HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-03-30 - City Commission Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1998
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Schreiber called the workshop to order on Monday, March
30, 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 Karen L. Roberts
Commissioner Marc L. Sultanof
ABSENT AND EXCUSED:
Commissioner John E. McKaye
ALSO PRESENT:
Robert S. Noe, Jr., City Manager
Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney
Tim Hemstreet, Assistant to the City Manager
Carol Gold, CMC/AAE, City Clerk
Jim Budzinski, Fire Chief
Raj Verma, Public Works Director
Kathleen Margoles, Parks and Recreation Director
Stanley Hawthorne, Director of Finance
Maria Swanson, Personnel Director
Jeff Miller, Community Development Director
Tammy Reed, Economic Development Specialist
John Ralston, Management and Budget Officer
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Strategic Plan Update,
City Manager Noe introduced this item for discussion. Fire Chief Budzinski presented
an update and answered questions on the Advanced Life Support Service Expansion of
Fire Rescue including the emergency medical needs of the community, costs and future
needs.
Public Works Director Verma gave a progress update on interim resurfacing and overall
streets improvements. Financing options were addressed by Finance Director
Hawthorne.
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Kathleen Margoles, Parks and Recreation Director, reported on the proposed
Community/Senior Center -project. Needs, sites, financing and operational issues were
discussed.
Personnel Director Swanson and Finance Director Hawthorne provided updates on the
status of each of the twelve elements defined in Management Practices as follows:
Compensation Plan revisions, performance evaluations, development and training
opportunities, the Special Retirement Program, organizational restructuring, operational
process improvements, policy and procedure documentation, technological —
advancements, communication/public information, participation and recognition,
safety/security and facilities space study. - -
Jeff Miller, Community Development Director, and Tammy Reed, Economic
Development Specialist, presented progress updates on economic development in the
City including implementation of an Economic Development Program, partnerships with
other agencies such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Broward Economic
Development Council, preparing an innovative advertising campaign, developing
brochures to assist local business in accessing services, providing information on the
City's WEB page, preparing reports on the availability of vacant land and commercial —
sites, providing economic incentives, responding to inquiries from businesses seeking to
relocate of expand and maintaining data to measure and report the effectiveness of this
program. A slide presentation was given enumerating the successes of the Economic
Development Program. The Florida Main Street Program and the Federal SCORE
Program were discussed.
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2. Quarterly Report
John Ralston, Management and Budget Officer, enumerated the financial highlights of
the report and addressed Commission questions along with Director of Finance
Hawthorne. Staff predicted the Veterans' Memorial will be completed by Veterans' Day.
City Manager Noe requested direction from the Commission on the Retirement Dinner. -
Consensus was given for a sit-down dinner at David's catering on April 28, 1998, at
6:00 p.m. There will be music. The groundbreaking for Hiatus Road is scheduled for
April 27, 1998, at 11.00 a.m.
There was discussion of the tape malfunctioning at the last Commission meeting and
consensus was given to have a court reporter present at the next Commission meeting.
There was discussion of the scheduling of the mid -year budget.
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With no further discussion, Mayor Schreiber adjourned the workshop at 12:30 p.m.
Carol , CMC/AAE
City Clerk
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