Draft Min Shade Meeting 4-13-09MINUTES OF SPECIAL CALLED (SHADE) MEETING OF ATLANTIC BEACH CITY
COMMISSION HELD ON APRIL 13, 2009
PRESENT: Mayor John Meserve
Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Borno
Commissioner John Fletcher
Commissioner Paul Parsons
Commissioner Carolyn Woods
ALSO: Jim Hanson, City Manager
George Foster, City Chief Negotiator
Mike Classey, City Negotiator
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM in the Commissioner Chamber with
Commissioners Borno, Fletcher and Parsons present for the purpose of discussing related matters
regarding Union negotiations. The Mayor advised that as provided by Florida Statute 447.605,
discussions regarding collective bargaining negotiations are not open to the public but will be
conduced within a Shade meeting. The Mayor then adjourned the public meeting to a Shade
meeting to be conducted in the City Hall North Conference Room. Commissioner Woods joined
the meeting at 5:10 PM.
The current status of the Union negotiations with the Coastal Florida Police Benevolent
Association, Inc., (BPA) and the Northeast Florida Public Employees Local 630 "Blue Collar"
and "White Collar" Union were then discussed with guidance being provided to the City
negotiators.
The meeting reconvened to the sunshine in the Commission Chamber where the .Shade Meeting
and the Special Called Meeting were adjourned at 5:58 PM.
John Meserve
Mayor/Presiding Officer
ATTEST
Donna. L. Bartle, CMC
City Clerk