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CITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1994
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Abramowitz called this meeting to order
on Monday, April 11, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. in Conference Room #1
of City Hall.
PRFF.NT: Mayor Norman Abramowitz
Vice Mayor Irving Katz
Councilman Larry Mishkin
Councilman Joseph Schreiber
Councilwoman Sharon Machek
ALSO PRESENT: Robert S. Noe, Jr., City Manager
Dina M. McDermott, Assistant City Manager
Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney
Carol A. Evans, City Clerk
Karen Jackson, Secretary
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Mayor Abramowitz said he received information that the
Charter Board has been working on some items to be considered
for referendum and Council had previously worked on various
items. He said he would like to get an Expression of Interest
from Council as to what they are interested in to be
considered for referendum. He said there is a time constraint
for referendum items.
Mayor Abramowitz asked Morton Winter, Chairman of the Charter
Board, if one of the items that the Charter Board is
considering refers to the rights of the Charter Board to
place items on the ballot for referendum and Mr. Winter said
that item was dropped from consideration.
Mayor Abramowitz said there is a new Council with new
thoughts and would like their recommendations for
consideration. He asked what the timeframe is for placing
referendums on the ballots for the upcoming elections.
Mr. Kraft said the next election will be held on September 8,
1994 and the ballot information is required by July 22, 1994
and the ballot information for the General Election in
November is due by September 8, 1994.
Mayor Abramowitz asked if it is possible to hold a Special
Election by mail and Mr. Kraft said, yes, the Florida Statute
#101.6102 provides for election by mail ballots.
Mr. Kraft said there would be an expense incurred, but it is
an alternative to a regular -type election.
Ms. Evans said there will be a cost of $100 for the layout of
the mail ballot, $1.75 plus postage of 47.8 cents for each
ballot. She said Parkland, Cooper City and Hillsboro Beach
are currently doing this.
Mayor Abramowitz referred to the memo dated May 26, 1993
where the previous Council had held discussions and made an
Expression of Interest on certain items.
Mayor Abramowitz said there are time constraints and costs
involved with the referendums. He said the Council, by voter
referendum, had their terms extended from two to three years.
He said the Charter Board still labors under a two-year term
limitation, which means that Special Elections will have to
be held, unless the terms are changed.
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Mayor Abramowitz said there has been a large amount of money
spent on one of the referendum items which is currently in
litigation. He said it is necessary to eliminate the legal
expenses that are occurring.
Mr. Kraft suggested various items that the Charter Board
initiated during their February 10, 1994 meeting and referred
to the minutes of that meeting and the proposed amending
ordinances attached.
Mr. Kraft said the first item discussed was 2.a.- Revisions
to Section 6.04, regarding City Council candidates running
city-wide. He said the Charter Board currently runs city-
wide, where the Council runs by district.
Mayor Abramowitz asked if this would require different
elections at different times.
Mr. Kraft said if the Charter Board terms of office are
changed to be in sync with the Council terms of office,
additional elections would not have to be held.
C/M Schreiber said it would not make a difference if the
Charter Board ran city-wide or At -Large and the Council
members ran by district, providing the terms were similar in
length.
Mayor Abramowitz said every precinct needs to be opened due
to the At -Large position. He suggested that the terms of the
Charter Board be changed to match the terms of the Council.
C/W Machek said the item being discussed is all offices being
run city-wide.
Mayor Abramowitz said Tamarac is the only city in the State
of Florida which has an elected Charter Board.
C/M Schreiber said one article needs to be addressed before
the other.
C/M Mishkin recommended that Item 2.b. should be addressed
first, which involves changing the Charter Board's term from
two years to three. He said once this is done, the Council
can discuss electing the Charter Board district versus At -
Large.
Mayor Abramowitz suggested that Council discuss the changing
of the Charter Board terms.
C/W Machek referred to Carla Coleman's recommendations from
1990, and said possibly what needs to go on referendum is
whether or not the City wants an elected Charter Board. She
said she is having problems discussing length of terms, when
it has not been clarified as to whether or not an elected
Charter Board is wanted.
Mayor Abramowitz said past performance has indicated that 14
items should not be placed on the ballot for referendum at
once. He said there should be no more than five at one time.
He said past Councils had decided not to abolish the Charter
Board.
C/W Machek said Council needs to look at the Charter and
bring the City of Tamarac into the Year 2000. She said the
trend is for a non -elected Charter Board. She said Item #2.a.
is ping-ponging back to what the City had in the past. She
said it is confusing to the community. She said she is not
recommending abolishment of the Charter Board, but to make
provisions. She said the Coleman report recommends
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"grandfathering" the Charter Board members in to make them an
appointed board.
C/M Schreiber agreed with C/W Machek. He said this matter was
discussed a number of times and in view of the fact that this
is the only city in the State with an elected Charter Board,
it is apparent that Tamarac is out of step with the rest of
the State. He said there is no reason why the City cannot
have an appointed Charter Board and have them do their job
and then dismiss them. He said the current Charter Board has
no authority and must come before Council with their
recommendations anyway.
C/M Schreiber said a referendum was placed on the ballot
requesting a $100 per month salary for each of the Charter
Board members and the public refused it. He said based on
this, it seems that the public holds the Charter Board in
very little regard. He suggested a question asking whether or
not the public wants a Charter Board and for how long.
Mayor Abramowitz said he is going to strongly recommend that
the City bring aboard Sam Goren, an attorney, to help with
the language for this item.
V/M Katz said he initiated the removal of the powers of the
Charter Board and for the final approval going to Council on
their items, which passed. He said the Chairperson of the
Charter Board sued the City due to this. He said he agrees
with C/W Machek that the Charter Board should be a Charter
Review Board. He said the main thing that the Charter Board
did over the last ten years was take an adversarial position
against the Council and they could not even get along with
themselves.
C/M Mishkin said he agrees with C/W Machek in that Council
should consider and discuss Carla Coleman's recommendations.
Mayor Abramowitz said the Coleman report has been discussed
and nothing was ever done. He recommended that Council read
it at home for information. He said there are some members on
the Charter Board who are up for election, and they must
serve out their terms. He said he would like to see the
Charter Board mass resign and then have Council appoint them
to their positions. He requested that Mr. Kraft research this
for legalities.
C/W Machek said the Coleman report contains a recommendation
of "grandfathering in" and if the City has someone who can
properly word the referendum, there is a way to "grandfather
in" those members who were coming up for election to be
appointed and the persons serving an active term can finish
their terms.
Mr. Kraft said this has been addressed before and he had
developed a proposed amendment with the grandfathering effect
and he did not foresee a problem. He said he would research
it further.
C/M Mishkin said if by some chance that sometime in the
future that the Charter Board chooses to resign and consider
appointments, then all of the discussions about amending the
items involving length of terms and how they are elected
become moot.
Mayor Abramowitz suggested that these items are taken off the
table and asked for a consensus as to what Council would like
to do about abolishing an elected Charter Board and have it
as an appointed board.
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C/W Machek said she prefers this to be called a rejuvenation
of the Charter Board.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: C/M Schreiber - YES
C/M Mishkin - YES
V/M Katz - YES
C/W Machek - YES
Mayor Abramowitz - NO
Mayor Abramowitz said the terms of the Charter Board will be
removed from consideration at this time based on this. He
said if the conversion does not take place, the terms will
then be considered.
Mayor Abramowitz said Mr. Kraft will bring his legal opinion
to the next Council Workshop regarding this as to whether or
not there can be a shared Charter Board consisting of elected
and appointed members.
Mr. Kraft said Items 2.b.1., 2.b.2., and 2.b.3. will be
removed from discussion at this time.
V/M Katz read Temp. Ord. #1652 regarding City-wide elections
for Council members. He said during the time he ran for
election, there were a number of people who resented the fact
that they could not vote for other candidates in other
districts. He said when he voted for single -member districts,
it was something that he felt needed to be tried, and it was
tried. He said many have complained about the limited power
of the electorate to vote strictly by districts.
C/W Machek said she has a problem with readdressing something
that 59% of the community said yes to. She said only five
polling places out of 25 said no during the 1992 election
which gave the City single -member districts. She said two of
those polling places represent 80% of the vote, which is
Kings Point, and they voted no. She said there has been a
large per cent of the community who have already addressed
this and have already said yes to single -member district
voting.
C/W Machek said single -member district voting has already
benefitted the City this year. She said it gave a minority
person in age classification within the City of Tamarac the
ability to be elected to the Council. She said the community
has spoken and does not see why it has to be addressed again.
C/M Schreiber said the most democratic way for any City to
function is to have single -member districts because it gives
the disadvantaged the opportunity to run and not run City-
wide and not have to compete with an incumbent who has far
greater funds than another could ever raise.
C/M Schreiber said it is easier to run single --member district
and it encourages more people to run. He said one of the
concerns is to prevent a large area from dominating the City.
He said when Kings Point is built out, it could very well
dominate the City and elect whoever they want. He said
single -member districts is equitable and the way to go.
Mayor Abramowitz said easier does not make it correct. He
said single -member districts were originally put it because
there were disadvantages.
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Mayor Abramowitz said he does not consider C/W Machek as a
minority. He said he does not consider a female to be a
minority or her age group as a minority. He said if a person
is good, they will get elected.
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Mayor Abramowitz said the problem that is present is that
most of the voters in the City have been disenfranchised. He
said there are items that come up in discussion at Council
meetings that each Council person will respond to as to what
their constituents want. He said if they are not his
constituents, the Council person will be less apt to be
concerned about it.
Mayor Abramowitz said he has run for Mayor three times and
has won three times. He said he ran for Council once because
he was not permitted to run for Mayor. He said there is a
difference when running city-wide and by district. He said if
a person is good, that person will be elected. He said every
person who pays taxes in the City has the right to vote for
whomever they want city-wide. He said Council has done a
terrible disservice to the City by not allowing the voters to
vote city-wide.
C/M Schreiber said Mayor Abramowitz ran city-wide in 1992 for
Council.
Mayor Abramowitz said people are very upset. He suggested
that this be placed on the ballot again and let the people
decide if Council is so sure that city-wide elections is the
way to go.
C/M Mishkin said too many changes have a ping-pong effect. He
said city-wide elections has not been given a fair, long-term
chance. He said he is not convinced that the City made a
mistake. He said he does not believe that the integrity of
the candidates can be compromised because they represent a
single district. He said most of his activity in the last few
weeks has from constituents from outside his district. He
said he has given them as much cooperation and time as any
member of his district.
C/M Mishkin said it is easier for candidates to consider
running for any political office if they have a limited area
due to the financial restrictions and the physical strain of
running city-wide. He said he would not have run city-wide
due to financial and physical constraints.
C/M Mishkin recommended that the City provide the opportunity
for a few more elections by district before considering
change. He said the electorate is intelligent enough to make
the proper decisions.
C/W Machek said during the last Council Workshop, Advanced
Life Support, cable television and recycling were discussed,
which are city-wide issues. She said she has also responded
to residents who are outside her district. She recommended
that the City give single -member district voting some time.
She said this is the trend throughout the United States and
the State of Florida.
C/W Machek said her district is where the majority of Afro-
Americans and Hispanics live.
V/M Katz said the five members on Council control the
destinies of 48,000 people. He said if Council is going to
vote for something that is going to affect all of the
residents in Tamarac, then those residents should have the
right to vote for the people who are going to decide the
outcome of issues which will concern them.
V/M Katz referred to the fact that the Charter states that
anywhere between 22.5% to 27.5% of the population is
permitted in a district and when it gets above the 27.5%,
then a redistricting takes place. He explained a previous
case where Kings Point had to place some of the residents
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into another district. Discussion was held regarding
redistricting.
Mayor Abramowitz referred to a previous situation where the
installation of a sidewalk was discussed for a particular
area and the Council people who represented residents in
another district did not vote in favor of the sidewalk. He
said this was an issue of the health, safety and welfare of
those living in that area. He explained the occurrences which
followed in various meetings regarding this.
Mayor Abramowitz said most political figures speak for those
voting for them.
C/M Schreiber said the public voted on a referendum for
street lighting and voted against sidewalks. He asked why a
particular area should be provided sidewalks when the
electorate voted down the sidewalks.
Mayor Abramowitz said the Sign Ordinance was voted down also,
but every day there are variances provided.
C/M Schreiber said that does not make it right either.
Further discussion was held regarding the sidewalk issue.
Mayor Abramowitz asked for
Council as to consideration
elections.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST:
an Expression of Interest from
for changing to city-wide
C/W Machek
- NO
C/M Schreiber
- NO
C/M Mishkin
- NO
V/M Katz
- YES
Mayor Abramowitz
- YES
Mayor Abramowitz said the biggest thing needed is a
clarification of the ability of a person, after serving their
two terms, to run for another term.
Mr. Kraft said there are two issues, one is term limitation,
in which any member of any one office can serve two terms,
and the other issue regards seeking a different office after
serving two terms, subject to the two term limitation.
Mr. Kraft said Judge Fleet's decision in the current
litigation was that the succession in subsequent offices is
not proper in the City of Tamarac. He said this is an issue
which may merit some attention regarding Section 4.02 without
an intervening term.
Mayor Abramowitz said there is a current term limitation
existing in the Charter, which states that they cannot
succeed themselves for more than one term. He recommended
that term limitations be left in the Charter.
V/M Katz said he will be completing his second term in office
and if he decided to run for Mayor, he cannot run for Mayor
or the Charter Board as the Charter currently exists. He said
he cannot run for another elected office without an
intervening term. He said there are few enough people who are
willing to take the political pressure without limiting them
from running for a different office.
V/M Katz said he should not have to wait two or three years
before running for another office. He said he would lose all
name recognition and possibly all interest in serving in an
office. He said it is not in the best interest of the City to
limit such people from running for office. He said if the
electorate is unhappy, the candidate will not be elected.
Further discussion was held regarding this.
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C/M Schreiber asked why term limitation is being discussed.
He said throughout the United States there has been a great
demand for limitations because people get entrenched in
office and the incumbents become very powerful. He said he
has no need to change the term limitations and if anyone has
political ambitions, then run for a County office.
Mayor Abramowitz said this Ordinance may be more of a
disservice to the City than the single -member districts. He
said serving as an elected official runs in an order of
progression. He said the City just lost a person who was in
office for two terms and because of term limitations, he
could not run again.
Mayor Abramowitz said based on the term limitations, someone
with experience is disregarded. He said this person should
have had every right to run for Mayor. He said the Mayor and
Council offices are separate offices and are completely
different. He said if a person serves as Mayor for two terms,
he should have the opportunity to run for Council. He said
the City should not want to lose that person's experience.
Mayor Abramowitz said term limitations take away the ability
for the City to have experienced political leaders. He said
it took him a year to understand the functions of the City.
He said he sees little confidence in the electorate. He said
Tamarac has a wonderful record, percentagewise, of educated
voters.
C/M Mishkin said the best term limitations is the ballot. He
said there was a voter percentage of approximately 24% or 26%
at the election previous to this past election.
Mayor Abramowitz said the rest of the County had a 13 or 14%
turnout.
C/M Schreiber suggested that the City let the courts clarify
the situation currently under litigation.
Mr. Kraft said there were three different proposed ordinances
addressed to the Charter Board, two of which included:
2.c.1. Clarification regarding running for alternative
offices with no limitations as to the number of terms that
may be served;
2.c.2. Clarification subject to the two -term limitations for
each office.
V/M Katz said he proposed Temp. Ord. #1651, which was
proposed on May 26 and Mr. Kraft said this has since been
revised.
V/M Katz said Temp. Ord. #1651 is similar to 2.c.2 and Mr.
Kraft agreed.
Mayor Abramowitz requested clarification of these proposals.
Mr. Kraft said under 2.c.1., anyone can run for anything as
much as they want. He said 2.c.2. indicates that persons can
run for other offices, each office, for two terms.
Mr. Kraft said this means a different elected office subject
to the two term limitation.
V/M Katz said this would mean that he would have to stay out
of office for up to five years and Mayor Abramowitz said it
would be one year.
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V/M Katz said if the City did not go with this proposal, he
would have to sit out an intervening term, which is three
years, plus the time lapsed between.
Mayor Abramowitz asked for an Expression of interest as to
placing on the ballot the ability to run for a different
office (2.c.2.)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: C/W Machek - Yes
C/M Schreiber -- No
C/M Mishkin - Yes
V/M Katz - Yes
Mayor Abramowitz - Yes
Mr. Kraft said as 2.c.2. is currently written, it affects
Charter Board members. He said there may be some interplay at
a later time.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City needs to be extremely careful
as to the language used on this.
Mayor Abramowitz asked that each Council member place on the
table what they consider to be priority items.
C/W Machek said at the previous election, there was a
question as to who swears in the newly elected officials. She
said she understands that it is to be the City Manager, but
she got the feeling from Mr. Noe that the oath should be
administered by the City Clerk. She suggested that this be
readdressed.
Mr. Kraft said Charter Section 5.05 states that the oath of
office is to be administered and maintained by the City
Manager. Further discussion was held regarding this.
C/M Schreiber and C/M Mishkin said they had no priorities at
this time.
V/M Katz said the Charter dictates that Council have four
consecutive weeks of vacation. He said historically, it has
always been at the worst time of the year --the time of budget
review. He said it has always put the City Manager in a
terrible position based on sending the trim notice and other
information to the County by a deadline.
V/M Katz said he does not feel that Council has to be
dictated to four consecutive weeks. He suggested that this be
broken down or possibly remove it completely and allow
Council to take off whenever they want, as long as a quorum
is present for the meetings.
V/M Katz said it states in the Charter that Council must hold
two meetings per month. He suggested that if this point were
not in the Charter, the Council could hold only one meeting
if the month was a slow one. He said as the Charter reads
currently, Council must make an alternate date to hold their
two meetings.
V/M Katz said these are the types
of items that the Charter
Board should have been addressing,
but were remiss in
doing
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V/M Katz also suggested that the pay setup for Council
be
removed from the Charter. He said
the elected official
do not
break even at the end of the year.
He said in 1993, he
subsidized his expenses $8,300.00
out--of--pocket to the
$3,600.00 pay for office. He said
he did it because he
wanted
to and that there is no alternative.
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Mayor Abramowitz asked for Council's feelings on the four
consecutive week issue.
C/W Machek said it has always seemed strange to have Council
away on vacation at the most important time of the year.
C/M Schreiber said the Charter states that Council take four
consecutive weeks, it does not specify the time. He said he
believes that it was put into place so that the entire
Council be present while in session.
V/M Katz suggested that Council take their vacations
whenever, as long as a quorum exists. He said there have been
times where one member of Council or the other has been
absent from meetings, but the City did not stop.
Mayor Abramowitz said he was told in the past that the reason
for this timeframe was to not have the elected officials in
the office in order for Staff to properly prepare their
budget.
C/W Machek said if Council is going to look at changing the
Charter Board from an elected Charter Board to an appointed
Charter Board. She recommended that Council also look at the
rest of the items in the Charter that are needed to be
changed to bring it into the Year 2000.
Mayor Abramowitz said there are only two ways to put a
Charter amendment before the public, one being an established
election and the other is to call a Special Election, which
is expensive.
Mayor .Abramowitz said now that there are three-year terms,
the situation in Tamarac has drastically changed. He said the
upcoming year will be the first year that there will not be
an election in Tamarac. He said every year, six months prior
to an election, the Staff and the City is traumatized by
election preparations.
C/W Machek said if Council members are acting as Legislators,
the Staff should be able to do their work without being
interfered with. She said if the expense equals a working
document that will bring the City into the future, and that
information would not have to be discussed every other year,
then the expense would be justified.
V/M Katz said historically, the people have resented any
referendum items on the September ballots due to the
"Snowbirds" already being gone and diminishing the right for
them to vote.
C/M Mishkin said his objection for a Special Election for
referendum for changes in the Charter is that these ballots
have traditionally proven to draw a very poor turnout to the
polls, except for those activists who are against any
proposals of the elected officials.
Discussion was held as to the percentage of voters in the
City.
Mayor Abramowitz RECESSED the meeting at 11:39 a.m, and
RECONVENED at 11:50 a.m. with ALL PRESENT.
Mayor Abramowitz asked if V/M Katz is asking to change four
consecutive weeks and V/M Katz said that is what he wants to
change.
V/M Katz said he wants to eliminate the four consecutive
weeks language as mandated. He said Council can do this as
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four one week schedules or any other combination as long as a
quorum is present.
C/M Mishkin said it is very easy to observe the four
consecutive weeks because it only eliminates one Council
meeting.
Mr. Kraft said the Charter mandates that Council meet two
times per month. He recommended that Council look at these
two items simultaneously.
Mayor Abramowitz said there are certain times when Council
should be present. He said Council has the authority to waive
a meeting if it is necessary and it has been done in the
past.
Mayor Abramowitz said he has always made his vacation plans
according to the July schedule, beginning on July 5th. He
said he is against leaving it to the discretion of each
individual Council member. He said the City has a particular
time of the year when it is very important that all of
Council is present.
V/M Katz suggested that two weeks be taken in the Spring and
two weeks in the Fall, April and November.
Mayor Abramowitz requested that each Council member think
about the timeframe they would be interested in having off,
and bring it back for another workshop for discussion.
Mr. Noe said the Charter requires that Council receive the
budget by July 31st. He said he would like to present the
budget to Council during a Regular meeting. He said the
budget is the single, most important item during the course
of the year. He said it is helpful to have Council away for a
month at a time. He said if July is the time for Council's
vacation, the budget would be delivered to the members
anyway. Further discussion was held regarding this.
Mr. Kraft suggested that Council consider giving themselves
authority to cancel set meetings in such a change.
Mayor Abramowitz said he would be against canceling a meeting
unless there is a specific reason for canceling the meeting.
V/M Katz said he does not feel that the City will get young
professionals to sit on Council unless the City will have a
pay scale that will allow them to take time away from their
business or employment. He said it should not be necessary to
subsidize the job. He recommended that Council take into
consideration the option of an increase in salary.
C/W Machek said this complies with the recommendations in the
Coleman report which states that Council should consider a
change to adopting the National Civic League Model Charter
language. She said an increase of salary should be
considered.
V/M Katz said the Broward County Commission's salary is based
on a population formula and another formula is what is
mandated through the State. He said the State Legislature
tells the County whether or not they can increase their
salaries and by how much.
V/M Katz said he had proposed an increase of salary for
Council to $4,800.00 and the Mayor, an increase to $6,000.00.
He said he also had suggested that the expense accounts be
increased and add those onto their pay schedules. Further
discussion was held regarding his subsidizing his salary.
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VIM Katz said Cooper City successfully increased their
salaries. He recommended that Council consider taking this
out of the Charter and bring before the public at public
hearings.
Mr. Kraft said he had drafted Temp. Ord. #1654, which was a
proposal to amend Section 4.04 and to make it in accordance
to General State Law pertaining to non -Charter counties,
using a formula based on population.
C/M Schreiber said this would be taking away the right of the
voters to control how much money Council should get paid. He
said it is true that in other areas the Council is paid more
but no one asked the candidates to run for office. He said he
feels it is an honor to serve in this position and if he did
not earn a dime, he would still serve.
VIM Katz said the referendum that he is proposing is to take
the subject out of the Charter. He said if the electorate
decides that they do not want to take it out of the Charter,
then it will not be removed.
Mayor Abramowitz asked for an Expression of Interest on
removing this from the Charter.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST:
C/W Machek said she would like to discuss this further.
C/M Schreiber said there should be no change.
C/M Mishkin said he has no opinion on this at this time and
would like more information.
V/M Katz said he would like to discuss further.
Mayor Abramowitz said he would like to discuss further.
VIM Katz said he would like Council to address annexation on
the next referendum and consider this for discussion at a
future workshop
Mayor Abramowitz said there are at least 25 or 30 items in
the Charter which need to be revised. He said history has
proven that more than 4 or 5 items on the ballot at one time
should be avoided. He said it confuses the electorate and the
are not going to read a long list of items. He said his
priority are those items which are costing the City money and
should be handled immediately.
Mayor Abramowitz asked Council to make a list of priorities
for further discussion at a future workshop.
VIM Katz said the third Monday of the month, he is not
available for a workshop unless it is held in the afternoon.
He said he has County meetings every third Monday of the
month at 11:00 a.m.
C/M Mishkin asked what the status was on changing the
Councilman/Councilwoman name to Commissioner. VIM Katz said
this needs to be addressed in the future.
Mr. Noe asked that Council provide him with a date for the
Council orientation and all agreed to provide him with a
mutually convenient date.
With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED this
meeting at 12:15 p.m.
CAROL A. EVANS, CMC
CITY CLERK