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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-03-17 - City Commission Special Meeting Minutes5811 NORTHWEST 80TH AVENUE 0 TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33321 TELEPHONE (305) 722-5900 March 9, 1981 SPECIAL MEETING - ELECTION RESULTS CITY COUNCIL TAMARAC, FLORIDA Please be advised of a SPECIAL MEETING of the CITY COUNCIL to be held on TUESDAY, MARCH 1.7, 1981, at 10:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall. The COUNCIL will take action on the following items: ITEM 1: Charter Board Members - Election Results - Temp. Reso. #1862 - Discussion and possible action to declare the results of the voting for Charter Board Members - for Group 3, Group 4 and Group 5. ITEM 2: Charter Amendment - Election Results - Temp.Reso.#1863 Discussion and possible action to declare the results of the voting for the Amendment to Section 4.04 of the Charter. ITEM 3: City_Council - Districts 1 and 3 -- Election Results - Temp. Reso. #1864 - Discussion and possible action to declare the results of the voting for the Council representatives for District 1 and 3. Council may consider such other business as may come before it. MB/mr Marilyn Bertholf City Clerk CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA SPECIAL MEETING MARCH 17, 1981 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Falck called the Special Meeting to order on Tuesday, March 17, 1981 at 10:00 A.M., in the Council Chambers. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Mayor Walter W. Falck Vice Mayor Helen Massaro Councilman Irving M. Disraelly Councilwoman Marjorie Kelch Councilman Irving Zemel ALSO PRESENT: Laura Stuurmans, Acting City Mgr. Arthur M. Birken,City Attorney + Carol A. Evans,Assistant City Clerk 1. Charter Board Members - Election Results - Temp. Reso. #1862 -- Discussion and possible action to declare the results of the voting for Charter Board Members - for Group 3, Group 4, and Group 5. SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Temp. Reso. #1862 Passed. Edward A. Gross, Group 3; Muriel Davis, Group 4; and Virginia Taylor, Group 5declared to have been elected to the Charter Board for a ,period of two ,years. RESOLUTION NO. R-O/ ,5/ PASSED VOTE The City Attorney read the Resolution, Temporary #1862, in full. Councilman Zemel MOVED ADOPTION of Temp. Resolution #1862, declaring the results of the General Election for the Charter Board. Councilwoman Kelch SECONDED the Motion. ALL VOTED AYE The Chair entertained a MOTION to AUTHORIZE the Acting City Manager to administer the Oath of Office to install the'newly elected Charter Board Members. Councilman Zemel SO MOVED. VOTE: Vice Mayor Massaro SECONDED. ALL VOTED AYE The Oath of Office was administered by the Acting City Manager,Laura Stuurmans. Edward A. Gross, Muriel Davis and Virginia Taylor were installed as members of the Charter Board. Mayor Falck officially congratulated the three new members of the Charter Board. He made note of the fact that the City of Tamarac is the only municipality in the State of Florida which has a Charter Board that sits regularly. The Mayor commented that he, along with a number of other persons, helped to frame the present Charter. Further, he said he was pleased, while attending a conference in Orlando, to have the City of Tamarac singled out for discussion and some of the comments about what can be achieved were of special interest to him, and the manner in which the City was singled out paid credit to the citizens of the City of Tamarac. Mayor Falck told the new members of the Charter Board that there are many things that can be done and the challenge is to get out and do them. 2. Charter Amendment - Election Results -- Temp. Reso. #1863 - Discussion and possible action to declare the results of the voting for the Amendment to Section 4.04 of the Charter. SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: .Temp. Reso. #1863 Passed, Section 4.04,of the City Charter amended. RESOLUTION NO.R- gPASSET The City Attorney read Temporary Resolution #1863 in its entirety. Vice Mayor Massaro MOVED ADOPTION of Temporary Resolution #1863. Councilwoman Kelch SECONDED the Motion. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE_ 3. City Council - Districts 1 and 3 - Election Results - Temp. Reso. #1864 - Discussion and possible action to declare the results of the voting for the Council repre- sentatives for Districts 1 and 3. SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Temp. Reso. #1864 passed. Philip B. Kravitz, District 1, and Irving M. Disraelly District 3 declared to be elected. RESOLUTION NO.R--PASSED The City Attorney read Resolution #1864 in its entirety. Councilwoman Kelch MOVED ADOPTION of Temporary Resolution #1864. Councilman Zemel SECONDED the MOTION. VOTE F ALL VOTED AYE. Mayor Falck recognized Councilwoman Kelch by presenting her with a plaque in recognition of her devoted service to the City of Tamarac. Councilwoman Kelch expressed her pleasure and appreciation for the presentation, saying she will treasure the plaque. Councilman Disraelly noted the Council will miss Marge's quips and the "funnies" that she comes out with from time to time. He said she makes sense with the "funnies" and she has done a lot good work for the City in the last two years and the Council will miss her. Councilman Zemel expressed his pleasure in having worked with Marge Kelch during the past year.. He said she is a woman who if she feels something, she always says it; and she said what she meant and he admires people who have the courage of their own convictions. Vice Mayor Massaro said the words "sincere" and "dedicated" really explain Marge and her activities during these years. The Vice Mayor stated there never was a more sincere and dedicated person who really wanted to do the best she could for the City of Tamarac. Councilwoman Kelch said she will never forget what she has learned from the Council members and just working with them has been a real experience and wherever she goes she will carry the memory of these years with her. Mayor Falck asked the Acting City Manager to swear into office the two newly elected Councilmen. He stated that Mr. Kravitz will take Council- woman Kelch's chair immediately after the swearing in. The Oath of Office was administered by Laura Stuurmans, Acting City Manager. Councilman Philip B. Kravitz and Irving M. Disraelly took their seats on the Council. Oscar Tucker, Concerned Citizen, expressed to the Council on behalf of the overwhelming citizenry of this community their wishes for a continued happy and successful administration. Mayor Falck officially welcomed Councilman Disraelly and Councilman Kravitz, and extended his sincere congratulations and very best wishes to them. He offered to be of any assistance that might be helpful or meaningful to them. 5. Appointment of e Mayor by Motion of the City Council for .....nt _._.. a Vic-- - a one-year term. SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent. Councilman Disraelly appointed as Vice Mayor. Councilman Zemel MOVED TO AGENDIZE the appointment by City Council Members of a Vice Mayor for the current electoral year, Vice Mayor Massaro SECONDED the MOTION. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE. -2- 3/17/81 /lc Councilman Zemel stated inasmuch as he has always been a firm believer that the Vice Mayor's seat should be a rotating honor among Council members he took this privilege of nominating Councilman Irving M. Disraelly as Vice Mayor for the current electoral year. Mayor Falck inquired if there were other nominations. There were none. Vice Mayor Massaro SECONDED the Motion. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE Vice Mayor Disraelly stated he will try to work as Council always has, and he thanked Council for th% honorary position to which he has been elected. He said he has always worked well with the Council and he knows they will continue to work well. Councilman Zemel took the opportunity to say to Helen Massaro that she is one of the most brilliant, hard-working persons he has met in his life. He further commented that her load has been great, and she has carried a tremendous load throughout the time she has been Vice Mayor for the Council. He said the Council is proud of her, but it is time for the rotation and he knows she will be with them when- ever they need her. Councilman Zemel thanked Councilwoman Massaro for the past and for the future. Mayor Falck officially extended his congratulations and best wishes to Vice Mayor Disraelly and assured him he would be happy to be helpful to him in any way he can. The Mayor also acknowledged the tremendous contributions made by Council- woman Massaro. He noted that he had worked with members of both sexes over his lifetime and he had worked with many dedicated people, but he honestly and sincerely felt the efforts she had put forth, not only on behalf of the Council, but on behalf of all of the citizens of the City have been unsurpassed in any and all exposures he has personally had throughout his lifetime. The Mayor said he has always counted upon her and looked to her for guidance and assistance. Further, he told Councilwoman Massaro she is a dedicated person and one who has contri- buted so much to her fellow men that those contributions will be remem- bered in the future. Mayor Falck pointed out that the City has grown, and become the beautiful City of Tamarac, mainly through her efforts. Councilwoman Massaro told the Council it has always been a pleasure working with them and she will still be here. She said she had done the best she knew how and will continue to do that as long as she sits in the Council seat.. She said it made no difference whether she is Vice Mayor or a Council person, she is the City's servant and she never forgets that. Alan Bernstein, resident of Tamarac said over all of the years of contact with Councilwoman Massaro he has never met a public official as dedicated and hard-working and who had given so much of herself to the City in which she resides, and he felt the whole City of Tamarac owes her a debt of thanks. Vice Mayor Disraelly noted this is the first time there has been a special meeting for the swearing in of the City Council and the Charter Board and it is great to see the number of people present. He said there has been a great deal of work done by the Council and in the four years he has been involved with the City he has always tried to treat the people of the City with the same respect as was given to Vanguard Village five years ago when the shopping center was being built adjacent to them and the concern of that Council and consideration for its residents impressed him. Vice Mayor Disraelly said one of the members of that Council at that time was Vice Mayor Massaro who helped with that particular project. Since that time, he said, this Council has always followed the precept of working for the citizens of the City of Tamarac and no one has done that better than Helen Massaro and he knows she will continue to do so. Also, he will do everything in his power to maintain the respect of the citizens of the City so they can continue to do as well as they have, he stated. -3- 3/17/S1 /lc There being no further business to come before Council, the Special Meeting was adjourned at 10:40 A.M. YOR , ATTEST: Assistant City Clerk This public document was promulgated at a cost of $ ee�- or $ -�-3 © per copy, to inform the general public and public officers and employees about recent opinions and considerations by the City Council of the City of Tamarac. APPROVE BY CITY COUNCIL ONr I