2012-0328 Special Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Special City Commission Meeting March 2&. 2012 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida a position to hcad up HR thcn it makes more sense to have a third party actively involved in it rather than the Department itselfin hiring its own boss. In gcneral otherwise he would be more supportive of Commissioner Aelion's position that we should be able to do this ourselves, and he doesn't expect this to be something that would come forward again in the near future. Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Gatto seconded a motion to approve thc rcsolution. Resolntion No. 2012-1885 was adopted by a voicc votc of5-0 in favor. 3D. Add-On: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Lettcr of Agreement with The John Scott Dailey Florida Institutc of Government at FAU to Provide thc Supervisor's Apprcnticeship Training, in an Amount Not to Exceed $11,250.00, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effectivc Date. Action: [City Clerk's Note: This item was distributed prior to the meeting.} City Clerk Hines read the titlc, and City Manager Cohen reported that we have a number of supervisors in our organization that would grcatly benefit from supervisor training, and we are also promoting some new people to supervisory positions. In all wc have identified 30 peoplc in our organization to participate in this training. He also noted that Item 3C above and this item are already within our existing budget. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Scholl said he commcnds the City Manager on this one. In government and private practice folks don't get enough management training, they rise through the ranks based on technical capabilities and end up in leadership positions that they really don't know how to handle and thcrc is never enough in-housc training, it is a constant problem. Maybe you get one out of ten that naturally handlcs thc position, but the other nine are sometimes floundering and so he thinks this is very good from a professional development standpoint. Commissioncr Scholl moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to approvc thc rcsolution. Rcsolntion No. 2012-1886 was adoptcd by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 4A. Add-On: Discussion on the Local Mitigation Stratcgy. Action: City Manager Cohen said he had both an update and a response to a question from Commissioner Aelion from many meetings ago. If you will recall, two or three meetings ago the Commission voted on the ratification of the Local Mitigation Strategy which is part of the County's Mitigation Strategy, and he had explained that this was part ofa larger effort for us to improve our community rating as part of the Community Rating System. As a result of our efforts we actually did improve our score from an 8 to a 7. Previously our residents were 12