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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 1 of September 15 1998 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 2 of 6 September 15 1998 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 3 of 6 September 15 1998 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 4 of 6 September 15 1998 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 5of6 September 15 1998 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 6of6 September 15, 1998 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 Approved this 13th day of October . 19 4:4.6iii-0 n F Festa ayor IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT A MEETING OR HEARING, THAT PERSON WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSE, MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED 7of6