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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09051979584' . PUBLIC HEARING - SEPTEMBER 5, 1979 MAYOR FLOOD OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 P.M. PRESENT: VICE MAYOR LEWIS B. GRAY, COUNCILMEN EVERETT T. GASS AND JOHN R. JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN DOROTHY MC KINLEY, MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR., AND CiTY ATTORNEY MR. L. B. VOCELLE. THE CITY CLERK READ THE PUBLIC NOTICE CONCERNING FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS FOR 1980. THE REPORT WAS REVIEWED AND AFTER A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT WAS AGREED THE REPORT WILL BE FINALIZED AT THE NEXT BUDGET MEETING. THE CITY CLERK READ THE PUBLIC NOTICE CONCERNING ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE REPEALING THE PART OF PARA 6.07B OF ORDINANCE NO. 179, WHICH READS: "PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY WILL BE MADE UNTIL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ON AT LEAST TEN (10%) OF THE LOTS IN SAID SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN COMPLETED." THE CITY CLERK READ THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE SECOND TIME. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, TO APPROVE THE SECOND REA~_ING OF THE ABOVE ORDINANCE. -' ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY COUNCILMAN GASS COUNCZLW~_~N MC K/"NL~ MAYOR FLOOD NAYS: NONE ~ j~ CARRIED. THE CItY CLERK READ THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE SETTING TAKE-OFF AND L~ PRO----"~URES AT THE SEBASTIAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SETTING PENALTIES FO~ VID~ION AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY CLERK READ THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IN I~S ENTIRETY FOR THE SECOND TIME. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUN~T~-~/OMA.~MCKINLEY, TO ACCEPT THE SECOND READING OF THE ABOVE ORDINANCE. ' CO~C~LM~t~._~O~CHI~ % ., _ NAYS: NONE CARRIED. AFTER THE CITY CLERK READ THE PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISING FOR BID ON A 24X60 MODULAR HOME, THE CITY ATTORNEY OPENED AND READ THE FOLLOWING TWO BIDS. MOBILE LEASING, INC., LAKE PARK, FLORIDA $19,973.00 - INCLUDES DELIVERY, SET-UP AND THE TIE DOWNS, AND FLORIDA REGISTRATION FEES. FLORIDA MOBILE LEASING - FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA $19,900.00 - TO MEET ALL SPECIFICATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CEILING HEIGHT, WHICH IS TO BE 90" INSTEAD OF 96". THE MAYOR EXPLAINED THE PROPOSED USE OF THIS BUILDING. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOUSED IN IT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS OTHER PLANS ARE MADE FOR RELOCATING CITY HALL. THERE ARE SEVERAL IDEAS PENDING, BUT NOTHING DEFINITE AT THE MOMENT, NOR IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. THE MODULAR HOME WILL BE LOCATED AT THE REAR OF CITY HALL. VICE MAYOR GRAY SUGGESTED THE BUILDING OFFICIAL VISIT THE SITE WHERE THREE HOMES ARE LOCATED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF IT WOULD, IN FACT, BE SATISFACTORY FOR THE CITY'S PURPOSE. MAYOR FLOOD SAID HE, PERSONALLY, WOULD VISIT LAKE PARK AND ST. LAUDERDALE AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED WITH HIMe HE CAN ACCOMMODATE FIVE PEOPLE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, TO TURN THE BIDS OVER TO THE AWARDS COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND TO SUBMIT ITS RECOMMENDATION ATTHE MONDAY NIGHT COUNCIL MEETING. CARRIED. IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ON THE COST OF PANELLING FOR PARTITIONS, MAYOR FLOOD ESTIMATED THE COST TO BE BETWEEN $500 AND $700. THIS IS BASED ON FIGURES SUBMITTED TO HIM BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES TO ASSIST WiTH THE LABOR. CITY CLERK READ THE PUBLIC NOTICE CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE OFFICE OF A FULL-TIME POSITION, SETTING AN ANNUAL SALARY FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE THE CITY CLERK READ THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR THE SECOND TIME. HEARING - SEPTEMBER 5, 1979 PAGE 2 585 COUNCILMAN GASS READ A PREPARED STATEMENT IN WHICH HE COMMENTED HE IS CONVINCED IT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AS A FULL TIME POSITION AND ASKED THAT HIS AFFIRMATIVE VOTE REGISTERED ON AUGUST 13TH, AT THE FIRST READING, BE CHANGED TO "NO." HE ASKED THE RECORDS BE CHANGED TO REFLECT THIS AND THAT HIS REMARKS WERE NOT INTENDED TO BE A PERSONAL ATTACK ON ANYONE. THE CITY CLERK ADVISED COUNCILMAN GASS THAT A VOTE MADE AT A FORMER MEETING CANNOT BE CHANGED. COUNCILMAN GASS'S COMMENTS WILL BE MADE A MATTER OF RECORD AND ATTACHED TO THE OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, PRO AND CON, BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL~C KINLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO TABLE AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1979, 7 P.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. CARRIED. CONCERNING THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE DEBRIS AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE DAVID, MAYOR FLOOD~TATED THE CITY WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO HAVE THE DEBRIS PICKED UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL ONLY APPLY ~.T~REES, TREE LIMBS, PALM FRONDS, ETC., AND NOT SUCH ITEMS AS REFRIGERATORS AND THE LIKE. IT WILL PROBABLY'B~ NECESSARY TO HIRE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE ON A PART TIME BASIS TO HELP WIHT THIS PROJECT. THE MATTER WI~iBE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE WAY TO DO iT. MAYOR FLOOD ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR HIS OPINION - UNDER THE PRESENT EMERGENCY, CAN HE BE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE A TRUCK WITHOUT GOING THROUGHT THE NORMAL PROCEDURE OF ADVERTISING FOR BIDS? MR. VOCELLE WILLCHECK INTO THIS. IN THE MEANTIME, MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GASS THAT THE COUNCIL DETERMINE, BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE DAVID AND THE WINDS AND THE DEVASTATION THAT IT MADE WITHIN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN AND, FUTHER, BECAUSE OF THE BASIS OF THE EMERGENCY NATURE OF ITS DEBRIS AND THE HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS, THAT THE COUNCIL DEEMS AND DETERMINES THAT THIS iS AN EMERGENCY MATTER AND THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT THE MAYOR TO SPEND UP TO WHATEVER UNDS ARE NECESSARY~ T~,~:PURCHASE A DUMP TRUCK TO SATISFY THE CLEANING UP OF THE DEBRIS BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, IF THE CITY ATTORNEY FF_~LS THAT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF EMERGENCY iT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT IDDING. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM~,~ C~--RR~--~-~ ~ MOTION BY COUNCILMAN jOACHIM, SECONDED 3Y COUNCILWOMAN MC K~N~EY, THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR BE AUTHORIZED TO REMOVE DEBRIS CAUSED BY H'3RR]~NE DAVID. CARRIED. CITY CLERK MAYOR -2-