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RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTIONS/DISCUSSIONS
September 4, 1991
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
There will be a Special Meeting of the City Council on Friday,
September 6, 1991, at approximately 10:30 a.m. or immediately
following the 10:00 a.m. Special City Council/Charter Board Joint
Meeting in the Conference Room #1, Tamarac City Hall, 7525 N.W. 88
Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
The purpose of this meeting is as follows:
1. on a full time City
Attorney.
FINAL ACTION:
APPROVED placing an ad for a full-time City Attorney.
2. D-iscussion of the proposed amendments to the Land
Development Code.
FIKAL ACTION*
Discussion was held.
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issue which is not agendized for public hearing at this meeting.
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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.
The City Council may consider such other business as may come
before it.
All meetings are open to the public.
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
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purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record includes
the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based
Carol A. Evans
City Clerk
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991
Mayor Abramowitz
Council to order
Hall, 7525 NW 9$th
PRESENT:
Mayor Norman Abramowitz
V/M Dr. Larry Bender
C/M Henry Schumann
C/M Irving Katz
C/W Diane Glasser
ALSO PRESENT:
called the Special Meeting of the City
at 10:26 a.m. in Conference Room #1, City
Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
John P. Kelly, City Manager
Dina McDermott, Assistant City Manager
Chris Carsky, City Attorney
Kelly Carpenter, Director of Community Development
Abbe Hoctor, Associate Planner
Ellen Wood, City Clerk's Office
ITEM 1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A FULL TIME CITY
ATTORNEY.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
APPROVED placing an ad for a full-time City Attorney.
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Mayor Abramowitz said a request has been made to discuss the
merits of having a part-time City Attorney and/or a full time
City Attorney. He said C/W Glasser has asked for this
meeting.
part-time City Attorney has not served the
as the previous Council had thought it
it was a good idea and possibly the City
would have saved some money at that point. She said after
reviewing the earnings of the part-time City Attorney, she
feels it would serve the purpose of the City much better if
it had a full time City Attorney on staff. She said she would
feel more comfortable and that there have been times that
advice has been needed from a City Attorney or the City
Attorney was needed to sit in on a meeting when he was not
present. She said when he is not here, he is a telephone call
away but he has other business. She said she feels that she
is looking out for the welfare of the City. She said there
are dollars that can be saved and more input on behalf of
what is done in the City legally.
C/W Glasser said a
needs of the City
might. She said
C/W Glasser MOVED to immediately put an ad into the Broward,
Palm Beach and Dade County Reviews, also the Florida Bar
News, the Fort Lauderdale News/Sun Sentinel and the Miami
Herald for a full time City Attorney and it should be done in
a timely manner, SECONDED by C/M Katz.
C/M Katz said he is in agreement with the thoughts of C/W
Glasser with reservations. He said if the Council decides to
look for a full time attorney, he hopes the Council would
allow Ruf and Carsky to remain as Interim Attorneys until a
` new attorney becomes part of the City staff. He said there
have been occasions where he has been more comfortable with
Ms. Carsky rather than Mr. Ruf, but there is different
expertise and exposure between the two. He said there were
times that Mr. Ruf called Ms. Carsky for information. He
asked whether the City was being charged by Mr. Ruf and by
Ms. Carsky during these times or being charged by one. He
said this is where he takes exception to some of the costs
that might be absorbed as against a full time attorney in the
office.
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C/M Schumann said there is no reflection here on competency.
He said a full time attorney would better serve the City,
primarily because the person would be here all the time.
V/M Bender said the City has grown considerably and there is
a need for an attorney to be in the City at least an 8-hour
day minimum to answer questions. He said Ruf and Carsky know
the City very well and they are responsive to questions that
are asked. He said he feels it is time that the City has a
full time attorney.
Mayor Abramowitz said everyone here has the welfare of the
City at heart. He said Mr. Ruf has served the City well. He
said maybe the City will be in better hands and served better
with a full time attorney. He said the difference is that it
needs to be done in a business like sensible fashion. He
asked how much Mr. Ruf has cost the City up until this point,
against how much a full time attorney would cost up until
this point. He said if the City can get someone with good
municipal experience and a litigator, who can do real estate
closing and handle the functions of the City, then he is in
favor of a full time attorney. He said the idea is to get the
best thing for the City. He said numbers are needed regarding
what other City Attorneys make so an evaluation can be made.
City Manager Kelly said he has some information but does not
have it all; some cities have been reluctant to provide the
information. He said the information he has should be looked
at but it is inconclusive. He said the salary would depend
on qualifications and the services that are going to be
provided against the services that are now being provided to
make a determination as to whether this is the course of
action that they want to pursue.
C/W Glasser said an evaluation is not the City Attorney and
how much he is earning or how much he is not. She said the
evaluation is that the City needs a full time City Attorney.
Mayor Abramowitz said requests for resumes are not sent out
until you are ready to do what you have to do.
C/W Glasser said the Motion has been made and Seconded. She
said she is ready to do what she said she wanted to do.
Mayor Abramowitz said he had no objection to the Motion and
he is going to vote for it.
C/W Glasser said there is no need for assumptions, wait and
see what comes in. She said Mr. Ruf is very good and the City
has had other attorneys do work that he could not do. She
said if expertise is needed in another direction, then get
another attorney.
C/M Katz asked Ms. Carsky about salary levels for other full
time City Attorneys.
Ms. Carsky said she had no idea.
City Manager Kelly said Dania has a full time inhouse
attorney with no assistant at $54,787 (verbal, over the
phone). He said there is an hourly retainer at $26.34 per
hour. He said for litigation there is a separate budget of
$285,000 liability and $163,900 workers compensation. He said
the second city is Hallandale with an assistant inhouse. He
said the salary for the City Attorney is $88,302 and for the
assistant is $37,303. He said in Hollywood, the full time
attorney makes $97,000.
V/M Bender said apples and oranges are being compared here.
He said every city has a different population and a different
requirement. He said every city has an attorney that may or
may not litigate. He said the Mayor has said he wants an
attorney that litigates so there will be a savings. He said
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if an attorney is being paid $75,000 to $90,000 and that
attorney subcontracts the litigation, the City would be no
better off than it is now. He said all these things have to
come on the table when the City goes out for qualified
attorneys. He said this City has 46,000 people and a track
record of litigation; he said the costs vary very little
throughout the years. He said it is time to look at what is
available on the outside and then go through it carefully and
come up with some conclusions.
Mayor Abramowitz said that he still wants the City Manager to
make a comprehensive report on the budgets of the various
cities, not just the salary of the city attorney. He said
when this City had a full time attorney there was also two
full time woman on his staff and Council should see this. He
said Council needs all the facts and he would still like to
continue so Council can compare apples to apples.
C/W Glasser asked City Manager Kelly if the City was
supplying staff to the City Attorney now.
City Manager Kelly said the City has a contract.
Mayor Abramowitz said that contract is for a part time
employee. He said a full time City Attorney required two
people.
C/W Glasser said cost is not the issue. She said she is
talking about the need for a full time City Attorney. She
said if Mr. Ruf can supply that need, maybe the City will
retain him.
Mayor Abramowitz said he does not have a problem with this
concept at all. He said the difference is that it is the
Council's obligation to have all the facts before a decision
is made.
V/M Bender asked who was going to handle the requirements in
the advertisement.
City Manager Kelly said he would prepare it and get back to
Council next week.
Mayor Abramowitz called for a vote on the Motion.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
Melanie Reynolds, resident, said Council and Attorneys do not
take into account what the Charter says. She said the intent
of the Charter is that the City have a full time inhouse
Attorney to take care of what three attorneys did before. She
said Mr. Appligate and Mr. Doody violated the Charter by
saying they were attorneys for Council only. She said this is
not true. She said the City needs to look for a City Attorney
that feels that the Charter is our law.
Vice -Chairwoman Kitograd said the Charter Board has retained
an attorney who will reassure that there will be no violation
of the Charter for the City of Tamarac. She said she would
also like to suggest that City Manager Kelly look at the ad
that the Charter. Board placed.
ITEM 2: DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
Discussion was held.
City Manager Kelly said the purpose of this is because at the
next meeting there are several items on the agenda, under
Public Hearings, which are amendments to the Code. He said if
the City had advertised them separately it would have been
about $8,000 so they were combined for a savings.
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Ms. Carpenter said the City has a landscaping section in
Chapter 11 of the Code. She said there are major amendments
to the entire landscape Ordinance which primarily affect
requirements for the landscaping and xeriscape requirements,
which is still in a draft form in the office. She said today,
they are dealing with maintenance and pruning problems that
the City has experienced over the last year. She said her
department had to deal with Code Enforcement and the
Ordinance is currently not clearly written so that the Code
Enforcement people can go out and determine if someone is
improperly maintaining a tree, whether they hatracked it or
pruned it improperly. She said this amendment establishes
standards describing what was proper pruning and requiring a
permit process for all but single homes and utility companies
which, by their franchises, are exempt. She said the
Ordinance has grown by input of the utility companies and
detailed input from the Planning Commission. She said all the
licensed landscape companies in the City of Tamarac and all
the major firms that the department knew to be operating in
Tamarac were invited to the series of workshops and not one
of them showed up. She said FPL participated in every detail,
Ms. Carpenter said Dana Sussman, an Urban Forester with the
Florida Division of Forestry, is going to present a slide
show which shows the public what proper and improper
maintenance on a tree is. She said this is like a training
slide show and it will describe the kinds of activities that
the City Ordinance is trying to regulate.
Ms. Sussman said she works for the Division of Forestry and
her background is with trees and proper care of trees and why
improper care can lead to problems. She said these are the
things she is going to address this morning. She said trees
give beauty, shade, cooling and help to reduce the carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere. She said trees, especially those
on City property, are an investment. She said the City spends
money to plant them and to take care of them. She said the
City will pay money out if they cause damage to someone's car
that is parked underneath it or a resident that happens to be
walking by. She said proper tree care is a money oriented
issue and also one of aesthetics.
Ms. Sussman said trees that are pruned improperly cannot
recover the way nature intended. She said trees planted
closer together, as in the forest, will naturally prune lower
branches because they cannot get enough sunlight. She said
losing branches is normal for a tree. She said in an urban
setting where there is more space, trees tend to spread out
more. She said in this setting, we are taking away the
natural ways that the tree has to keep its growth under
control.
Ms. Sussman said when a tree is cut it is a wound and they do
not regenerate tissue at the site of the wound. She said
trees build a wall around the dead tissue and do not allow
the decay to spread. She said a wound dressing hurts the tree
more and accerlerates decay. She said planting the right tree
in the right place is important so that it does not outgrow
its area. She said flush cuts (stubs) are no longer an
accepted practice because important tissue is removed around
the branch collar which stimulates the tree to cut off decay.
She said a tree in an urban environment is already under
stress from lack of water, fertilizer, carbon dioxide and
heating islands. She said stubs leave the tree open to decay
caused by insects, disease and the fact that it will never
close off the area.
Ms. Sussman said when powerlines run through the center of a
tree, most often the trees should be removed. She said the
branch collar should not be cut or touched at all. She said
the branch is all that should be cut so the tree will build a
wall around the remainder of the branch that is left inside
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the trunk and does not allow the dead wood to spread any
further. She said pruning should be done according to
National Arborist Association standards.
Ms. Sussman said sometimes a tree becomes multi-trunked,
where it has two dominant stems, one needs to be removed. She
said the landscape ordinance will address what should be
accepted on projects.
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Ms. Sussman said when a tree is strong and healthy, it can
usually handle any insects that come along. She said natural
branching is solidly connected; whereas, once stubbed, there
is new growth but not solidly connected. She said improper
care of trees is unsightly and hazardous. She said it is
important to have qualified people care for trees. She said
that covers the slide presentation.
Mayor Abramowitz asked if this would help us get back into
tree city.
Ms. Sussman said yes. She said any city that is not committed
to proper tree care is not eligible. She said tree city is
designed for two purposes; to encourage people to create and
expand an urban forestry program, which means planting trees
and taking care of them properly, and an incentive to get an
award.
Mayor Abramowitz said about six months ago, Concord Village
on University Drive and McNab Road, hired a tree company to
do the pruning. He said they pruned on University Drive and
did a magnificient job. He said Community Development cited
them and made them stop work because the trees were against
the Code. He said they proceeded and did McNab Road as per
Code and disliked every tree that they worked on. He said
they certainly did not want to hurt their trees.
Ms. Carpenter said what was done at Concord Village is very
similar to what happened at Wings and Things and the Burger
King, where the vendor went in and topped off the trees and
hatracked them. She said the Code does not have the standards
in it to tell them how to do it right and this Ordinance will
set the standards and tell how to do it right. She said after
they were cited and worked with, the job was done properly.
She said what Concord Village did on the McNab side was the
hatracking and what was done on the University side was
proper pruning of the tree. She said the Ordinance sets forth
specific definitions of what is tree abuse and it sets the
standards of how to do it properly. She said it has words and
pictures. She said the standards are attached to the pictures
and become a part of the Ordinance.
Mayor Abramowitz asked if a permit is needed before tree
trimming takes place.
Ms. Carpenter said yes, that is the third part of the
Ordinance. She said permits are required before trimming is
done. She said the single home is excempt. She said multi-
family projects, commercial projects and industrial projects
are required to obtain a permit and an inspection. She said
that does not mean that the landscaping inspector is going to
go out and inspect every tree that is pruned on a site. She
said they have the ability to see that the vendor has done
this set of trees properly and they can look at set after set
of trees rather than individual trees. She said this
Ordinance does not set the fee amount, it sets the ability to
collect the fee and staff will come back to Council in the
next month or two with a Resolution that will set the fee.
She said the fee is not intended to be revenue generating, it
is intended to cover the cost of providing the service.
Ms. Carpenter said staff will only save the trees and help
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them to not be damaged when people seek the permit. She said
it sets forth the Code Enforcement provisions, it falls under
the enabling language that is used to set up the new Code
Enforcement procedure, the citation procedure from Chapter
162 and it is written in such a way that they are cited and
go through the Code Enforcement Board if they fail to get a
permit.
V/M Bender asked why the single homes are excempt.
Ms. Carpenter said because it is too much of an enforcement
problem to go out and get a permit and inspect every single
family and in addition, when the single home owner trims his
trees on weekends it means additional staff.
V/M Bender said his house needs a major trim and it needs to
be thinned out. He said people have given him cards and
estimates that say insured and licensed. He said he checked
on many of them and they were not insured or licensed. He
asked what can be done in the City to stop these people from
coming in and working.
Ms. Carpenter said the Ordinance states that work has to be .
done by a licensed contractor. She said there is not a
cerification process existing in the State of Florida for
tree trimming companies. She said there is a desire for this
and the Division of Forestry is looking at this on a State
wide basis.
V/M Bender said many of the trucks do not even have proper
identification on them. He asked if the City has Code
Enforcement officers to ride around and pick this up.
City Manager Kelly said many of those are arrested.
Ms. McDermott said BSO does this. Mayor Abramowitz said if a
person does not have identification the police have a right
to arrest that person.
City Manager Kelly said many of these landscapers going
around without identification are being stopped on the
roadside.
Ms. Sussman said the City is requiring a permit be pulled
before a trim so there would be a procedure.
V/M Bender said the City needs to start somewhere but if it
cannot be enforced then it is a waste of time and effort.
Ms. Sussman said at this point, the areas that should be
concentrated on are commercial and multi -family, which are
easier to deal with and have the biggest impact on the image
of the City. She said concentrate on other properties rather
than the single home until people understand there are
different forms of tree abuse and shaping is as much of an
abuse as topping is. She said the natural shape of a tree is
not a circle on a stick and that when a tree assumes its
natural shape it has a beauty and is also healthier.
V/M Bender asked if the County has regulations covering this.
Ms. Carpenter said it exceeds the County's requirements and
they do not have jurisdiction over a. City Ordinance.
Mayor Abramowitz said this is more stringent than the
County's.
Ms. Carpenter said the County has put in a more restrictive
Ordinance which will take place October 16, 1991 but if the
City's Ordinance is not as stringent as the County Ordinance
then the County will supersede the Ordinance but it is
believed that the City's is stronger than the County's.
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Ms. Carpenter said two types of enforcement are being dis-
cussed. She said the Ordinance fan be enforced as it is
currently written and it is the job of Code Enforcement. She
said the Ordinance defines what is tree abuse, it sets the
standards of how to do it properly and sets a violation
procedure. She said these are the three things that are
needed. She said it does not and cannot set a standard for
licensing a company other than to say it has to have an
occupational license in Broward County because there is no
arm to set the standard for the tree trimming company. She
said it would have to be a county or state wide effort.
Mayor Abramowitz asked what would happen after the fact, such
as the golf course on McNab Road. He said thank goodness FPL
came and removed everything.
Ms. Carpenter said if the tree belongs to the property owner
and is not in a utility easement, the property owner can be
cited and the property owner's agent, if they paid someone to
damage.the tree. She said if it is in a utility easement, the
City cannot do anything because the franchise agreements
allow the utility companies to do what is needed to provide
service. She said the Ordinance provides for a requirement
that the utility company notifies the City 30 days in advance
that they are going to be doing trimming and the City through
internal publications like the Tam -A -Gram, gives notice to
the neighborhoods in which the utility company will be
working so that the property owner has the ability to hire a
professional to shape the tree so that it is not damaged and
also satisfies the requirements of the power company. She
said in 99% of the cases this is not going to happen. She
said the property owner is going to allow the utility company
to do whatever it wants because it is expensive and they are
afraid of the power lines.
Mayor Abramowitz asked Ms. Carsky why the City does not have
the ability to mandate to the utility companies that they
adhere to the Code.
Ms. Carsky said they are regulated by regulatory agencies and
the State. She said FPL said they are on track with the same
issues of the City and State.
Jim Hunter, with FPL External Affairs Department, said they
have been working with Ms. Carpenter. He said two of the
Codes they adhere to are the National Electric Code and the
National Arborist Association Standards to the extent that
they can. He said the difficulty comes in allowing proper
clearance around the utility lines so that workers can get to
them safely and so pedestrians can be safe. He said when a
tree gets too close to powerlines it often will be removed,
topped or crutch cut. He said they try to keep from totally
removing the trees. He said FPL employs only two tree
companies and they are under the supervision of a forester.
He said everything possible is being done so as to not abuse
the tree and that they under-
stand what is good for the tree.
Ms. Carpenter said the other way to look at the problem is to
say that planners across the nation have not adequately
described where trees should be put on a lot. She said if
street trees are required, very often they end up right over
the City water and sewer lines and for years the City has
allowed black olives to be used as street trees. She said now
staff knows they have to take out all of the black olives
because they grow into the sewer lines. She said this is a
maintenance and pruning Ordinance and it was brought forward
because of Code Enforcement problems. She said the rest of
the Ordinance which addresses a tree should be properly
placed and what kind of tree is proper in a specific location
is not in front of Council yet. She said they will go hand in
hand because if the proper trees had been placed under those
powerlines, these problems would not exist.
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Mayor Abramowitz asked Ms. Carsky if this was made as
sensible and intelligible so that it can be enforced with a
minimum of expenditure and time.
Ms. Carsky said it has not been tested yet but she is
generally pleased with the Ordinance. She said it is simpler
than some she has seen. She said the amount on conviction
would be better at $500. She said the minimum penalty is very
minimal compared to the value of a large tree. She said an
expert witness would have to be hired or the landscape
architect has to be qualified by the court as an expert
witness. She said the testimony has to be put in rather than
a formula based on caliber, etc. She said it might be worth
flushing that out some. She said she would like to see the
penalties beefed up and she thinks it is enforceable.
C/M Katz suggested that on page 2, section 2d, where the word
"building" is crossed out and "Community Development" under-
lined, that inserted should be Community Development: or a
Certified Inspector with the Building Department and the
Administration of which should be left to the City Manager to
say what department.
Ms. Carsky asked if it could be stated "shall post with the
City a cash bond".
C/M Katz said except that at one time this was a Building
Department matter and in the future may be there again. He
said the certified inspector may at sometime be from the
Building Department.
City Manager Kelly said in posting it with the City, it
allows all those options and others.
Ms. Carpenter said she had no objections. She said it says
Community Development because the Planning Commissioners felt
strongly that it should be the Community Development
Department.
Mayor Abramowitz said to use the word "City" would cover more
territory and makes sense.
C/M Katz said a certified inspector is needed and it should
not be restricted to Community Development. He said the City
Manager should be able to make an administrative decision
that, if it arises, the City may be better off having the
Building Department Inspector doing the job.
Mayor Abramowitz asked what was the objection from the
Planning Commission regarding using the verbiage "City".
Ms. Carpenter said they did not object but they felt the
responsibility should be specifically placed. She said the
only certified inspector in the City of Tamarac is Abbe
Hoctor.
Ms. Carsky asked what posting a cash bond has to do with a
certified inspector.
C/M Katz said this was on the first page but he is including
the verbiage throughout the entire Ordinance. He said he does
not want to restrict the City as to what it is going to do.
Ms. Carsky said this provision raises a different: issue in
that possible a cash bond should go directly through the
Finance Department.
V/M Bender said whenever an Ordinance is prepared it should
not be predicated on requiring a change when a title is
changed on a reorganization.
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C/M Katz left the meeting at 11:45 a.m.
Mayor Abramowitz said the massive information and
advertisement seen in the paper this past week saved the City
$7,000 by putting the ad in that way. He said to put in one
ad at a time would have cost $8,000.
V/M Bender said at the previous meeting he had made a
recommendation concerning the bill submitted regarding Bernie
Hart.
City Manager Kelly said it was given to Risk Management and
Ms. Tillman is acting on it. He said he cannot give a report
at this time but if she comes in this morning he will get
back to Council in the afternoon.
V/M Bender said he does not want to sit on this issue and it
has already been a number of weeks.
C/W Glasser said that after the budget process she feels that
consideration should be given to employing an internal
Auditor. She said the City went from a possible 4% utility
tax with a slight increase in taxes to lowering the taxes
completely. She said the City needs some streamlining and
needs to seriously look at many budgetary processes within
the City and maybe there will be more money that can be used.
She said the monies in the City should be justifiably used to
help the people who live in the City and contribute to those
taxes.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City had an internal Auditor.
C/W Glasser said she would like the internal Auditor to
respond to the City Council.
V/M Bender said he is an advocate of an independent Auditor
for a long time. He said the organizational placement of this
individual is very important. He said the person would have
to be isolated and work independently without pressure from
anyone from the City and accountable to Council and the
Mayor.
City Manager Kelly said that does bring up the issue of
Council and the Charter Board needing to get together to
discuss the Charter amendments for March. He said Council has
until January to accomplish it and get it to Jane Carroll.
C/W Glasser said then workshop meetings are needed.
Mayor Abramowitz said he has written a letter to the Chairman
of the Charter Board asking for a meeting and the problem is
that there were Council members that. were not available. He
said he feels it is important that everyone be available.
C/W Glasser said Council should be in workshop first so that
their direction is known before the meeting with the Charter
Board.
Mayor Abramowitz said with this exception, there are other
things that the Charter Board has that they want to bring
before Council. He said what has been done in the past is
that Council and the Charter Board expressed desires for
certain things to be placed on a referendum and then met
separately to make determinations. He said they met jointly
again to hammer it out. He said after the holiday, he wrote
another letter to the Charter Board and asked for several
dates. He said the Charter states that an internal auditor
does work for the City Manager because it states everyone but
the City Attorney. He said a Chanter amendment is needed.
Mayor Abramowitz said he is trying very hard to get a series
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of meetings set up with the Charter Board.
C/M Schumann said he would like to get an expression of
interest from Council on removing the plaque off the back of
this building and putting it out front. Council members
agreed; however, the Mayor said it was something that had
never been done before.
City Manager Kelly said he will have it moved.
V/M Bender said all Council has to do is give direction to
the City Manager.
Mayor Abramowitz said C/M Katz is not here and he would like
to wait until the meeting Wednesday when he would be present.
C/W Glasser said it does not make any difference if there are
three votes.
C/M Schumann said he would bring the plaque up at the next
Council meeting.
Mayor Abramowitz wished everyone a healthy and happy New
Year.
With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED the
meeting at 12:00 p.m.
Attest:
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CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
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YOR NORMAN AW'394OWILTZ
CITY OF TAMARAC
NPROVED AT MEETI G (_ l d
City Clerk
"This public document was promulgated at a cost of $131.57
or $ 2.92 per copy to inform the general public, public
officers and employees of recent opinions and considerations
of the City Council of the City of Tamarac."
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