HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-02-02 - City Commission Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1998
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Schreiber called the workshop to order on Monday,
February 2, 1998, at 9:30 a.m. in Conference Room #1 of Tamarac City Hall,
7525 Northwest 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
PRESENT:
Mayor Joseph Schreiber
Vice Mayor Larry Mishkin
Commissioner John E. McKaye
Commissioner Karen L. Roberts
Commissioner Marc L. Sultanof
ALSO PRESENT:
Robert S. Noe, Jr., City Manager
Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney
Stanley Hawthorne, Finance Director
Jim Budzinski, Fire Chief
Jeffrey Miller, Director of Community Development
Trevor Feagin, GIS Specialist
Raj Verma, Public Works Director
Azita Behmardi, City Engineer
Phyllis Polikoff, Office Specialist
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4. Medics Contract
Fire Chief Budzinski made a presentation and referenced the number of transports,
hiring firefighter/paramedics and firefighter/driver engineers and defaulting with regard
to the contract. Discussion followed.
2. Hiatus Road
Jeffrey Miller made a presentation and introduced Richard Cabrera, Carr -Smith
Engineers, who made a presentation and discussion followed. Richard Cabrera said
construction could commence in approximately 30 days and Jeffrey Miller said Tamarac
was responsible for Hiatus Road from McNab Road to the canal.
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3. GIS
Jeffrey Miller introduced Trevor Feagin, GIS Specialist, and Robert Pearsall, ADR Inc.,
who made presentations and discussed a demo pilot project. Mike Woika, Levent
Sucuoglu, Raj Verma and Azita Behmardi agreed this was an excellent pilot program.
Discussion followed on the time for complete utilization of the system.
1. Mandatory Employment for County Employees
Mayor Schreiber addressed the request from Broward County and discussion followed
on annexation. City Manager Noe said hiring County employees was not in the City's
best interest and discussion continued. There was a consensus and the Commissioners
agreed to support Parkland's resolution provided in the backup.
Mayor Schreiber requested a recess at 10:45 a.m. and the workshop reconvened at
10:50 a.m. with everyone in attendance.
2. City Manager Evaluation
City Manager Noe questioned a date, discussion followed and a consensus of the
Commission was to evaluate the City Manager on February 9.
City Manager Noe referred to the individuals who accepted the early retirement
program.
3. Telecommunications Group meeting
V/M Mishkin referenced MIS Director Sucuoglu's memo and discussion followed on
BellSouth, Media One and Broad Band communication services.
4. Reconvening the Annexation Committee
V/M Mishkin said the Annexation Committee last met March, 1995, and action should
be taken before annexation is forced upon the City by Broward County. Discussion
followed.
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Comm. Roberts referred to a Broward County list of upgrades in northern Broward
County.
Editors Note: Mayor Schreiber left the workshop at 11:00 a.m.
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Discussion continued but there was no decision to reconvene the Annexation
Committee.
5. Public Information Committee luncheon
Comm. Roberts referenced the luncheon and discussion followed.
V/M Mishkin referred to an ordinance relative to a referendum and suggested
discussion at the January 12 workshop. City Attorney Kraft said the ordinance referred
to the senior center/ community center and discussion followed.
With no further discussion, V/M Mishkin adjourned the workshop at 11:12 a.m.
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a ricia Marcurio, CMC
Assistant City Clerk