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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-12-06 - City Commission Public Hearing Meeting MinutesL J 7 J MAIL. REPLY TO- P.O. BOX 25010 TAMARAC. FLORIDA 33320 5811 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33321 TELEPHONE (305) 722-5900 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL TAMARAC, FLORIDA Please be advised that the City Council will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Tuesday, December 6, 1983 at 1:30 P.M. in City Hall, 5811 NW 88 Avenue, Tamarac, Florida. The purpose of this PUBLIC HEARING is to consider CHARTER AMENDMENTS presented by the Charter Board to be placed on the General Election Ballot on March 13, 1984. The City Council may consider such other business as may come before it. The public is invited to attend. Marilyn Bertholf, CMC City Clerk �)W- Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the city Council with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearinS, he will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose, he (nay need to ensure that a verbatim record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. "An Equal Opportunity Employer" .-CITY-OF TANARAC,____FL0_RIPA. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS DECEMBER 6, 1983 CALL TO ORDER: V/M Massaro called the meeting to order on Tuesday, December 6, 1983 at 1:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers and she read the call into the record. ROLL CALL: PRESENT Mayor Walter W. Falck (1:50 P.M.) Vice Mayor Helen Massaro Councilman Philip B. Kravitz Councilman David E. Krantz Councilman Jack Stelzer ALSO PRESENT Laura Z. Stuurmans, City Manager Jon M. Henning, City Attorney Patricia Marcurio, Secretary C/M Stelzer explained to those present that the Charter Board has spent considerable time discussing and preparing these various Charter amendments and having had their final hearing they are required to present their proposals to the City Council no later than 120 days before the election date. The City Council discusses the proposed amendments and has three choices: 1. They agree in principal with the proposed amendments and approve placing it on the ballot. 2. They disagree in principal with the proposed amendments but want the citizens to have a chance to make the decision, so the City Council disapproves the concept of the amendment but approves placing it on the ballot. 3. They disapprove of the amendment as contrary to public interest and disapprove placing it on the ballot and it must go back to the Charter Board and if they pass it on a 4 to 1 vote, it goes on the ballot. C/M Stelzer said he asked the City Attorney to make a survey of eight neighboring cities, Margate, Coral Springs, Lauderdale, North Lauder- dale, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, Sunrise and Plantation to deter- mine what their requirements are for several of Tamarac's proposed Charter amendments. He said he would discuss this survey as it refers to each amendment as outlined in Temp. Ord. #1074. 1. Amendment to Sections 4.02 and 8.01 Limiting the Number of Consecutive Terms an Elected Official May Hold Office V/M Massaro read the first proposed amendment in its entirety. C/M Stelzer said the Charter Board is proposing that an elected official be limited to serve only two terms of two years each and he questioned the wisdom of this proposal since he feels it takes at least tvio years for a new Councilmember or Mayor to become efficient in his position. He said regardless of anyone's past business or professional experience, Council requires an entirely different experience. He MOVED that this amendment be placed on the ballot. As to comparison to other cities, Margate provides that there is no limit to the number of terms served by City Commissioners; however, the Mayor and Vice Mayor cannot succeed themselves. Coral Springs provides that the individual elected as the Vice Mayor may not serve more than two consecutive terms. He said no other restrictions on holding office for consecutive terms are imposed in any of the other cities. C/M Stelzer referred to Page 3, Line 2 of the Ordinance and suggested adding the word "different" between the words "in" and "districts". Jon Henning said he found in the Florida Statutes that contrary to the desire of the Charter Board, the questions have to be answered by "yes" or "no" and the way he accomplished this was to add the words "Are you in favor of" before each language. He said the Charter Board provision is very long and old language must be repeated because there are no subsections to refer to . He said for that reason the titles in the beginning of each paragraph are additions that are new and if they are put in now the language will not have to be repeated in the future. 12/6/83 /pm Mr. Henning said there is presently a provision in the Charter which limits how many times the,Vice Mayor can succeed himself. He said the Vice Mayor is a Councilmember elected by the City and then the Council chooses their Vice Mayor. Mayor Falck entered the meeting at 1:50 P.M. and distributed copies of a Bill to Council which was considered this morning by the Board of County Commissioners for establishing a utility water authority. He said it was necessary for him to attend this meeting of the County Commissioners this morning since it is important for the City to be aware of this. He said this utility authority would transmit water supplies from the west to the east and he objected to this because he had not had an opportunity to review this report. hie said it will be necessary for the City to be represented there. C/M Kravitz said he is in favor of the first proposed amendment be- cause he feels the citizens of the City are qualified to serve in these positions. C/M Krantz said he agreed with C/M Stelzer that it takes about two years to become efficient as a Councilperson and he is opposed to this amendment. Mayor Falck opened the public hearing. Bernie Hart, resident, suggested the change on Page 3, Line 2 should be "Four members shall run in the district in which they reside". Ray Munitz, resident, said he believes in order to give the people an opportunity to express what they want, whether or not a member of the Council favors or opposes any amendment should not be given any consideration. Alice Norian, citizen, referred to Page 3, Line 3, which she felt amplified the previous sentence. She said she does not feel that the limited number of cities surveyed is representative of the 27 cities in Broward County. Charles H. Ellner, resident, said he endorses the comments of Ray Munitz. Syd Stein, Charter Board Chairman, said each amendment was passed unanimously or by a vote of 4 to 1 because they felt the people should have a choice. The public hearing was closed. C/M Stelzer repeated his MOTION that this amendment be placed on the ballot, SECONDED by C/M Kravitz. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE 2. Amendments to Subsection 8.02(b) Amending the Provisions for the Charter Board to Propose Amendments to the Charter. Jon Henning read the Ordinance by title striking on Line 6, the word "BOARD", on Line 10, strike the "D" on the word "PROPOSED", on Line 19, the word "MAY" should be changed to "SHALL". He read the second amendment into the record and said this provides for the Charter Board to have their public hearing and then to submit those proposed amendments to the electorate and the provision involving the Council involvement has been taken out. C/M Stelzer said,the Charter Board is proposing that;any amendments to the Charter that they like should be placed on the ballot without giving the City Council the right to discuss or approve such amend - Tape ments. He said he is against this amendment because he feels it would 2 be detrimental to a smoothly running government. He MOVED that this amendment not be placed on the ballot. SECONDED by C/M Krantz. Mr. Henning referred to Page 4, Line 22, and he suggested striking the word "general". Mayor Falck opened the public hearing. Ray Munitz said the people should be given the opportunity to decide. Melanie Reynolds objected to the word "new" on Page 4, Line 2 since this is not a new method. Mr. Henning suggested that the word "new" be used to show that this is something new. Alice Norian said the procedure that presently exists is being amended and this is not a new procedure. Mayor Falck closed the public hearing with no further response. - 2 - 12/6/83 /pm V/M Massaro said the Council has a right and a duty to state their opinions on these amendments. C/M Kravitz said when Council votes they are not approving or disapproving the amendments but rather whether it should go on the ballot. Mayor Falck said presently there are three methods of changing the Charter: 1) originated by the Council, 2) originated by the Charter Board, 3) originated by the people by petition. He said this covers all areas. C/M Stelzer repeated his MOTION that this amendment not be placed on the ballot, SECONDED by C/M Krantz. VOTE: C/M Stelzer Aye C/M Krantz Aye C/M Kravitz Nay V/M Massaro Aye Mayor Falck Aye 3. Amendments to Subsections 8.02(c), (d) and (e) making certain duties of the Charter Board mandatory instead of optional Jon Henning read the amendment in its entirety. He said there are three duties that are referred to and the words "may" are changed to "shall". On Paoe 4, Line 26, the word "commission" is changed to "committee". C/M Stelzer said subdivision (c) now states that the Charter Board may participate but changing this to "shall" will make this mandatory that the Charter Board participate in the preparation of the budget. He said his interpretation is that the City Manager and Department heads would be in violation of the Charter if they discussed any budget preparation without a member of the Charter Board present. He said this could hamper the entire procedure and he MOVED that this amendment not be placed on the ballot. SECONDED by C/M Krantz. C/M Kravitz asked if Council rejected subsections (c), (d) or (e) individually, would this mean that the entire proposal was rejected and Mr. Henning said in this particular instance it is severable. Mayor Falck opened the public hearing and Mr. Ellner said if this were not severable it would require 3 separate votes. Mayor Falck closed the public hearing with no further response. VOTE: C/M Stelzer Aye C/M Krantz Aye C/M Kravitz Nay V/M Massaro Aye Mayor Falck Aye C/M Stelzer said he has no objection to the proposed amendment to subsection (d) and (e) changing the word "may" to "shall" and he MOVED that this amendment be placed on the ballot. SECONDED by C/M Kravitz. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE 4. Amendments to Section 6.03 amending the Redistrictinq Procedure. Mr. Henning read the amendment into the record and said this is one of the more complicated amendments which sets up a timetable that is triggered by the election. Fie said this question refers to redistrict- ing and removes the City Council and Charter Board members from the Redistricting Committee. Presently the Charter provides for redistricting every 5 years, there are n districts and the attempt is to have them with equal population or equal voters as close as possible. He said this language states that if there is less than a quarter in any district., the Redistricting Committee would be enacted. He said this would allow for 4--members appointed by Council and 4 members appointed by the Charter Board for a total of 8 and in order to have a tie - breaking vote there would be a ninth member appointed by the 8. Mr. Henning read the new language of this amendment into the record. - 3 - 12/6/83 /pm C/M Stelzer said many of the suggestions he made with respect to dividing precincts have been included in the final version of the redistricting amendment. He asked how, after a report is delivered to a joint meeting of the Council and the Charter Board, this would become official. He said someone must authorize the City Clerk to deliver this to the election board and he said when this question is answered to the satisfaction of the Council, he would MOVE that this amendment be placed on the ballot, SECONDED by C/M Kravitz. Mayor Falck opened the public hearing and Melanie Reynolds said she disagrees with this amendment because she does not believe the divisions should be divided and she questioned the City Clerk's feelings on this. Marilyn Bertholf, City Clerk, said she was about to check the precinct map to locate whether there are some condominiums that are divided by precinct. She said there are two voting precincts within Lime Bay. She said she could see no correlation between the County election function and the City's Council districts that would require the Supervisor of Elections to receive a report on this. Mr. Henning said the City Clerk could check this with the Supervisor of Election and the feeling at the Charter Board meeting was that an official copy could be sent there and if she did not want it it could be discarded. Mr. Henning said this amendment would change redistricting from every 5 years to every year and the City Clerk could ascertain.if there were a disparity in the numbers. This information would be readily available if the redistricting was by.precinct every year. He said secondly, the Charter Board is not concerned if there is more than one precinct in a condominium but rather that a condominium not be in two districts. V/M Massaro said the previous Charter Board had the problem that it was difficult to split up areas and get th;;e number equal. Syd Stein said the language in this amendment is not restrictive and the percentages are only a triooer to get the Redistricting Committee to work and then, in their discretion, they must get as close to 25% as possible without splitting up districts and precincts. He said this is an attempt to take politics out of redistricting. Alice Norian said they did provide for a 5% variation which would avoid dividing a condominium or section and the report of the committee shall be final and include a map and description of the districts. Mr. Ellner said the report should have the legal effect spelled out by explicit language. Mayor Falck closed the public hearing and he suggested in view of the question raised by C/M Stelzer, this be adopted and first reading having the City Clerk, through the City Attorney, have a change added to this effect. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE 5. Amendments to Section 7.03 Repealing the "Unanticipated Revenue" Exception to the Unappropriated Surplus Limitation in the Charter. Mr. Henning read the amendment into the record with the new language and said that at the Charter Board meeting it was discussed that if the funds did come in and there was more than 10% of unanticipated revenues there would not be a rebate in taxes but it would be carried over to the next year and built into the budget to reduce the ad valorem taxation for the next year. The City Manager said it would require an immediate amendment of the budget to bring the unappropri- ated fund balance into line should that occur. She said the Item, as i't will be presented to the electorate could be somewhat confusing because an uninformed elector could conceivably review that question and think that there would be no cap at all by the way the question reads presently. C/M Stelzer said he has asked for many, years that this amendment be placed on the ballot. He said when the original amendment limiting the unappropriated surplus of 10% of the budget was placed on the ballot and approved, no mention was made of the so-called unanticipated revenue. The people never voted on this provision and it should not have been put into the Charter. - 4 - 12/6/83 /pm Tape C/M Stelzer said all this amendment is doing is to remove one 3 sentence from the Charter which should not have been there in the first place. He suggested removing on Page 8, Line 15, "It shall also show projected fixed expenses for the next five (5) years and expenses for pensions, if any, and debt service". He MOVED tha.t this amendment be placed on the ballot as amended, SECONDED by C/M Krantz. C/M Kravitz said he would like to hear the opinion of the Charter Board Chairman and Mr. Stein said the Charter Board did not go into this and this is presently in the Charter and has not been changed. He questioned the legalities if Council changes these amendments as they were presented by the Charter Board because if the Charter Board wishes to resubmit its amendment there will be two amendments. He questioned whether the Council has a right to amend the amendments although they have a right to approve or reject. V/M Massaro said there is a second reading scheduled for these amendments and the Charter Board could meet and determine whether or not these changes that were suggested were reasonable or not. Mr. Stein said they will do that at their next meeting. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE 6. Amendments to Sections 4.05 and 8.01 Regarding Vacancy of Office Due to Extended Absence of an Elected Official. Mr. Henning read this amendment into the record. He said originally in prior drafts he gave the Charter Board a new paragraph in Article XII to address this question. Fie read the new language into the record and said there is a provision in the State Constitution which provides that if there is an absence of 60 days unexplained ther;i a vacancy shall be declared in public office. He said this does not provide for explained absences whether for vacation, travel, illness or whatever. He said the Charter Board agreed then that 75 days was an appropriate number of days where someone elected to public office should be available at regular meetings. C/M Stelzer said in view of the recent circumstances he feels this amendment is needed and he MOVED this amendment be placed on the ballot, adding on Page 9, Line 28, the word "different". He ques- tioned whether the new language added on Page 3, Line 7'to the first amendment should not be added to this amendment as well. Mr. Henning said this may become too complicated to cross-reference these amendments. V/M Massaro SECONDED the MOTION. Mayor Falck opened and closed the public hearing with no response. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE 7. Amendments to Section 6.05 Adopting the State Election Laws As Being Applicable In All Aspects of Cit.Y Elections. Mr. Henning read the amendment into the record. C/M Stelzer said the Charter Board wants the City elections to be governed by State law rather than municipal law. He said municipal law is covered by Ordinance #76-33 and requires a pre -payment of $10 and filing of a petition with__at least_100 signatures of registered voters and a payment of $.10 per name for identification. He said the Charter Board Chairman says that this Ordinance is illegal and that there should be no requirement for a petition and that the fee for filing should conform to the State requirement which is 3% of the annual salary. He said the Charter Board's main concern is removal of the requirement of the petition. He said if the petition requirement were removed anyone could run for office simply by filing an application. He MOVED this amendment be placed on the ballot so that the voters can make this decision. SECONDED by C/M Kravitz. Mr. Henning said he had suggested that if the idea of the petition was favorable then Council could codify the Ordinance because the Ordinance has not been codified. He said he feels comfortable to have the Ordinance as it was written, however, if Council does not want the petitions, they can either repeal the Ordinance or adopt - 5 - 12/6/83 /pm this Charter provision which will have the same effect as repealing the Ordinance. Mayor Falck opened the public hearing and Syd Stein said he did not declare this petition illegal but raised the question of whether the Ordinance was legal because it was not codified. He said if the suggestion had been made to repeal the petition provision and leave the present fee basis there, the Charter Board would probably have agreed with that. He said it was not the Charter Board's intention to increase the fee but this came about when. Mr. Henning found that if they abolished the mun icipal Charter provision they would have the same fee. V/M Massaro said if this amendment has no purpose it would be better to remove it rather than clutter the ballot. Mr. Stein said he would move at his meeting to eliminate this amendment if Council agreed to codify this Ordinance. Melanie Reynolds said when the Charter was changed in 1973 the terms of elected officers and the manner of their election could not be changed. She said in 1976 when this Ordinance was passed by the Council, the election laws were changed. C/M Kravitz asked if, when Council votes on the proposed amendment now, and it is denied, should it go back to the Charter Board and on a 4 to 1 vote would it automatically go on the ballot? Mr. Henning said if Council votes no to this proposal the Charter Board can still put the question on the ballot if they get 4 affirmative votes. VOTE: C/M Stelzer Aye C/M Krantz Nay C/M Kravitz Nay V/M Massaro Nay Mayor Falck Nay V/M Massaro MOVED that this MOTION be reconsidered by 'the Charter Board to eliminate the need for petitions and retain the fee structure as it exists and to codify the Ordinance that is in effect. SECONDED by C/M Krantz. Mr. Henning said they are referring to an Ordinance not a Charter provision and the repeal of the petition provision must be done by Council by Ordinance, not by Charter amendment or referendum. Mr. Stein said if Council directs the City Attorney to prepare the Ordinance as he provided then at the Charter Board meeting scheduled for 12/9/83, he would feel comfortable in proposing the Charter Board withdraw this amendment for consideration. Alice Norian asked Mr. Henning about the word "municipal" in the present Charter since this was never voted for as a referendum item to be put in the Charter. Mr. Henning said the word "municipal" was added by a referendum, the question was whether or not this word was in the referendum question. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE B. Amendments to Section 7.13 Regarding Capital Expenditures That Require A Referendum For Approval. Mr. Henning read the amendment into the record with the new language and said this question was directed to the Charter Board by C/M Stelzer because he was suggesting a striking of the $75,000 figure since it was so far below 2-1/2% that it seemed to be obsolete. He said in reviewing the question, the Charter Board decided that they would like to strike the $75,000 but would like to reduce the 2-1/2% to 1-1/2%. C/M Stelzer said in 1976,when the present Charter was written, Tamarac was a comparatively small City and putting a limitation of $75,000 or 2-1/2% of the current budget, whichever is higher, on capital projects was a meaningful provision. Presently, however, Tamarac has grown and the budget has practically doubled making the figure of $75,000 unnecessary. He said he asked the Charter Board to remove this figure from the Charter as it was now meaningless. He said the Charter Board reluctantly removed this figure and this reduction of the ceiling for capital projects to 1-1/2% of the current budget would greatly hamper the operations of the City. He said the Council was elected by citizens to operate the City and in the course of their duties large expenditures must be made. - 6 - 12/6/63 /pm C/M Stelzer said he feels this amendment is detrimental to the City and he MOVED that this amendment not be placed on the ballot. As to the comparison with the other cities, all eight neighboring cities have no provision requiring referendums for capital expenditures where costs exceed 1-1/2% of the budget. SECONDED by C/M Krantz. V/M Massaro said this amendment could result in a tremendous hard- ship on the City. Mayor Falck opened and closed the public hearing with no.response. C/M Kravitz said the question is whether or not the voters should not have something to say. C/M Stelzer said Council is not taking away any voting privileges from the people since they will have the right to vote either way. Mayor Falck said at the time this provision was incorporated into the Charter in 1976, the City did not own a utility and many of the things that must be done with this could be hampered with this amendment. VOTE: C/M Stelzer Aye C/M Krantz Aye C/M Kravitz May V/M Massaro Aye Mayor Falck Aye 9. Amendments to Section 7.12 Regarding Emergency Expenditures Which May Be Made By The City Manager. Mr. Henning read the amendment into the record with the new language and said the way the existing language reads in the Charter, under Emergencies is that the Council must meet first and then authorize the City Manager. If there is truly an emergency, it was suggested that the City Manager should act first and then report to the Council as to what action was taken. He said the last sentence, Page 13, Line 22, . . is an enabling clause that allows Council to study this more carefully and if Council desires to set up Ordinances or procedures regulating the City Manager's procedures in emergency expenditures than these could be addressed at future meetings. This was proposed by the Purchasing Agent and could be changed in the future if necessary. C/M Stelzer said he feels the City Manager is in a better position to quickly evaluate emergencies and take whatever steps are necessary and he recommended that this amendment be placed on the ballot and he so MOVED. SECONDED by C/M Kravitz. V/M Massaro said despite whether the City Manager determines a situation an emergency, the Council may still determine whether they think it is an emergency or not. Mr. Henning said . Council could set up separate Ordinances that state that the City Manager may make expenditures up to $20,000 ape without Council approval or whatever stipulations Council would want. 4 Mr. Henning said the main theory of this is that the City Manager acts first and then Council approves. Ray Munitz suggested that the last sentence on Page 13, Line 22 read, "The Council, by Ordinance shall establish guidelines and procedures for emergency purchases." and V/M Massaro said this would be much better and this change will be included in the title as well. Alice Norian said it was the Charter Board's intention that the Council take premeditated plans and preparations for the emergency action. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE 10. Amendments to Section 13.02 Regardinq Annexation Procedures. Mr. Henning read the amendment into the record with the proposed changes and he said it was brought out at the Charter Board meetings that there are 3 statutory provisions for annexation and the Charter restricts the City to use only 1 provision. C/M Stelzer said he has asked that the Charter be amended so that, if possible, the City would not have to go referendum if the City wants to annex neighboring territory. He said the Vice Mayor has also requested this. He said the City loses out on any opportunities to annex land if they have to wait for referendums. Other cities adjacent to the properties - 7 - 12/6/83 /pm that Tamarac wants and can learn of these intentions and, if they are not hampered by referendum requirements, can secure what Tamarac is interested in. Four neighboring cities have no provision in their Charters regarding annexation, Coral Springs procedure is governed by Home Rule, Margate says that 75% of the residents of the territory to be annexed must approve the annexation by petition, North Lauderdale is in accordance with Florida law and Plantation discusses change in territorial boundaries established by various enactments. Mr. Henning said they are only considering contiguous land to the City's present limits. He said the way the Charter reads now, there must be a referendum which is only one of the three ways available. V/M Massaro said the City is providing many services to these unincorporated areas and not being compensated for it. She MOVED to APPROVE adding this amendment to the ballot, SECONDED by C/M.Krantz. Mayor Falck opened and closed the public hearing with no response and said last summer there was a seminar held in Fort Lauderdale which he attended out of which came some exciting proposals which will be included on the Legislative Program this coming session. These items have already been discussed with and cleared by the Broward Delegation which will offer more opportunities for annexation possibilities. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE 11. Amendments to Section 7.14 Regarding the Consultants' Competitive Negotiations for Professional Services Mr. Henning read the amendment into the record with the new language and said there is a statutory provision and there are some ceilings within those. He said there is a provision that Council can waive the public competitive bidding procedure which might not change the law because the prevailing law will apply anyway. Mayor Falck said when Arthur Birken became the City Attorney he insisted on this procedure and the City has continually followed the practice of State law since then. He said at the time that this provision was incorporated in the Charter there was no such requirement. V/M Massaro said she also favors this provision and she so MOVED. SECONDED by C/M Kravitz. Mayor Falck opened and closed the public hearing. The City Manager referred to Page 14, Line 22 and suggested the word "repeal" be changed to "amend". VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE C/M Stelzer said there are 2 amendments which he and the City Attorney were drafting which refers to the possible quick decision as to issuina bonds to take care of the City's waste water treatment and the second one concerns the moratorium on Land Section 7 when it comes to a satisfactory conclusion, the City may be required to immediately begin improvement work. He said they would like to provide that revenue bonds, improvement bonds and lease purchases up to certain limits may be issued by the City without approval by referendum. He said this will be discussed further at a subsequent meeting. - 8 - 12/6/83 /pm W Mr. Henning suggested Temp. Ord. #1074 be voted on and amended to transfer from Section 1 into Section 2 Proposal 2, Proposal 3 as it applies to Subsection (c) only, Proposal 7 and Proposal 8. He said if these were transferred to Section 2 and Council would adopt this Ordinance on first reading, this would be complete. C/M Kravitz so MOVED, SECONDED by V/M Massaro. vnTF- ALL VOTED AYE Mayor Falck adjourned the meeting at 4:00 P.M. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK MAYOR J � AP RUVED Al City Clerk This public document was promulgated at a cost of $ /07,-�aSor $ 3 83 per copy, to inform the general public and public officers and employees about recent opinions and considerations by the City Council of the City of Tamarac. - 9 - 12/6/83 /pm