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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01201982REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - JANUARY 20, 1982 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR., AT 7:00 P.M. PRESENT: VICE MAYOR EVERETT T. GASS, COUNCILMAN FRANK OBERBECK, COUNCILMAN RICHARD B. VOTAPKA, COUNCILWOMAN FLORENCE PHELAN, CITY ATTORNEY DANIEL KILBRIDE AND MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE READ IN ITS ENTIRETY A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THAT THE GENERAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF SEBASITAN AND FOR ALL ELECTIVE OFFICES AND REFERANDA QUESTIONS SHALL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1982. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GASS, THAT THE ACCEPT- ANCE OF COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN'S RESIGNATION OF COUNCIL SEAT BE PUT ON THE AGENDA AS OLD BUSINESS AND THAT IT BE PLACED LAST ON THE AGENDA. CARRIED. COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN REPORTED THAT SHE HAD RESEARCHED INFORMATION REGARDING POLITICAL SIGNS SINCE THERE WASN'T ANYTHING DOCUMENTED IN THE SIGN ORDINANCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF SIGN. AFTER COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN READ THE ENTIRE AMENDMENT TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE INCLUDING COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA'S COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN OBERBECK OBJECTED TO A $20. O0 REMOVAL BOND FEE AND FELT IT WAS TAKING FREEDOM AWAY FROM CAMPAIGN- ING CANDIDATES. MAYOR FLOOD WAS IN FAVOR OF THE $20.00 REMOVAL BOND FEE FIRST IN ORDER To PLACE A ~.,,~Z"KTI~L~~ INDICIDUAL PROPERTY. HE FELT THIS WAS TAKING AWAY TOO M~C~I.3F A \1 VICE ~AYOR GnSS ST~TE~ THAT H~ ~I~ ~OT LIK~ ~ Z~E~ Or M~KZm~ ~E PnACEMENZ OF SIGNS SO RESTRICTIVE AND ~T THAT SINCe, ~WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN AND SOM~D~ATE~HAV~LREADY RECEIVED THEIR ELECTION MATERIAL OR HAVE ALREADY PLACED THEIR ORDERS, THAT THIS AMENDMENT BE POST- PONED UNTIL AFTER THE MARCH 9, 1982 ELECTION. HE ALSO FELT THAT THIS AMEND- MENT NEEDED FURTHER REFINEMENT. ~ DENIED. O~LL H~FEL~T~I~ ~OVL~ DRAFTED A~D ~ ~NT~ ~ GOOD WORKING MAYOR ~LO0~~ ,FURFS~~E~~NE~E~ a~D~H~H~JLD GET ~ COMMITTEE 206ETSER TO WORK ON IT ~URTHER. ~ STATED THaT HE WOULD REPORT BaCZ aT TH~ NEXT R~6ULaR WOR~SHO~ M~ETZN6 aS TO TH~ PROGRESS OF FORMZN¢ TH~S COMM~TTS~. MAYOR FLOOD REPORTED THAT 25 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HE EXPLAINED THAT SINCE THERE WERE SO MANY APPLICANTS, THAT A HIST HAD BEEN PREPARED LISTING EACH APPLICANTS NAME AND WHETHER THEY RESIDE IN THE CITY, IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY OR IN BREVARD COUNTY. HE SUFFESTED THAT EACH COUNCIL'MEMBER MARK ON THE SHEET WHO THEY PREFERRED TO BE NOMINATED AND THE THE CITY CLERK WOULD TALLY UP THE COUNCIL PREFERENCES. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS NOT A BALLOT THAT IT IS ONLY STATING WHAT THE PREFERENCE IS OF THE COUNCIL FOR NOMINATIONS. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE READ THE NAMES OF ALL THE APPLICANTS APPLYING FOR THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SEBASTIAN CITY RESIDENTS 1. GORDON S. CARLILE 2. CONSTANTINE DIAMOND 3. ROBERT J . FITZMAURiCE 4. MARTIN C. (JACK) LEWIS 5. THOMAS J. LOUGHLIN, SR. 6. DANIEL F. MELIA 7. DAVID F. NISBET 8. CLAY PRICE 9. BILL ROUX 10. KENNETH W. SMITH 11. ARTHUR TROWBRIDGE BREVARD COUNTY RESIDENTS 1. VERLIN C . BLACKWELL 2. J. WESLEY McEWAN 3. DONALD J. O'CONNOR 4. EUGENE G . POPOW 5. CARROLL SIMES 6. TED WELSCH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY RESIDENTS 1. FRED F. GRONE 2. DON LIVINGSTON 3 JEFFEREY S. MEADE 4. HARRY MORRIS 5. WILLIAM E. SMITH 6. JOHN VAN ANTWERP 7. DONALD S. VICKERS 8. LU WAGNER REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - JANUARY?'20, 1982 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, TO NOMINATE CLAY PRICE TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: NAYS: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN OBERBECK COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN MAYOR FLOOD NONE CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO NOMINATE DONALD VICKERS TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ROLL CALL VOTE: MOTION BY VICE VAN ANTWERP TO ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN MAYOR FLOOD NAYS: COU~L~ILMA__N ~ECK THE GOLF COURSE BOARD O~ DIRECTORS. A YES ' ~ -- -- -- VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCIL - B C COUNCIL~4;[I~ VOTA~KA COUNCILW(~;~AM Pt~AN MAYOR FLOOD ~ NAYS: NONE '~ ~ CARRIED. VOTAPKA , TO NOMINATE JOHN CARRIED. MOTION BY MORRIS TO ROLL CALL ILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO MAYOR FLOOD NAYS: COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA NOMINATE HARRY CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, SECONBED BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, TO NOMINATE DON LIVINGSTON TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION REGARDING WHETHER THE ALTERNATE MEMBER SHOULD BE A CITY RESIDENT OR A NON-RESIDENT, MAYOR FLOOD AND THE COUNCIL FELT THAT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE AN ALTERNATE FROM BOTH THE CITY AND NON CITY. MAYOR FLOOD INSTRUCTED ATTORNEY KILBRIDE TO HAVE THIS AMENDMENT READY FOR THE WORKSHOP MEETING, FEBRUARY 3, 1982. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THIS AMENDMENT IS PASSED. DON LIVINGSTON WILL BE NOMINATED TO FULFILL THE NON- RESIDENT ALTERNATE POSITION ON THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. COUNCILMAN OBERBECK WITHDREW HIS SECOND, MOTION WITHDRAWN BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO NOMINATE MARTIN LEWIS AS A CITY RESIDENT TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MOTION DIED, LACK OF A SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, TO NOMINATE GORDON CARLILE AS A CITY RESIDENT ALTERNATE TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ROLL CALL VOTE: A YES: NAYS: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN OBERBECK COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA MAYOR FLOOD COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN CARRIED. MAYOR FLOOD STATED THAT THE PERSONS NOMINATED TO FILL THESE POSITIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEEDED TO BE SEPARATED INTO ONE YEAR AND TWO YEAR TERMS. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - JANUARY 20, 1982 ATTORNEY KILBRIDE MENTIONED THAT THE ORDINANCE CREATING THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST FOUR MEMBERS BE CITY RESIDENTS. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE READ SIX NAMES OF CITY RESIDENTS AND FOUR NAMES OF NON-RESIDENTS THAT TWO OR MORE COUNCIL PERSONS RECOMMENDED FOR NOMINATION. SIX CITY RESIDENTS: FOUR NON-RESIDENTS: DAN MELIA, BILL ROUX, ARTHUR TROWBRIDGE, GORDON CARLILE, CONSTANTINE DIAMOND AND CLAY PRICE. JOHN VAN ANTWERP, DON VICKERS, DON LIVINGSTON AND HARRY MORRIS. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY VICE M~YOR GASS, TO NOMINATE DAN MELIA TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: NAYS: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN OBERBECK COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN MAYOR FLOOD NONE CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, TO NOMINATE CONSTANTINE DIAMON TO THE ~ C~R~--~A~ DIRECTORS. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES, COVN¢ i AN OB R ECK I I cou NAYS: MAYOR FL~OOJ~ ~ MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, SECCNDED I~rY COUNCILWOMAN ROLL CALL VOTE: MAYOR FLOOD NOT CARRIED. PHELAN, TO NOMINATE GORDON NOT CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK,.'~'SECONDED 'BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO NOMINATE ARTHUR TROWBRIDGE TO THE GOLF COURSE BAORD OF DIRECTORS. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: NAYS: COUNCILMAN OBERBECK VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA. MAYOR FLOOD COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN CARRIED. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN, TO NOMINATE BILL ROUX TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ROLL CALL VOTE: A YES: NAYS: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN OBERBECK COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN MAYOR FLOOD COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, TO NOMINATE ROBERT FITZMAURICE TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MOTION DIED FOR LACK OE A~,'SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, TO NOMINATE HARRY MORRIS TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. COUNCILMAN OBERBECK WITHDREW HIS SECOND , MOTION WITHDRAWN BY COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.'- JANUARY 20, 1982 ALL NAMES OF NOMINATED MEMBERS WERE PUT INTO A HAT AND DRAWN TO DETERMINE THE LENGTH OF THEIR TERM. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE ANNOUNCED THAT JOHN VAN ANTWERP, DANIEL MELIA, HARRY MORRIS, AND ARTHUR TROWBRIDGE WERE DRAWN TO SERVE A ONE YEAR TERM. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, TO NOMINATE JOHN VAN ANTWERP, DAN MELIA, HARRY MORRIS AND ARTHUR TROWBRIDGE TO SERVE ON THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: NAYS: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN OBERBECK COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN MAYOR FLOOD NONE CARRIED. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE ANNOUNCED THAT DON VICKERS, BILL ROUX, AND CLAY PRICE WERE DRAWN TO SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO NOMINATE BILL ROUX, CLAY PRICE, AND DON VICKERS TO SERVE ON THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROLL CALL VOTE: VI YOR COUgA~4'LMA4~ OBF~RBEC~ COUNCILMAN VOTAPSA COUNC,L MAYOR FLO~D ~ ~ % NAYS: NONE ~ CARRIED. VOTAPKA, S~N~ED~Y COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, TO APPOINT JOHN MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VAN ANTWERP AS THE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN TO THE GOLF COURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ROLL CALL NAYS: NONE CARRIED. MAYOR FLOOD ASKED JOHN VAN ANTWERP TO REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, FEBRUARY 8, 1982, WITH A REPORT OF WHO THE OFFICERS WILL BE AND A TENTATIVE S6~EDULE OF WHEN THE BOARD WILL MEET. MAYOR FLOOD REPORTED THAT HE HAD MET WITH TIFTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, RAY LADD, GOLF PROFESSIONAL, JOHN VAN ANTWERP, FORMER CHAIRMAN, GOLF COURSE COMMITTEE, NEWTON KRAGES, GOLF COURSE GREENS SUPERINTENDENT AND JOSEPH LANCASTER, FINANCE DIRECTOR, TO DISCUSS THE END OF THE CONTRACT WITH TIFTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY REGARDING THE COMPLETION OF THE GOLF COURSE. HE STATED THAT SINCE, THERE ARE STILL SOME SPARSE AREAS OF GRASS ON THE GOLF COURSE, THAT THE CITY WILL RETAIN $75,000.00 AND THE BOND POSTED UNTIL MAY 1982, WHEN TIFTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WILL REPLANT NEW GRASS TO THESE AREAS AT NO COST TO THE CITY. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS SEEDING AND WITH THE CITY'S AGREEMENT THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN COMPLETED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS, THE CITY WILL RELEASE THE $7,500.00 AND THE BOND. MAYOR FLOOD EXPLAINED THAT IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION THAT THE PIECE OF PROPERTY FORMERLY OWNED BY BERT SNELL NEXT TO THE SEBASTIAN YACHT CLUB HAS BEEN COLOR.'<CODED INCORRECTLY ON THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN MAP. THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY A PRIVATE iNDIVIDUAL AND IS ZONED COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD INSTRUCT LES SOLiN, CITY PLANNER TO MAKE THIS CORRECTION. MAYOR FLOOD EXPLAINED THAT DICKERSON, INC., WILL BE COMPLETING THE PAVING OF llTH. STREET NEXT WEEK. HE RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL THAT SINCE DICKERSON, INC. IS IN THE AREA THAT WE GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEM PAVE THOSE STREETS IN UNIT NUMBER 2 THAT ARE PART OF AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ALSO HAVE THEM PAVE PRIORITY ROADS IN UNIT 1. THE ROADS IN UNIT 2 WILL BE PAID OUT OF MONEY GIVEN TO US BY GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ABOUT 2-2~ YEARS AGO AND THE PRIORITY ROADS IN UNIT 1 WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT FUND, STREET MAINTENANCE FUND. HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF PRIORITY ROADS TO BE PAVED IN UNIT 1. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - JANUARY 20, 1982 ATTORNEY KILBRIDE ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE A MEETING 'WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE SEBASTIAN CITY COUNCIL, REGARDING THE DUCK-POINT ANNEXATION, ON JANUARY 21, 1982, AT 1:00 P.M., IN CITY HALL. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE STATED THAT THE COUNTY HAS FILED SUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN REGARDING THE DUCK-POINT ANNEXATION AND THAT HE HAD COPIES FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE REPORTED THAT HE WILL ATTEND THE SCHEDULED HEARING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1982, WITH MR. KEPPLER'S ATTORNEY AND THE RIVER'S EDGE PROPERTY OWNERS ATTORNEY. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT FILE THE SEPARATE LAW SUIT YE.T~. SINCE, THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT HE NEEDS TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNCIL. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE HEARING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1982, MAY HAVE SOME EFFECT ON WHETHER A SEPARATE LAW SUIT NEEDS TO BE FILED OR NOT AND THAT HE WOULD REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. SINCE A RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WITH AN AMENDMENT REGARDING A PROMISSORY NOTE FOR THE GOLF CARS, ATTORNEY KILBRIDE ASKED MAYOR FLOOD TO SIGN THE AMENDED RESOLUTION INDICATING THAT PAYMENTS OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE WILL BE MADE QUARTERLY. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE READ IN ITS ENTIRETY A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID CITY A QUESTION RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF VICE MAYOR. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: ~ ~ ~~V7 ViCE MAYO_ GASS \ / VO*AP A,, [_J COUNLU-I-~WO.~N ~ LAN MAYOR FLOOD ATTORNEY KILBRIDE READ IN ITS ENIIR~TYt RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, SUBMITTING TO THE ELECT~S,OF~AID CITY A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2. 05 OF THE CHARTER OF~ CI~Y OF SEBASTIAN WHICH WOULD FIX COMPENSATION FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN; AND LIMIT BUSINESS EXPENSES OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MAYOR FLOOD NAYS: COUNCILMAN OBERBECK CARRIED. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE READ IN ITS ENTIRETY A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE SEBASTIAN COMMUNITY CENTER AS THE POLLING PLACE FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR TERMS OF TWO (2) YEARS; AND TWO QUESTIONS FOR REFERENDUM. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE SEBASTIAN COMMUNITY CENTER AS THE POLLING PLACE FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR TERMS OF TWO (2) YEARS; AND TWO QUESTIONS FOR REFERENDUM. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: NAYS: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN OBERBECK COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN MAYOR FLOOD NONE CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO PERMIT PAUL REICH, TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT A PRIVATE PARTY, TO BE HELD AT THE SEBASTIAN YACHT CLUB ON FEBRUARY 13, 1982. CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO PERMIT THE SEBASTIAN PANTHERS TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT A DANCE AT THE SEBASTIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, ON FEBRUARY 20, 1982. CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VOTPAKA, TO PERMIT MR. CECIL T. MATTHEWS TO PARK A TEMPORARY TRAILER ON LOT 7, BLOCK 499, 618 NOBLE STREET, SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, WHILE HE IS CONSTRUCTING A PERMANENT HOME. CARRIED. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - JANUARY 20, 1982 COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN STATED THAT SINCE, THE MEETING TONIGHT WAS ALMOST ENDED THAT SHE IS RESIGNING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL EFFECTIVE INSTANTANEOUSLY AND THAT SHE WILL QUAILFY IN THE MORNING AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE MAYOR. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE ASKED COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN IF SHE HAD A FORMAL LETTER OF RESIGNATION. COUNCILWOMAN PHELAN REPLIED THAT SHE DID NOT BUT THAT SHE WOULD WRITE ONE BEFORE SHE LEFT TONIGHT. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO ACCEPT COUNCIL- WOMAN PHELAN'S RESIGNATION OF HER COUNCIL SEAT. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES NAYS: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN OBERBECK COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA MAYOR FLOOD NONE CARRIED. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE EXPLAINED THAT IN VIEW OF MRS. PHELAN'S ACTION, A PROCLAMA- TION FOR THE MAYOR AND A RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNCIL REGARDING MRS. PHELAN,S VACANCY HAD TO BE ADDED TO~ A~N~ MOTION BY VICE MAY OR GASS, SECON£ED B$ COUNCILMAN OBERBECK, TO BRING TO THE FLOOR A PROCLAMATION FOR TH~YOR AND A R~LUTION REGARDING THE VACANT COUNCIL SEA T. CARRIED. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE EXPLAINED THAT THE UNEXPIRED TERM REMAINING FROM MRS. PHELAN'S COUNCIL SEAT iS FOR THIRTEEN MONTHS,__., AND IN VIEW OF THE NEARNESS OF THE MARCH 9, 1982, CITY ELECTION, HE RECOMMEWD~D~%TO ~_~E MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE MAYOR PROCLAIM A SPECIAL ELECTIDN TC FIlL THE VACANCY BY ELECTION AND THAT THE SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD AT THE SA.~E~ --.I~ AND PLACE AS THE REGULAR ELECTION ON MARCH 9, 1982. MAYOR FLOOD SIGNED A PROCLAMATI~RO~LAM~NG THAT SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD ON MARCH 9, 1982, TO FILL THE VACANCY FOR COUNCIL FOR A THIRTEEN MONTH TERM. ATTORNEY K~DE ~LA~--~ T~ T~~-------~G%ER~FOR--~H3 MAYOR AND (2) YEAR COUNCI~'~EAT ~L~LL {f~.O~E ~F~I~A~%, ~ANUA.9~ 22, 19~8~, ~AND ~INCE THE (1) YEAR ENABLE ALL E~,~O~O WI~FH ~_~O~UA~ HAV~ AN._QP~_~R~i~I~.~ MEET THE REQUIRE- MENTS. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE READ IN ITS ENTIRETY A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE SEBASTIAN COMMUNITY CENTER AS THE POLLING PLACE FOR THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING ONE (1) COUNCIL MEMBER FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GASS, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE SEBASTIAN COMMUNITY CENTER AS THE POLLING PLACE FOR THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING ONE (1) COUNCIL MEMBER FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: NAYS: VICE MAYOR GASS COUNCILMAN OBERBECK COUNCILMAN VOTAPKA MAYOR FLOOD NONE CARRIED. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE VACANT COUNCIL SEAT AND WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO FULFILL IT UNTIL MARCH 9, 1982, MAYOR FLOOD INDICATED THAT IT WAS UP TO THE COUNCIL AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION OF WHO THEY MAY WANT TO APPOINT AT THE NEXT REGULAR WORKSHOP MEETING, SO IT COULD BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEET- ING, FEBRUARY 8, 1982. MEETING ADJOURNED BY MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR., AT 9:50 P.M. CITY CLERK MAYOR MINUTES APPROVED AT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 1982.