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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL OF TAMAR.AC, FLORIDA
There will be a Special Meeting of the City Council on Friday,
January 4, 1991 at 9:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
7525 NW $$ Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
The subject of this meeting is discussion and possible action on
Temp. Reso. #5957 authorizing the appropriate City officials to
execute the first amendment to the agreement between the City of
Tamarac and the Broward Sheriff's Office for additional patrol
services in an area contiguous to Tamarac described as Patrol
Zones 302, 303 and 304.
RESOLUTION #R-91-1-PASSED
PUBLIC 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.
CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City
Council with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or
hearing, he will need a record of the proceedings and for such
purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record includes
the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based
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CITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
JANUARY 4, 1991
CALL TO ORDER Mayor Abramowitz called this meeting to Order at
9:10 a.m. in Council Conference Room.
Councilman Dr. H. Larry Bender
Councilman Henry Schumann
Councilman Henry Rohr (entered at 9:20 a.m.)
Vice Mayor Bruce Hoffman
Mayor Norman Abramowitz
ALSO PRESENT_•
John P. Kelly, City Manager
Dina McDermott, Assistant City Manager
Captain Michael Goldstein, Broward Sheriff's Office
Lieutenant Richard Griffin, Broward Sheriff's Office
Karen Jackson, Secretary
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The subject of this meeting is discussion and possible action on
authorizing the appropriate City officials to
execute the first amendment to the agreement between the City of
Tamarac and the Broward Sheriff's Office for additional patrol
services in an area contiguous to Tamarac described as Patrol Zones
302, 303 and 304.
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RESOLUTION #R-91-1-PASSED
City Manager Kelly said when he first came to the City, the
directions from the Council were to move for annexation and economic
development. He said the areas contiguous to the City were analyzed
for prospective annexation for the three years prior to the BSO
merger. He said during that time the success of adding 17
subdivisions and approximately 2,500 people to the City has been
accomplished. He said at that time, for the properties that were
involved, the benefits outweighed the problems, but some problems
were inherited regarding Cade violations and drainage problems in
some of those areas that will still need to be addressed.
City Manager Kelly said in response to initiatives from individuals
in the areas that remain contiguous to the City, private individuals
in those areas have requested that they be annexed to the City. He
said the areas were again analyzed and reviewed for prospective
annexation. He said in the past, Joe McIntosh was the Police Chief
of the City and, in reviewing the areas, had strongly recommended
against this saying it was not in the City's best interest at that
time to annex and that the problems would outweigh the benefits. He
said the tax revenues that would be derived from those areas would
not be sufficient to offset the increase that would be needed to
service the area.
City Manager Kelly said in a recent effort, approximately one year
ago, Captain Goldstein and he toured the area, specifically Broadview
and Pompano Park. He said they looked at these areas, and reviewed
the tax evaluation and what some of the problems and concerns were
involved. He said Captain Goldstein said there could be a couple
more zones placed in these areas. He said he had some monetary
concerns regarding these zones. He said there were Code concerns and
others. He said the records were reviewed, compiled and analyzed and
it was decided to not be recommended for inclusion at that time.
City Manager Kelly said in order to make it feasible, he wanted to
begin the control of the area to the City's advantage. He said
Captain Goldstein began the process and came back to the City with
the proposal being discussed. He said he feels this proposal is
mutually advantageous to both the City and BSO. He said if this is
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approved, it will provide additional patrols that will be c ntr
by Tamarac's District Commander. He said it will enable Tariara
patrol the area with direction from the City that will be iii of
to move the area to a more positive position for the consid rat
the annexation and it does this without a cost factor to the Ci
He said his first concern was if the service would be improved
felt that it would and secondly, he felt a main consideration i
cost, of which there is none. He said this is a pilot program
City's option.
C/M Bender asked if this is a 6 month pilot program and Cit
Kelly agreed.
City Manager Kelly said the statistics of a higher level of cr
a concern. He said he did not want the impact of that area to
reflect negatively on the City and it has been agreed and is pa
the contract that the directors will be maintained separately.
Lieutenant Richard Griffin,, Administrative Assistant to Cal
Werner, the Chief of Staff of the Broward Sheriff's Office,
of the things the BSO is publicly committed to is the best
service possible for the dollar. He said it is the intenti
BSO to be a leader in law enforcement and Sheriff Nick Nava
concerns in terms of the quality of life for the residents
publicly stated and firmly put forth.
Lt. Griffin said when the BSO first entered into negotiatio
the City, they were looking at this in the following terms:
something that BSO can do to improve services to the City.
currently the BSO provides police patrol to the Commercial
corridor to approximately 15th Avenue into Tamarac Lakes.
for the primary reasons of police safety rather than effici
the east side of 441, the Tamarac district is currently pro
marked units on every shift to respond to a very small geog
area with a relatively small population and a relatively sm
for services.
Lt. Griffin said the problem is one of geographic concern.
Commercial Boulevard and 441 is a major intersection at sev
of the day. He said it prevents the free movement of vehic
and forth. He said BSO would not want one police officer i
location by himself in trouble. He said the BSO is respons
unincorporated Broward County which is contiguous to the Ci
Tamarac. He said at present, there is a situation that is
unacceptable to the BSO. He said they have patrol units on
of the street who cannot talk to each other. He said they
different radio frequencies and respond to different comman
are servicing the same people and the same area.
Lt. Griffin said the other concern is that marked police ca
always the only tool to use to enforce law and to suppress
said during the summer, there were several arrests made in
Broadview area and it was discovered that these people were
doing business in Tamarac. He said bad guys do not recogni
boundaries. He said they conduct their business wherever t
He said the district would benefit by what is called a Sele
Enforcement Team (SET) which consists of a small group of d
who are assigned primarily to unmarked cars and whatever at
District Commander may feel is appropriate for the needs.
their only function would be to respond to specific problem
identified by the District Commander and the City Manager.
Lt. Griffin said these people can be put to work with plann
activities and execute them safely and effectively if the m
resource is available. He said the problem is manpower cos
and is the biggest expense in law enforcement services. He
proposal will solve the problems of the City and BSO and ha
advantages for both parties. He said if on the east side o
strength of the deputies working unincorporated Broward'Cou.
combined with the deputies working in the City, there would
larger prospective pool of people to work with. He said th
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will be directly in tune with the needs of the City.
Lt. Griffin said when this is done, this one individual, who on every
shift will be assigned on the east side of 441 primarily as a safety
officer, can be reassigned to other duties. He said with three or
four officers being able to communicate, the backup officer is not
needed specifically for safety. He said if a reassignment is done of
one man from the midnight shift, one man from the day shift and one
man from the evening shift, a SET team can be created based on
available personnel without increasing the cost to the City.
Lt. Griffin said deputies are not being created from anywhere. He
said the BSO will be bringing in 13 deputy sheriffs who would
normally patrol this area. He said they would become part of the
pool of people that work out of Tamarac. He said on any given day, 8
people are required to police this area at present. He said that is
what the Sheriff's office is assigning and they will be transferring
the same personnel pool to Tamarac. He said due to vacations, days
off and other situations, it takes more than one sheriff to police a
zone 24 hours per day. He said this is called relief factor. He
said on some days there will be more than the requisite number of
marked units on patrol. He said this is a surplus of resource that
can be reassigned at the discretion of the Commander for the benefit
of law enforcement services.
Lt. Griffin said by combining these resources there is a resource of
deputy services in excess of one quarter of a million dollars which
can be made available to the City of Tamarac. He said there are no
new dollars involved and there is not money added to the current
cost. He said by cooperating and sharing resources, there is better
use of these resources. He said this is the first time in Broward
County that BSO is proposing to use a City administration to provide
law enforcement services in unincorporated Broward County. He said
the BSO has amended the contract and have provided proposals to the
City which will reflect an increase in the number of marked cars that
will be on the road in the City's jurisdiction which will now include
unincorporated areas.
Lt. Griffin said occasionally the City will see a car that is paid
for out of it's budget across the street in unincorporated areas, but
those are cars that will be assigned to the City, but not paid for by
the City, working inside the City limits. He said BSO does not have
the jurisdictional problems that confronted the City when it was a
City Police Department. He said the deputies will be more free to
move back and forth. He said the advantage to BSO is improved
administration, improved detective services, improved selective
enforcement services, closer supervision of the men on the streets
and better ability to direct their activities. He said the advantage
for the City is that problems that are infringing on the City are
addressed that were previously not in control of the City. He said
this is a unique concept that is expected to work.
Lt. Griffin said every package has its down side. He said this
proposal emphasizes all the little areas that are contiguous to the
City. He said from the viewpoint of the BSO, one of the big
advantages that is seen is on the east side of I-95. He said there
is an unincorporated area there and if the contiguous area is
assigned to Tamarac, this little area would be left by themselves.
He said the same problem will evolve that Tamarac had. He said cars
would have to be assigned in this area for backup and safety purposes
and would use up all of the manpower. He said the administration of
the City of Tamarac would also assign this area. He said from a law
enforcement viewpoint, this is logical and effective. He said the
area is from I-95 to 6 Avenue which is the cost of this proposal.
Lt. Griffin said BSO will be asking Tamarac to assume the
responsibility for an area that is not contiguous to the City. He
said it is part of what the BSO is patrolling at present, with the 8
persons being discussed. He said BSO feels this is an exciting
proposal which offers a tremendous benefit to the City. He said if
one burglar is caught, this very often clears up 20 to 25 offenses.
He said this SET team is not a miracle cure, but over a course of one
year, a SET team that was a little bigger arrested 8 persons for
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armed robbery in progress and cleared up approximately 100
burglaries, recovered 200 stolen cars and made several hun
narcotics offense arrests. He said this puts law enforcem
street level and it has the kind of results that the citiz
appreciate. He said if BSO recovers 200 stolen cars, this
bad guys have been put out of business. He said this pro --
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Mayor Abramowitz said there is no question that everyone i
interested in catching the bad guys. He said it was a very di ficult
job bringing the BSO into the City. He said at present, a erjr ne is
pleased with the outcome, and the last thing he wants to do is mess
this up. He said there is a priority which is Tamarac. He sald
everyone is here for a common goal.
Lt. Griffin said it is a concern of the BSO to continue to prOi
quality service. He said in the amendment, there is a clause ;
places the responsibility for continued, high quality enfo cem(
continued satisfaction of the City of Tamarac, on the Dist ict
Commander and the City Manager, who will have the authorit to
such adjustments as are necessary to maintain that quality of
service.
Mayor Abramowitz said he is not happy with that portion of
contract.
V/M Hoffman asked where the area is currently serviced f
Lt. Griffin said it is currently serviced by the BSO on S
V/M Hoffman said he favors the concept of a larger police
organization than can be supplied by 28 individual cities;
was very much in favor of going with the BSO. He said as
there are individual cities and as long as each city is re
for the policing of its territory, he is absolutely concer
the benefits that may or may not be derived by the City of
He said while he appreciates the problems of the BSO to po
certain areas, that is not Council's problem. He said the
problem is Tamarac. He said he wants to be convinced that
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comes up for renewal, and at that time, the thinking of the B810 is
not known. He said it may be possible that whoever is running BSO at
that time will say there are 13 more patrols that are not b ing paid
for by Tamarac and the contract is going to be renegotiated and
Tamarac is going to pay for this. He asked if the BSO woul ao cider
an extension of the contract under the same terms for an ad it!i nal 3
or 4 years if this proposal is agreed upon.
Lt. Griffin said he is not authorized to approve, but this s
something that can be negotiated. He said this is a pilot rolje
see if it would work.
V/M Hoffman said he would like this pursued before a defini e
decision is made. He said he has found that once something is
started, it is very difficult to get out.
Mayor Abramowitz said he made a statement earlier that was iiot
derogatory to the City Manager or the Police Chief. He said op(
the concerns is the fact that contractually, whoever is the go1r(
body of the elected officials in the City, has the right to terr
such a contract. He said he has confidence in City Manager Key
He said he would not be satisfied if it was catastrophic on Dav
He said there will always be some problems, but if it is
catastrophic, he wants the governing body to have the ability tc
to the BSO and be removed from this contract. He said he d es r
want any politics to enter into this. He said when the Cit wer
with the BSO, it was at the insistence of Council that the first
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fought because Council did not want politics involved. He said he
has no problem with who, but if it does not work, the elected
officials involved at the time have the ability to control it.
V/M Hoffman said he would like to consider negotiating an extension
of the current contract beyond the original 5 years to incorporate
the fact that the City is not going to be paying for these additional
patrols. He said in addition to patrol officers, police work is made
up of many types of officers, such as detectives and investigators.
He said he does not see anything in the proposal regarding additional
detectives being assigned to Captain Goldstein's command. He said if
Tamarac is taking in an area that has a little higher crime rate than
at present, it is possible that when a detective is needed in
Tamarac, they will be busy on the east side of 441.
V/M Hoffman said he feels this is taking away from the City's
enforcement unless provisions are made for increased detectives. He
asked what provisions will be made to take care of that aspect of the
problem.
Lt. Griffin said unincorporated Broward is just that and there is no
way BSO can charge the City for cars that are working in
unincorporated Broward. He said an analysis was done on the issue of
the workload of the detective bureau. He said at present, Tamarac
has a surplus of detectives. He said the workload on the detectives
in Tamarac is considerably less than it is in unincorporated areas
and in other city contracts. He said BSO believes this can be done
without having to increase the staff in the detective bureau.
V/M Hoffman said the City of Tamarac is paying for detectives that
will be used in unincorporated Broward and Lt. Griffin agreed.
Lt. Griffin said part of this is by combining the resources of the
BSO in the unincorporated area with the BSO in Tamarac to get the
best possible use out of the people. He said the BSO is trying to
get away from an extremely parochial view of what impacts the
citizens of the City. He said one of the problems the City had was
their jurisdiction ended at the City line. He said BSO is saying not
only do these people have the jurisdiction, but at the direction of
the Council and the City Manager and the BSO Captain, they will be
addressing problems that have a direct impact on the quality of life
of the citizens of Tamarac.
V/M Hoffman said things that happen in Pompano Beach have a direct
bearing because they start in Pompano Beach and drive into Tamarac
and steal from someone.
C/M Bender said the BSO has a prison facility or holding area in
Tamarac. He asked if a situation arises where people are picked up,
will they be brought into Tamarac or to the main facility.
Captain Goldstein said the detention facilities in Tamarac are not
utilized. He said when an arrest is made, they are taken directly to
the County jail. He said these facilities are not used, other than
for interrogation for a minimal amount of time.
C/M Bender said during these patrols, the situation will occur where
money, property or other assets will be confiscated. He asked how
this distribution will be handled.
Lt. Griffin said because of the problem that the City of Tamarac is
incorporated and Broward County is unincorporated, if the event takes
place outside of the City of Tamarac, then Tamarac has no lawful
claim for that confiscation and it would go into County confiscation.
He said regardless of where the person originated, if the event takes
place inside the City of Tamarac, Tamarac will have the same claim to
confiscations that it currently enjoys.
C/M Bender asked if this includes the deputies of Tamarac who cross
over the line and are the people who find confiscated properties or
monies.
Lt. Griffin said that particular item is defined on the basis of
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geography. He said these people will all be working out of
office. He said if a man assigned at the far end of his of
makes an arrest half way down Commercial Boulevard and it a
City, the confiscation goes to the City. He said if he get
east side of I-95 and makes the arrest, it goes to unincorx
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was held regarding the shifts and the number of deputies i voi
Lt. Griffin said in unincorporated Broward County at prese t,
County is assigning two men on midnight shift to patrol these
He said those two men will now report to Captain Goldstein. H
during the day, unincorporated Broward County is using 3 men t
patrol this area and those 3 men will now report to Captai
Goldstein. He said in the afternoon, they are using 3 men whb
now report to Captain Goldstein. He said in the course of a
period, this workload requires 8 deputy sheriffs. He said by
these resources and utilizing this one man who is present stri
a safety factor, he can be reassigned to other duties because
would have 3 and 4 cars that are all working cooperatively 24
day.
C/M Schumann asked what the increase of personnel would be
City accepts this concept.
Lt. Griffin said BSO is going to transfer Captain Goldstein
administration, those number of personnel who are currentl]
He said BSO is not asking the City to accept an increase it
or more than what is currently being done.
C/M Schumann asked if there will still be 8 people present
24 hour period and Lt. Griffin agreed.
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has been done by these 8 personnel. He asked for a crime s rVe to
determine what is in these areas.r �
Lt. Griffin said these surveys are done annually and are av4illa�le.
C/M Schumann asked what will be accomplished by the City go'nq nto
this when the statistics are forwarded at the end of the 6 ont
pilot program.
Lt. Griffin said at the end of the 6 months, what BSO will nake
available is a semi-annual summary that the City would revi w for
activity within the City. He said a summary will be provid d !o
activity in this unique area and a sum will be provided. H said for
reporting purposes, the City and unincorporated Broward Cou ty
statistics are separate and will not show up in the uniform crji e
report. He said if a homicide takes place in unincorporated Box ward
County, it will not be charged to the City of Tamarac.
Captain Goldstein said in addition, BSO will provide the Ci y, At the
end of the pilot program, the activities that the 3-man SET team has
accomplished during that time which would be absolutely gra is o the
City of the activities of this 3-man team. He said what cal be
accomplished within a six month period would be extraordina y and
this would also be separate which the City would not be ava lab e to
at this time.
Lt. Griffin said there is one other benefit that would depe d or sick
leave, vacation time and things like that. He said on any ivier day
of the week, there is a surplus of marked units. He said t erle may
be 14 on duty because no one took a day off that day. He s id that
extra person on duty represents a service to the City and tie
Commander can place this person on a particular assignment. He said
this extra person becomes an additional resource that is av ili le to
the City.
C/M Schumann said due to the BSO being in these unincorporated areas,
they should know what the situation is in these areas. He asked what
the City is going to get that is new that BSO does not already have.
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He said statistics do change every day.
Lt. Griffin said the SET team is primarily what would be considered
new. He said the City will be reaching into a different level of law
enforcement. He said arrests may even go up. He said the question
would be, is the quality of life increasing and are the bad guys
being taken off of the streets.
C/M Schumann asked if this would diminish the Tamarac resources and
Lt. Griffin said, no, this will give an increase in available
resources and an increase in the discretion that the law enforcement
personnel have to provide an improved quality of life.
C/M Rohr said this is primarily a plan for consolidation on the BSO's
part to accommodate all of the property that has been covered, but
will now be covered more thoroughly.
Mayor Abramowitz said C/M Rohr missed the presentation made by City
Manager Kelly regarding this.
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Mayor Abramowitz said this is in the annexation aspect.
C/M Rohr asked if BSO would be saving approximately a quarter million
dollars.
Lt. Griffin said BSO would make available a better use of the one
quarter million dollars that the City is spending. He said BSO will
not be increasing the contract by any money, but will be able to
provide a service that is not currently being provided in Tamarac.
C/M Rohr asked if it would be possible for the City to get the
quarter million dollars to spend whichever way is necessary. He said
Council's job is to save the taxpayers money. He said he can
understand that it is much better to have a mass plan for all of
these unincorporated pieces. He said eventually each City will have
to take over the unincorporated areas that adjoin them for police
protection. He said he feels that this is a good concept; however,
he feels that the City should have the right to spend the additional
funds that become available due to efficiency or not spend it. He
said he feels the City should not be told how to spend its money.
Mayor Abramowitz said no money is being saved. He said BSO is trying
to supply the City with a better service for the money.
Lt. Griffin said he is not talking about changing the contract plus
or minus a dollar. He said by sharing these assets, BSO can provide
better service and the City should consider a SET team. He said it
should become a part of the way the City should consider doing
business. He said some of these people can be reallocated and
reassigned to other duties, maintaining the same patrol efficiency,
maintaining the same detective efficiency and adding a new dimension.
He said he cannot change what it costs to police the City, but he has
a responsibility to give the City the best service available for the
money being spent.
C/M Rohr said in all negotiations, there are two sides. He said he
understands that BSO is asking the City to correct something that BSO
feels is beneficial to everyone involved. He suggested instead of
waiting until 1992 to set a new contract as it has been mentioned, do
it now and let Council feel that they can say to the residents that
Council is happy in the way BSO has handled the City. He said he is
very happy BSO came to Tamarac. He suggested reviewing the clauses
in the contract and reset them.
Captain Goldstein said he feels the contract is a separate issue from
this proposal.
Mayor Abramowitz said this meeting is not for negotiating. He said
this meeting is to understand what exactly BSO wants.
C/M Rohr said the City is in its third year with BSO and has not
found anything lacking. He said he feels this is something that the
BSO should be looking for in all of the other cities. He said he
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feels BSO should make it worthwhile.
Mayor Abramowitz said the option of the City to renew the or't act is
in 1996. He said he is very pleased that the BSO thought nou h
about the City to make this proposal to Tamarac first. He sail the
people of the City are extremely pleased with the presence of 3SO in
Tamarac. He said he has a little difficulty with this. He sa d if a
couple of bad guys are caught coming from east of I-95 who may be on
their way to west of 441 or west of Pine island Road, they hav been
stopped from coming into Tamarac. He said the priority of the
Council is Tamarac.
Mayor Abramowitz said the expression of Council is that no
afraid of a program that contractually can be stopped by C
said he would vote against any contract that would not all
cancellation after a reasonable amount of time if it is no
out. He said change is a frightening thing. He said he d
anything wrong with being the first, but the City must hav
to be able to tell the residents why this is being done.
feels this would be a great program for the BSO and he doe
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Mayor Abramowitz said there are a couple things that disturb h m. He
said it was said that BSO is patrolling in Tamarac as far down as 15
Street. He said BSO does not go to 15 Street and Lt. Griffin
disagreed.
Mayor Abramowitz said east of 21 Street is minute but needs to be
covered. He said if he can be assured that the eastern portior of
the City will get better coverage, his vote will be in the po$j tive.
He said what ever happens will increase the paperwork and he'.
supervisory capacity. He said at present, the concern is TamtL ac.
He said he feels that the minute the attention goes to the pro osed
area involvement, something will be taken away from Tamarac:.
Captain Goldstein said the section being discussed is Lake 1 nd 2
which actually does back up to 15 Avenue and those areas a e ry
important to the City. He said when he first came to Tama acj one of
the biggest problems was the home invasion case during the late hours
in that section of the City. He said due to the deployment of man
power, that person was caught. He said that amount of bur lar es
impacted on the UCR Crime Statistics for Tamarac. He said why
saying his mind is on Tamarac his mind is in Broadview and heiis
frustrated because he cannot deal more effectively in those ante s
with the manpower BSO has at present. He said his mind is on t ose
areas because he needs to control these areas. He said these p ople
that are in unincorporated Broward are less than a stone's thro to
Tamarac.
Mayor Abramowitz said the Pompano Park crime statistics are vory bad
and Captain Goldstein agreed.
Captain Goldstein said criminals impact Tamarac. He said eri the
burglars are in the 1110 Zone, they are coming from there. H(4 said
the car thieves are coming from there.
V/M Hoffman asked why it will be better if BSO comes in to atr)1
there than it is at present, being commanded by someone els
Captain Goldstein said District 3 does not have the resourcesof a
SET Team, which is what is needed. He said the SET Team wi llb
going into the Pompano area, but will help to clean up the problem
that come into Tamarac.
V/M Hoffman asked if the Sheriff has been negligent by not laic ng
enough men in that area. Captain Goldstein said he does no fle 1
that it is negligence. He said everyone has dollars that t ey an
spend.
V/M Hoffman asked if there will be more dollars spent if it is
commanded out of Tamarac than there is at present. Captain Gol stein
said Tamarac will have more resources and more manpower ava lab e.
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V/M Hoffman asked who would be paying for more manpower. Lt. Griffin
said unincorporated Broward will be paying for more manpower. He
said by sharing resources, better use of a personnel pool can be
achieved.
V/M Hoffman asked how much of the shared resources will come from
Tamarac. Captain Goldstein said it would be minimal. He said a
statistical study was done on how many calls were handled. He said,
for example, on the midnight shift, BSO would be incorporating
services that the man in the 111 Zone gets 1.5 calls in these zones
which relates to approximately 20 minutes. He said that is the time
that another unit would have to go into the unincorporated area.
V/M Hoffman said he feels this is diluting Tamarac's coverage and
taking some of the City's coverage and putting it into the other
areas.
Lt. Griffin said some of the unincorporated coverage is coming into
Tamarac. V/M Hoffman said BSO does not have enough coverage in the
unincorporated areas at present.
C/M Rohr said he has to depend on the expertise of Lt. Griffin and
Captain Goldstein. He complimented the BSO and, if they feel this is
a more efficient way to cover an area, he will not argue with them
that they are taking away from Tamarac. He said he feels they have
decided that this is the better way to go with this. He said BSO and
Council need to see what has to be done for everyone. He said it is
important, and everything in the County has an affect on all
individuals in Broward. He said this needs to be set up properly and
efficiently. He said he has no argument with this; however, Council
has to have control of this situation.
Mayor Abramowitz said he has never been afraid to take a chance. He
said the relationship that may occur if this does not work bothers
him. He said his vote is going to depend contractually on what can
be done in the event that this does not work.
Captain Goldstein read the Addendum. He said this gives City Manager
Kelly and himself enough leeway to do whatever needs to be done to
adjust this program, even if that necessitates redefining this
manpower.
V/M Hoffman asked what if Council does not agree with City Manager
Kelly's opinion. Mayor Abramowitz said he is not in favor of that
portion of the contract.
V/M Hoffman said he is very pleased with the relationship between BSO
and Tamarac. He said he feels BSO has done a great job for the City.
He said he does not know whether, by expanding this, the relationship
will be damaged. He said he understands that it is definitely in the
best interest of the BSO to do this. He said this is going to
relieve BSO of expense.
Lt. Griffin said it will not relieve any expense. He said part of
the reason Tamarac went to BSO was due to the reputation of the BSO
to deliver quality service. V/M Hoffman said also for saving money.
Lt. Griffin said BSO values this reputation. He said BSO does not
come to lightly make presentations. He said Captain Goldstein, City
Manager Kelly, and himself are putting their professional expertise
on the line with this. He said this is not relieving BSO of
anything. He said there is nothing being taken away that is not
being handled at present. He said the issue is, "Can it be done
better?" He said he feels the answer is, yes. He said they believe
that part of the reason that cities in Broward County will look to
the BSO is because BSO will provide leadership and the kinds of
programs that give the best service. He said this is a new program
that has never been done in Broward County. He said the reason a six
month trial was suggested is because a disaster could occur. He said
there are no hard feelings and this is something that BSO feels it is
time to try.
Mayor Abramowitz said he is not interested in what the BSO thinks in
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six months, he is interested in what Tamarac thinks in six nontl
He said he has been in the City long enough to know that he will
receive many phone calls from people that there are no BSO cepVt
patrolling Tamarac. He said there is a responsibility from the
elected officials in Tamarac to make sure this City functio s it
best manner that it can and gets the best for the people of the
He said when it is said, "mutual agreement of the BSO and City
Manager," he says, no way. He said if, at the end of the six Inc
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Lt. Griffin said there is no problem. He said BSO would ex�ectlthat
if there were problems, they could be worked out.
Mayor Abramowitz said Council could just not pass an opportunity to
make an improvement in the quality of life in Tamarac.
Lt. Griffin said if the step is not taken, it cannot be evaluated.
C/M Schumann said this is nothing more than a criminal opt Jong
C/M Bender said he is all for trying the six month program. He
Council is trying to anticipate possible problems, objectio s,
benefits. He said the program needs to be installed to obtain
experience to finalize the value of this program. He said at t
time, it can be determined whether or not it will be good f r
City and whether it should be continued. He said there may be.
missing and BSO will find things that have not thought of. He
he does not see where this can do the City any harm, but ma dm
City some good. He said in the six months, the City and BS wi
have acquired some good information to be analyzed.
City Manager Kelly said the BSO did not come in with this p opb
ask for support. He said he initiated the contact with Cap ait
Goldstein and expressed his frustrations about the Broadvie at
He said he reads all of the police reports. He said two areas
been looked at for annexation and it had been discouraged b Ci
Department Heads in the past. He said the Fire Department is t
support of this proposal. He said Chief Raymond Briant is awar
this proposal and is concerned about the fire alarms that a e g
off in the area with the hope that a greater visibility of law
enforcement would help. He said this is looking to improve the
quality level of services.
City Manager Kelly said the advantage is to the City to pro idt
additional resources which would allow the City to control in
the police services being provided in areas that are contiguous
the City, that are still being considered for annexation, t at
otherwise would cost the City a considerable amount of mane ft
charge. He said this is simply a pilot program and he stro gly
recommends approval.
City Manager Kelly referred to the concern being expressed abo
mutual agreement. He said Section 7, states that, "dependi g
success of the program, the parties may mutually agree to e teb
both parties, which are the City Council and BSO, may agree to
this. He said Section 8 assumes the administrative aspects of
He said they are not changing the specific terms for "operation
adjustments may be made." He said if there are concerns that
is made aware of that are reflecting the concerns of the City,
direct this to Captain Goldstein and these modifications car be
without a formal Council action. He said a formal action b Cb
would be on the extension or cancellation of this. He sugg ste
waiting six months to evaluate the program for judgement at thaL
time. He said to consider action of the overall contractual
obligation is premature until it is known how this is worki g.
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Mayor Abramowitz said he feels there is a sense from Council that
they may want to try this. He said he is concerned about c rt4i
things. He said he wants City Attorney Ruf to look at this proposal
and the language involved. He asked that on Monday, Januar 7, 1991,
City Attorney Ruf review this and a workshop be held.
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Mayor Abramowitz said the City Attorney does not know what Council
wants.
V/M Hoffman said he feels no action should be taken at this meeting.
* Mayor Abramowitz MOVED to AGREE to a six month period, based upon
* the City Attorney and Council meeting on Monday or Tuesday and there
* may be some changes. He asked if this contract has been reviewed to
* the fullest.
City Manager Kelly said the changes that are on this proposal reflect
City Attorney Ruf's feelings.
Mayor Abramowitz said if an expression is made, a special meeting
will not need to be held, only a workshop, if Council is interested.
He said he is not comfortable until City Attorney Ruf hears Council's
concerns.
V/M Hoffman asked if the City will begin paying for these areas if it
is decided to annex these areas.
City Manager Kelly said this is why he decided to go with this
approach, to clean up these areas prior to the annexation.
V/M Hoffman said Council does not know how much revenue is going to
be received from this program. He requested that the contract
expiration date be acquired prior to action on this proposal.
Lt. Griffin said he feels this proposal and the contract between
Tamarac and BSO are two separate issues. He said the extension of
the contract is something that would need to be considered and
defined to exactly what terms would be considered.
V/M Hoffman asked what would happen if BSO and the City agree to
extend the contract as it exists for an additional two years. He
said it is not a separate issue because the time may come when the
Sheriff may decide to charge Tamarac because of the additional cost.
Captain Goldstein said that is where it becomes an independent issue.
Mayor Abramowitz said the contract does not expire until 1996. V/M
Hoffman said the City has an option. Mayor Abramowitz said the
option is at the City's discretion not at the discretion of the
Sheriff.
* C/M Schumann MOVED to ACCEPT the Addendum, subject to the City
* Attorney reviewing it, SECONDED by C/M Bender.
C/M Rohr said he does not understand why the City cannot get an
answer regarding the extension of the present contract.
C/M Bender said before he would want to vote on an extension of the
contract, he would like to find out the six month experience. He
said Council may not want to extend this, it may need to be changed.
Discussion was held regarding the basic contract.
Mayor Abramowitz said the entire concept is being lost. He said when
sitting with the City Attorney, Council can give him the provision
that an extension is wanted.
V/M Hoffman asked if there is going to be a meeting with the City
Attorney to take a vote on whether or not Council wants to extend the
contract.
Discussion was held regarding the contract.
V/M Hoffman suggested taking a vote on whether or not Council wants
an extension. Mayor Abramowitz said he agrees that an extension is
not needed unless this six month program works out. He asked what
V/M Hoffman wants to extend and V/M Hoffman said the basic contract.
C/M Schumann said the purpose of this meeting is the Addendum.
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V/M Hoffman said there is a Motion on the floor that either
be withdrawn or voted on before another Motion is made.
Mayor Abramowitz asked C/M Schumann if he would withdraw h s
and C/M Schumann said, no.
VOTE on C/M Schumann's Motion: C/M Rohr -
C/M Schumann -
C/M Bender -
V/M Hoffman -
Mayor Abramowitz -
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Mayor Abramowitz said this is not in approval of the contr ct
City Attorney Ruf discusses with Council what Council want .
if there are revisions and BSO does not agree with the rev'si4
there is no contract.
Ms. Jackson read the Motion, "C/M Schumann MOVED to ACCEPT the
addendum subject to City Attorney review, SECONDED by C/M end,
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Mayor Abramowitz asked if the Attorney will only be lookin at the
legal aspects of this and C/M Schumann agreed.
C/M Schumann said the Addendum will stand if City Attorney Ruf I
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that it is legally sufficient,
Mayor Abramowitz said he does not feel that an extension of this
contract is germane to what is being attempted at this meeting and
C/M Schumann agreed.
Mayor Abramowitz said he feels one of the things that is m st
important is the ability to stay within the contract is le t in the
hands of the City Council, not in the hands of the City Ma ager or
the Chief of Police.
City Manager Kelly said that is in Section 7 of the Addend e
said it reads, "It is understood that pending the success of th's
pilot, the parties," of which he is not a party, only Council aid BSO
are parties, "the parties may mutually agree to extend the progcam or
adapt it on a permanent basis." He said this means only the Qo ncil
and the BSO and it is not the City Manager. He said City AttOraey
Ruf, in his review of this, made two points which are in writ nin
which he recommended that the contract should reference the ei ting
contract with BSO and the date of that contract. He said t e's cond
part was that the Zone should be described by a boundary and a nap
showing the zones attached to the contract.
Mayor Abramowitz said he feels everyone on Council should have i copy
of this map for reviewing.
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C/M Rohr suggested that despite the vote, some contact be m d(�
between the City Manager and BSO that some of the Council w ulid look
favorably at an extension of the master contract without
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any openings for terms or anything other than the length of teirirl. He
said this would help in the long run to make sure that the program as
proposed would go forward in the future.
V/M Hoffman said he does not oppose the concept. He said his Ily
reason for voting against it was he felt the terms of the c ntct
are germane to any changes,
Nathan Peretzman, resident, said this is not regarding the ol;i
item.
Mayor Abramowitz said he needed to speak at the beginning of th
meeting for Public Participation. He said he can speak, but. fr m now
on, anything that is not agendized will be discussed at the bets nning
of the meeting,
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portion at the beginning; however, this agenda shows it at he
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MLIC 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.
Mr. Peretzman said he has questions pertaining to Tamarac Utilities
West. He said Council had on-the-job training, the residents did
not. He referred to the City Manager's message from the Tam--A-Gram,
January, 1991 issue in reference to the 1986 Referendum. He read,
"The City of Tamarac should soon begin the necessary 2.1 million
dollar expansion of it's Water Treatment System. The much needed
project was overwhelmingly approved by voters in a 1986 Referendum."
He asked if this Resolution is R--86-205, which is part of the Capital
Improvement Projects of 1985-1986 to be funded by bonds under Broward
County 201 concept, a total of 13 projects. He asked for an answer
from City Manager Kelly.
Mayor Abramowitz said City Manager Kelly will answer this when he has
the opportunity to look it up for the appropriate answer.
Mr. Peretzman said his other question depends on this answer. He
read, "The City Council had been reluctant to pursue the project
until they could be assured that there was sufficient monies
available from the bond funds and Developer Impact Fees." He asked
what happened to the $12,700,000 Tamarac received from the Capital
Improvement Project, Resolution R-86-205. He read, "Their intent
(the Council) was to avoid using revenue money from your utility
bills in order to continue to hold the line on the utility rates as
long as possible."
Mr. Peretzman asked if somebody gave the Council poor advice or was
this the Council's idea. He said revenue money can be used only for
the following purposes: To provide funds to pay the costs of
maintaining, repairing, and operating the utility and to pay
principle and interest on the bonds and create reserves for such
purposes.
Irving Katz, resident of Lakes at Carriage Hills, said he sees people
from Broadview in his parking lot. He said he would like to know
that they are getting the best police coverage that they can. He
said he understood that there were to be 13 patrolmen coming from
District 3 to come to District 11 and that this was voted down and
they will remain in District 3. He said he received this information
from the patrolmen who work in District 3.
Mayor Abramowitz said he had not heard that and it may be
misinformation. Mr. Katz said either the patrolmen or their
Commanders must have been misinformed.
V/M Hoffman said the patrolmen is not the proper place to get
information. He said the Commander should be contacted if
information is needed.
Mr. Katz asked if it is possible for the area east of I--95 to be a
portion because it is not a contiguous area and it is a higher crime
area. He asked if it is possible to incorporate this area into
another precinct or district and leave Tamarac with the additional
protection that the proposal might afford the City with just the
contiguous areas and those areas that may be incorporated.
Lt. Griffin said part of the 13 patrolmen comes from the personnel
that are patrolling the area east of I-95. He said this is part of
what BSO had to put into the package because, if everybody else was
transferred to the Tamarac administration, there would be only one
officer, by himself, on another frequency, whose nearest support and
backup would have to come from Sample Road. He said this would not
be safe or efficient. He said this will not have an impact on the
City's crime statistics in the way that they are reported. He said
the fact that this is a problem area or is perceived to be a problem
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area, it cannot just be given away. He said BSO is respons'blo for
this area and through the administration of Tamarac is the most
efficient way to handle this area.
With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED this meet'ng at
10.45 a.m.
N RMAN ABRAMOWIT
MAYOR
CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
"This public document was promulgated at a cost of $145.17 r $ .22
per copy to inform the general public, public officers and Emphcyees
of recent opinions and considerations of the City Council of the City
of Tamarac."
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