HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-06-25 - City Commission Special Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Dressler called the Special Workshop of the City Commission to
order at 9:14 a.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at the Colony West Golf Club, 6800 NW 88tn
Avenue, Tamarac, FL, 33321.
ROLL CALL: Mayor Harry Dressler, Vice Mayor Pamela Bushnell, Commissioner Michelle J.
Gomez, Commissioner Diane Glasser and Commissioner Debra Placko were in attendance.
Also in attendance were City Manager Michael C. Cernech, Assistant City Manager Diane
Phillips, City Attorney Samuel S. Goren 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, Human Resources Director Maria Swanson, Grants
Administrator/Budget Analyst Mike Gresek and Management & Budget Analyst 1 Jasmine
Lopez. Assistant City Attorney Mike Cirullo joined the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
City Manager Cernech said this budget process has become routine which is good because
that means we have a system in place where information is provided to the Commission on a
quarterly basis and when we get to this yearly meeting the Commission has already seen
everything thing that you will see today and there won't be any surprises. City Manager
Cernech said Financial Services Director Mason will give a comprehensive presentation after
which the Department Directors will highlight their departments. City Manager Cernech said
we are transitioning to a three year budget and this is an interesting transition. City Manager
Cernech said that in the future the quarterly updates will focus on Capital Improvement
Projects and we will do more work on the CIP Plan. Staff has looked at some of the projects
we have been working on, most of which the community does not see, and we want to talk
about this in a more focused way at the quarterly updates or at a special commission
workshop. City Manager Cernech said staff will make sure that the Commission's priorities
are addressed and worked on over the summer break. City Manager Cernech thanked
Grants Administrator/Budget Analyst Gresek and Management & Budget Analyst 1 Lopez for
all the work they have done on this budget.
Financial Services Director Mason provided a comprehensive overview of the City's proposed
budget, including the proposed millage rate and he, as well as staff, responded to questions
throughout the presentation, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Mayor
Dressler asked staff to provide the Commission with the Debt Service Schedule. Mayor
Dressler recessed the meeting at 10.31 a.m. and reconvened the meeting at 10:48 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. Vice Mayor Bushnell asked for a list of the 22
communities that are on the waiting list for new signage. There was a consensus from the
Commission that the first City facilities to receive the new signs would be the Community
Center, Municipal Complex, Aquatic Center, the Sports Complex and the Recreation Center.
Mayor Dressler asked for a graphic representation of the Sunset Park View Platform.
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Mayor Dressler recessed the meeting for lunch at 12.07 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at
1,08 p.m. with all present as before, except for City Attorney Goren who left the meeting at
1,00 pm with Assistant City Attorney Mike Cirullo replacing City Attorney Goren. For the
remainder of the afternoon the Commission received departmental budget presentations from
Fire Chief Burton. Mayor Dressler recessed the meeting at 1:16 p.m. and reconvened the
meeting at 1.20 p.m. with all present as before. Departmental presentations continued with
IT Director Sucuoglu, Parks & Recreation Director Warner, Public Services Director Strain
and Human Resources Director Swanson with staff responding to questions throughout the
presentations. Mayor Dressler thanked everyone for their reports.
City Manager Cernech said we are at a point where these meetings are routine because of all
the ongoing discussions over the course of the year as staff wants the Commission to know
what is going on all year long. City Manager Cernech said there will be a lot of CIP
discussion going forward and there are a lot of things on the cusp of happening. City
Manager Cernech said the Commission has constantly supplied staff with the revenue to do
the things we need to do. City Manager Cernech thanked the Commission for giving staff the
resources to do the projects that need to get done.
City Manager Cernech said we have so many programs in place and during the recession we
did not lose those programs and we are very fortunate to be in such a good place. City
Manager Cernech stated that we are not just working for today but we are also working for
the future. City Manager Cernech said staff will be bringing the Commission the necessary
legislation for fees and assessments in two weeks and will be back in September for the
budget hearings as well as setting up discussions for Capital Improvement Projects. City
Manager Cernech said we are in an ongoing mode of monitoring the budget and everyone
appreciates how routine this has become as we communicate with the Commission on a
regular basis.
Mayor Dressler said he would like to see staff go back three years as well as projecting three
years out in order to be able to trend and give the Commission another metric to look at.
Mayor Dressler thanked City Manager Cernech for his leadership.
There being no further business to come before the City Commission, Mayor Dressler
adjourned the meeting at 2.42 p.m.
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