Councilman Jeffrey Freimark
Councilman Buzzy Sklar
Jorge M. Gonzalez, Village Manager
Dwight S. Danie, Village Clerk
Susan Trevarthen, Village Attorney
Ramiro Inguanzo, Assistant Village Manager
Dr. Rick Jensen, Retreat Facilitator
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Mayor Groisman welcomed all those present and Mr. Gonzalez introduced Dr. Jensen.
Dr. Jensen provided an overview of the 2-day Agenda which would focus on functioning
as a high performing team. He reviewed the rules of engagement for the retreat. He
described the roles and responsibilities of Council Members that included visioning,
process improvement, policy setting, strategic leadership and budget approval and
strongly recommended that they fly high/stay out of the weeds.
EFFECTIVE NEW TEAMMATE INTEGRATION
Dr. Jensen the reviewed the DISC Profiles (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness,
Conscientiousness) of those present, explaining how it could be helpful to understand
differences in others when communicating and decision -making.
Dr. Jensen then led members of the Retreat through an exercise, Effective New Teammate
Integration, where members were challenged with integrating new members into existing
teams.
Mr. Gonzalez provided a handout entitled "The Bal Harbour Experience" that was
developed during the first annual Bal Harbour Village Council Retreat in November of
2017 (see Attachment) that described Bal Harbour's identity, vision, mission, and values.
There was unanimous consensus from Council Members to accept all the elements as they
were presented.
CLARIFYING THE TEAM'S PRIORITIES
After a short break, Council Members were then provided a list of 2019 initiatives that were
placed into the categories: Governance/Administration, Beautiful Environment,
Destination & Amenities, Exclusivity & Access, Safety, Resilient & Sustainable Community
and Other (write-in). They were then asked to prioritize their top 7 initiatives and identify
their 5 lowest priority initiatives. The 2019 initiatives that received the highest priority,
ranked in order, were:
1. Waterfront Park Development
2. Jetty/Cutwalk/96th Street -End Design Development
3. Beach Renourishment/Sand By -Pass Project
4. Collins Corridor Design
5. Utility Master Plan
6. Charter Review
7. Single Use Plastic Ordinance
COUNCIL DISCUSSION - COUNCIL MEMBER TOPICS
A series of discussions ensued regarding the following topics:
• Meeting Protocol, for which there was a general consensus to have the
Sergeant at Arms be have more presence during meeting disruptions;
• Holiday Lights, for which there was a general consensus to keep the current
street display but enhance the tree display;
• Charter Review, for which there was a general consensus to focus only on
clean-up and clarifying the existing Charter as identified by Staff;
• Order of Voting, for which there was a general consensus by
Councilmembers to have the Village Clerk call the names in a random order
for roll call votes;
• Council Salaries, for which there was a general consensus by
Councilmembers notto change the status quo created bythe Village Charter
and Code of requiring seated Councilmembers to wait until their next term
to receive a salary modification;
• Redistricting, for which there was a general consensus to revisit the issue
after the 2020 census;
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