HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-04-22 - City Commission Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Talabisco called the Workshop of the City Commission to order at
9:33 a.m. on Monday April 22, 2013 in Conference Room 105, Tamarac City Hall, 7525 NW
88 Avenue, Tamarac, FL 33321.
ROLL CALL: Mayor Beth Talabisco, Vice Mayor Harry Dressler, Commissioner Pamela
Bushnell, Commissioner Patricia Atkins -Grad and Commissioner Diane Glasser were in
attendance.
Also in attendance were City Manager Michael C. Cernech, Assistant City Attorney Julie
Klahr and Interim City Clerk Patricia Teufel.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Glasser led the Pledge of Allegiance.
1. TR12327 - Awarding Bid No. 13-08B for the Construction of Phase III of the Citywide
Culvert Headwall Installation Project Item No. 6 (d) on the Consent Agenda. (TR12327) A
Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, awarding Bid No. 13-08B
to and approving an Agreement with Ray Qualmann Marine Construction, Inc. for the
construction of Phase III of the Citywide Culvert Headwall Installation Project, in accordance
with Bid No. 13-08B for a contract amount of $425,554.00; a contingency in an amount of
$63,833.00 will be added to the project account, for a total project budget of $489,387.00;
authorizing an expenditure from the appropriate accounts; providing for conflicts; providing for
severability; and providing for an effective date. Assistant Public Works Director John Doherty
and Purchasing/Contracts Manager Keith Glatz appeared. Assistant Public Works Director
John Doherty responded to a few questions from Vice Mayor Dressler and Commissioner
Bushnell.
2. TR12325 - Adopt Revised Oct 2012 Broward County LMS: Item No. 6 (c) on the Consent
Agenda. (TR12325) A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida
supporting and adopting the Broward County October 2012 Multi -Jurisdictional Local
Mitigation Strategy; providing for conflicts; providing severability; and providing for an
effective date. Chief Building Official/Director Claudio Grande said FEMA requires local
governments to have a FEMA approved Local Mitigation Strategy Plan in order to apply for
and/or receive project grants and support and adoption of the multi -jurisdictional LMS Plan is
required to remain eligible for grant funding.
3. T02278 - Telecommunication Ordinance - Amending Article IX, Chapter 24
"Telecommunications Towers and Antennas" Item No. 8 (c) on Ordinance(s) First Reading.
(T02278) Motion to adopt an Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac,
Florida; on first reading amending Article IX, Chapter 24 entitled "Telecommunications
Towers and Antennas" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tamarac, Florida, as
amended, and to regulate personal wireless service facilities in the public rights -of -way;
containing a repealer provision, a severability clause, and providing for an effective date.
Community Development Director Bramley gave an update on the Ordinance and staff
responded to questions and concerns of the Commission. After much discussion, the
Commission decided they needed staff to provide more information in order for them to make
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an informed decision. Mayor Talabisco said she would like to workshop this ordinance again
before they vote on it as she felt it was in the public's best interest. Vice Mayor Dressler
agreed with Mayor Talabisco. Assistant City Attorney Klahr said since this matter will be
tabled at the Commission Meeting on Wednesday they will need to extend the Zoning in
Progress because it was anticipated this ordinance would go for second reading within the
time frame of the Zoning in Progress currently in place. Mayor Talabisco asked that this be
placed on the Workshop Agenda for May 6, 2013.
Mayor Talabisco called for a recess at 10:46 a.m. and reconvened the Commission
Workshop at 10:59 a.m. with all present as before.
4. TO2280 - Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU): Item No. 8 (d) on Ordinance(s) First
Reading. (TO2280) Motion to adopt an Ordinance of the City of Tamarac, Florida, on first
reading consenting to be included in a Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU) for a
Consolidated Regional E-911 communications system created by Broward County Ordinance
No. 2013— for the period of one year with the option for continued participation pursuant to
the adoption of a future ordinance; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and
providing an effective date. City Manager Michael Cernech said Broward County is going
forward with a county -wide MSTU and ILA tomorrow. There has been a lot of discussion and
input put into the County's MSTU and, more importantly, the ILA between the cities and the
County. There are some difficult issues because there are a number of cities who have
PSAP's and those cities fund their own PSAP's. Some cities are taking action against the
county in pre -litigation action, Chapter 164, and the County has been able to settle those
Chapter 164 actions. This is important because we have 29 cities in the county willing to
participate in this 911 program in some way shape or form and everyone's circumstances are
different. There are 14 cities with BSO under contract with different contract terms. At one
point we were very close to a county -wide 911 system and by a vote of 5 to 4 we are now
back where we started. Mr. Cernech said there will be a meeting this afternoon with City
Managers to recap where we are going into this week. City Manager Cernech said the
funding is what is driving this and it is what is making people decide if they will join in a
consolidated 911 or not. At one point we had 29 of 31 cities agree to a regional 911 and now
we have people with PSAP's looking to provide that service to other cities in competition with
the County and BSO.
City Manager Cernech said since the City is contracted with BSO we either pay the county to
pay the Sheriff or we pay the Sheriff directly. Tamarac's choice is not about whether we pay
or not, but it is about how are we going to pay and how much is it going to cost. Depending
on how you choose to pay impacts how much it costs. City Manager Cernech discussed the
move by the Sheriff's Office to standardize their contracts with cities to deal with this issue
going forward as they will need a mechanism to establish the cost and how much cities pay
for the 911 services.
City Manager Cernech said under the model that the County has put forward with the MSTU
for this year, which is capped at .17 mills, will provide about $350,000 to $400,000 of
additional ad valorem revenue that would go to the County and cover our share of Tamarac's
911 service. If we forego the MSTU and the ILA and pay the Sheriff directly, the Sheriff has
calculated, based on the number of calls per city, our bill will be just under $1 million. If we
contract with the Sheriff directly, we will pay somewhere between $950,000 and $1 million for
the 911 service and if we go through the county we will pay between $350,000 and $400,000.
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We will have to make a decision about spending $375,000 or $975,000 for the same service,
and it is pretty obvious what we would do financially. Cities are pursuing the least expensive
option for the same service because it would be hard to justify paying $1 million for the
service by writing a check if we could pay $375,000 for the same service by collecting it
through the ad valorem. There was a general discussion on the benefits of the 60% - 40%
split and how it works in paying the Sheriff. City Manager Cernech responded to questions
from the Commission. Vice Mayor Dressler said the MSTU concept is completely irrational
and that at this time he will not vote for something that is ethically incorrect.
City Manager Cernech said the Mainlands Park item has been on and off the agenda and will
be before the Commission at the May 8, 2013 meeting.
City Manager Cernech asked Parks & Recreation Director Warner to provide the Commission
with an update on the Youth Football League. Parks & Recreation Director Warner said
together with a member from Human Resources and members from the American Youth
Football League (AYFL) they went through an interview process to choose a new board to
run the Tamarac Youth Football League (TYFL). They had two groups come forward and
they selected a board made up of some members of the general old board. Some issues
arose with the AYFL board because the new board had to appoint a person to sit on the
AYFL board and the sponsor that was placed with TYFL was not happy with what he was
receiving. There was an emergency meeting with AYFL last week to determine whether they
would expel the TYFL or not. One of the issues they had was at the last AYFL meeting the
Tamarac rep had some words with some of the other coaches and they also heard rumors
that Big Mike was still working behind the scenes to influence decisions made by the TYFL.
City Manager Cernech clarified that the AYFL made the determination that Big Mike could still
coach but not be in a leadership role on the TYFL and not the City. Parks & Recreation
Director Warner said that at the meeting last week they decided to keep Tamarac in the
league with some underlying conditions. One of the conditions was to remove Big Mike totally
from any responsibility with TYFL. Big Mike is no longer being allowed to coach and the
current VP of the TYFL stepped down as he is the one who had the issues with the AYFL.
TYFL had their emergency meeting on Thursday night and they have worked out all the
issues. They have also been able to get all the equipment back from Big Mike and it is in
storage in our facility. TYFL is moving forward positively with removal of those two
individuals. They do have a new sponsor and Parks & Recreation staff will be working with
them more closely. Mayor Talabisco expressed the hope that people will not hold the City
responsible. Parks & Recreation Director Warner said one other issue that came up was that
TYFL was looking to join another football league to get out of AYFL to avoid all these
restrictions. That league is the Florida Youth Football League aka the Flo Rida Youth Football
League which is funded by the rap singer Flo Rida. Parks & Recreation Director Warner said
he made the decision that he was not going to allow TYFL leave AYFL because the Flo Rida
league is made up of a lot of teams that were thrown out of their own leagues. Mayor
Talabisco said she stands behind Parks & Recreation Director Warner's decision.
There being no further business to come before the City Commission Mayor„Tal bisco
adjourned the meeting at 12:14 p.m.
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