HomeMy Public PortalAbout09/08/1983 * Special MeetingThere will be a
Meeting of the Town Commission
of
THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA
AT THE TOWN HALL
SM3TE BER 8 1983 , at 5:00 p.M.
Deputy Town Clerk.
There will be a
Meeting of the Town Commission
of
THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA
AT THE TOWN HALL
Friday, Sept 9th 1983 , at 9 A.M.
Deputy Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING
September 8, 1983
Present: William F. Koch, Jr. Mayor
Brian Pfeifler Commissioner
Robert J. Dixson Commissioner
Alan I. Armour Commissioner
Absent: Joel Hunter Vice Mayor
Also Present: Town Manager William F. Gwynn, Police Chief James Greer,
Town Attorney John Randolph, Town Clerk Barbara Gwynn
Secretary Cynthia Harms.
The meeting was called to order at 5:01 P.M., and Mayor Koch stated that
this was a Special Meeting on the proposed Budget for the coming year,
and that he would like to review what had been done at the previous
meeting, which ended with a budget of $733,310. He wished to suggest
further cuts from the different departments, which would mean a reduction
of $77,000, and listed the following items where reductions could be made.
Discount on taxes
Salaries - Police Department
Fire Protection - Maintenance repair
Streets and easements - capital expenditures
Proposed New Items:
Dredging project
Assistant to Town Manager
Phipps property renovation and paving
Trash compacter.
The figure would then be 9.4% instead of 25.9 %.
There was discussion regarding the franchise agreements with Florida Power
& Light Company and Southern Bell, and suggestion was made to review the
franchise agreement with Cable T.V.
Commissioner Dixson disagreed with the suggestion of reduction of personnel
in the Police Department, and described the work of the Police Department
in the previous year. He asked for Chief Greer's opinion, who explained
the work of the Department, and that they have a full service Police
Department. There were comments from the audience, and the Police Depart-
ment was commnded for their excellent work.
There was a lengthy discussion about the salaries of the Police Department
with the members of the audience giving their opinions, and Commissioner
Dixson reviewed the matter and stated that in his opinion the salaries
were inadequate. It was decided not to decrease the manpower.
Special Co=ssion Meeting
September 8, 1983
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Ccnnissioner Artrour suggested that the Police Department prepare
a Long Range Plan for five years and there should be discussion on it
at some time in the future. Also, he spoke about merit raises being
given instead of the current trend of over -all raises.
Town Manager Gwynn reviewed, and stated that if the changes are made
as suggested, leaving the salary of the one man in the Police Depart-
ment and reducing the capital expenditure of the Police car, instead
of 9.4% the roll back will be approximately 9.9 %.
Mayor Koch announced that there will be another meeting on the budget
on Thursday, September 15, 1983 at 5:00 P.M., at which tine a final
decision will be made on the budget and the millage.
There being no further business to come before the Omission, the
meeting was adjourned at 6:25 P.M.
Barbara Gwynn
Town Clerk