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MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
The Miami Shores Village Council held their regularly scheduled Meeting on Tuesday, October 7,
2003 beginning at 7:32 PM. The Meeting was held in the Council Chambers of Village Hall with
the following members present:
PRESENT:
Mayor McCoy
Herta Holly
Al Davis
Ed Quinton
Greg Ullman
ALSO PRESENT: Tom Benton, Village Manager
Barbara Estep, Village Clerk
Richard Sarafan, Village Attorney
PRESENTATION
Al Berg, Code Enforcement Director, presented the "House of the Month" award for October,
2003, to Mr. Robert Schrier of 150 N.W. 94th Street.
Mr. John Farrell, Principal of the Miami Shores/Barry University Charter Middle School provided
the Council with information regarding the School's operation and achievements.
CONSIDERATIONS
1) CONSENT AGENDA Barbara A. Estep
A) APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES AND THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 BUDGET HEARING MINUTES.
B) AWARD OF BID TO PRITTS, INC. FOR ROOF AND PATIO REPAIR WORK ON
THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$24,800.
C) REQUEST APPROVAL TO WAIVE BID PROCEDURE AND PURCHASE 2003
GARBAGE TRUCK FROM NEXTRAN TRUCK CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF
$140,618.76.
The Village Clerk read the Consent Agenda Items into the record. Mr. Davis moved approval of
the Consent Agenda as proposed. Ms. Holly seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in
favor.
2) VILLAGE CLERK Barbara A. Estep
A) APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING & ZONING BOARD
Ms. E step i ndicated t hat there are t hree v acancies for t he P lanning & Zoning B oard and s even
candidates. Misters Abramitis, Crutchfield, Fernandez, Vickers and Zelkowitz were present and
spoke on their own behalf. The Council Members voted by paper ballot with the following results:
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Quinton Abramitis, Fernandez, Zelkowitz
Holly Abramitis, Crutchfield, Fernandez
McCoy Abramitis, Crutchfield, Fernandez
Davis Abramitis, Crutchfield, Fernandez
Ullman Abramitis, Crutchfield, Zelkowitz
With Misters Abramitis, Crutchfield and Fernandez receiving a majority of the votes, they were
appointed to the Planning & Zoning Board.
B) APPOINTMENTS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Ms. Estep announced that as with the Planning & Zoning Board, there were three vacancies on the
Code Enforcement Board and five applicants. Misters Busta, Commissiong, Perl and Vickers were
present and spoke on their own behalf. Voting was conducted by paper ballot with the following
results:
Quinton Busta, Perl, Vickers
Holly Busta, Commissiong, Perl
McCoy Busta, Perl, Vickers
Davis Busta, Perl, Vickers
Ullman Commissiong, Perl, Vickers
Receiving a majority of votes, Misters Busta, Perl and Vickers were appointed to the Code
Enforcement Board.
Ms. Estep advised that a number of the remaining Board appointments could be accomplished by
motion as the number of applicants equaled the number of vacancies.
C) APPOINTMENTS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
Ms. Holly moved to appoint Misters Paier and Tenney to the Historic Preservation Board. Mr.
Davis seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor.
D) APPOINTMENTS TO THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION BOARD.
Ms. Holly moved to appoint Ms. Ross Agosta, Mr. Charles, Mr. Rumble and Ms. Dorney to the
General Employee Pension Board. Mr. Quinton seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous
in favor.
E) APPOINTMENTS TO THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
Mr. Davis moved to appoint Mr. Hannau and Ms. Rodriguez to the Recreation Advisory Board.
Mr. Ullman seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor.
F) APPOINTMENTS TO THE COUNTRY CLUB ADVISORY BOARD.
Mr. Davis moved to appoint Ms. Mennes, Mr. Spahn and Mr. Upthegrove to the Country Club
Advisory Board. Mr. Quinton seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor.
• G) APPOINTMENT TO THE FINE ARTS COMMISSION.
Mr. Davis suggested that this appointment be tabled as he does not know the applicant, Mr. Torres
and Mr. Torres was not present. Mr. Quinton seconded the motion to table and the vote was
unanimous in favor.
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H) APPOINTMENT TO THE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD.
Ms. Estep reported one vacancy and two applicants for the Personnel Appeals Board. Mr. Spahn
was not present and Ms. Rodriguez had introduced herself when the Council was considering
appointments to the Recreation Advisory Board. A paper ballot was conducted with all Council
Members voting to reappoint Mr. Spahn to the Board.
3) VILLAGE COUNCIL Greg Ullman
A) DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SCHEDULING COUNCIL
WORKSHOP MEETINGS.
Mr. Ullman provided information to the Council regarding his request to schedule workshop
meetings on a regular basis. Mr. Ullman summarized the information contained in his backup
memorandum. Individual Council Members offered their thoughts and comments on the idea of
workshop meetings. Mr. Sarafan suggested that if it is necessary, due to time constraints,
deadlines, etc. to conduct a regular Council Meeting where action can be taken, the Council can
conduct its regular meeting and then adjourn to the workshop session. Following these
discussions, Mr. Ullman moved to schedule, on an experimental basis for the next six months,
every fourth Council Meeting as a workshop meeting, with the caveat that if Council action is
required on any pending issue, a Regular Council Meeting will take place prior to the workshop
meeting in order to dispense with the action item at hand. Mr. Quinton seconded the motion and
the vote was unanimous in favor.
4) ANNOUCEMENTS
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The Clerk read the announcements.
5) PUBLIC COMMENTS
Leon Newman Mr. Newman asked whether public comment would be allowed during the
workshop sessions.
Manny Quiroga Mr. Quiroga suggested that an article on Code Enforcement be included in
the monthly newsletter.
John Busta Mr. Busta spoke of the permitting process and outstanding liens.
6) COUNCIL COMMENTS
Greg Ullman Mr. Ullman spoke of the applicants for the Board vacancies.
Al Davis No Comment.
Ed Quinton Mr. Quinton spoke of the excellent qualifications of those residents
applying for Board appointments.
Herta Holly Ms. Holly thanked the Board applicants, offered sympathy to the extended
community at the Charter Middle School on the passing of BJ Orfely,
congratulated the Shores Performing Arts Theater on the numerous
nominations for Carbonell Awards, the success of the Living Room
Concert sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission, and spoke of a group of
parents of elementary school children who got together and painted their
children's classroom.
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Mayor McCoy
Mr. McCoy spoke about the upcoming Halloween Howl event and also
announced that the Mayor's Community Task Force would be developing
an on-line community calendar.
7) ADJOURNMENT
The October 7, 2003 Regular Council Meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM.
Barbara A. Estep, CMC
Village Clerk
Jim McCoy, Mayor