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HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-26-96 Budget Hearing.tifMINUTES SPECIAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING (BUDGET HEARING) VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 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 00 p m Present were Councilmembers Raul Llorente, Hugh O'Reilly, Michele Padovan, Betty Sane, Raymond Sullivan and Mayor John Festa Vice Mayor John Wald was absent Also present were Acting Village Manager Jack Neustadt, Acting Village Clerk Yocelyn Galiano Gomez and Village Attorney Richard Weiss 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 Mayor Festa recommended that the interviews for the Village Clerk position be scheduled for Thursday, October 3, 1996 at 7 00 p m in the Council Chamber It was the consensus of the Council that the following three candidates be invited to interview on October 3, 1996 Conchita Alvarez, Theresse du Bouchet, and Sandra Rozar Sims Councilman Sime requested that a special presentation on taxes be added to the agenda There were no objections 5 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Councilman Sime made a brief presentation regarding taxes on Key Biscayne 6 PUBLIC COMMENTS The following people addressed the Council Camille Guething, 260 Seaview Drive, Pat Weinman, 940 Manner Dnve, Mike Kahn, 881 Ocean Lane Drive, Dennis O'Hara, 111 Cape Florida Dnve, Robert Maggs, 155 Ocean Lane, Sydney Cooper, 170 Ocean Lane Drive, Maria Cordo, 230 Cranwood Road, Dorothea Bailey, 338 West Heather Drive, Sandy Goldstein, 611 Ocean Drive, Jim Brewster, 500 N Mashta Drive, Steve Simon, 335 Harbor Lane, Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean Lane Dnve, Sam Davitian, 720 Myrtlewood Lane, Joe Rasco, 310 West Heather Drive, and Gregory Han, 685 Curtiswood Drive The mayor closed the public comments Page 1 of 4 September 26, 1996 7 RESOLUTIONS The acting 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, 1996 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 200 065 (TRIM BILL), PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE 8 ORDINANCES The acting clerk read the following ordinance by title AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A TENTATIVE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1996 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,243,910 00 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 200 065 (TRIM BILL), PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE The mayor opened the public hearing Hearing no comments from the public, the mayor closed the public hearing Council discussed the proposed salary adjustments for Village staff The mayor made a motion to adopt the proposed salary increases The motion was seconded by Councilman Sime and passed by an unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting Yes The mayor opened the public hearing on the issue of the manager's salary Hearing no comments from the public, the mayor closed the public hearing Councilman Sime made a motion to increase the manager's salary as proposed The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and passed on a 4 - 2 roil call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers O'Reilly and Llorente voting No Finance Director Jack Neustadt and Village Attorney Weiss addressed the Council on the issue of insurance for the Village Maria Cordo, with Sedgwick-James Insurance, Co addressed the Council It was the consensus of the Council that Requests for Proposals be prepared for award for Fiscal Year 1998 William Durham, 748 Glenridge Road, President of the Chamber of Commerce addressed the Council on the fourth of July fireworks Page 2 of 4 September 26 1996 Mayor Festa made a motion to transfer $56,000 from the special events allocation within the Recreation Department budget to the Non -departmental budget subject to an acceptable contract The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and passed by a 5 - 1 voice vote Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Sullivan voting No The mayor made a motion to adopt the resolution adopting the final millage rate of 3 606 per $1,000 of assessed property value The motion was seconded by Councilman Sime Councilman O'Reilly made a motion to amend the millage rate to 3 412 There was no second to the motion The motion to adopt the resolution adopting the final millage rate at 3 606 passed by a 6 - 0 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting Yes The mayor made a motion to adopt the ordinance adopting a tentative budget of $10,243,910 Councilman Llorente seconded the motion which passed 6 - 0 by a roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa 10 REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS It was the consensus of the Council that the Village Attorney review the employe salary cap ordinance and revise the ordinance to include any necessary provisions accounting for existing contracts It was also the consensus of the Council that the employee salary cap ordinance be brought back for first hearing on October 15, 1996 The mayor made a motion to defer the modifications to the manager's employee agreement The motion was seconded by Councilman Padovan and passed by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting Yes 11 OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL DISCUSSION There was no further business discussed 12 SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS/EVENTS The following schedule of meetings was presented to the Council and public A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (VILLAGE CLERK INTERVIEWS) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1996, 7 00 P M , COUNCIL CHAMBER Page 3 of 4 September 26 1996 B REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1996, 7 00 P M , COUNCIL CHAMBER C SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1996, 7 00 P M , COUNCIL CHAMBER 12 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9 10 p m Resp fu % mitt ocelyn Giano Go ez Acting Village Clerk Approved by the Village Council this 15th day of October ,1996 a, hn F Festa Mayor IFA 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 Page 4 of 4