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<br />Preview <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Rick Conner, City Manager <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />2/18/2010 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Reappointment and New Appointment of Special Masters <br /> <br />RECOMMENDA TION: <br /> <br />It is recommended that the City Commission approve the attached Resolution <br />reappointing Judge Robert Newman, Attorney Maurice Donsky, Attorney Mimi V. <br />Turin, Attorney Regine Monestime, and Attorney Rafael E. Suarez-Rivas, as Special <br />Masters for the City of Sunny Isles Beach, and a new appointment of new Special Master <br />Ellen Lavin. <br /> <br />REASONS: <br /> <br />Special Masters are the presiding officers at our Code Enforcement and Red Light <br />Appeals Administrative Hearings. Administrative hearings provide a means by which <br />individuals cited for code violations can plead their case and be heard before an impartial <br />party. Sunny Isles Beach Code Section 14-3 states that appointments of Special Masters <br />shall be made by the City Manager, as needed, on the basis of experience, skills and <br />abilities and, whenever possible, shall include persons with legal zoning, engineering <br />and/or construction experience, for a term of one year. The Code further states that <br />appointments shall be submitted to the City Commission for ratification. <br /> <br />Judge Robert Newman, Attorney Maurice Donsky, Attorney Mimi V. Turin, Attorney <br />Regine Monestime, and Attorney Rafael E. Suarez-Rivas are our current Special Masters, <br />and are serving with favorable results to date. The City Attorney has recommended these <br />individuals to me, and therefore, I recommend the reappointment of all of the City's <br />current Special Masters, and a new appointment of Special Master Ellen Lavin, Esq. <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br /> <br />All of our Special Masters have many years of experience and have served for numerous <br />other municipalities in Miami-Dade County. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />. Resolution <br /> <br />http://sibagenda.sibfl.net/agenda/Preview.aspx?ItemID= 195&MeetingID=0&MeetingDate... 2/11/2010 <br />