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HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-08-94 First Budget Hearing.tifMINUTES VILLAGE COUNCIL BUDGET HEARING VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1994 COUNCIL CHAMBER 85 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, SECOND FLOOR 1 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Festa at 7 15 p m Present were Councilmembers Mortimer Fried, Raul Llorente, Betty Sime, Raymond Sullivan, John Wald, Vice Mayor Joe Rasco, and Mayor John Festa Also present were Village Manager Sam Kissinger, Village Clerk Guido Inguanzo and Village Attorney Steve Helfman 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Festa led the Pledge 3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: There were no minutes submitted for the Council's consideration 4 AGENDA: Councilman Sullivan requested the discussion of the following resolution A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA PERTAINING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ON KEY BISCAYNE; URGING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ABANDON ITS CURRENT PLAN TO RENOVATE KEY BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FAVOR OF A PLAN TO BUILD A NE PUBLIC SCHOOL; URGING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LOCAL MIDDLES SCHOOL (GRADES 6 - 8) SIMULTANEOUS WITH AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMISSION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. By majority consent, the resolution was discussed The Council concurred to further discuss the resolution at its meeting of September 13, 1994 5 SPECIAL PRESENTATION: There were no special presentations scheduled for the meeting 6 RESOLUTIONS: The clerk read the following resolution A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF KEY BISCAYNE ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1994 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 200.065 (TRIM BILL), SETTING A DATE FOR A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE. Page 1 of 8 September 8, 1994 The Council briefly discussed the resolution Mayor Festa opened a public hearing The following residents addressed the Council Frank Collins, 611 Ocean Drive, Steve Ettenheim, 397 Harbor Court, Hugh O'Reilly, 475 Allendale Road, Tom O'Brien, 200 Ocean Lane Drive, Michael Kahn, 881 Ocean Drive, Ron Drucker, 251 Crandon Boulevard, Cecilia O'Reilly, 475 Allendale Road, Bill Ofgant, 512 Fernwood Road, and Fred Perkins, 485 West Matheson Drive There was extensive Council discussion regarding the revenues aspect of the budget The Council reviewed each departmental budget and made the following changes By consent, the Village Council's budget was reduced to $10,000 00 Councilman Sime made a motion to reduce the Administration's budget by $15,000 00 The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco Councilman Waid offered an amendment reducing the budget by $25,000 00 The amendment was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 4 - 3 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Vice Mayor Rasco voting Yes Councilmembers Fried, Sime and Mayor Festa voted No The amended Sime motion was adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Vice Mayor Rasco voting Yes Councilman Sime and Mayor Festa voted No Councilman Sullivan made a motion to reduce the Village Clerk's budget by $2,000 00 The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco Vice Mayor Rasco offered an amendment that the clerk's salary be increased by $1,500 00 There was no objection to the amendment The amended Sullivan motion was adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Wald, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa made a motion to reduce the Village Attorney's budget to $200,000 00 The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Page 2 of 8 September 8, 1994 Mayor Festa made a motion that the Economic Development Department be eliminated and that a sum of $25,080 00 be transferred to the Administration's budget The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa made a motion to eliminate the "Newsletter" line item The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid Vice Mayor Rasco offered an amendment that the line item be reduced to $10,000 00 The amendment was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan voted No The amended Festa motion was adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan voted No The Council, by consent, also made the following changes to the Non -Departmental budget the first six line items were deleted (reducing the budget by $9,745 00), the "Appraisers" line item was reduced by $5,000 00, the "Leased Equipment" line item was reduced by $7,000 00, and the "Furniture and Fixtures" line item was reduced by $5,000 00 Vice Mayor Rasco made a motion to eliminate the "Tuition Reimbursement" line item The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Vice Mayor Rasco voting Yes Councilman Sime and Mayor Festa voted No Mayor Festa made a motion to eliminate the "Community Grants" line item The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid Councilman Fried offered an amendment to reduce the line item to $50,000 00 The amendment was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco and adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, and Vice Mayor Rasco voting Yes Councilman Waid and Mayor Festa voted No The amended Festa motion was adopted by a 5 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, and Vice Mayor Rasco voting Yes Mayor Festa voted No Page 3 of 8 September 8, 1994 Councilman Llorente made a motion to reduce the "Contingency" line item to $100,000 00 The motion was seconded by Councilman Fried Councilman Waid offered an amendment that a decision on the line item be made at the end of the meeting The amendment was seconded by Mayor Festa and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The amended Llorente motion was adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa made a motion to reducing the Building, Zoning and Planning Department's budget by $56,000 00 The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes The Council also reduced the Building and Zoning Inspections budget by $20,000 00 Mayor Festa made a motion reducing the "Living Allowance" line item in the Police Department's budget to $12,977 00 The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Sime made a motion to reconsider the Festa motion The motion was seconded by Councilman Fried and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting yes The Council concurred to table the matter until a legal interpretation of the police chief's contract is given by the attorney Mayor Festa made a motion to extend the meeting until 11 45 p m The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 6 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Sime voted No Councilman Llorente made a motion to reduce the Police Department's budget by $100,000 00 The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco Councilman Waid offered an amendment to reduce the department's budget by $150,000 00 There was no second to the amendment The Llorente motion was adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Page 4 of 8 September 8, 1994 Mayor Festa made a motion to delete the $100,000 00 "Supplemental Aid" line item from the Fire Rescue Department's budget and use the current fiscal year's monies to establish a reserve fund for this purpose The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa made a motion to extend the meeting until 12 15 a m The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco and adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Sime and Waid voted No Councilman Llorente made a motion to reduce the Public Works Department's budget to $500,000 00 The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco Mayor Festa offered an amendment to reduce the department's budget to $475,000 00 The amendment was seconded by Councilman Waid and adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan voted No The amended Llorente motion was adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan voted No Councilman Sullivan made a motion to eliminate the Recreation Department The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente After brief discussion, the motion was withdrawn Vice Mayor Rasco made a motion to reduce the Recreation Department's budget by $50,000 00 The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan Mayor Festa offered an amendment to eliminate the department's tennis program There was no second to the mayor's amendment Councilman Llorente offered an amendment to accept a revised format for the tennis program as recommended by tennis instructor Roberto Castillo The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa offered an amendment to reduce the department's budget to $275,000 00 -- including deletion of director's position Page 5 of 8 September 8, 1994 The amendment was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes The amended Rasco motion was adopted without objection Vice Mayor Rasco made a motion to eliminate the "Fire Rescue Vehicles" line item from the Capital Outlays' budget The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid Mayor Festa offered an amendment to reduce the line item to $100,000 00 The amendment was seconded by Councilman Sime and failed on a 2 - 5 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilman Sime and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Vice Mayor Rasco voted No The Rasco motion was adopted by a 5 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Vice Mayor Rasco voting Yes Councilman Sime and Mayor Festa voted No Councilman Llorente made a motion reducing the proposed millage rate and adopting a tentative millage rate of 4 101 mils The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco Councilman Waid offered an amendment to reduce the millage rate to 4 0 mils The amendment was seconded by Councilman Llorente and failed on a 1 - 6 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilman Waid voting Yes Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voted No The Llorente motion was adopted by a 6 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Waid voted No Mayor Festa made a motion adopting the proposed millage resolution The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Rasco and Resolution 94-30 was adopted by a 6 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Waid voted No The manager, attorney, clerk, Building, Zoning and Planning Director John Little, Police Chief Michael Flaherty, and Finance Director Jack Neustadt participated in discussions with the Council 7 ORDINANCES: The clerk read the following ordinance, on first reading, by title Page 6 of 8 September 8, 1994 AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA; ADOPTING A TENTATIVE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1994 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,654,439.00 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 200.065 (TRIM BILL) ; SETTING A DATE FOR A FINAL PUBLIC TEARING TO ADOPT THE BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Festa made a motion adopting the ordinance on first reading The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente Mayor Festa opened the public hearing There were no speakers present The ordinance was adopted, on first reading, by a unanimous roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime Sullivan, Wald, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa voting Yes The clerk announced that the second reading will be held on Monday, September 26, 1994, at 7 00 p m 8 REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The following informational items were presented to the Council -- there was no discussion on these items a letter from Ray Eubanks, Department of Community Affairs, regarding the Village's comprehensive plan, dated August 30, 1994, a letter from the Village Attorney, regarding a Calusa Park operating permit, dated August 26, 1994, and a letter from Tara Alford, Department of Environmental Protection, regarding signage of vessel exclusion area, dated August 26, 1994 9 OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL DISCUSSION: There was no further business discussed 10 SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS/EVENTS : A schedule of future meetings and events was presented to the Council and public 11 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 12 55 p m Page 7 of 8 September 8, 1994 Approved this 1114 day of 0C.,e-cY4--e- 1994. Village C1 k Mayor 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 773E PROCEEDINGS AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSE, MAY .NEED T 10 ENSURE THAT A VF BAT'. RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHIQ3 773E APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. Page 8 of 8