HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-03-09 - City Commission Regular Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1994
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bender called the meeting to order on
Wednesday, March 9, 1994, at 7:00 P.M. in Council Chambers of
Tamarac City Hall, 7525 Northwest 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
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Mayor H. Larry
Bender
vice Mayor
Irving
Katz
Councilman
Norman
Abramowitz
Councilman
Joseph
Schreiber
Councilman
Henry
Schumann
ALSO PRESENT:
Robert S. Noe, Jr., City Manager
Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney
Carol A. Evans, CMC, City Clerk
Phyllis Polikoff, Secretary
Mayor Bender called for the Pledge of
Allegiance.
1. PRESET&TAT` by Mayor Bender of a proclamation designating
the month of March 1994 as NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
Mayor Bender said the proclamation will be mailed.
PUBLIC, PART.ICCIPATION
2. RIMLIC PARTICIPATION - Any member of the public may speak
to any issue which is not agendized for public hearing at
this meeting. Speakers will be limited to three minutes
during this item and at public hearings. There will be a
thirty (30) minute aggregate time limit for this item, and
speakers are encouraged to sign up in advance with the City
Clerk prior to their participation.
Terry Hobmeier, Isles of Tamarac resident, thanked Mayor Bender
and C/M Schumann for past services and wished them well. She
congratulated the new Council members and agreed on the need for a
rescue system. She said Waste Management should be advised that
cardboard needed to be recycled and thanked Assistant City Manager
McDermott for the left --hand turn signal at Nab Hill and McNab
Roads.
3. MOTION TO APPROVE the filing of an Offer of Judgment in the
City of Tamarac v. Medics Ambulance Service, Inc., Case No.
93-09611 (15) .
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C/M Abramowitz MOVED to APPROVE, SECONDED by C/M Schumann.
City yttorney Kraft said if Medics Ambulance Service accepts the
offer, the settlement will be $70,181.28 but if the offer is
rejected, the City will receive $70,181.28 plus all legal fees.
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VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
4. MOTION TO APPROj%T; the purchase of chlorine for the balance
of Fiscal Year 1993/4 in the approximate amount of $35,000.
under Broward County Co-op Bid #94-C-046F and APPROVAL to
transfer $11,000. from Contingency Account 425-371-588--975 to
Water Treatment Chemicals Account 425-363-533-527 to fully
fund this purchase.
V/M Katz MOVED to APPROVE, SECONDED by C/M Abramowitz.
Mike Vaillant, Utilities Operations Manager, said the funding
would complete the purchase of chlorine and that Broward
County's cooperative bid increased during the year.
C/M Abramowitz questioned the need for using the Contingency
Fund. Thelma Fagelbaum, Deputy Finance Director, said the
funding would come from the Water and Sewer Contingency Fund.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
C/M Schumann contratulated the new Mayor and new Council members
and wished them well.
V/M Katz congratulated new Mayor Abramowitz and Council members
Sharon Machek and Larry Mishkin and wished them well.
C/M Schreiber thanked Mayor Bender and C/M Schumann for their
dedication to the City and congratulated Mayor Abramowitz and new
Council members Sharon Machek and Larry Mishkin.
C/M Abramowitz thanked the residents for reelecting him Mayor and
thanked Mayor Bender and C/M Schumann for their dedication and
assistance. He stated he looked forward to serving the City again
and working with new Council persons Larry Mishkin and Sharon
Machek.
Mayor Bender advised he had served the City for the past eight
years and made many contributions. He congratulated the new Mayor
and Council members Machek and Mishkin and wished them well.
6. City Attorney
City Attorney Kraft - NO REPORT
7. City Manager
City Manager Noe thanked Council for their confidence in him.
Mayor Bender ADJOURNED the Meeting at 7:14 P.M.
Carol A. Evans, CMC
City Clerk
Norman Abramowitz
Mayor
CITY OF 'TAMARAC
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