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Home My WebLink About2012-0927 Special Commission Meeting - 2nd Budget Hearing SUMMARY MINUTES Special City Commission Meeting 2nd Budget Hearing Fiscal Year 2012/2013 Thursday, September 27, 2012, 6:00 p.m. City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida ATTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS.COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by Mayor Edelcup at 6:00 p.m., with the following officials present: Mayor Norman S. Edelcup Acting City Manager Fred Maas Vice Mayor Lewis J. Thaler City Attorney Hans Ottinot Commissioner Isaac Aelion City Clerk Jane A. Hines, CMC Commissioner Jeanette Gatto Assistant City Manager/Finance Minal Shah Commissioner George "Bud" Scholl Deputy City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks noting that this is our second reading of the Budget and that the first reading was held on September 7. 2012. 3. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET 3A. Millage Resolution (Public Hearing) A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach of Miami-Dade, County. Florida, Establishing the City of Sunny Isles Beach Ad Valorem Tax Millage Levy Rate at 2.8000 Mills per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of Taxable Assessed Value Which is 6.17% More than the "Rolled Back" Rate of 2.6372 Mills, for Fiscal Year 2012/2013; Providing for an Effective Date. (First Hearing September 7. 2012) Action: [City Clerk's Note: Items 3A and 38 were heard together.] City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant City Manager/Finance Minal Shah reported that since the first hearing on September 7,2012 there have been no changes to the Budget. Our millage rate still stays at 2.8000 which is 3% less than the prior year's millage rate of 2.886. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2012-1976 was adopted by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor, at 6:08 p.m. Summary Minutes:Special City Commission Meeting September 27,2012 Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Second Budget Hearing 3B. Budget Ordinance (Public Hearing) An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Adopting an Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for the Fiscal Year Commencing October 1,2012 through September 30,2013,Pursuant to Section 200.65,Florida Statutes; Authorizing Expenditures of Funds Established by the Budget; Authorizing Encumbrances; Authorizing Issuance of Checks; Providing for Grants and Gifts; Providing for Local and Federal Law Enforcement Trust Funds; Providing for Post Audit; Providing for Severability and Providing for an Effective Date. (First Reading September 7, 2012) Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant City Manager/Finance Shah reported. Public Speakers: Ted Harrison Ted Harrison, President of Ocean View Condominium Association, noted on the Budget that no bus shelters were going to be built this year, and the residents of his complex are very concerned. When Heritage Park was built they were told that the bus shelter for the children which was originally built by the City would be replaced. That has not happened yet. There is a bus shelter for the regular buses but we have 30-40 children along with parents at a time getting on those buses, sometimes in the rain. Vice Mayor Thaler said we put up a double shelter which is comparable to the shelter that was there. In terms of seating it winds up to be the same. This is the first complaint he is hearing as to the children not having an area. Although in the morning when he watches them they are sitting on the corner anyway, they are not under the shelter. There is usually plenty of room under the shelter where the kids could sit. We will look at that and take that into advisement and see what happens in the next week or so to see where they are and whether there actually are enough seats, and then we will get back to you. Mr. Harrison said originally there was a bus shelter which they moved further down but the kids get on right near the corner. There used to be a temporary shelter that the City had built, just an overhang basically to keep the rain off from them. Thirty (30)people could stand in that shelter at one time, that is what we are looking for, we are more concerned with the parents and the small children that wait out there for the bus. Commissioner Aelion said there are no shelters for the children in the area of Polo Tropical, or at the entrance of Poincianna, and so it is an issue. Acting City Manager Maas said tomorrow he will have a traffic officer and a school safety officer go out and do a time study and rotation. They were a part of moving that shelter down off that corner for safety reasons,and so we will do a safety study on that as well. Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to adopt the ordinance. Ordinance No. 2012-391 was adopted by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor, at 6:08 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Aelion yes Commissioner Gatto yes Commissioner Scholl yes Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes Summary Minutes:Special City Commission Meeting September 27,2012 Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Second Budget Hearing 3B. Budget Ordinance (Public Hearing) An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Adopting an Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for the Fiscal Year Commencing October 1,2012 through September 30,2013,Pursuant to Section 200.65,Florida Statutes; Authorizing Expenditures of Funds Established by the Budget; Authorizing Encumbrances; Authorizing Issuance of Checks; Providing for Grants and Gifts; Providing for Local and Federal Law Enforcement Trust Funds; Providing for Post Audit; Providing for Severability and Providing for an Effective Date. (First Reading September 7, 2012) Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant City Manager/Finance Shah reported. Public Speakers: Ted Harrison Ted Harrison, President of Ocean View Condominium Association, noted on the Budget that no bus shelters were going to be built this year, and the residents of his complex are very concerned. When Heritage Park was built they were told that the bus shelter for the children which was originally built by the City would be replaced. That has not happened yet. There is a bus shelter for the regular buses but we have 30-40 children along with parents at a time getting on those buses, sometimes in the rain. Vice Mayor Thaler said we put up a double shelter which is comparable to the shelter that was there. In terms of seating it winds up to be the same. This is the first complaint he is hearing as to the children not having an area. Although in the morning when he watches them they are sitting on the corner anyway, they are not under the shelter. There is usually plenty of room under the shelter where the kids could sit. We will look at that and take that into advisement and see what happens in the next week or so to see where they are and whether there actually are enough seats, and then we will get back to you. Mr. Harrison said originally there was a bus shelter which they moved further down but the kids get on right near the corner. There used to be a temporary shelter that the City had built, just an overhang basically to keep the rain off from them. Thirty (30)people could stand in that shelter at one time, that is what we are looking for, we are more concerned with the parents and the small children that wait out there for the bus. Commissioner Aelion said there are no shelters for the children in the area of Polo Tropical, or at the entrance of Poincianna, and so it is an issue. Acting City Manager Maas said tomorrow he will have a traffic officer and a school safety officer go out and do a time study and rotation. They were a part of moving that shelter down off that corner for safety reasons,and so we will do a safety study on that as well. Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to adopt the ordinance. Ordinance No. 2012-391 was adopted by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor, at 6:08 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Aelion yes Commissioner Gatto yes Commissioner Scholl yes Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes Summary Minutes:Special City Commission Meeting September 27,2012 Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Second Budget Hearing 4. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Edelcup adjourned the meeting at 6:09 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Approved by the City Commission on Oct. 18, 2012 C, r , �jq )//,J/ �y"y/J f ',Jane A.'Hines, EMC, City Clerk N an S. Edelcup, Mayor C \ I 3 Preview Page 1 of 1 S,)MNY /sitt City of Sunny Isles Beach Ot e zg 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 y,'s,;; n." (305)947-0606 City Hall `,r,OF S V„ ..�° (305)949-3113 Fax MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Jane A. Hines, CMC. City Clerk DATE: 10/18/2012 RE: Summary Minutes for the September 27, 2012 City Commission Meeting RECOMMENDATION: Attached for your consideration are the Summary Minutes for the September 27, 2012 Special City Commission Meeting regarding the 2nd Budget Hearing for Fiscal Year 2012/2013. REASONS: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Summary Minutes http://sibagenda.sibfl.net/agenda/Preview.aspx?ItemID=886&MeetinglD=O&MeetingDat... 10/11/2012