HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-06-30 - City Commission Special Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Dressler called the Special Workshop of the City Commission to
order at 9:18 a.m. on Monday, June 30, 2014 at the Colony West Golf Club, 6800 NW 88tn
Avenue, Tamarac, FL, 33321.
ROLL CALL: Mayor Harry Dressler, Vice Mayor Michelle J. Gomez, Commissioner Pamela
Bushnell, Commissioner Diane Glasser and Commissioner Debra Placko were in attendance.
.Also in attendance were City Manager Michael C. Cernech, Assistant City Manager Diane
Phillips, Assistant City Attorney Julie Klahr, City Clerk Patricia Teufel, Financial Services
Director Mark Mason, Parks & Recreation Director Greg Warner, BSO Captain Neal
Glassman, Chief Building Official/Director Claudio Grande, Public Services Director Jack
Strain, Information Technology Director Levent Sucuoglu, Community Development Director
Maxine Calloway, Fire Chief Mike Burton and Human Resources Director Maria Swanson.
City Manager Cernech said staff has a presentation that will take the Commission through the
entire FY15 budget. City Manager Cernech said that after Financial Services Director
Mason's presentation and the Department Director's presentations we will have a discussion
about Capital Improvement Projects and longer term funding for Capital Improvement
Projects. We will also discuss thinking of other ways to pay for items. City Manager Cernech
encouraged the Commission to ask questions during the presentation due to its length.
There was a brief discussion regarding the possibility of lowering the millage rate and City
Manager Cernech asked the Commission to first listen to what is being presented and then
we can have a discussion on lowering the millage rate.
Financial Services Director Mason provided a comprehensive overview of the City's proposed
budget, including the proposed millage rate and responded to questions throughout the
presentation. Mayor Dressler recessed the meeting at 10:41 a.m. and reconvened the
meeting at 10:54 a.m. with all present as before. For the remainder of the morning the
Commission received departmental budget presentations from Chief Building Official Grande,
Captain Glassman, City Clerk Teufel and Community Development Director Calloway with
staff responding to questions throughout the presentations.
Mayor Dressler recessed the meeting for lunch at 12:05 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at
1:10 p.m. with all present as before. For the remainder of the afternoon the Commission
received departmental budget presentations from Fire Chief Burton, Human Resources
Director Swanson, IT Director Sucuoglu, Parks & Recreation Director Warner and Public
Services Director Strain with staff responding to questions throughout the presentations.
Mayor Dressler recessed the meeting at 2:36 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 2:43 p.m.
with all present as before. Financial Services Director Mason talked about the Fire
Assessment and added that based on what we know now we don't expect the rate to change
until maybe FY16; future Unfunded Capital Improvements, as well as several options for
funding the Unfunded Capital Improvements. Financial Services Director Mason said these
additional items that were just discussed are for discussion only; staff is not asking the
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Commission for a decision today and asked the Commission to think about what has been
talked about.
City Manager Cernech said the Commission has heard Financial Services Director Mason's
presentation regarding the challenges of expediting the improvements that people want to
see happen and added there are a few options to expedite some of the improvements and
we need to start thinking about what we want to do going forward. City Manager Cernech
said we will work toward focusing on some of the revenues we have and how we can
leverage those revenues. City Manager Cernech said our record of slow and steady progress
is good but added that he is not sure the community is happy with this approach. City
Manager Cernech said the Commission needs to make sure what their constituents want and
what is best for their communities.
City Manager Cernech noted that the departments start work in January with Financial
Services Director Mason in order to put this budget forward to the Commission with some
sense. City Manager Cernech said there are some things we need to do before the summer
break and on the July 9th agenda we will have the Reimbursement Resolution and the Fire,
Solid Waste, Stormwater Fee and Nuisance Abatement Assessments as well as the Millage
Rate. City Manager Cernech reminded the Commission that these resolutions set the
maximum assessment and going forward the Commission can choose to lower the rates but
cannot make the rates higher. Financial Services Director Mason reminded the Commission
about the important dates coming up; Wednesday, July 9, 2014 where the Commission will
approve the Millage Rate for FY15 as well as approve the preliminary Assessment
Resolutions; Friday, September 12, 2014, the first public hearing, approving the
Assessments, adopting tentative millage rates and budget for FY15 and Monday, September
22, 2014, the second public hearing, where the Commission adopts the final millage rates
and budget for FY15.
Parks & Recreation Director Warner advised the Commission that for the July 4th Celebration
he will not have VIP Passes for them but they can access a parking area from 77th Street
where they will be guided to parking spaces.
There being no further business to come before the City Commission, Mayor Dressler
adjourned the meeting at 3:20 p.m.
Patricia Teufel, PMC
City Clerk
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