HomeMy WebLinkAbout12081982MINUTES OF MEETING OF CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD - DECEMBER 8, 1982
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN ROBERT FITZMAURICE AT 2:05 P.M.
PRESENT: CHAIRMAN ROBERT FITZMAURICE, VICE CHAIRMAN EARL WITHERBY, MARTIN
LEWIS, GEORGE McCLEARY, GEORGE LA PORTE, EUGENE POPOW, PETER TARBELL,
BOARD ATTORNEY GREGORY GORE.
MOTION BY MR. LEWIS, SECONDED BY MR. LA PORTE, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF NOVEMBER 10. CARRIED.
ATTORNEY GORE ADVISED THAT HE AND CHAIRMAN FITZMAURICE TALKED TO CITY ATTORNEY
KILBRIDE CONCERNING SEVERAL QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP A~ THE LAST MEETING. ONE
WAS WHAT TO DO ABOUT INCORRIGIBLES WHO CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THE CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES. FOR INSTANCE, SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE AS TO WHETHER WE COULD RE-IMPOSE
FINES, ETC. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE
PROCEDURE FROM THE BEGINNING ON EACH AND EVERY VIOLATION. SECOND, WE WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER WE WOULD BE INDEMNIFIED AGAINST OFFICIAL ACTS AND
THE ANSWER IS "YES". THIRD, THE NEW MEMBER MUST SERVE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
THE TERM OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS WILL BE UP IN MARCH, SO THEY WILL BE UP
FOR RE-APPOINTMENT AND THE NEWER MEMBER WOULD THEN HAVE THE WHOLE TWO YEAR
TERM.
MR. WITHERBY WONDERED HOW AN INCORRIGIBLE WOULD BE HANDLED. DEPENDING UPON
THE VIOLATION, WE COULD HARDLY GIVE LESS TIME TO COMPLY AND THE MAXIMUM FINE
IS $250. IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND ACT
ACCORDINGLY.
UNDER GENERAL BOARD DISCUSSION MR. McCLEARY BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE'VE
ONLY HAD THINGS BROUGHT UP BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. HE THOUGHT THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY ENGINEER, AND ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD
BE MADE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE INPUT INTO THIS BOARD AND SHOULD BRING VIOLA-
TIONS TO OUR ATTENTION. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THESE PEOPLE BE INVITED TO
ATTEND ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. MR. FITZMAURICE WILL TALK TO MAYOR FLOOD ABOUT
THIS, k¥D ALSO THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD MAKE A NOTE OF ANY VIOLATIONS
THAT THEY SEE AND REPORT THEM. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE POLICE CHIEF SHOULD
BE INVITED TO THE NEXT MEETING.
MOTION BY MR. WITHERBY, SECONDED BY MR. McCLEARY, THAT A GENERAL BOARD DIS-
CUSSION BE MADE PART OF THE AGENDA EVERY MONTH. CARRIED.
CHAIRMAN FITZMAURICE READ THE LETTER OF COMPLIANCE DRAWN UP BY ATTORNEY GORE
WHICH WAS SENT TO MR. LIDDY THANKING HIM FOR HIS COOPERATION IN CLEARING UP
HIS VIOLATION. THIS WILL BE THE FORM LETTER TO USE WHEN APPLICABLE.
CHAIRMAN FITZMAURICE REMARKED THAT HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE
PRESS JOURNAL BECAUSE HE GOT A LITTLE UPSET WITH A WOMAN WHO SAID THAT THE
BOARD MEETINGS WERE IN DISARRAY AND WERE NOT FOLLOWING PARLIANENTARY PRO-
CEDURES, ETC. HE INVITED HER TO LISTEN TO O~R TAPES TO SHOW THAT ANYBODY
HERE HAD A RIGHT TO SPEAK AND WAS TREATED POLITELY. CHAIRMAN FITZMAURICE
ADDED THAT IF SHE HAD SAID THE GOLF COURSE BOARD (WHICH IS WHAT SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT) OR THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, BUT
SHE WAS PA-~NTING EVERYBODY WITH THE SAME BRUSH AND HE DIDN'T APPRECTATE IT.
MEE!ING ADJOURNED AT 2:40 P.M.