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<br />SUMMARY MINUTES <br />Special City Commission Meeting <br />2nd Budget Hearing Fiscal Year 2008/2009 <br />Thursday, September 25, 2008, 6:30 p.m. <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />ATTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN <br />LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS, COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. <br />PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. <br /> <br />AGENDA <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS <br />The meeting was called to order by Mayor Edelcup at 6:30 p.m., with the following officials <br />present: <br />Mayor Norman S. Edelcup City Manager A. John Szerlag <br />Vice Mayor Lewis J. Thaler City Attorney Hans Ottinot <br />Commissioner Roslyn Brezin City Clerk Jane A. Hines, CMC <br />Commissioner Gerry Goodman Assistant City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui <br />Commissioner George "Bud" Scholl <br /> <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />Action: Arthur Forman led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks noting that tonight is our second budget hearing. <br /> <br />3. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE <br />BUDGET <br /> <br />3A. Millage Resolution (Public Hearing) <br />A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, <br />Establishing the City of Sunny Isles Beach Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Millage Levy <br />Rate at 2.4842 Mills per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of Taxable Assessed Value Which <br />is 0% Less than the "Rolled Back" Rate of 2.4842 Mills, for Fiscal Year 2008/2009; <br />Providing for an Effective Date. <br />(First Hearing 09/11/08) <br /> <br />Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Szerlag reported noting at the First <br />Budget Hearing on September 11, 2008, he was tasked with a challenge to come up with <br />savings in the personnel portion ofthe Budget that would offset an additional 1 % increase for <br />employees making less than $50,000 with an estimated cost of$35,000, and there would be a <br />general 4% for all employees based on merit. The City Manager's Office under the Human <br />Resources (HR) function, is looking at all the policies that are in place in the HR Department <br />and found that we want to incorporate all employees, including intermittent and part-timers, in <br />our general pay plan. This meant about an extra $7,000, but again based on merit, so the <br />$35,000 became $42,000. The savings that we have by taking competitive bids for Workers' <br />