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RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTIONS/DISCUSSION
September 11, 1989
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
There will be a Special Meeting of the City Council on
Thursday, September 14, 1989 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, 7525 NW 88 Avenue, Tamarac, Florida,
to hold public hearings on the proposed millage and tentative
budgets for Fiscal Year 1989/90.
1. ANNOUNCEMENT of percentage increase/decrease in proposed
millage rate over/under the rolled -back rate necessary
to fund the General Fund budget for Fiscal Year 1989/90.
FINAL ACTION:
Announcement made of 23.51% increase in proposed millage
rate over the rolled --back rate necessary to fund the
General Fund budget for Fiscal Year 1989/90.
2. PUBLIC HEARING on the proposed millage rate for Fiscal
Year 1989/90.
FINAL ACTION:
Public Hearing was held.
3. PUBLIC HEARING on the tentative General Fund budget for
F scal Year 1989/90.
• FINAL ACTION:
Public Hearing was held.
4. MOTION TO ADOPT a proposed millage rate for Fiscal Year
1989/90.
FINAL ACTION:
ADOPTED a proposed 4.1143 millage rate for FY 1989/90.
5. MOTION TO ADOPT a tentative General Fund budget for
Fiscal Year 1989/90.
FINAL ACTION:
ADOPTED a tentative General Fund budget of
$17,043,430.00 for FY 1989/90.
6. ANNOUNCEMENT of percentage increase/decrease of
- recomputed millage rate over/under the rolled -back rate
necessary to fund the General Fund budget for 1989/90.
FINAL ACTION:
Announcement made of 23.51% increase of recomputed
millage rate over the rolled -back rate necessary to fund
the General Fund budget for 1989/90.
7. ANNOUNCEMENT of the time, date and place of the second
public hearing during which a final millage and General
Fund budget shall be adopted.
FINAL ACTION:
The second public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday,
September 26, 1989 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council
Chambers.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAPPED STATUS
8. PUBLIC HEARING on all other fund budgets for Fiscal Year
1989 90.
FINAL ACTION:
Public Hearing was held.
9. MOTION TO ADOPT tentative budgets for all other funds
for Fiscal Year 1989/90.
FINAL ACTION:
The following tentative budgets for all other funds for
FY 1989/90 have been adopted:
Special Revenue Funds $ 52,380.00
Debt Service Funds 920,020.00
Capital Projects Funds 978,700.00
Enterprise Funds 14,723,970.00
Internal Service Funds 2,221,240.00.
10. ANNOUNCEMENT of proposed debt service millage rate for
Fiscal Year 1989/90.
FINAL ACTION:
ANNOUNCEMENT was made of a proposed debt service millage
rate of .6755 for FY 1989/90.
11. MOTION TO ADOPT a proposed debt service millage rate for
Fiscal Year 1989/90.
FINAL ACTION:
The proposed debt service millage rate for FY 1989/90 is
.6755 mills.
All meetings are open to the public.
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Carol A. Evans
City Clerk
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CITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SPECIAL MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1989
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Abramowitz called this meeting to Order on
Thursday, September 14, 1989 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers.
PRESENT:
Mayor Norman Abramowitz
Councilman Bruce Hoffman
Councilman Henry Rohr
ABSENT AND EXCUSED:
ALSO PRESENT:
Vice Mayor Dr. H. Larry Bender
Councilman Jack Stelzer
John P. Kelly, City Manager
Richard Doody, City Attorney
Ken Burroughs, Finance Director
Carol A. Evans, City Clerk
Pauline Walaszek, Special Services
Secretary
Mayor Abramowitz thanked the City Manager, Finance
Director and the Department Heads. He said before the
City Council left for their vacation in July, 1989, the
City Manager was instructed to make sure that the budget
was lean and mean when he presented it to the City
Council. He said the last six weeks were the worse for
the City Council.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council held several
budget workshops and the City Manager did present a very
lean and mean budget. He said the City Council thanked
the City Manager, Finance Director and staff for a job
well done.
Mayor Abramowitz said C/M Stelzer was absent and has not
been feeling well for the past few months; however, he
attended every budget workshop and Mayor Abramowitz
thanked C/M Stelzer.
Mayor Abramowitz said C/M Hoffman had foot surgery during
the budget workshops and attended them using a walker and
cane. He thanked C/M Hoffman.
Mayor Abramowitz said V/M Bender was absent; however, he
spent several hours reviewing certain articles in the
budget. He thanked V/M Bender.
Mayor Abramowitz thanked C/M Rohr for trying to provide
levity in the situation and his attempts to calm everyone.
Mayor Abramowitz said there were several people in the
audience with their tax bills and he asked that the bills
be put away because they were not correct.
Mayor Abramowitz said everyone on the City Council joined
with him in knowing that the budget was not complete. He
said as pleased as he was with the outcome of the budget
session, the City Council was very disturbed that there
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were no funds available in the budget to compensate the
employees of the City. He said the City Council was very
aware of this matter; however, he was extremely pleased
with the turn the City was taking.
Mayor Abramowitz said every month the City Council
received a break --down of the revenue coming into the
City; however, he asked the City Manager to submit a
comprehensive report on revenue to the City Council every
90 days. He said the number one priority was to bring an
increase in salaries to the employees. He said a pat on
the back was wonderful; however, it did not buy
groceries. He asked the City Council if they agreed with
this request and, it was agreed.
City Manager Kelly said the public who had young children
were welcome to take them into the room in the back of
the Chambers as opposed to taking them outside. He said
the room was lit and air conditioned and any one was
welcome to use it.
1. ANNOUNCEMENT of percentage increase/decrease in proposed
millage rate over/under the rolled -back rate necessary to fund
the General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 1989/90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
ANNOUNCED the percentage increase over
the rolled -back rate to be 23.51%.
City Manager Kelly said the agenda was mandated and would
be followed directly. He said the first item was the
proposed millage rate over/under the rolled --back rate
necessary to fund the General Budget for Fiscal Year
1989/90.
City Manager Kelly said the rolled -back rate was the rate
of property tax required to raise the same tax revenues
in the proposed budget year as in the current budget
year. He said the percentage increase was over the
rolled -back rate which was 23.51%. He said the bottom
line increase as 14.7%.
2. PUBLIC HEARING on the proposed millage rate for Fiscal
Year 1989 90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
Public Hearing g was held.
City Manager Kelly said the millage rate was in the
Operating Budget for the City, which was 4.1143%.
Mayor Abramowitz Opened the Public Hearing.
* C/M Hoffman MOVED to CLOSE the Public Hearing, SECONDED by
* C/M Rohr.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
3. PUBLIC HEARING on the tentative General Fund Budget
for Fiscal Year 1989/90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
Public Hearing was held.
City Manager Kelly said the Operating Budget for the City
was $17,022,260.00.
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* C/M Hoffman MOVED to APPROVE the General Fund Budget,
* SECONDED by C/M Rohr.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AXE
Mayor Abramowitz Opened the Public Hearing.
Rex Van Mehren, Fourth District Vice President of Local
3080, representing the Tamarac Firefighters, said the
Firefighters were present for two reasons. He said one
reason was to express their desire to work with the City
Council in getting through the difficult budget year. He
said the Firefighters have felt in the past that they had
the support of the City Council and they wanted to assist
the City Council but bring to light some of the problems
that the City Council may not be aware of.
Mr. Van Mehren said there was a need to create a career
path or pay plan for the younger employees of the Fire
Department. He said they comprised a small percentage of
a 37 man Department; however, the City was in competition
with the Fire Departments in Dade and Palm Beach
Counties; therefore, if the Fire Department wanted to
retain the employees, a competitive salary had to be
established. He said there were proposals submitted and
he hoped that something could be worked out during
negotiations. He said the majority of the Fire Department
was not affected; however, the Fire Department and the
City had a large investment in the employees and would
like to retain them.
Mr. Van Mehren said the Fire Department was concerned
about the manpower and supervisory levels on the ladder
truck. He said the City had a large investment in the
ladder truck which may not be used as much as a ladder
truck in New York or Chicago; however, it was used and
was necessary. He said the supervisory level was low and
the Department did not function as it should. He said
hopefully, something could be worked out for the next
budget year to handle these problems.
Mayor Abramowitz said everyone was extremely proud of the
Tamarac Fire Department and their concerns were
understood. He said the City Council would do the best
they could to bring the Firefighters to the appropriate
salaries. He said the City Council was conscious of the
problems.
C/M Hoffman said he agreed with the Fire Department and,
as soon as funds were available, the Fire Department
would be taken care of.
Melanie Reynolds, Resident, had concerns with the revenue
not being in detail. She said she did not know what was
lumped together and this was done last year as well.
She said the residents were not aware of what was
involved.
A member of the audience asked the City Council to
respond to Mrs. Reynolds's comment.
Mayor Abramowitz said he felt that Mrs. Reynolds was
incorrect. He said if Mrs. Reynolds would have attended
every budget workshop, she would have been aware that
there was no lumping together.
C/M Rohr said the City Council reviewed the budget line
by line, which consisted of 150 pages.
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Joe Schreiber, Resident, congratulated the City Manager
and Mayor Abramowitz for doing a fine political con job
on the budget. He said he was complimenting them because
they started of with a 100% tax increase in July, 1989,
which scared the public. He said the City filed
approximately 50% with the County Appraiser's Office and
came up with 14.7%. He said this was a fantastic job.
Mr. Schreiber said he reviewed the budget for the year
and found that 70% of the allocated budget was expended;
however, the newspapers indicated a 100% tax increase.
He said he found this hard to believe because it was more
than was needed to operate normally. He said it may not
have been appropriate to scare the residents with a 100%
increase so that City Council could come in as a hero
with 14.7%. He said the budget review was good and the
residents were pleased; however, he had recommendations
and questions.
Mayor Abramowitz said the law required that the proposed
millage rate be sent to the County Appraiser's Office at
a specific time. He said the proposed millage rate could
be decreased but not increased. He said during the time
that the proposed millage rate was submitted, there was
litigation filed against the City because of the Broward
Sheriff's Office merge and the City Attorney advised that
the City Council include the tax that would be required
if the Tamarac Police Department did not merge with the
Broward Sheriff's Office. He said it was felt that the
litigation would not continue and the proposed taxes were
reduced.
Mr. Schreiber asked if the Consulting Attorney advised
the City Council to do this and Mayor Abramowitz said the
City Attorney gave the advice.
Mr. Schreiber recommended that the City Council eliminate
the Consulting Attorneys from the budget because they
were costly. He said the City Attorney was qualified to
do the job and additional services were not needed.
Mr. Schreiber recommended that the City use better
discretion in dismissing employees to avoid litigation,
such as John Montalvo and Judy Deutsch. He said every
time someone was dismissed the City was charged with a
lawsuit; therefore, the City should be careful in the
future.
Mr. Schreiber recommended that the Medics Ambulance
revenue be examined to determine if the City was
receiving the appropriate count. He said the City was
not recovering fees from Medics Ambulance Service
although the City was entitled to 50% of anything over
$140,000.00.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council received a count
every month from the Fire Chief and Mr. Schreiber said
the Fire Chief was very qualified; however, an accountant
should be hired to review the counts.
Mr. Schreiber suggested that the City stop the practice
of hiring managerial personnel at higher salaries than
the ones they replaced.
Mayor Abramowitz said he requested from a report the City
Manager a report comparing today to approximately 2 years
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ago. He said he would submit a copy of the report to
anybody that wanted it. He read the cover letter into
the record (SEE ATTACHMENT).
Mayor Abramowitz said every department was reviewed and
the savings to -date was approximately $100,000.00 in
salaries. He said he never was as pleased with the staff
as he was now. He said he has worked with people his
entire life; however, he has never worked with department
heads and secondary management as qualified and
professional as the staff of the City of Tamarac. He
said the politicians were not in control of the
departmental functions and the City was run like a well
oiled, top-notch business. He said he would stand next
to every person hired by the City Manager.
Mr. Schreiber said his concern was with replacing
managerial personnel at higher salaries. He asked if the
City hired Kelly Carpenter -Craft, City Planner, at a
higher salary than the previous City Planner.
City Manager Kelly said when top talent was hired, top
salary had to be provided. He said Mrs. Carpenter -Craft
was hired at $48,000.00 and the previous City Planner was
receiving $41,000.00. He said the previous Assistant in
the Planning Department was receiving $30,000.00 and the
new Assistant was receiving $24,000.00; therefore, there
was approximately $1,000.00 saved in the department.
City Manager Kelly said the previous Personnel Director
was receiving $50,000.00 and the new Personnel Director
was receiving $40,000.00.
Mr. Schreiber asked if one individual was replacing two
people and Mayor Abramowitz said Steve Oxenhandler,
Director of Development Services, was replacing three
people. Mayor Abramowitz said the three departments have
not worked in the past as they were working now.
City Manager Kelly said the previous Utilities Director
was receiving $59,000.00 and the new Utilities Director
was receiving $50,000.00. He said Mr. Schreiber's
information was incorrect.
Mr. Schreiber said the City should publicize when they
were hiring one person to fill three positions when
replacing another that filled one. He said this
information would eliminate a lot of the concerns.
Mayor Abramowitz said Mr. Schreiber was welcome to come
to the City Council and administration and ask these
questions.
Mr. Schreiber asked what benefits options meant and City
Manager Kelly said the employees in the Federation of
Public Employees (FPE) received $1,300.00 each year as a
benefit option to use for such things as child care,
returned premium, etc. He said it was additional funds
to their salaries that was non-taxable.
A member of the audience said every speaker should be
limited to a specific amount of time and Mayor Abramowitz
asked Mr. Schreiber to continue with his questions so
that the other speakers would have a chance to address
Council.
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Mr. Schreiber said Item 313-100, Electric Franchise Tax,
seemed to be under estimated. He said there should be at
least $1,635,000.00 in the revenue budget. He said based
on what has been collected and the projected future
population, the revenue seemed to be under estimated.
Mayor Abramowitz said if the City Council over estimated
the revenue, they would be more of a hero and Mr.
Schreiber suggested that the City Council be more
accurate.
C/M Hoffman said every estimate was a guess and C/M Rohr
asked why Mr. Schreiber did not attend the budget
workshops. Mr. Schreiber said he was out of town and C/M
Rohr said other people wanted to speak; therefore, Mr.
Schreiber should not go through the budget at this time.
Mayor Abramowitz said Mr. Schreiber should receive
answers to his questions; however, other residents should
be given the chance to speak. He suggested Mr. Schreiber
come to the City Council office and ask his questions
tomorrow.
C/M Rohr suggested that Mr. Schreiber submit his
questions to the City Manager and the questions could be
answered at the next Public Hearing. Mr. Schreiber did
not agree with this and said he would try to be as brief
as possible with his questions.
Mayor Abramowitz suggested that Mr. Schreiber be allowed
to talk to avoid litigation in the future. He said this
would cost the City more money for consulting attorneys.
C/M Hoffman said he would like to hear what Mr. Schreiber
had to say because so far, Mr. Schreiber has not made
sense. He said Mr. Schreiber mentioned eliminating the
consulting attorneys; however, the City of Tamarac was
the only City of its size to have only one attorney on
staff. He said the City could hire three Assistants for
the City Attorney or use the consulting attorneys at a
20 % difference in cost.
Mayor Abramowitz said everyone would have a chance to
talk; however, he did not want the meeting turned into a
circus. He said if the people could not contain
themselves, they should step outside.
Mr. Schreiber said 365-100, Sale of Surplus Property,
indicated $700,000.00 as an estimate and he asked if this
was realistic. He said the City did not know if the
property could be sold.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City recently received two
offers on the property.
Mr. Schreiber asked if there would be any increase in
water and sewer fees and City Manager Kelly replied, no.
Herman Gross, Resident, said he attended the budget
workshops and he was very impressed with how the City
Council reviewed the budget. He said the City Council
did a commendable job in reducing the budget. He said
the residents could live with the proposed millage rate
of $4.79 and they should be pleased that the services
were not decreased and there was no financial crisis.
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Mr. Gross said the City Council eliminated the provision
for an Internal Audit Procedure in the amount of
approximately $100,000.00. He urged the City Council to
reconsider their decision because it would assist the
City in reviewing the financial records on a continual
basis. He said an Internal Audit served as a warning
system and the quality of reporting standards would be
improved.
Mayor Abramowitz announced that Mr. Gross was the only
resident that attended every budget workshop meeting.
TAPE 2
Maxwell Ingram, Resident, said it was obvious that
everyone was reluctant to pay taxes regardless of how
small. He said all of Broward County increased their
taxes due to higher population, salaries, police
protection, etc. He said the City of Tamarac proposed a
budget with a very small increase and the City Council,
City Manager and Department Heads worked very hard in
creating a bare bones budget. He said these people
worked long hours on the residents' behalf.
Mr. Ingram said the highest amount of taxes paid went to
schools, the second highest was the County and the City
took the remaining. He said the City's tax was 1/2 less
than the school tax amount; however, the City provided
all of the services to the residents. He said the
residents should be proud of the present administration's
accomplishments, such as the Tamarac Sports Complex, for
which funding was not provided by tax dollars. He said
the City Council helped the City in receiving $250,000.00
in grant funds for the Multi -Purpose Complex. He said
the City assisted the residents in fighting off Florida
Power & Light's high electrical lines. He said the
taxpayers must assist the City Fathers in doing their
jobs appropriately, which was to serve the residents.
Mayor Abramowitz said on a house assessed for $40,000.00,
the tax rate would be $9.28 per year, $50,000.00 the rate
would be $15.47 per year, $75,000.00 the rate would be
$31.00 per year and Tamarac was one of the very few
Cities in Broward County that did not have a Utility Tax.
He said they would be happy to provide the amount of
revenue the Cities received from Utility Tax.
Marvin Seidel, Resident, commended the City Council for
keeping the taxes down to a reasonable level without
interrupting the services. He said C/M Stelzer suggested
during a budget workshop that a Utility Tax be imposed
because there was an area on the east side that did not
pay taxes because of their homestead exemptions.
Mayor Abramowitz said this was not correct and C/M
Hoffman said those residents on the east side were paying
taxes like everyone else.
Mr. Seidel said he apologized if someone was stating
false information.
Peter Prior, Member of the Tamarac Fire Department, asked
the City Council to consider the possibility of the
Ambulance Service being handled by the Fire Department.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council had no control
over this issue. He said the City Manager recently
submitted the proposed ambulance contract with Medics
Ambulance. He said he would not accept the proposal
because the cost for service would be increased and he
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informed the City Manager to tell the President of Medics
Ambulance that the contract would not be approved. He
said as a result, the contract was decreased by $5,000.00
last year.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council fought very hard
to have their own ambulance service and the County would
not agree to this. He said Broward County was not
willing to certify the City to have their own ambulance
service.
Mr. Prior said the politics in the County and City have
changed and there was a strong leadership in the City
Council. He said a feasibility study and workshop may be
in order with the City Council, County, City Manager and
Fire Department. He said if the Tamarac Fire Department
could provide a better service than the existing
ambulance service, it may not be as out of reach as it
seemed.
C/M Hoffman said he would like to see the City have their
own ambulance service and he approved of a feasibility
study. He said if he could be shown that the City could
have an ambulance service, he would approve it.
Mayor Abramowitz said he would approve of this type of
service even if it cost more money because the welfare
and health of the public was more important. He said he
would call a workshop meeting on this matter.
Mr. Prior said by the City having its own ambulance
service, the manpower of the Fire Department would
increase and the services would be better for the
residents. Mayor Abramowitz said he would call a
workshop meeting inviting the County Commissioners.
Julie Link, Resident, asked if the City Council could
explain what the taxes for the Port Authority would be
used for.
Mayor Abramowitz said this matter was a big concern and
the tax was only proposed; therefore, the taxation may
not be implemented.
City Manager Kelly said the Port Authority had the power
to levy a tax and this was the first time they were doing
it. He said the purpose of the tax was to fund a number
of capital improvements for the area.
C/M Hoffman said he lobbied the Legislators regarding
what could be done about taking the power away from the
Port Authority. He said the Port Authority was a
business and should be operated as a business. He said
the funds should be collected from the people that used
their facility and not the general public.
Ms. Link asked if the City's increase in public school
taxes was 40% over the other and Mayor Abramowitz said
this tax was imposed by the County.
C/M Hoffman said the City had nothing to do with the
County, School, Port Authority, Water Management District
and Hospital District taxes.
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City Manager Kelly said the City was governed not to
conflict with the School Board and County Commission
Budget Hearings. He said this was to allow the residents
to attend these meetings.
Vickie Beech, Resident, said Ms. Link should be informed
that the County Commission would be holding their meeting
in Coral Springs next week; therefore, she could address
the Commission with her questions.
Bernie Hart, Resident, referring to page 2, Line 1, of
the Budget asked why there was an increase of
$1,368,576.00 in City taxes. He asked why the City was
expecting this much tax money from property.
Mr. Hart said he thought the City was receiving less
money from the State for State Sharing Revenue.
Mayor Abramowitz said, referring to Mr. Hart's first
question, there was approximately $75,000,000.00 of new
construction in the City this year.
Mr. Hart asked what was in the Miscellaneous Revenue
Account.
Ken Burroughs, Finance Director, said this item consisted
of interest income in the amount of $469,000.00, rental
in the amount of $240,000.00, administrative fees for TUW
in the amount of $350,000.00, taxing TUW in lieu of taxes
in the amount of $345,000.00 and sale of surplus property
in the amount of $700,000.00. He said these were the
larger items.
Mr. Hart said he thought that the City was not receiving
revenue from developers; however, now the City was
receiving more money than the past.
Mr. Hart asked what Debt Proceeds in the amount of
approximately $250,000.00 included and Mr. Burroughs said
this was an accounting mechanism to pay for the fire
apparatus received in October, 1988. He said the Note
Financing had to be recorded as a revenue item; however,
the purchase of the equipment was listed in the Fire
Department as a capital outlay.
Mr. Hart said he thought $240,000.00 from the police
facility would reduce the debt service for the cost of
the building. He asked if the millage was reduced when
it was put in revenue.
Mr. Hart said he was asked how much was being saved
because of the merge of the Police Department with the
Broward Sheriff's Office and Mayor Abramowitz said
approximately $1,400,000.00 was being saved. Mayor
Abramowitz said the merger saved the City a lot of money,
provided more services to the residents and was one of
the best things that could have happened to the City.
Mr. Hart said he would like the record to reflect that he
never opposed merging the Police Department with the
Broward Sheriff's Office. He said his only argument was
for the rights of the residents to vote on the matter.
Wade White, Resident, said Mayor Abramowitz recently
stated that the City was saving approximately one million
dollars per year on the Police Department and he felt
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this was great. He said the City could have saved this
money several years ago by merging with the Broward
Sheriff's Office.
Mr. White said the City was saving all of the money;
however, the Fire Department services were being reduced.
He said the City was going to force the Firefighters to
find jobs elsewhere because they needed better wages. He
said the City did not have the appropriate manpower to
cover the City like it should be. He said even though he
lived next door to the Fire Department, it scared him
that the Fire Department would not be able to respond to
several incidents occurring at one time in the City
because there was not enough manpower. He said if the
Fire Department had the manpower, they would not be as
well qualified as the existing Firefighters.
Mayor Abramowitz asked Mr. White if he was a Firefighter
and Mr. White replied, yes; however, he worked for the
City of Lauderhill.
Mayor Abramowitz said he received a comprehensive report
on every response made by the Fire Department. He said
he was not arguing the matter concerning the wages and he
thought that every Firefighter knew that the City Council
was interested in assisting them. He said he did take
exception that Mr. White felt the City was not covered.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City was part of the Mutual. Aid
Program and the other Cities would assist Tamarac and Mr.
White said this program was great unless the other Cities
had incidents in their own Cities to handle.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council was aware of the
priorities with the Fire Department and would place a tax
on the residents if they felt there was a danger to them.
He said the City of Lauderhill was different than the
City of Tamarac. He said the City Council would work
with the Fire Department if given the opportunity.
Vickie Beech, Resident, asked what Deferred Compensation
was.
City Manager Kelly said this was money that the City
Attorney and City Manager did not receive but was put in
a Pension Fund. He said the City Manager and City
Attorney were excluded from the City's Pension Plan. He
said the money was assigned to an account that was
invested for them and, when they retired, they could
collect the funds.
City Manager Kelly said there would be an adjustment to
the budget; however, it would not affect the tax rate.
He said the Recreation Department Budget had to be
increased by $21,170.00; however, the funds would be
offset by the revenues of the program.
Mayor Abramowitz asked if the program consisted of trips
for senior citizens and City Manager Kelly replied, yes.
Mayor Abramowitz said a man recently walked up to him in
the hallway, kissed him and thanked the City for the
trips provided by the Recreation Department for he and
his wife. He suggested that the residents avail
themselves of the programs available by the Parks and
Recreation Department.
* C/M Hoffman MOVED to CLOSE the Public Hearing, SECONDED by
* C/M Rohr.
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ALL VOTED AYE
4. MOTION TO ADOPT a proposed millage rate for Fiscal
Year 1989/90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
ADOPTED a proposed millage rate of 4.1143%.
* C/M Hoffman MOVED to APPROVE the proposed millage rate in
* the amount of 4.1143%, SECONDED by C/M Rohr.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
5. MOTION TO ADOPT a tentative General Fund Budget for
Fiscal a Near 1989/90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
ADOPTED the General Fund Budget in
the amount of $17,022,260.00 with
the adjustment of $21,170.00 for
the Parks and Recreation Budget.
* C/M Hoffman MOVED to APPROVE the tentative General Fund
* Budget in the amount of $17,022,260.00 with the adjustment
* of $21,170.00 for the Parks and Recreation Budget, SECONDED
* by C/M Rohr.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
6. ANNOUNCEMENT of percentage increase/decrease of recomputed
millage rate over/under the rolled back rate necessary to
fund the General Fund Budget for 1989/90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
ANNOUNCED the percentage increase to be
23.51%.
City Manager Kelly said the recomputed millage rate for
the General Fund Budget would be 23.51%.
7. ANNOUNCEMENT of the time, date and place of the second
public hearing during which a final millage and General Fund
budget shall be adopted.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
ANNOUNCED the second Public Hearing
to be held on September 26, 1989,
at 7:00 P.M in the City Hall Council
Chambers.
City Manager Kelly announced that the second Public
Hearing would be held on Tuesday, September 26, 1989, at
7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers.
8. PUBLIC HEARING on all other fund Budgets for Fiscal
Year 1989 90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
Public Hea nr g was held.
ANNOUNCED the other funds to be $18,236,860.00
in which TUW was included in the amount of
$14,723,970.00.
City Manager Kelly announced the other fund budgets to be
$18;236,860.00 in which TUW was included in the amount of
$14,723,970.00.
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Mayor Abramowitz Opened the Public Hearing.
* C/M Hoffman MOVED to CLOSE Public Hearing, SECONDED by
* C/M Rohr.
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ALL VOTED AYE
9. MOTION TO ADOPT tentative budgets for all other funds
for Fiscal Year 1989/90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
APPROVED.
* C/M Rohr MOVED to APPROVE the tentative budget for all other
* funds, SECONDED by C/M Hoffman.
** EDITOR'S NOTE: The following tentative budgets for all other
funds for Fiscal Year 1989/90 were adopted:
Special Revenue Funds $ 52,380.00
Debt Service Funds 920,020.00
Capital Projects Funds 978,700.00
Enterprise Funds 14,723,970.00
Internal Services Funds 2,221,240.00
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
10. ANNOUNCEMENT of proposed debt service millage rate
for Fiscal Year 1989/90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
ANNOUNCED proposed debt service millage
rate to be .6755.
City Manager Kelly announced the proposed debt service
millage rate to be .6755. He said the residents voted on
the debt service to pay for the various capital projects
in the City. He said the debt service last year was
.8136. He said there was a reduction of approximately
$.13 in the debt service.
11. MOTION TO ADOPT a proposed debt service millage rate
for seal Year 1989/90.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
APPROVED the proposed debt service
millage rate to be .6755 mills.
* C/M Hoffman MOVED to APPROVE the proposed debt service
* millage rate in the amount of .6755 mills, SECONDED by
* C/M Rohr.
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ALL VOTED AYE
With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED this
meeting at 8:20 P.M.
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NOR AN ABRAMOWITZ, MAYOR
CAROL A. EVAN , CITY CLERK
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"This public document was promulgated at a cost of $95.40 or $11.93 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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