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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1977-11-28 MinutesCITY OF MIAM ± ►1 * I \i �);,I' �►1; \ 1 1 1) i TES OF MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 28, 1977 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY HALL RALPH G, ONGIE CITY CLERK III; MINUTES OF SPECIAL .;= ;; ':G CITY CO`f1ISSIC+ CF r1if.»i, ITIJI NO, SVBJECT 9 ci!RI)INX,Cr_ c 1 RESOLU i ' ::ir) , 1- PP: 1 O. 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHANGE DATES OF CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS FOR MONTHS OF (See later 1 - 4 RES. 77-899) DECEMBER AND JANUARY. 2. BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM ALLOCATION OF CITY COMMISSION DISCUSSION BUDGET TO BE DISTRIBUTED 1/4 TO EACH COMMISSIONER. i 4 - 6 • MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA On the 28th day of November, 1977, the City Commission of Miami, Florida, met at its regular meeting Place in said City in Special Session to consider business of Public import. The meeting was called to order at 1:10 o clock A.M. by Vice Mayor Rev. Theodore R. Gibson with the follwoing members of the Commission Present: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice Mayor Rev. Theodore R. Gibson . ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre ALSO PRESENT: Joseph R. Grassie, City Manager R. L. Fosmoen, Assistant City Manager George F. Knox, City Attorney Ralph R. Ongie, City Clerk Matty Hirai, Assistant City Clerk An invocation was delivered by Reverend Theodore R. Gibson, who then led those Present in a pledge of allegiance to the flag. . CHANGE DATES OF CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS FOR MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Vice nayor, for the record you have to stipulate for the record that this is a Special meeting and the reason for the call. Vice Mayor Gibson: All right. This is a special meeting and the reason is to change the meeting dates, is that right? Mr. Grassie: That is correct,Mr. Vice Mayor.. Vice Ma»nr (:ihsnn• All right. Sir. let us nroceed. Mr. Plummer: T make a motion that the meeting date of December be changed from December 8 to December 15. Vice Mayor Gibson: All right. Under discussion, is there any? All right. Call the roll. The above MOTION was passed and adopted by unanimous vote.(See later RES. 77-899) Mr. Plummer: I make a motion that the meeting of ... that the second meeting of December , the 22nd, be put on the 15 also which will comply with the Charter, at 7:00 o'clock in the evening. Vice Mayor Gibson: Under discussion... that's a motion, is there a second? Mr. Reboso: Second. The 22nd, instead of having two meetings we are going to have one. Vice Mayor Gibson: All right, under discussion, is there any? All right, call the roll, please. The above MOTION was passed and adopted by unanimous vote.(See later RES. 77-899) Vice Mayor Gibson: All right, so then all of our meetings in the month of December will be on the 15th of December,is that right? Mr. Plummer: But we are assuming that the meeting of January will be on the 12th. 01 NOV 281977 Mr. Grassie: We just want to make sure, Mr. Vice Mayor and members of the City Commission, that the 12th which is the regular meeting in January is agreeable with you because we want to make that firm for a Bond issue date . That would be the date on which we will receive bids on the Bond issues and we want to make ,;ure that we are going to have a meeting on the 12th of January. Mr. Plummer: I move to adjourn. Vice Mayor Gibson: No, he wants to take care of the 12th of January to deal with the bonds, is that all right? Mr. Grassie: That is correct, Mr. Vice Mayor. Mrs. Gordon: Well, is that a regular scheduled meeting? Mr. Grassie: It is. I just want to make sure at this point that we can advertise that date and that nobody has a conflict that we can't meet on the 12th and that we are not going to change it. Mrs. Gordon: Can we have any discussion on any other items now or has anybody any objections? Vice Mayor Gibson: Well, let's finish to 12. J. L., is the 12th all right with you,on January 12? The Manager would like to advertise. Mr. Plummer: As far as I am concerned.... Vice Mayor Gibson: How about you, Mr. Reboso? How about you, Rose? Mr. Plummer: Oh...wait a minute. Now, not the 12th, I am going to the Super Bowl. Mrs. Gordon: What's the date of it? Mr. Plummer: Well, the Super Bowl is on the 15th but I am leaving on the 12th.Could you have it on the llth? llth is fine with me. Vice Mayor Gibson: All right, J. L., is the llth all right with you? Mr. Plummer: The llth is all right with me. Vice Mayor Gibson: How about you, Mr. Reboso? What about you, Rose? What about the Mayor? Mr. Grassie: We will have to call him, Mr. Vice Mayor, and check with him. We'll do that. Mr. Plummer: I make a motion that the meeting of the 12th be made over to January the llth. Vice Mayor: We want to wait, he is supposed to be ckecking with the Mayor. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie, if we approve on the 15th the beer in the Orange Bowl, will it be there for the Orange Bowl game? 30 days? Mr. Grassie: You know, what's really going to delay, Commissioner, is the question of working out some agreement with the concessionaire. Mr. Plummer: Hut from what I have read in the Miami Daily News, you can to ahead and start negotiating. NOTE: Mayor Ferre entered the meeting. Mr. Plummer: I made a motion that the meeting of January the 12th be moved to January llth. Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second. Call the roll. The above MOTION was passed and adopted by unanimous vote.(See later RES. 77-899) 02 NOV 281977 • Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, may we ask the Manager a couple of questions about the budget,when we are supposed to adopt it and this and that, okay? To get it in the public record. Mr. Grassie: As you know, Commissioner, we had anticipated doing that on the 8th, now we have just gone to the process of changing that meeting so it will have to be the 15th. Mrs. Gordon: I'm sorry, I was.... Mr. Grassie: I said that our original schedule, Commissioner was that we would do that on the meeting on the 8th but since we have just changed that meeting to the 15th we will have to do it on the 15th. Mrs. Gordon: Right, and could be a marathon day. You mean we are going to have budget hearing on the 15th? or whatever.... Mr. Grassie: No, we would have budget hearing before then. We are going to have to set those up as separate meetings,probably, I don't think that you can do it on the same day, I think we can adopt it on the 15th but hopefully we'll have a chance and it really depends on finding everybody in the city at the same time. Mrs. Gordon: Well, I am not following you, would you be a little clear for my bene- fit, before then, when? You know, I don't know about the other people here but the first part of the month, I'm not even going to be in town until the 13th, so when are you talking about? Mr. Grassie: That is exactly the kind of problem we are running into with people's schedules. If nothing else, we may have to do it the 14th, you know, if we can't get everybody's schedule.... Mrs. Gordon: Well, don't we need to make that decission today because that is the meeting that we would have to advertise, you know, public meeting. Mr. Grassie: I know that Lupe has been trying everybody's schedule together now for about tao weeks and .... Mayor Ferre: We all are here together n)w. Mr. Grassie: ....they've changed. Mrs. Gordon: Well, if we don't make that decission now, then we can't deal with it because we have already cancelled the 22nd of December and there is no meeting until January llth. Mr. Grassie: Well, we would be delighted to have the 14th confirmed if you feel that you can do it. Mrs. Gordon: Well, that's all we need to do then, let's find out if each of us confirms it. Can we meet early in the morning like 8:30? Because at 1:00 o'clock, Maurice.... Mayor Ferre: Plummer is that all right with you, on the 14th at 8:30 A.M.? All right, Rose Gordon makes a motion, Gibson seconds it, further discussion on setting an 8:30 meeting for the purposes of hearing the budget on the 14th, is that correct? Mrs. Gordon: Right. I would like the minutes to reflect that I have to leave at 12:45 to make a speech and I can be back at 2:30 so I'll be gone for that period of time. Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second. Call the roll on it. The above MOTION was passed and adopted by unanimous vote, and was later formalized by R-77-899, as follows, which Resolution incorporated all preceding City t,uwmissiun mutiuus unaugiug Lite uteeLiug uates. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: 03 NOV 2R1977 1 RESOLUTION NO. 77-899 A RESOLUTION RESCHEDULING THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF DECEMBER 8, 1977 TO TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 15, 1977; FURTHER ESTABLISH- ING THE DATE OF DECEMBER 14, 1977 AS A SPECIAL MEETING TO CONSIDER THE 1977-78 APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE; FURTHER RESCHEDULING THE DECEMBER 22, 1977 MEETING TO TAKE PLACE AT 7:00 P.M. ON DECEMBER 15, 1977; AND FURTHER RESCHEDULING THE JANUARY 12, 1978 MEETING ON JANUARY 11, 1978. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 2. BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM ALLOCATION OF CITY COMMISSION BUDGET TO BE DISTRIBUTED ONE FOURTH (I/4th) TO EACH COMMISSIONER. Mrs. Gordon: I would like, since we are going to be out of town, I spoke to Mr. Grassie this morning and he gave an indication that he will have some material —you will have material ready sometime today for us to be able to become acquainted with which are alternatives for us to consider. And if we have it this far in advance,at least, we can then have an opportunity to really delve into it while we are out of town; at least if I will anyway. Vice Mayor Gibson; can t:hf huaget, let me ask a question, Mr. Mayor. I want to put this on the record --,does the Commission have a budget? or is it at the Manager's budget. Mr. Grassie: Well. every department of the City has a budget which is included in the City budget and there are also separate budgets, Commissioner, for the Office of the Mayor and for the City Commission, for the Office of the City Commission together. Vice Mayor Gibson: How much money? Mr. Grassie: I will have to look in the budgets. Vice Mayor Gibson: What I am after_is that I want ix of that money for the Com- mission's budget to come to 'Theodore but I must...in other words, I want an allo- cation of 1 of that budget to Theodore Gibson. Mr. Plummer: Let's get the record clear, Father. I understand, what I think he is saying, Mr. Manager, and I concur, he is saying that the Commission budget is delegated for X number of dollars. Now, what he is saying is he wants individual budgets es a line item under that.If tl follow what I'm saying and what he is saying. He doesn't want...you don't want the money to come to you, Father.it's understood. Vice Mayor Gibson: I don`_t want the money to come to me, all I want it earmark, Theodore Gibson, in other words, if you have $500,000 for the Commission, a $125,000 ought to be....well,.I... let's say...okay, I was... a $100,000--that's more than I have-- I want to be able to make sure that Theodore Gibson can spend $100,000. . that is not go and spend it, but at least is earmarked that Theodore Gibson can have; sake, -:And I don't mean in that sense. For instance, I don't think that the Com- mission budget ought to be spent by one or two people, they ought to be spent by the four of us. that's what I'm saying. You understand what I'm...let's make sure because I don'_t plan to have no foolishness later on. ftr. Grassie: Possibly, the way can handle what you are talking about is to treat -each Commissioner as if be were a.... 04 NOV 281977 Mrs. Gordon: Separate account. Mr. Grassie: ....division. Vice Mayor Gibson: That's all right with me... and set aside my $100,000, that's all I'm saying and let me buy typewriters, adding machines, phonographic literature, and any of the other out of my $100,000, that's what I'm saying. Mr. Plummer: He said photography.... Mayor Ferre: You were misunderstood....you and your dirty mind. Mrs. Gordon: There is no problem in that, Mr. Grassie. Mr. Grassie: No, setting them up as separate accounts. Mrs. Gordon: Set each one up with their budget and then we'll see who saves the most money at the end of the year. How about that? Mr. Grassie: The only thing that...well, I won't even guess about that..I'm assuming' that we probably every year we buy a typewriter for some Commissioner office, you know, we'll have to work that up but we'll work it up, don't worry about that. Vice Mayor Gibson: Well, we all have typewriters now. If somebody steal them, the City goes to the Insurance Company and get reimburesed, so we all start all for an equal foot and that's what I'm talking about. So I don't have two and somebody else has three, and if you want to buy three okay. I may be more economical than you, that's what I'm talking about. Mrs. Gordon: Okay, do you need a motion on that, Mr. Grassie? Mr. Grassie: No, Ma'am. Mrs. Gordon: Okay, then that is understood. Mayor Ferre: All right. Anything else to come before the Commission? Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Grassie, on the December 1st , would you have one of your staff perhaps Clark Merril, attend the League of Cities meeting since I will be out of town and my alternate --Father Gibson will be busy with his church business-- that we'd be represented?Is that okay? If Merril can't do it somebody else....He received the copy of the Agenda so he is familiar with everything. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I'll just give you this for the matter...Rose, the Commission must decide this year who will be on the Board of Directors of the Florida League next year because I will have to come off. Mrs. Gordon: I would like to ask you... Mr. Plummer: Do you want it? Fine. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, because I'm serving now with the Dade liaison to the State. Mr. Plummer: But assuming the -things go right I will be this coming year and I must come off of the Board of Dir League and there is a the president on October 1, ectors. Mrs. Gordon: Oh, you mean the next year, J. L.? Are you still representative until next October? Mr. Plummer: Until October. Mrs. Gordon: Oh,well, then we've got -lots of time, I thought you meant right now. J. L. is going to be our president, I'm going to tell you, I'm real proud of the fact that you are going to be our president. No, we haven't had a president from' this area, Mhve we? 05 NOV 281971 Mrs. t'lummer: No. Mrs. Gordon: No. It's the very first time. Mr. Plummer: The first time in Dade County. Mrs. Gordon: Absolutely. The Florida League is really moving, they got a woman president and now they are going to have a Dade County president. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the City Commission, on motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 1:30 P.M. MAURICE A. FERRE Mayor ATTEST: RALPH G. ONGIE City Clerk MATTY HIRAI Assistant City Clerk 06 NOV 281977 CITY OF Mi/!.MI ITEM NO. DOCUMENT DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION MEETING DATE: November 28, 1977 COMMISSION ACTION RETRIEVAL CODE NO. 1 2 ai COMISSION AGENDA Z\ND CITY C' EM: RI:PORI' PJ SCI IEDULING THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF DECEMBER 8, 1977 TO TZ\KE PLACE ON DECEM!3ER 15, 1977 R-77-899 77-899 1