HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-15-98 Special Council Meeting.tifMINUTES
SPECIAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING
(SECOND BUDGET HEARING)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1998
COUNCIL CHAMBER
85 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, SECOND FLOOR
1 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by
the Mayor at 7 05 p m Present were Councilmembers Martha Broucek, Gregory Han, Hugh
O'Reilly, Michele Padovan, Betty Sime, Vice Mayor Mortimer Fried and Mayor John Festa Also
present were Village Manager C Samuel Kissinger, Village Clerk Conchita Alvarez and Village
Attorney Richard Weiss
2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Festa led the Pledge of Allegiance
3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Clerk offered technical corrections to the minutes of the
meeting of September 8, 1998 The corrected minutes of the Special Council Meeting (First Budget
Hearing) of September 8, 1998 were approved by unanimous consent
4 AGENDA There were no changes made to the agenda
5 BUDGET RESOLUTION The Clerk read the following resolution by title
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE
FINAL MILLAGE RATE OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1998 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 PURSUANT
TO FLORIDA STATUTE 200 065 (TRIM BILL), PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
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Vice Mayor Fried made a motion to approve the resolution The motion was seconded by
Councilmember Han
Mayor Festa made a motion to table the resolution The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Fried
and approved by a 7-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, Han,
O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Vice Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa voting Yes
6 ORDINANCES The Clerk read the following ordinance, on second reading, by title
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE
BUDGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1998 THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 200 065 (TRIM BILL),
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
The Mayor opened the public hearing There were no speakers present The Mayor closed the
public hearing
Councilmember Padovan made a motion to adopt the ordinance The motion was seconded by Vice
Mayor Fned
The Village Manager addressed the Council regarding this ordinance
Councilmember O'Reilly made a motion to increase the revenue side of the budget by $320,000
The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and failed by a 1-6 roll call vote The vote was as
follows Councilmember O'Reilly voting Yes Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Padovan, Sime,
Vice Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa voting No
Mayor Festa made a motion to reduce the Capital budget by $84,000 The motion was seconded by
Councilmember Padovan
Councilmember O'Reilly made an amending motion to reduce the Capital budget by $140,000 The
motion died for lack of a second
The motion to reduce the Capital budget by $84,000 failed by a 3-4 roll call vote The vote was as
follows Councilmembers O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers
Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting No
Mayor Festa made a motion to reduce the Underground Wiring in the Capital budget by $75,000
The motion was seconded by Councilmember O'Reilly and failed by a 3-4 roll call vote The vote
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was as follows Councilmembers O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers
Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting No
Councilmember Padovan made a motion to reduce the Fernwood Landscaping by $44,750 and
transfer that amount to the contingency in the Capital Improvement Fund The motion was seconded
by Councilmember O'Reilly and approved by a 6-1 roll call The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Padovan, Sime, Vice Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa voting Yes
Councilmember O'Reilly voting No
Councilmember Broucek made a motion to reduce the West Mashta sidewalks line item and transfer
that amount to contingency in the Capital Improvement Fund Councilmember Broucek withdrew
her motion
Mayor Festa made a motion to reduce the East Enid Drive improvements to $428,000 The motion
was seconded by Councilmember Padovan and failed by a 2-5 roll call vote The vote was as
follows Councilmember Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Broucek, Han,
O'Reilly, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting No
Councilmember Padovan made a motion to increase the bus shelter line item to $48,000 The
motion was seconded by Councilmember Broucek Councilmember Padovan withdrew her motion
Ed Meyer, 100 Sunrise Drive addressed the Council
Councilmember O'Reilly made a motion to delete the housing allowances The motion was
seconded by Councilmember Padovan Councilmember O'Reilly withdrew his motion
Councilmember O'Reilly made a motion to reduce the legal fees in the Attorney's budget by
$45,000 The motion died for lack of a second
Mayor Festa made a motion to adjust the Building, Planmng and Zoning Department reducing it by
$12,000 in the payroll benefits line items The motion was seconded by Councilmember Broucek
and approved by a 5-2 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, O'Reilly,
Padovan, Vice Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Han and Sime voting
No
Mayor Festa made a motion to reduce $10,000 in the Master Plan line item The motion was
seconded by Councilmember O'Reilly and failed by a 3-4 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Broucek, Han,
Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting No
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Councilmember O'Reilly made a motion to delete $33,000 in the Building, Planning and Zoning
Department The motion died for lack of a second
Mayor Festa made a motion not to hire a fourth police lieutenant for this fiscal year The motion was
seconded by Councilmember Padovan
Chief of Police Flaherty addressed the Council regarding this issue
Councilmember Han made an amending motion to reduce the Police Department's budget (Police
Lieutenant) by $30,000 The motion was seconded by Councilmember Sime and approved by a 5-2
roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime, Vice Mayor Fried
and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly and Padovan voting No
The motion as amended was approved by a 7-0 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Broucek, Han, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Vice Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa
voting Yes
Councilmember Han made a motion to increase the crossing guard line item in the Police
Department's budget by $31,000 The motion was seconded by Councilmember Padovan
Mayor Festa made an amending motion to increase the crossing guard line item by $15,000 The
motion was seconded by Councilmember O'Reilly and failed by a 2-5 roll call vote The vote was
as follows Councilmember O'Reilly and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Broucek, Han,
Padovan, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting No
The motion to increase by $31,000 the crossing guard line item in the Police Department's budget
was approved by a 4-3 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Han, Padovan, Sime
and Vice Mayor Fned voting Yes Councilmembers Broucek, O'Reilly and Mayor Festa voting No
Ed Meyer, 100 Sunrise Drive addressed the Council
Mayor Festa made a motion to reduce the Public Work's budget by $12,000 in the payroll benefit
line items The motion was seconded by Councilmember O'Reilly and approved by a 5-2 roll call
vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, O'Reilly, Padovan, Vice Mayor Fried and
Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Han and Sime voting No
Councilmember O'Reilly made a motion to delete the $5,000 car allowance line item in the Public
Works Department The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and approved by a 7-0 roll call vote
The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, Han, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Vice Mayor
Fried and Mayor Festa voting Yes
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Councilmember Han made a motion to create a new line item in the Public Works Department
budget called vehicle maintenance in the amount of $2,000 The motion was seconded by
Councilmember Sime and approved by a 4-3 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly,
Padovan and Mayor Festa voting No
Councilmember Padovan made a motion to reduce the Engineering line item in the Public Works
Department budget by $10,000 The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and approved by a 6-0
roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Padovan, Sime, Vice
Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmember O'Reilly was out of the chamber at the
time the vote was taken
The Attorney addressed the Council regarding the Recreation Department
Councilmember Sime made a motion to correct the Recreation Department's budget by zeroing out
the Heritage Day line item and place $10,000 in the Lighthouse Run line item The motion was
seconded by Councilmember Broucek and approved by a 6-1 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Padovan, Sime, Vice Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa voting Yes
Councilmember O'Reilly voting No
Ed Meyer, 100 Sunrise Drive addressed the Council
Councilmember Padovan made a motion to reduce the Building, Zoning and Planning Department's
training and education line item by $5,000 The motion was seconded by Councilmember O'Reilly
and approved by a 5-2 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, O'Reilly,
Padovan, Vice Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Han and Sime voting
No
The Manager addressed the Council regarding his recommendation for the following staff 1999 up-
grades/classification
Councilmember Sime made a motion to increase the Assistant to the Manager's salary by $7,500
The motion was seconded by Councilmember Broucek and approved by a 5-2 roll call vote The
vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime, Vice Mayor Fried and Mayor Festa
voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly and Padovan voting No
Councilmember Han made a motion to increase the Administrative Assistant to the Manager's salary
by $1,447 The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Fried and approved by a 4-3 roll call vote
The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting Yes
Councilmembers O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting No
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Vice Mayor Fried made a motion to increase the Sport Coordinator's salary by $2,550 The motion
was seconded by Councilmember Han and approved by a 4-3 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly,
Padovan and Mayor Festa voting No
Councilmember Sime made a motion to increase the Manager's salary by $11,030 The motion was
seconded by Vice Mayor Fried and approved by a 4-3 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly,
Padovan and Mayor Festa voting No
Vice Mayor Fried made a motion to increase the Fire Chief's salary to $95,730 The motion was
seconded by Councilmember Broucek and approved by a 4-3 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly,
Padovan and Mayor Festa voting No
Councilmember Han made a motion to transfer $10,000 current budget surplus to contingency The
motion was seconded by Councilmember Sime and failed by a 3-4 roll call vote Councilmembers
Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting Yes Councilmembers Broucek, O'Reilly, Padovan and
Mayor Festa voting No
Councilmember Broucek made a motion to transfer $10,000 current budget surplus to capital
improvement The motion was seconded by Councilmember Sime and approved by a 4-3 roll call
vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting
Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting No
It was the consensus of Council to take the resolution off the table
The resolution was approved by a 4-3 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers
Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly, Padovan and
Mayor Festa voting No
The ordinance as amended was approved by a 4-3 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Sime and Vice Mayor Fried voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly,
Padovan and Mayor Festa voting No
7 REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The following items were discussed
Village Manager The Manager presented to Council a proposed letter to Village residents from
Council regarding opposition to Seaquanum's Village It was the consensus of Council not to send
the letter at this time
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8 OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL DISCUSSION There was no further business discussed
9 SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS/EVENTS A schedule of future meetings and
events was presented to the Council and the public
10 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10 16 p m
Respe ully submitted
Conchita H Alvarez, Village Clerk
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