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SPECIAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING
(BUDGET HEARING)
VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 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 04 p m Present were Councilmembers Raul Llorente, Hugh O'Reilly, Michele
Padovan, Betty Sune, Raymond Sullivan and Mayor John Festa Vice Mayor John Wald was absent
Also present were Village Manager Samuel Kissinger, Acting Village Clerk Yocelyn Galiano Gomez
and Village Attorney Steve Helfman
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 Councilman Llorente requested that a resolution of sympathy for Luisa B de
la Pezuela, who served on the Village Clerk Search Committee, and recently passed away, be
prepared for the next meeting It was the consensus of the Council that the appropnate document be
prepared and brought back to Council
Councilman Padovan requested that Council authorize the Village's participation in a food drive to
aid communities in North Carolina affected by recent hurricane There were no objections
There were no changes to the agenda
5 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS The mayor introduced Barbara Hunsaker, 285 Ridgewood
Road, President of the Parents and Teachers Association at the Key Biscayne Elementary School
Ms Hunsaker and Cynthia Culter, 251 Crandon Boulevard, gave a beef report regarding the
establishment of a technology trust to benefit Key Biscayne Elementary School
Mayor Festa addressed the members of the PTA who were present regarding the availability
of funds through the Community Assistance Grant Program or through a chartable
contribution It was the consensus of the Council that this matter be brought back to Council
at a later date
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At this time, Ed Stone, 145 Hampton Lane, representing the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce
addressed the Council regarding the contract between the Village of Key Biscayne and the Key
Biscayne Chamber of Commerce and presented a proposal to obtain funding under the Fiscal Year
1997 budget William Durham, 748 Glenndge Road, the President of the Key Biscayne Chamber
of Commerce, also addressed the Council
7 PUBLIC COMMENTS Heidi Archibald, 881 Ocean Drive, addressed the Council on the
issue of taxes
Antonio Aguirre, 798 Crandon Boulevard, with La Isla newspaper, addressed the Council to clarify
erroneous information published, in the paper regarding the Recreation Department
Bill Ofgant, 512 Fernwood Road, spoke to Council regarding the difference between County
controlled and Village controlled millage rates
8 RESOLUTIONS The acting clerk read the following resolution by title
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, ADOPTING
THE TENTATIVE 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), SETTING A DATE FOR
A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE, PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
The manager began the budget review by giving a bnef explanation on the difference between the
proposed millage rate (3 80) and the roll back rate (3 606)
9 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 $10,611,250 00 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 200 065 (TRIM
BILL), SETTING A DATE FOR A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE
BUDGET, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
At this time, the mayor opened the public hearing for general comments and explained that the
public would also be allowed to address specific sections of the budget Hearing no public
comments on the budget in general, the mayor opened for comments specifically on the Capital
Budget section
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Gregory Han, 685 Curtiswood Dnve, addressed the Council regarding the Capital Budget
The mayor made a motion to reduce the Crandon Boulevard Capital Outlay allocation by
$100,000 The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and passed on a 5-1 voice
vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Sime, Sullivan and
Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Padovan voted No
Council reviewed the Underground Wiring Capital Outlay allocation Councilman Padovan
made a motion to keep the $40,000 for underground wiring Councilman Sime seconded the
motion which failed on a 3-3 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers
Llorente, O'Reilly and Mayor Festa voting No Councilmembers Padovan, Sime and
Sullivan voting Yes
Council reviewed the West Mashta Drive Bndge Capital Outlay allocation Martha Broucek,
170 Ocean Lane Drive, addressed the Council It was the consensus that the allocation
remain the same
The mayor made a motion to allocate $100,000 to the Harbor Drive Improvement line item
in the Capital Outlay Budget Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean Lane Drive addressed the
Council The motion was seconded by Councilman O'Reilly and adopted by unanimous
voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime,
Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting Yes
The Council discussed the Land Acquisition/Community Center Capital Outlay line item
Julie Alvarez, 234 Seaview Drive addressed the Council The mayor made a motion to
allocate $300,000 to the Land Acquisition line item The motion was seconded by
Councilman Llorente and passed on a 4-2 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes
Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan voting No
It was the consensus of the Council that the Fire Equipment line item in the Capital Outlay
budget be transferred to the Fire Rescue Department budget
Mayor Festa made a motion to reduce the Fire Vehicle Replacement Reserve in the Capital
Outlay to $100,000 The motion was seconded by Councilman O'Reilly Fire Rescue Chief
William C Huddleston addressed the Council The motion passed by unanimous voice vote
The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and
Mayor Festa voting Yes
It was the consensus of the Council that the $35,000 allocation for the East Enid Drive
Parking be deleted from the budget
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The Council discussed the proposed $25,000 line item allocation for the entrance sign
Councilman Padovan made a motion to keep the line item balance in the budget for the
entrance sign The motion was seconded by Councilman Sime Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean
Lane Dnve and Finance Director Jack Neustadt addressed the Council on the entrance sign
allocation The motion to keep the $25,000 in the budget for the entrance sign failed by a
3 - 3 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Padovan, Sime and Sullivan
voting Yes Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly and Mayor Festa voting No
Council reconsidered the failed motion to keep the line item balance in the budget for the
entrance sign Councilman O'Reilly made a motion to remove the entrance sign line item
balance from the budget The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and failed by a 3 - 3
voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly and Mayor Festa
voting Yes Councilmembers Padovan, Sime and Sullivan voting No
By Council consensus, the line item entitled "West Mashta Sidewalk" was renamed "West
Mashta Traffic Calming/Sidewalks" Finance Director Jack Neustadt and Village Manager
C Samuel Kissinger addressed the Council
The mayor made a motion to delete the $10,000 allocation for the street signs from the
Capital Outlay budget The motion was seconded by Councilman O'Reilly and failed on a
4-2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, Padovan, Sime and
Sullivan voting Yes Councilman O'Reilly and Mayor Festa voting No
The mayor made a motion to reconsider the Underground Wiring Capital Outlay allocation
which had been deleted by a previous Council vote The motion to reconsider was seconded
by Councilman Padovan and was passed by 4-2 voice vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers
Llorente and Sullivan voting No
The mayor made a motion to delete the $40,000 allocation for Underground Wiring from the
Capital Outlay budget The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and failed on a
3 - 3 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly and Mayor
Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Padovan, Sime and Sullivan voting No
Council discussed the contingency allocation in the Capital Outlay budget The mayor made
a motion to remove the $97,500 allocation for contingency from the Capital Outlay budget
The motion was seconded by Councilman O'Reilly and passed by a 4 - 2 roll call vote The
vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting
Yes Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan voting No
At this time, the Council began to review the non -departmental section of the Proposed Fiscal Year
1997 Budget The mayor invited public comment on the non -departmental section The following
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residents spoke on the non -department budget Conchita Suarez, 201 Crandon Boulevard, Heidi
Archibald, 881 Ocean Drive, Ed Stone, 145 Hampton Lane, and Bill Durham, 748 Glenndge Road
The mayor closed the public hearing
Council discussed the Chamber of Commerce line item The following residents addressed
the Council regarding the Chamber of Commerce line item Ed Stone, 145 Hampton Lane,
Chris Sager, 335 Harbor Drive, and Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean Lane Drive
Councilman Sime made a motion to increase the allocation for the newsletter/annual report
line item by $10,000 to allow for a quarterly newsletter Councilman Sullivan seconded the
motion which passed by a 4 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers
Llorente, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Padovan and
O'Reilly voting No
Councilman O'Reilly made a motion to reduce the grant allocation in non -departmental by
$20,000 The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente After discussion, Councilman
O'Reilly made an amendment to reduce the grant allocation by the entire allocated amount
which was seconded by Mayor Festa The amendment failed by a 5 - 1 voice vote The vote
was as follows Councilman O'Reilly voted Yes Councilmembers Llorente, Padovan, Sime,
Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting No
The motion to reduce the grant allocation in non -departmental by $20,000 failed by a 5 - 1
voice vote The vote was as follows Councilman O'Reilly voting Yes Councilmembers
Llorente, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting No
It was the consensus of the Council that the electricity line item be separated into Police, Fire
Rescue and General Government budgets
Councilman Llorente made a motion to reduce the Financial Advisor line item by $8,000
The motion was seconded by Councilman O'Reilly and passed by 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 Debt Service budget Heanng no comments from the
public, the mayor closed the public heanng There were no changes to the Debt Service budget
The mayor opened the public hearing on the Building, Zoning and Planning Department budget
Hearing no comments from the public, the mayor closed the public hearing Building, Zoning and
Planning Director John P Little addressed the Council There were no changes to the Building,
Zoning and Planning Department budget
The mayor opened the public hearing on the Police Department Hearing no comments from the
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public, the mayor closed the public heanng Police Chief Michael J Flaherty addressed the Council
The following people addressed the Council Joe Rasco, 310 West Heather Drive and Martha
Broucek, 170 Ocean Lane Drive
The mayor opened the public hearing on the Fire Rescue Department Hearing no comments from
the public, the mayor closed the public hearing The Council discussed the Fire Rescue
Department's proposed Emergency Medical Transportation Fee
Mayor Festa made a motion to discuss the implementation of an emergency medical
transportation fee The motion was seconded by Councilman Sime which failed on a 5 - 1
vote The vote was as follows Councilman Sime voted Yes Councilmembers Llorente,
O'Reilly, Padovan, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting No
Fire Rescue Chief William C Huddleston addressed the Council regarding his department's
budget
Mayor Festa made a motion to extend the meeting to 11 30 p m The motion was seconded by
Councilman Llorente and failed on a 3 - 3 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers
Llorente, O'Reilly and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Padovan, Sime and Sullivan
voting No
Councilman Padovan made a motion to reconsider the motion to extend the meeting to 11 30 p m
The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa The motion was tabled until Councilman O'Reilly
returned by Council consensus
The mayor opened the public hearing on the Public Works Department Hearing no comments from
the public, the mayor closed the public heanng The Council reviewed the Public Works Department
budget Village Manager C Samuel Kissinger and Finance Director Jack Neustadt addressed the
Council
Mayor Festa made a motion to bring back from the table the motion to reconsider the motion to
extend the meeting to 11 30 p m The motion was seconded by Councilman O'Reilly and passed
by a 5 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Sime, Sullivan
and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Padovan voted No
The mayor made a motion to extend the meeting to 11 30 p m The motion was seconded by
Councilman Llorente and passed by a 4 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers
Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan
voting No
Councilman Padovan made a motion to decrease the landscape architect line item by $5,000 The
motion was seconded by Councilman O'Reilly and passed on a 4 - 2 voice vote The vote was as
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follows Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes
Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan voting No
The mayor opened the public hearing on the Recreation Department Hearing no comments from
the public, the mayor closed the public heanng The Council did not have changes to the Recreation
Department
The mayor opened the public heanng on the Council budget Heanng no comments from the public,
the mayor closed the public heanng Councilman Padovan made a motion to reduce the
admuustrative expenses line item of the Council budget to $4,000 and increase the conferences and
seminars line item to $6,000 The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and passed on a
5 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and
Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmember O'Reilly voting No
The mayor opened the public heanng on the Village Clerk's budget Heanng no comments from the
public, the mayor closed the public heanng Councilman O'Reilly made a motion to reduce the
Clerk's salary lme item to $36,000 The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and failed
on a 5 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilman O'Reilly voted Yes Councilmembers
Llorente, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting No
Councilman Sullivan made a motion to reduce the clerk bonus line item by $4,800 The motion was
seconded by Councilman Padovan and passed by 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 Village Attorney's budget Heanng no comments from
the public, the mayor closed the public heanng Mayor Festa made a motion to decrease the
professional fees line item to $120,000 and increase the professional services - lawsuits line item to
$40,000 The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and passed by 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 Administration's budget The following residents
addressed the Council Mike Kahn, 881 Ocean Lane Drive and Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean Lane
Drive Councilman Sime made a motion to allocate the proposed salary for the manager The
motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan After Council discussion, the motion was
withdrawn
The mayor made a motion to adopt the roll back rate (3 606) for the millage rate The motion was
seconded by Councilman Sullivan and passed on a 6 - 0 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Llorente, O'Reilly, Padovan, Sime, Sullivan and Mayor Festa voting Yes
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The acting clerk read the following resolution by title
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, ADOPTING
THE TENTATIVE 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), SETTING A DATE FOR
A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE, PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
Mayor Festa made a motion to set the date of September 26, 1996 for the final hearing The motion
was seconded by Councilman Llorente and 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
Following the motions establishing the tentative millage rate and date for final hearing, Resolution
96-26 adopting the tentative millage rate and setting a date for final public hearing was adopted by
Council consensus
Mayor Festa made a motion to adopt the ordinance which established a tentative general fund
operating budget with the budget changes The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and
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
Village Attorney Helfman stated that Florida Statute requires that the Village make a public
announcement, at this time, on the percentage by which the re -computed proposed millage rate
exceeds the roll back rate computed pursuant to Section 1 - which would be zero (0) In addition,
the attorney stated that the percent shall be characterized as a percentage of increase of property
taxes tentatively adopted by the governing body and that will be zero (0)
The mayor briefly addressed the proposed ordinance to cap employee salaries
The meeting was adjourned at 11 40 p m
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September 12 1996
Respe j ull ubm tted
Yocely G nano Gomez
Acting Village Clerk
Approved by the Village Council
this 15th day of October ,1996
0 , ca:e-r k.,
n F Festa
ayor
IFA PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADEBYTHE 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 TESTIMONYAND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH
THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED
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