HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-04-23 - City Commission Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
MONDAY, APRIL 23 1990
CALL TO ORDER Mayor Abramowitz called this meeting to
order on 96RUy April 23 1990 at 10:00 A M in Conference
Room #1 (City Clerk's Office)
PRESENT
Mayor Norman Abramowitz
Vice Mayor
Bruce
Hoffman
Councilman
Henry
Schumann
Councilman
Dr H
Larry Bender
Councilman
Henry
Rohr
ALSO PRESENT John P Kelly, City Manager
,. Alan F Ruf Interim City Attorney
Carol A Evans, City Clerk
Pauline Walaszek, Secretary
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Mayor Abramowitz said the purpose of the meeting was to
discuss the Independent Charter Review submitted by Carla
Coleman Consultant
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council could decide on their
next workshop meeting concerning the Independent Charter
Review at the end of the meeting He suggested the City
Council decide what procedures they would use to review the
Charter
Mayor Abramowitz said each Councilmember should indicate what
they would like to review He said the City Council could
prioritize the articles and discuss the important matters
more
C/M Rohr said he would like the Councilmembers to indicate
what items they would like to talk about
V/M Hoffman said everything in the Independent Charter Review
would have to be discussed; however the Councilmembers
should indicate what they wanted to discuss in each item
Mayor Abramowitz said the Councilmembers should indicate what
items they felt should be addressed at this time The City
Council AGREED
City Manager Kelly asked if the City Council would be
limiting themselves to what was in the Review and Mayor
Abramowitz replied no
V/M Hoffman said he reviewed the existing Charter and
independent review He said he would personally make
recommendations concerning both
Mayor Abramowitz said there were things that were not listed
or referred to and he would be recommending changes
C/M Bender said the City Council should prioritize the items
in the Charter Review He said the City Council should
indicate what items they wanted to discuss He said once the
City Council outlined the information they would have a
basis for discussion
PAGE 3 - ARTICLE 11 CITY MAP
The City Council did not want to discuss this Article
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PAGES 3 and 4 - ARTICLE IV LEGISLATIVE
Mayor Abramowitz said he would like to discuss this Article
C/M Rohr suggested the City Council discuss each Article of
concern as opposed to prioritizing each Article
V/M Hoffman said the City Council should set the parameters
of what each Councilmember wanted to discuss He said he
agreed with Section 4 03 Mayor and Vice Mayor
Mayor Abramowitz said the Councilmembers had the right to
discuss any Article they wanted He said if the City Council
set the priorities it would be easier to discuss
The City Council AGREED to discuss all of Articles IV, V, VI
VII, VIII X XI, XII and additional Articles
City Manager Kelly said there were several Articles that were
covered by the State law He asked if the City Council would
be discussing the items regardless of what other laws mandate
them
Mayor Abramowitz said Section 6 01 Qualifications of
electors, & 6/ 05 General election law was not on his
priority list He said the City Council should determine
what Articles should be discussed immediately
V/M Hoffman said if the State law covered certain Articles
there was no point in discussing the Article
Mayor Abramowitz said a Councilmember may want to disagree
with the recommendation that an Article was not necessary.
C/M Rohr said he would like to discuss the second paragraph
on Page 13
Mayor Abramowitz suggested the City Council begin review on
Page 3, Article IV Legislative Section 4 02 City Council
election terms and qualifications
V/M Hoffman recommended option three, which stated three year
staggered terms with a two or three term limit
C/M Schumann said if option three was selected the
Councilmembers would only be getting a year extension aid
V/M Hoffman said he would like three year staggered terO
with a three term limit
Mayor Abramowitz said he would like to have cross discussion
because it would assist in making their final decision
C/M Schumann said he read this section and he would like
unlimited two year terms He said he agreed with Ms,
Coleman's statement He said the U S Congress had
unlimited terms the Presidency and Governor had two terms
because each term was four years He said a two year term
would give the Councilmembers time to learn their jobs more
thoroughly
C/M Schumann said if a person was not appropriate for the job
the voters would have the opportunity to elect their choice
however if the person was appropriate for the position, they
should not be forced to resign after two terms He said the
voters would make the final decision and it was very
antiquated to have a two term limit in the Charter
C/M Rohr said he agreed with C/M Schumann He said other
than C/M Schumann, the other Councilmembers would have to
resign after (two) two year terms He said his last year as
Councilmember would be in 1991 He asked what incentive a
person had if they could not continue their position after
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(two) two year terms He said the voters should have the
right to make the decision of retaining or re --electing a
Councilmember He said he recommended unlimited three year
terms
C/M Bender said the Miami Herald and the Fort Lauderdale
News/Sun Sentinel wrote in their Editorial's last year about
this matter He said it was explained that the City of
Tamarac fell short in their elections due to the fact that
the Councilmembers were limited to one year learning the Sob
and the second to work on their re-election He said the
City lost the continuity with obtaining the cooperation of
the elected officials in Tallahassee and Washington He
suggested there be unlimited three year terms which would
give the Councilmembers time to learn the Sob and the
electorate would have the opportunity to remove a person if
not appropriate
V/M Hoffman said he did not object to unlimited terms
however, the voters may not agree to this He said the voters
should be informed about the need for three consecutive terms
as opposed to unlimited terms He said if the majority of
the Council agreed to unlimited terms he would not object
V/M Hoffman said he agreed that two year terms were too short
for a Councilmember to do an effective jobs however, he felt
that three year terms limited or unlimited were good
Mayor Abramowitz said he believed thxswould preclude any
unqualified candidate from ever being in office He said
this was not how Tamarac began because the provision was put
into the Charter by political expediency He said the
newspapers stated that elections in Tamarac were like musical
chairs He said the residents had no hesitancy in
eliminating a person from office
Mayor Abramowitz said he and
several mattersr however he
qualified intelligent and a
that Mr Stelzer should have
time he was to be in office
Jack Stelzer disagreed on
felt that Mr Stelzer was
worker He said he did not feel
been limited to the amount of
Mayor Abramowitz said there were two Cities that he looked at
as role models one was the City of Plantation and the other
was the City of Coral Springs He said these Cities had the
same Mayors for several years and they were operating very
well He said several Mayors have informed him that two year
terms were very short however practically, he felt that
unlimited three year staggered terms made more sense
Mayor Abramowitz said he resented any limitation on the terms
because the voters would vote for the person they wanted to
serve He said regardless of how powerful and well known a
person was if the voters did not believe in a person they
would not vote for him He said the voters should be making
the decisions not the politicians
C/M Schumann said by following the unlimited term nothing
would be taken away from the voters He said a limit of two
terms allowed the voters to vote against a person that was
not qualified He said with an unlimited term the voters
could vote against a person during each term
Mayor Abramowitz said he ran for the first time against an
incumbent Mayor and Vice Mayor who had the political power
and expertise and he was elected He said this nonsense
about a political dynasty was ridiculous and would not
continue in the future He said he was the first Mayor
since Walter Falck to be re-elected
Mayor Abramowitz said the voters in Tamarac were not shy
about expressing their ability to vote people in or out of
office He said his common sense and logic told him that
there should be three year terms
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C/M Rohr suggested the City Council should allow the voters
to determine what terms should be provided
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council should not submit a
recommendation to the voters but give them an opportunity to
choose
V/M Hoffman said if three items were listed two year terms
three year terms or no change He said 10 people voted for
two year and three year terms and 11 people to vote for no
change He said 20 people voted for a change and the one
person voting for one change would not allow any changes He
said there should be a "yes" or "no" opportunity for the
voters
V/M Hoffman said there could not be a three part vote because
there would be problems and City Manager Kelly suggested the
City Council not involve themselves in the strategy of how
matters were to be presented He suggested the City Council
discuss what they would like to do as opposed to how it
should be done
Mayor Abramowitz said he hoped that the City Council did not
ob3ect to the Interim City Attorney and City Manager
commenting on the Independent Review
City Manager Kelly said he was directly impacted by the
Charter because he was responsible to administer it He�said
he always favored unlimited staggered terms of office, He
said he agreed with option two He said it made the most
sense because when City Councilmembers were not elected -t
meant a new responsibility to the elected officials and the
employees of the City
City Manager Kelly said it took a long time to go through the
learning cycle and it did not serve the public well to Dave
(two) two year terms He said three year staggered terms
seemed more appropriate and would be more beneficial to
everyone involved
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C/M Bender said the cost of elections was high therefore,
the money could be saved
Mayor Abramowitz said this was an important sub3ect however,
it would not be discussed at this time
C/M Bender said the City wanted younger people to become
involved and three year unlimited terms encouraged younger
people to become involved He said he hoped that younger
people would become more interested and it would help the
City to progress properly
V/M Hoffman suggested the City Council consider this ratter
and discuss it at the next meeting Mayor Abramowitz said he
agreed with V/M Hoffman
Mayor Abramowitz said the existing Charter did not address
Section 4 03 Mayor and Vice Mayor He said the Charter
indicated, "at the earliest opportunity after elections"
V/M Hoffman said the recommendation would be appropriate, if
staggered terms were enacted and there was one year with no
election He suggested the City Council consider this
recommendation because it did not change the existing
provisions
V/M Hoffman asked Interim City Attorney Ruf to comment obi
this matter and Interim City Attorney Ruf said he felt it
made sense to have the recommended wording; however, 'chef
ballot for the amendments should be considered
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Mayor Abramowitz said if the City Council wanted to change
their minds about an item by the next meeting, they should
speak up
Interim City Attorney Ruf said Ms Coleman made several
suggestions with housekeeping items He said he classified
Section 4 03 as a housekeeping item and the City Council
should determine if they wanted housekeeping items on the
ballot
Mayor Abramowitz
asked if the
amendments could be done with a
referendum and Interim
City Attorney
Ruf said the length of
the ballot to be
presented to
the voters should be
determined He
said the ma3or
items could be handled in one
election and the
housekeeping
items at another
City Manager Kelly said the City Council did not want to
experience what the City of Davie experienced He said 35
amendments on a ballot was not appropriate
Mayor Abramowitz requested each Councilmember comment on
Section 4 04 Compensation and Expenses of Mayor and Council
C/M Bender said the expense account compensation was
$2,000 00 for the Councilmembers and $3,000 00 for the Mayor
He said he did not disagree with this amount at this time;
however, he disagreed with the City keeping records of the
expense account which could cost approximately $50,000 00 per
year He said it did not make sense to spend this amount of
money to control $9 000 00 He said the money should be
given to the Mayor and City Council in the beginning with a
voucher submitted to cover the accountability
V/M Hoffman said he had no quarrel for the salary because the
City Council did not run for office because of the salary
He said he agreed with C/M Bender that vouchers for every
expenditure was needless, costly and should be eliminated
He said the expense money should be given to the City Council
in monthly increments and they be required to contact IRS
regarding the taxes on the money
C/M Schumann said he was on a Federal account for 6 years
prior to his retirement He said he received $2 500 00
monthly in advance from the Finance Department He said when
he came back from a trip every expenditure had to be
accounted for on the expense voucher and signed under the
penalties of perjury He said if this was not done taxes
would have to be paid to IRS and the expense account would be
classified as income He said the City Council could draw in
advance however all the funds must be accounted for as a
bonafide expense
Mayor Abramowitz asked who would be responsible for sending
the money to IRS and C/M Schumann said the person receiving
the money should be responsible
C/M Bender said the City Council could retain the money and
pay taxes or return the money if not needed and C/M Schumann
said if this was done it was considered as income as opposed
to expenditure funds
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council may want to claim the
money as income He asked if C/M Schumann wanted to remain
with the same procedure as it was now He said V/M Hoffman
made a suggestion that the expenditures not spent be claimed
as salary which would have to be filed with IRS
Mayor Abramowitz asked if C/M Schumann had a suggestion on
how to handle the expenditures
C/M Schumann said the City Council could do what they wanted
with the expenditures; however, he felt the money should be
drawn in advance He said the City Council could submit a
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voucher quarterly under oath stating that this was the
bonafide expense was He said if there was extra funds rafter
the expenses, the City Council should submit the money back
to the City through a voucher
Mayor Abramowitz asked who would monitor the expenses or the
return of funds He asked who would stop the City Council
from spending the expenditures for needless items
C/M Schumann said he did not know what the procedures were
presently however, he felt it was inconceivable to spend
more money for the maintenance of the expenditures than the
expenditures themselves
Mayor Abramowitz said it was feasible to do the expenditures
the way it was presently being done He said this was w`hy
the City Council wanted to change this provision
City Manager Kelly said the City Council did not get the
expenditure funds in advance He said the City Council .had
to submit a voucher to the City and staff had to do the
necessary procedures for sums such as $17 64 for travel He
said C/M Schumann suggested the City Council get the money in
advance and submit a voucher containing the monthly
expenditures He said anything remaining during that period
of time could be submitted back to the City
Mayor Abramowitz asked A' what would occur with the itemized
list and City Manager Kelly said the City would retain the
information in their records
V/M Hoffman asked if it differed from the existing procedures
and Mayor Abramowitz said presently the City Council had to
submit a voucher to their Secretaries to City Manager Ke�1y
to the Finance Department for recordation, etc
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C/M Schumann said his suggestion would require the
information to go through the procedures once
V/M Hoffman asked who the City Council would submit the
voucher to and City Manager Kelly said the voucher wouldlbe
given to him
V/M Hoffman asked if the City Council's Secretary would have
to collect the vouchers and submit them to the City Manager
and City Manager Kelly replied yes if this was the
procedure
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V/M Hoffman said this was the existing procedure and City
Manager Kelly said when the voucher was submitted to him the
City Council would have the money in advance
V/M Hoffman asked what the difference would be and Mayor
Abramowitz asked if the only place the voucher would go was
to the City Manager
City Manager Kelly said he would submit the information to
the Finance Director
C/M Schumann asked how many vouchers the City Council filed
per year and V/M Hoffman said he submitted a voucher every
two months He said he would not file a voucher for $6 P3
however, he accumulated the expenditures and filed them every
two months
V/M Hoffman said the sign offs would be the same as they were
presently and the City had to keep records of what was
returned if the money was given to the City Council in
advance
C/M Rohr said he was informed for several years that it
required more money to record the City Council's expenditures
than the expenditures themselves He said he did not ag4ree
with this and would not instruct the City on how to handle
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the matter He said staff should have a feasible procedure
that would not require additional costs
Mayor Abramowitz suggested the City Council keep the funds
remaining and claim the money as salary He said the
Councilmembers should be accountable for the money used as
salary and file the amount with IRS
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council should stop spending
additional funds to monitor a lesser amount of funds He
said he would not be offended if someone stated the City
Council was being under paid He said if the City wanted to
increase the salaries of the City Council to a larger amount,
he would not objects however increasing the amounts to
$1,000 00 or $2,000 00 would not change his lifestyle He
said if the City Council could accomplish saving money for
the maintenance of the City Council's expenditures he would
not object to paying IRS more taxes
V/M Hoffman said many Cities have given their elected
officials a flat non -reportable expense account He said it
was actually a salary that was not reportable to IRS1
however IRS recently reviewed this matter and decided to
claim the unexpended funds as salary He said if IRS wanted
to claim the unexpended funds as salary taxes would have to
be paid
Mayor Abramowitz asked if C/M Schumann objected to this
matter and C/M Schumann said he did not agree with this
because classifying the funds as salary when the money should
be used for expense would be a cause for members to use their
salaries for expense items that were normally covered under
expenses which were not taxable
Mayor Abramowitz asked if C/M Schumann could state an
example
C/M Schumann said there were several expenses that could be
used as an example
V/M Hoffman said if the funds were declared as an expense
they would not be taxable at this time
Mayor Abramowitz said he was looking for the most feasible
way to handle the City Council expenditures He said the
last two trips he made to Tallahassee was for the benefit of
the City He said the money he spent in Tallahassee came
from his expense account and this did not mean he would not
go to Tallahassee
Mayor Abramowitz said everyone was interested in stopping the
City from paying a certain amount of funds to monitor the
funds
C/M Schumann said an advanced expense twice a year would save
the City money and V/M Hoffman said this procedure could be
done at this time
C/M Bender asked how the State handled expense accounts and
Mayor Abramowitz said State officials received funds of
approximately $80 000 00 He said these funds were used for
staff and offices He said this was an allotment He said
he did not know what occurred with the funds when they were
not used
C/M Bender asked if the surrounding Cities were contacted to
see how this matter was handled and City Manager Kelly said
this matter varied considerably
Mayor Abramowitz said most of the surrounding Cities gave
their officials an expense account on a quarterly basis He
said the officials submitted reports concerning their
expenditures He said he felt it was ridiculous to spend
$3 00 to monitor $1 00
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C/M Bender said he felt that the quarterly reports submitted
by the Finance Department required a lot of work He said he
would lake to see the expenses given to the City Council
yearly or monthly whereby the City Council would be
responsible for filing any unexpended funds with IRS
City Manager Kelly said there could be a procedure where the
vouchers could be turned in to the Finance Department, He
said the existing procedures required the vouchers to go
through a chain of command
V/M Hoffman suggested this matter be discussed at the next
workshop He said the City Council should think about their
concerns before making a final decision
C/M Rohr asked if the City Manager knew approximately how
long it took to operate and take care of vouchers for the
City Council
City Manager Kelly said the City Council did not exceed their
expense accounts this year
C/M Rohr said if a person did not like the existing
arrangements it should not be changed for one individual.
He said if the City Manager found that another procedure
would benefit the City it should be implemented
Mayor Abramowitz said this determination was not the
responsibility of the City Manager and C/M Rohr said the City
Manager should recommend any changes in procedures to the
City Council
Mayor Abramowitz said it was not the administration's
responsibility to make amendments to the Charter He said
the City Council was responsible for any amendments
C/M Rohr said the City Council had to have information about
something before making a decision
C/M Bender said he was concerned with the storage and
retention of the records He said the information had to be
held for a specific amount of years, retained and stored He
said the costs depended on several procedures which cost
money
C/M Rohr said it was fortunate that the Councilmembers did
not need a big salary from the City He said he felt it was
unfair to ask people to give their time and effort without
providing an increase in salaries He said everyone in the
City received an increase because of the cost of living
increase He said he felt the City Council should be given a
cost of living increase every three years or so
C/M Rohr said volunteering for a position was different from
being elected by the voters He said the City Council came
into the office every day attend meetings at night, etc He
said this was worth more than $2 000 00 or $3,000 00 per
year He said cost of living increases should be considered
for the City Council
Mayor Abramowitz said when the City Council reviewed this
Section no one indicated that the salaries of the City
Council should be increased i
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V/M Hoffman said a 4 7% cost of living increase would be,
nothing
C/M Bender said he did not feel the City Council could make a
determination on this matter at this time; however, he would
like this Section to be discussed later He said when the
Charter was written approximately 17 years ago, there was
less than half the population of the City He said he felt
the salaries could be determined by the size of the Cityl He
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said the City Council needed information concerning what the
other Cities legislators of like size were receiving
Mayor Abramowitz said this information was sent to the City
Council and C/M Bender said he has not reviewed this
information Mayor Abramowitz said the salaries of the Mayor
and City Council of the surrounding Cities was provided
C/M Bender said the City Council should review this
information and base their decision on the information
Mayor Abramowitz said he felt the present salary of the Mayor
and City Council was an insult
City Manager Kelly said the City Council was not required to
be at City Hall every day He said because a specific amount
of time was put in by the City Council, some consideration of
an increase of salaries was needed He said the decision
should not be based on the dedication of the existing Mayor
and Councilmembers
Mayor Abramowitz said the salaries did not seem appropriate
for the City Council if they came in half the time the
existing City Council did
C/M Bender said if the City Council wanted to be informed
with the operations of the City, time had to be spent in the
office He said to keep up with everything the City Council
had to spend time in the office
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council had to consider the
methods of how expenses were paid and he would like the City
Council to reconsider the remunerations
SECTION 4 05 vacancies; forfeiture of office; filling of
Vacancies .�
Mayor Abramowitz said this Section was a housekeeping matter
V/M Hoffman said he did not agree with Ms Coleman's
recommendation He said he felt the remaining Councilmembers
should appoint someone to fill the vacant position until the
following March when the normal election was conducted
Mayor Abramowitz said this may be different if the terms of
office were amended and V/M Hoffman said if there was a year
skipped because of the terms of office, the City Council
should hold a special election in March at the regular
election time to fill the vacant position
V/M Hoffman said he felt that during a vacancy in the Mayor's
position, the Vice Mayor should be appointed until the
following March, which would be the normal election time
Mayor Abramowitz asked if the City Council should select
someone to take a person's place until the following March
election if a position became vacant 2 days after an
election
V/M Hoffman said the City Council should appoint a successor
He said if a United States Senate position became vacant one
week after the election, the Governor appointed a successor
until the term expired, which was six years He said he felt
the City Council could appoint a successor for the vacancy
Mayor Abramowitz said he did not agree with this He said
the recommendation indicated that the position should remain
vacant until the next election if there was less than 6
months remaining in the term
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Mayor Abramowitz said the recommendation was made in
conjunction with the surrounding Cities' language He said
he hesitated in the appointment of a successor by the City
Council because it opened the doors to the City Council
selecting who they wanted to fill the position
V/M Hoffman said he felt the City Council should select
someone to fill a vacant position until the next March
election
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council should think about
this matter
SECTION 4 06 Procedures
Mayor Abramowitz said this Section mandated the City Council
take a month's vacation He said he would like to see this
determination made by the individual Councilmembers
V/M Hoffman said he felt the recommendation was correct by
not mandating the City Council to take a month's vacation.
The City Council AGREED with the recommendation in the
Independent Charter Review
SECTION 4 08Board and Advisory Groups
V/M Hoffman said there certain Boards mandated by State law
and C/M Bender said the Board of Ad3ustment and Planning
Commission were mandated
At 10 20 A M , Mayor Abramowitz WITHDREW from the meeting and
V/M Hoffman RECESSED the meeting At 10 25 A M , Mayor
Abramowitz R =NVENED the meeting with ALL PRESENT
V/M Hoffman said the City Council had no control over the
Boards required by State therefore they did not have to be
listed He said the ones appointed by the City Council *ere
advisory Boards therefore the City Council should have the
right to appoint the Boards they felt were needed
Mayor Abramowitz said he did not want the appointments to be
the administration's responsibility and Interim City Attorney
Ruf said the recommendation indicated that this mattes was
not appropriate for the Charter but was for the Code
V/M Hoffman said if it was in the Charter it could only be
eliminated by the voters He said the City Council had i
control over the Code
Mayor Abramowitz said the recommendation was to remove this
provision from the Charter and place it into the Code.
The City Council AGREED with this recommendation
Interim City Attorney Ruf said he agreed with the
recommendations however, this Section may be a housekeeping
item because there would be some suspension if the City
Council tried to take the Boards out of the Charter He said
the feeling may be that the City Council was trying to
eliminate the Boards
Mayor Abramowitz asked that the matter be addressed as
housekeeping and Interim City Attorney Ruf said there would
be no harm with the information remaining in the Charter)
V/M Hoffman said the City Council should review the areas
they wanted to address and determine which of the items were
of priority
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ARTICLE V _City Manager
C/M Rohr said the second paragraph suggested that a new
Article V be created entitled "Administration" He said
there were things placed in different portions of the Charter
referring to the City Manager He said it was being
suggested that a new Article be made indicating everything
that the City Manager was responsible for
V/M Hoffman said he favored most of the recommendation;
however, he did not understand the purpose of Section 5 01 of
the Independent Charter Review
V/M Hoffman said he felt the offices of the City Attorney and
City Clerk should be exempt from this Section He said he
felt that the City Council should be asked to decide on the
termination and appointment of the City Clerk
C/M Bender said there was a Section which pertained to the
City Clerk and he would like to address this matter
-� Mayor Abramowitz asked why Ms Coleman recommended the City
Attorney be administered by the City Manager and City Manager
Kelly said he never considered the City Attorney a Department
Head
V/M Hoffman said the next City Manager may consider the City
Attorney a Department Head He said the Charter should
provide a clear understanding about the City Manager's
administration of Department Heads
C/M Schumann said the City Attorney and City Clerk should be
exempt from the City Manager's appointment
C/M Rohr said he would like to see this Section provide that
the City Council would be informed of the dkmissal of any
Department Head before the City Manager fir4lized it
V/M Hoffman asked if the City Manager should consult with the
Councilmembers before he dismissed someone and C/M Rohr said
this was his opinion
C/M Rohr said he did not want Tamarac to be like the City of
Sunrise He said the City Council of Sunrise was not aware
of why a Department Head was dismissed He said he did not
want the Mayor and City Council in the position of not
knowing why the City Manager dismissed someone
Mayor Abramowitz said he would be embarrassed if the Mayor
and City Council did not make sure that the City Manager's
desk was cleaned out if the City Manager did not inform them
of a dismissal
City Manager Kelly said when this occurred it was reported
incorrectly He said there were three Councilmembers in the
City of Sunrise supporting their City Manager's decision
Mayor Abramowitz said he agreed that the City Manager should
inform the City Council before making a complete decision
C/M Rohr said he wanted the City Council to have prior
knowledge and give their consensus to the City Manager before
he acted on dismissing a person
V/M Hoffman said C/M Rohr wanted the City Council to give
their consent before acting on a dismissal and C/M Rohr said
he meant consensus not consent
V/M Hoffman said he would like to discuss Article X City
Clerk in the future
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Mayor Abramowitz said most of the Cities had the City Clerk
administrating the Oaths of Office He said Section 5 05.
Oath of Office, was a housekeeping item
Mayor Abramowitz announced that there would be Workshop
meetings held on Monday April 30 1990 at 10:00 A M and
Thursday May 3 1990 at 10 00 A M The City Council AGREED
with these meetings
ARTICLE VI Qualifications and Elections
V/M Hoffman said Section 6 03 Redistricting should be
based on the population as opposed to sections of the City
Mayor Abramowitz asked Interim City Attorney Ruf to reviev
this matter and report to the City Council with his find�ngs
With no further business Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED thiis
meeting at 11 45 A M
CA OL A OVA S CITY CLERK
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