HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 27 1989 Attorney's Firing on Agenda For Sebastian Council Meeting6A, Tuesday, June 27, 1989, Vero Beach, Fla., Press -Journal
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Attorneys Firing On Agenda
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�y PATR'CIA DiLALLA At least one councilman is opposed to firing With regard to McClary's meeting with
Sebastian Bureau Chief Cutler. Cutler on Friday, to discuss the procedure for
An effort by Councilman Frank Oberbeck to "I think it would be ill-advised to dismiss Mr. hiring a consultant to conduct the planning
dismiss the city's airport attorney, Eliot Cutler, Cutler in the middle of things," Robert McCol- study worked out with the FAA, McClary said
will be discussed at Wednesday's City Council lum said. "To take Cutler out of the picture at the city would seek requests for qualifications
meeting. this late stage would be ridiculous." from consultants and the list would be nar-
Oberbeck's action stems from Cutler's latest Also on the agenda is a resolution incorporat- rowed to three.
legal bill, which, in little more than a month, ing voluntary airport noise abatement rules, Those three would be asked to submit re. -
has raised the city's legal fees for. the aibport to which the airport manager has drawn up as quests for proposals outlining how they would
almost $60,000. part of a brochure on the airport. approach the project and, once a firm. is se -
At least one other council member, Mayor For the most part, if followed, the rules would lected, that firm would refine and detail the
Richard Votapka, said he also would be in favor keep most air traffic at the airport away from scope of services, McClary said.
of firing Cutler, since Cutler has already the populated areas to the south and east, cut- after talking with Cutler, McClary said he
accomplished what he was hired to do — draft ting down on noise over those areas. sees one of three alternative solutions resulting
an ordinance implementing the airport charter The idea of having voluntary rules in effect from the study: some kind of physical changes
amendments. has drawn support from representatives of the or imprbvemen
council members. being made at the airport,
Councilman Lloyd Rondeau said Monday Federal Aviation Administration and some new policies bee g put in place or some combi-
how he votes will depend on what City Man- McClary has included on the agenda a re -
nation of the two.
ager Robb McClary reports on his visit to quest for authorization to pay $10,120 to the If physical changes have to be made at the
Washington, D.C., last week. consulting firm that prepared the Airport airport, McClary said the city might have to
Rondeau disputed a story in another paper Master Plan and Rondeau is expected to bring seek FAA grant money to pay for them, in
Friday saying he would vote to fire Cutler. up his suggestion of an airport complaint line, which case the city would have to ask the
"I was only kidding when I made that which he unofficially has established.by way of voters to revise the airport charter amend -
remark," Rondeau said. "I'm sorry I said it." the airport telephone number. ments to allow for that to happen.