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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04261985MINUTES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL CITY OF SEBASTIAN APRIL 26, 1985 MAYOR GALLAGHER CALLED THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER AT 3:30 P.M. AND STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO INTERVIEW THE THREE APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION OF GOLF COURSE MANAGER. ROLL CALL: PRESENT:. VICE MAYOR HARRIS COUNCILMAN SZELUGA COUNCILMAN ROTH COUNCILMAN VALLONE MAYOR GALLAGHER ABSENT: ATTORNEY PALMER (EXCUSED) MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL APRIL 26, 1985 MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT THE APPLICANTS WOULD BE INTERVIEWED IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE AND TIMES: ROBERT HENNESSY 3:30 P.M., RAYMOND LADD 4:00 P.M., and PAUL YOCUM 4:30 P.M. MAYOR GALLAGHER REQUESTED THAT M/RT?H~NN-_'3'SY[ AP~A~T~TTOE COUNCIL AND PROCEEDED TO INTRODUCE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MR. HENNESS'Y~_J. A~I INI~P'ITt-Ir~TI~RVIEW WAS CONDUCTED REGARDING THE TYPES OF MANAGEMENT, AND THE REOUZREMENTS OF TFE JOl~. /MR. HENNESSY WAS EXCUSED FROM THE INTERVIEW AT 4:04 P.M. ~ j-~ THE COUNCIL RECESSED UNTIL 4:101~J~<, AkLI~MA~DI~GALL~IHER CALLEDTHE MEETING BACKTO ORDER AND ADVISED FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT. MAYOR GALLAGHER REQUESTED THAT MR. LAg~"~OA~HE COUNCIL AND PROCEEDED TO INTRODUCE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MR. LADD. AN INr!E)TH -N[_~.RVIEW WAS CONDUCTED REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE GOLF COURSE AND THE RBQUI ~EME~LI]S OF THE JOB. MR. LADD WAS EXCUSED FROM THE INTERVIEW AT 4:45 P.M. ~ I THE COUNCIL RECESSED UNTILL 4:55 P.M. A~AYOI~GALLAGHER CALLED THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AND ADVISED FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT. MAYOR GALLAGH~-~UES~ 1H~---~. J-~ ~H~-~--E~OtN-~IL ~PROCE~E~ TO INTRODUCE OF THE GOLF COg_,IJ~AAI~DJ-T~E RE[~iJ~E~E~S\OF~OB. VlR. YCCU~ ~S\EXCL~;ED FROM THE INTERVIEW MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD COMPLETED THE iNTERVIEWS AND RE,QUESTED COUNCIL COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN SZELUGA STATED THAT HE WAS PREPARED TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION. VICE MAYOR HARRIS STATED THAT HE WAS PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE APPLICANTS AND THE RESULTS OF THE INTERVIEW. COUNCILMAN SZELUGA STATED THAT HE HAD REVIEWED THE APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION AND WITH DUE DELIBERATION HE NOMINATED MR. RAYMOND LADD AS THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED APPLICANT. MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT MR. LADD HAD BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION. COUNCILMAN VALLONE RECOMMENDED THE NOMINATION OF MR. HENNESSY FOR THE POSITION. VICE MAYOR HARRIS STATED THAT HE WOULD RECOMMEND FOR NOMINATION MR. YOCUM SO THAT ALL THE APPLICANTS COULD BE DISCUSSED. MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT MR. HENNESSY AND MR. YOCUM WERE ENTERED INTO THE NOMINATIONS. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROTH, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS. MOTION CARRIED. VICE MAYOR HARRIS STATED THAT HE HAD REVIEWED THE JOB AS IT WAS ADVERTISED AND QUESTIONED THE DEGREE IN A COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR ITS EQUIVALENT. MAYOR GALLAGHER READ FROM THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THE EXACT WORDING OF THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FRO THE POSITION. COUNCILMAN SZELUGA STATED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD THE ADVANTAGE IN HIRING ONE PERSON WHO WAS CAPABLE OF DOING TWO (2) POSITIONS THAT OF THE MANAGER AND THAT OF THE PROMOTER. COUNCILMAN ROTH STATED THAT THE DAY BEFORE, HE ATTENDED THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD AS THE LIASION, AND THAT BOARD HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER RAYMOND LADD, AS THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANT. MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 26, 1985 THE CITY CLERK READ THE MEMO FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. (ATTACHED) COUNCILMAN VALLONE STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION BOTH THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN SZELUGA WERE BIASED AND PREJUDICED IN THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR, ON CITY LETTERHEAD, HAD WRITTEN A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR MR. LADD AND THAT COUNCILMAN SZELUGA HAD WRITTEN A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION ON HIS LETTERHEAD FROM VIDEO PRODUCTIONS. COUNCILMAN SZELUGA STATED THAT HE HAD WRITTEN THAT LETTER FOR MR. LADD SOMETIME AGO BECAUSE MR. LADD HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR OTHER EMPLOYMENT AND HE HAD REQUESTED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION. COUNCILMAN SZELUGA STATED THAT HE WAS NOT BIASED OR OPINIONATED, HE HAD REVIEWED IN DEPTH SEVERAL P.G.A. PROFESSIONALS WHO HAD SUBMITTED APPLIC TIONS, HOWEVER, IN HIS OPINION, THEY DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, THAT THEY CALL FOR THE QUESTION. MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT THE MOTION WAS OUT OF ORDER. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PERSONALITIES:~. MISUSE OF PROPERTY, ETC.. MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT ALL THESE THINGS ARE OUTLINED Ihi THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND S.O.P. AND THAT ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE ON A SIX (6) MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD AND IF HE WERE UNSATISFIED WITH ANY PERFORMANCE OF ANY DEPARTMENT HEAD HE WOULD BRING IT TO THE COUNCILS ATTENTION. MAYOR GALLAGHER INSTRUCTED THE COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR THE APPLIC~.NT OF THEIR CHOICE WHEN THE CLERK CALLED THEIR NAME. HENNESSY/BUSINESS MANAGER VD LADD 'ND LADD · HENNESSY ND LADD ~AYOn CAZZACSSR STATES THA~ ~SS~'~mflS~nSS {S) ~0 T~O r~} VO~E AND THA~ THE COUNCrL SAS CSOOSE~ ~. ~AY~ONS LADD AS ~SS NEW MANATEE OB THE SEBASTIAN MUNICIPAL GOLF COYRSS.~ MOTION BY VICE MAYOR HARRIS, SE~O~JD~D Bp COUNCILMAN ROTH, THAT THE COUNCIL VOTE UNANIMOUSLY FOR MR.'~D~ ROLL CALL: NAYS: COUNCILMAN VALLONE MOTION CARRIED MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT HE WOULD CONTACT MR. LADD REGARDING THE COUNCILS DECISION AND ALSO ADVISE THE OTHER APPLICANTS. MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT THE COUNCIL COULD SET THE CONTRACTUAL SALARY AND TERMS OF PROFIT AS THEY HAD ALREADY BUDGETED FOR MR. RAWLEY. $25,000 ANNUAL SALARY AND 25% OF THE NET PROFIT UP TO $75,000.00. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROTH, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, MR. LADD BE COMPENSATED THE SAME AS THE FORMER MANAGER. MOTION CARRIED MAYOR GALLAGHER ANNOUNCED THAT ATTORNEY PALMER HAD A CONFLICT OF MEETINGS AND HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS ~'~EETING. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR HARRIS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. TO MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:50 P.M. CITY CLERK MAYOR THESE MINUTES WERE APPROVED AT A WORKSHOP MEETING JUNE 5, 1985. Jim Gallagher Mayor Ci , of Sebastian POST OFFICE BOX 127 [] SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958-0127 TELEPHONE (305) 589-5330 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 26, 1985 - 3:30 P.M. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW BUSINESS: A. INTERVIEW OF ROBERT J. HENNESSY (3:30 P.M.) B. INTERVIEW OF C. RAYMOND LADD (4:00 P.M.) C. INTERVIEW OF PAUL D. YOCUM (4:30 P.M.) D. ACTION OF COUNCIL RE: INTERVIEWS MAYOR'S MATTERS: CITY COUNCIL'S. MATTERS: CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS: OLD BUSINESS: ADJOURN Deborah C. Krages City Clerk NOTE: IF ANY PERSON DEC>DES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE ON THE ABOVE MATTERS, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES, HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY IN EVIDENCE ON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED.