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HomeMy Public PortalAbout12-16-97 Special Council Meeting.tifMINUTES SPECIAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1997 COUNCIL CHAMBER 85 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, SECOND FLOOR 1 CALL TO ORDERIROLL CALL OF MEMBERS the meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 8 05 a m Present were Councilmembers Martha Broucek, Michele Padovan, Betty Sime, Gregory Han and Mayor John Festa Vice Mayor Mortimer Fried and Councilmember Hugh O'Reilly were absent Also present were Village Manager C Samuel Kissinger, Deputy Village Clerk Vivien Mauri and Village Attorney David Wolpin 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE mayor Festa led the Pledge of Allegiance 3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES there were no minutes submitted for approval of Council 4 AGENDA there were no changes made to the agenda 5 INTERVIEWS FOR LOBBYIST The purpose of the meeting was to discuss hiring a professional lobbyist for the Village The Village Manager introduced the first candidate, Mr Robert L Book, P A At this time, Council proceeded to interview Mr Book The Council proceeded to call upon the second candidate for interview The second candidate for professional lobbyist, Mr Russ Marchner was interviewed by the Council and following the interviews, Council briefly discussed the candidates James DeCocq, Assistant to the Village Manager, addressed the Council regarding his conversation with Ms Debbie Flack from the Florida Shore & Coast Beach Preservation, Sandra Goldstein, Village Beach Resource Volunteer, addressed the Council regarding the crucialness of the beach renourishment project and her recommendation for the Village to hire a lobbyist There was extensive discussion from Council regarding the hiring of a professional lobbyist Page 1 of 2 December 16 1997 The Village Manager made recommendations as to how Council may proceed in order to hire a lobbyist The recommended steps to follow would be for Council to authorize the contract and charge it to the 1997 fiscal year surplus fund through a motion or resolution Councilmember Han made a motion to vote for the appointment of Mr Robert L Book and to place contract on the next Council agenda The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and approved a 5-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Broucek, Han, Padovan, Sime, and Mayor Festa voting Yes The Manager and Council drafted the following list of priorities for Mr Book to consider beach renourishment, sewage, Virginia Key, Police/Fire Pension Plan, aircraft noise, Rickenbacker Funding, future underground wiring Council directed the Manager to forward Mr Book a copy of the budget and of the Council's goals and objectives 6 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10 00 a m Respectfully submitted Vivien Maur: Deputy Vill ' e Clerk Approved by the Village Council this 13th day of Januafy ,1998 JhnFFesta Mayor IFA PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO ANYMATTER 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 TESTIMONYAND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED Page 2 of 2