Agenda Item 1MINUTES
REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING
December 10, 2012
CITY HALL, 800 SEMINOLE ROAD
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mayor Mike Borno
City Attorney Alan C. Jensen
Mayor Pro Tern Maria Mark
City Manager Jim Hanson
Commissioner Mark Beckenbach
City Clerk Donna L. Bartle
Commissioner Jonathan Daugherty
Recording Secretary Nancy E. Bailey
Commissioner Carolyn Woods
Call to Order/Pledge:
Mayor Borno called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Commissioner Beckenbach gave the Invocation,
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
1. Approve the minutes of the Regular Commission Meeting of November 26, 2012.
Mayor Borno asked if there were any corrections to the above minutes and there being none, he stated the
minutes will stand as submitted.
2. Courtesy of the Floor to Visitors.
A. Proclamation for Cindy Steeg Diaz, Teacher of the Year at Atlantic Beach Elementary.
Mayor Borno read and presented Ms. Diaz with a Proclamation from the City recognizing her as the 2012
Teacher of the Year.
Mayor Borno opened the Courtesy of the Floor to Visitors. He welcomed the audience and explained the
process for public comments.
Annabelle Gonzolas, 515 West 6th Street, Jacksonville, spoke on behalf of Students Working Against
Tobacco (SWAT) regarding their opposition to candy flavored tobacco products, explaining what these
products are and how they are marketed to children.
Alexis Babbs, 515 West 6th Street,- Jacksonville, spoke on behalf of Students Working Against Tobacco
(SWAT) in opposition to candy flavored tobacco products and showed a map of cities and counties who have
passed resolutions to urge tobacco resellers to cease the sale of the candy flavored tobacco products. She
stated these resolutions will be used in presentations to organizations to encourage them to help SWAT in
their fight against big tobacco.
Mayor Borno thanked the representatives from SWAT stating with the consensus of this Commission later in
the meeting they will have a resolution at our January meeting.
Nancy Whittington, 1861 Beachside Court, addressed the Commission regarding Item 10B, stating she was
in favor of videotaping. She stated she worked with the City's IT Director who has a deep bench of expertise
in that area of technology. She asked the Commission to consider authorizing the Clerk's office involvement
in evaluating the agenda management component of this project. She stated the Commission has an
opportunity to augment the City's infrastructure to enable open government and Sunshine Law compliance.
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She stated the investment of the camera equipment alone, is about what they were considering spending on
the Selva Marina feasibility consultant. She reiterated she wants the Commission to consider approving this
for Clerk's office involvement.
No one else from the audience spoke so Mayor Borno closed the Courtesy of the Floor to Visitors.
3. Unfinished Business from Previous Meeting
A. City Manager's Follow -up Report.
Mr. Hanson reported on the request for details on the police report on calls of service.
He further gave an update on the ped path project stating the Beaches Bikeway survey in the agenda packet
includes a prioritized list of projects.
He also explained a statement has been prepared on civility which will be included in future agenda packets.
He further stated Mayor Borno requested updated wording on his instructions to the speakers which he used
tonight.
4. Consent Agenda
ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY
THE CITY COMMISSION AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION IN THE FORM LISTED
BELOW. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. IF DISCUSSION IS
DESIRED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON
THESE ITEMS.
A. Acknowledge receipt of the List of New Business Taxes for October 2012.
Mayor Borno read the Consent Agenda.
Motion: Approve Consent Agenda Item A as read.
Moved by Daugherty, Seconded by Mark
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods, Borno
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
5. Committee Reports
None.
6. Action on Resolutions
A. RESOLUTION NO. 12 -17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA ADOPTING AND SUPPORTING
THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IN THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES 2013 LEGISLATIVE
ACTION AGENDA, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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Mayor Borno read Resolution No. 12 -17 by title.
Motion: Approve Resolution No. 12 -17.
Moved by Woods, Seconded by Mark
Mayor Borno explained the Resolution stating it was formulated in the Florida Leagues of Cities Policy
Committee meetings.
Commissioner Woods asked to add following Mayor in Section 3 ", Commissioners" and Staff.
Motion: Amend Section 3 following Mayor by adding ", Commissioners" so it will read Mayor,
Commissioners and Staff
Moved by Woods, Seconded by Beckenbach
Commissioner Daugherty asked if that includes travel to Tallahassee. Commissioner Woods stated it doesn't
have to; when they come to town you can call them or anyway you want to contact them. Mayor Borno stated
you can also meet with them in their local offices, because you don't get much attention when they are in
session.
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Commissioner Woods further pointed out the section that refers to sober homes, which she believes
affects Atlantic Beach where we have ordinances against temporary rentals and short-term rentals and
believes this falls into this category. She stated we have a very family- oriented community and believes
the Commission needs to pay special attention to this item.
Mayor Borno called for a vote on the amended motion.
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
B. RESOLUTION NO. 12-18
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA SUPPORTING POLICE OFFICER PENSION
PLAN AND DISABILITY PRESUMPTION REFORMS TO MAKE THE PLANS SUSTAINABLE, SOUND AND
SECURE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE POLICE OFFICERS.
Mayor Borno read Resolution No. 12 -18 by title.
Motion: Approve Resolution No. 12 -18.
Moved by Daugherty, Seconded by Woods
Mayor Borno explained the Florida League of Cities and Atlantic Beach are not against pensions but they are
against being dictated to by the legislature and being issued unfunded mandates that they have no control over
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but have to operate under and are asking for relieve from these. Commissioner Woods stated she hopes this
will make the process more fair for everybody involved because right now it is kind of lopsided in the
expected outcomes and hopes to see some movement on this.
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
7. Action on Ordinances
None.
8. Miscellaneous Business
A. Rose Park water feature.
Public Works Director Rick Carper presented a slide of the Rose Park Conceptual Design, explaining the
background of the request. He stated staff was very much in favor of this but since learning more of the state
mandated requirements and health department requirements for a water park they are less in favor of it. He
explained the requirements necessary should the water feature be added. He further explained adding a water
park will increase our operations and maintenance costs for a population that is already pretty tightly strapped
with our Marsh Preserves. He stated staff estimates the chemical, electricity and other costs, not including
labor would be $7,000 + /year and adding the manpower cost, the total cost for the restroom and water park
would be an additional City cost of $14,000 /year. He stated staff recommends they not add the water feature
at this phase one but add lines for sewer and water services from the right -of -ways and study the matter some
more. He answered questions from the Commission.
Discussion ensued.
It was the consensus of the Commission to move ahead with the design phase. Mr. Hanson stated they will
have the plans ready in a more formal sense for budget consideration next summer.
9. City Manager
A. City Manager's Report.
City Manager Hanson reported on the latest alcohol deployment stating of the 25 businesses checked none of
the businesses sold to minors.
He further reported the project was completed to put shields on the beach front lights to protect the sea turtles
from the light shining on the beach.
10. Reports and /or requests from City Commissioners and City Attorney
A. City Ordinances on flags.
Commissioner Mark explained the background of this request stating she believes the language in Section 17-
2 and Section 17 -42 of the Ordinance should be reviewed by Mike Griffin and the Community Development
Board for suggested rewording.
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Motion: Have Section 17 -2 and Section 17 -42 of the Code of Ordinances reviewed by the Community
Development Board for possible language clarification.
Moved by Mark, Seconded by Woods
Commissioner Daugherty asked to amend to also review new business opening signs for grand openings.
Motion: Amend to also review wording related to and make recommendations for parameters for new
businesses to have grand openings signs.
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Mayor Borno called for a vote on the amended motion.
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
B. Report on videotaping Commission meetings.
Commissioner Woods stated this issue of videotaping has been looked at in the past, explaining at the
direction of the Commission she, an informal research group of citizens and IT Director Keith Randich have
looked into this again. She summarized her report, explaining this process ties all the information together,
puts it on the web in real time so any device can access the information and people can easily understand,
search and use the information. She explained the options the research group proposed for the Commission
to consider along with the costs of each. She stated the groups she mentions in her report, Novus and Swagit,
really focus on Florida, understand the requirements of our Sunshine Laws and they thought they were a good
match for us. She stated their training and implementation is tailored to our City's needs and they define a
layout for the Commission and Staff that is easy to use and adopt. She stated at this point they will come in
and set up the program and software and let us go through two meeting cycles with the software to see how
we like it. She stated you don't need the video streaming to do this part, so you can understand just the
agenda compilation and getting everything in the cloud and how all the search mechanisms would work so we
could have a real grasp of what our savings might begin to look like with this. She stated their one stipulation
for that program is that financing has been committed. She stated if the City decides not to continue, we
don't have to pay but if we decide we want to they want to make sure the City has committed to the cost,
which is about $1,000 /month, which includes the video streaming. She stated if we were just to go with the
agenda presentation it is about $350 /month. She stated that is not a big investment and allows a big benefit of
being able to search all this information online and simplify the process. She stated the next step, if they like
the way that works and they move to the video streaming, is to tie this in with the video streaming so when
you are looking at it online this is the agenda packet that is packaged together and presented so it can be
searched in real time. She answered questions from the Commission.
Discussion ensued.
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City Manager Hanson explained purchasing limits are $25,000 and over that amount we take bids which
come to the commission for approval. He stated there is no question that having videos of Commission
meetings available for the public would be a great service to the public. He stated the issue of the agenda
preparation was brought up basically because a salesman said you can save time and this is a way to justify
the cost. He stated from discussions with staff most of our agenda preparation is done electronically anyway
so they don't see the savings. He stated he would advise the Commission to consider whether they want the
video part of it or not and if they do staff can look at, from a staff standpoint, whether this makes it better for
us in saving time, etc. He stated the opportunity at hand is offering a video to the public and it is a simple
question of do they want to spend the money to do that. He stated they may get some side benefits from it but
staff has not spent a lot of time looking at this yet. When it was brought up before there was no interest from
the Commission in having staff redo the old report from a couple of years ago. He stated Commissioner
Woods asked to look into it and get someone to help her and she was told yes. He believes that is where
Donna Bartle was saying she wasn't supposed to be spending a lot of time on it. He stated Keith Randich has
spent a lot of time on this. He stated he believes they need to have a Commission decision on whether they
want to do this and, if they do, staff will certainly spend more time on it. He believes the main issue is the
video part of it, not side things about whether we can prepare the agenda any quicker because he doesn't see
tremendous savings on staff's part. He stated they don't hand carry hard copies back and forth for mark -up,
they are done electronically. He stated the real issue at hand is should the City offer this service for the
public.
Commissioner Woods stated this is investing in the community and she believes the desire is out there in the
community. She stated this allows citizens to do their own research. She stated it is not a huge amount of
money but is a big investment in the community and makes us more modern, accessible to the public, more
professional, and also gives us the opportunity to have our public relations videos out there.
Commissioner Mark stated she believes this should be part of strategic planning to see if the citizens want it.
Commissioner Woods stated she does not believe they need to tie it together and believes they can move
forward with the Novus agenda software and very inexpensively give the citizens the ability to search the
agenda and minutes and find information that way. She stated at some point if they want to add the video
streaming then they are already there.
City Clerk Bartle asked if the reason Commissioner Woods wanted to get the Novus agenda is in case they go
with the video streaming, it is ready to integrate. She stated there are other vendors who do that.
Commissioner Woods stated Mr. Randich explained, and as they found in their research, the ones that work
the best in Florida are the Swagit and Novus and they kind of go together. Ms. Bartle stated if they aren't
interested in the video feeds and there are other benefits she likes, there are other ways to get that benefit.
She stated there are other ways to be able to see the agenda, minutes, etc. without having to upload it and we
can include all the records we have on Laserfiche if we get a program that lets people access what we already
have. She reiterated there are other ways of getting to where she wants to go and it doesn't have to be done
through the video streaming.
Commissioner Beckenbach stated before any type of vote, he would like to read the information they have
from the different cities and also asked that the City Clerk be allowed to discuss with the cities that have a
similar program and report back with what they have to say.
Discussion ensued.
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Mr. Hanson stated they are talking about two issues and they are trying to interchange the two of them. He
stated one issue is video for the public to see, which is what this group started looking at. He stated now he is
hearing concerns about the accessibility of other documents on our website, which is an entirely different
subject. He stated there are a lot of ways to solve that but he believes that is totally unrelated. He stated if the
Commission directs staff to go after that, they will do it, but right now they are talking about two separate
subjects.
Motion: Direct staff to research the eMeeting software and options and report back.
Moved by Daugherty, Seconded by
Motion failed for lack of a second.
Motion: Authorize staff to analyze the eMeeting system, finalize software options, savings estimates,
authorize staff to take all the necessary actions to have video equipment installed, purchase necessary
software; initialize video - streamed Commission meetings with agenda workflow and e- meeting,
automated minutes generation, creation of integrated historical archives and take into the concerns of
the crossed information research that's identified by the City Clerk and parameters of savings and
come back with a report when that is all together so that then we can make a final decision and asked
that that be broke into, not a lump -sum bottom -line figure, but it come in structure.
Moved by Borno, Seconded by Woods
Votes:
Aye: 4 — Borno, Beckenbach, Mark, Woods
Nay: 1 -Daugherty
MOTION CARRIED
C. Appointments to Community Development Board.
Commissioner Daugherty explained the Board Member review committee met for the four upcoming
vacancies on the Community Development Board and made the following recommendations:
Motion: Reappointing Kelly Elmore, A. Brea Paul and Harleston Parkes to serve an additional term
on the Community Development Board beginning January 1, 2013.
Moved by Daugherty, Seconded by Woods
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Motion: Appoint Sylvia Simmons to serve as a new member on the Community Development Board
beginning January 1, 2013.
Moved by Daugherty, Seconded by Mayor Borno
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
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Mayor Borno read an email (which is attached and made part of this Official Record as Attachment
A) he sent to the Commission, related to his recommendation for an emergency item, that since
December 31 falls on a Monday this year and New Years Day falls on a Tuesday that the employees
be given December 31 as an additional holiday for this one time.
Motion: Declare this an Emergency Issue.
Moved by Borno, Seconded by Daugherty
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Motion: Give Staff the day off on December 31, 2012 as a one -time holiday.
Moved by Borno, Seconded by Woods
Votes:
Aye: 5 — Borno, Beckenbach, Daugherty, Mark, Woods
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Commissioner Daugherty
• Reported on a source of funding for the Bike Path through the Safe Paths to School federal program
grant.
Reported on his attendance at the FLC meeting and his conversation with Redman Consulting, who
helped us bid out our trash contract, regarding a survey page they have on their website. He requested
the City Manager research and report back on getting that type of survey on our website.
Commissioner Beckenbach
Asked if anything has been done regarding Visioning. Mr. Hanson stated at the last meeting when
this was brought up he was going to contact us and he has not talked to him. Commissioner
Beckenbach stated he did talk to him, they had a conversation, but that's alright, it's not a big deal.
Received a call from Don Wolfson asking if the Commission had a Shade meeting pertaining to the
judicial report that went through and whether an appeal decision went through the Commission. He
stated he did not understand whether they needed a Shade meeting in order for the Commission to
make that determination. City Attorney Jensen stated there is not a need for a Shade meeting; that is
something he would have to request from the Commission. He stated that is pending litigation that is
going forward. He stated the Shade meetings are limited in topics to settlement negotiations, which
there are none at this point in time, or litigation expenses, which there are none at this time, so there is
no reason for a Shade meeting. He stated he did not feel the need to request one because none of
those issues were present. Commissioner Woods stated she thought Shade meetings were to discuss
litigation. Mr. Jensen stated you have to have pending litigation to have a Shade meeting.
Commissioner Woods ask if this was not pending litigation. Mr. Jensen stated yes it is.
Commissioner Woods asked if they can request a Shade meeting. Mr. Jensen stated no, statute says
that the City Attorney requests the Shade meeting. Commissioner Woods stated so he gets to decide
the direction that the lawsuit goes without any input. Mr. Jensen stated he handles the legal litigation
for the City and he makes the decisions as to what type of pleadings to file in all types of cases; he
does that every day virtually. He stated this was not a decision he made by himself. Commissioner
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Beckenbach asked who else he made it with. Mr. Jensen stated he contacted the attorney who is
handling the appeal and relied on her expertise, especially in this area of law. He stated it was her
strong recommendation. He stated he sent the email out about two weeks ago and didn't hear
anything from anyone until today. Commissioner Woods stated she should have called but didn't
because she thought he would be asking for a Shade meeting and could only do that at a Commission
meeting, so she expected him to do that tonight. Mr. Jensen stated the email that was distributed to
everyone did not say that; it said that the appeal was being processed and we were going forward with
the appeal based on the recommendations from the attorney. Mr. Jensen stated if the Commission
wants to direct him to come to them with every decision he has to make with every pleading that's
filed in every lawsuit, he will be happy to do that, but generally you don't like to discuss pending
litigation in public meetings and if there is an issue where he feels there is direction needed he confers
with others involved, generally the City Manager and if there is outside counsel involved he confers
with them. He stated if they need direction then they ask for a Shade meeting. Commissioner Woods
asked if there was any additional expenses in this case. Mr. Jensen stated no.
Commissioner Woods
• Received call from a citizen asking about parking tickets being issued after 11:00 p.m. who wondered
if there was a way for citizens to have a citizen sticker so they would not get ticketed for parking in
their own neighborhood or visiting a friend after 11:00 p.m. Mr. Hanson explained the background to
the policy, stating the neighbors around those beach accesses have insisted that they do run people off
at night because in the evenings it is not normal beach access but teenagers out there partying on the
beach. Chief Classey stated those parking restrictions were put in place in response to citizen
complaints. He stated to have a system of putting a sticker in place for City residents that give them
more ability to be able to park somewhere during certain hours, he does not believe would be a good
move to make. Mr. Hanson further stated if you are going to accept County and State money for
beach renourishment your beach accesses have to be open to everybody equally.
Stated she was thrilled they scheduled the workshop on the police building; however, at the
September 10 Commission meeting the Commission unanimously voted to have a town hall meeting
before the workshop. She stated she therefore wants to schedule a town hall meeting before the
workshop as was discussed previously. Mr. Hanson stated they did work very hard to schedule a
meeting for that and there was no time that all commissioners would agree to. She stated there was
nothing in the vote that said everyone had to be in attendance so she would like to have staff schedule
one and whoever can come can come but they need to give the citizens the opportunity for the town
hall meeting. She asked for consensus from the Commission to move forward in that direction.
Discussion ensued. Mr. Hanson stated if they are willing to do it without everyone being there, then
staff could poll everyone in the next day or so and set it on the date when the most people can attend.
It was the consensus of the Commission to schedule this for Saturday, January 5, 2013 in the
Chamber.
• Thanked everyone for coming to the workshop last Thursday and believes it went well. Mr. Hanson
stated they agreed to do this one more time on the Thursday before the next Commission meeting,
which would be January 10, 2013. Mayor Borno stated it is not mandatory, but they can arrange for a
telephone if they want to call in. Mr. Hanson stated they can call in and listen, but State law says, as
in a Commission meeting, you can't call in and vote. Mr. Jensen agreed, stating in general that is
correct.
Gave holiday wishes to everyone, stating enjoy your family, enjoy your loved ones and enjoy
yourself.
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Commissioner Mark
• Stated she was hoping the Thursday workshops were going to make the Commission meeting go a lot
quicker but it didn't seem to do that, so maybe they will have better luck next time.
• Wished everyone Happy Holidays and as the year closes that they remember to give thanks and look
out for those who don't have much and be willing to share. She stated she loved Nancy's last page in
the agenda packet, which she will finish with — and to all a Goodnight.
Mayor Borno
• Congratulated the Atlantic Beach Police Explorer Troup for their assistance with the lighting of the
tree on December 1. He stated they made a humongous difference with great crowd control and it
went as smooth as clockwork. He also thanked the Public Works staff who were working there.
• Asked for consensus to request staff to prepare a resolution regarding the candy flavored tobacco. It
was the consensus of the Commission to support this and put it on the next meeting agenda.
• Wished everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Commission, the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned
at 8:33 p.m.
ATTEST:
Donna L. Bartle, CMC
City Clerk
Mike Borno
Mayor/Presiding Officer
ATTACHMENT A
Employee Relations Proposal
To; City Commissioners
From; Mike Borno, Mayor
Date; December 7, 2012
We have a rare situation this year with New Years Day falling on a Tuesday. Most of the
staff will be off for the weekend, return Monday to work one day and be off again for
New Years. I believe we should consider giving Monday, December 31St off as a holiday
for this one time. It would be a good gesture to our hard working staff during these
difficult times. The out of pocket costs to the City for those employees who would still
have to work on that day would total less than $2,500. Of course, the value of the work
not done on that day would be considerably more.
Because of the rising costs of our employee pension plans and the difficult economic
times that Atlantic Beach and other cities across our country have found themselves in,
we have asked our employees to amend or reduce pension benefits, shoulder a larger
share of the cost for pensions, cut back on personal leave and eliminate the longevity
program.
I plan to introduce the additional holiday at the Commission meeting on Monday,
December 10th. Because this is the last regular meeting we will have prior to the end of
the year and it is not listed as an action item on the agenda, we will have the option to
take it up as a emergency or we could set a special meeting to deal with this issue. I
apologize for not thinking of this earlier so that it could be put on the agenda properly.
This is being sent to you to provide time for you to consider it prior to the meeting.
cc: Jim Hanson
Donna Bartle
Alan Jensen
MINUTES OF SPECIAL CALLED (SHADE) MEETING OF
ATLANTIC BEACH CITY COMMISSION HELD ON DECEMBER 10, 2012
PRESENT: Mayor Mike Borno
Mayor Pro Tem Maria Mark
Commissioner Mark Beckenbach
Commissioner Jonathan Daugherty
Commissioner Carolyn Woods
ALSO: Jim Hanson, City Manager
Sue Danhauser, HR Director
John Dickinson, Partner /Office Head — Constangy, Brooks & Smith
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. in the City Hall North Conference
Room for the purpose of discussing matters related to Union negotiations.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:14 p.m.
Mike Borno
Mayor/Presiding Officer
ATTEST
Donna L. Bartle, CMC
City Clerk
Minutes of Commission Briefing
December 6, 2012
Present: Mayor Mike Borno, Commissioners Jonathan Daugherty, Maria Mark and
Carolyn Woods, City Manager Jim Hanson,
Mayor Borno called the meeting to order in the Commission Chamber at 3:00 pm.
Subjects discussed included several items on the Agenda for the upcoming Commission
meeting on December 10, 2012, as follows:
Commission Meeting December 10, 2012
• Mr. Hanson reported there will be a Shade meeting at 5:00 on Monday before the
Commission meeting to discuss union negotiations; food will be provided.
• l OB; Videotaping of meetings - Report given by Commissioner Woods and
presentation of the Ft. Pierce website given by IT Manager Keith Randich.
• 8A - Rose Park water feature — Report given by Rick Carper.
• 3A - Follow -up Reports
➢ Possible Ped path enhancements
➢ Civility wording
• 6A - Resolution on FLC priorities
• 6B - Resolution on pension reform
• l OA - City Ordinance on Flags — Report given by Commissioner Mark.
2. Mr. Hanson explained discretionary funding requests are best discussed during
budget meetings rather than now with the Blue Collar Union in impasse with their
negotiations and employee benefits being lowered
3. Upcoming workshops
➢ January 14, 2013 at 4:30 -Police Building (Mr. Hanson pointed out that
videos are being produced of the Police Department building).
4. Mr. Hanson reported that Michael Grant (tennis instructor) did not get the proper
insurance required by the City so his contract is voided.
5. Jordan Center — Mr. Hanson explained Habitat will be moving out which will free up
space for other activities at the Jordan Center.
6. Format of these Workshops
• Discussion on whether these meeting should be mandatory.
• Discussion of the best time /date for the meetings.
• Commissioner Mark discussed possibility of having the regular Commission
meetings become one regular meeting and one workshop a month.
• Workshop suggestions:
➢ Not for making decisions; information sharing only
➢ Do not discuss quasi-judicial items (must disclose, open for criticism;
prejudice decision)
The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 5:10 p.m.
Mike Borno, Mayor