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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1973-09-18 Minutess CITY OF MIAM1 • SPECIAL LCOMMISSION MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1973 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OCITTHEACITY CLERK • c►� a IND SSIQ�N1T, FlARID4 HEM NO. SUBJECT tINANCE Of; SOLUTION PAGE NO, 1 2 3 CITY COMMISSION ADOPT ITS APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973-74 NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CITY OF MIAMI AND EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS BE CONCLUDED BY AUGUST 1st EACH YEAR 1973-74 BUDGET SUM OF $8,500.00 TO ASSIST THE THIRD CENTURY CORPORATION IN FUNDING ITS PROGRAM Res.73-714 Res.73-715 Res.73-716 MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MEETING SEPTEMBER 18, 1973 (BUDGET HEARING) On the 18th day of September, 1973, the City Commission of Miami, Florida, met at its regular meeting place at City Hall in said city in special session called by the Mayor for the purpose of a public hearing on the propos :i appropriation ordinance of the City of Miami for the fiscal year 1973-74. The meeting was called to order at 9:30 o'clock A.M. by Mayor David T. Kennedy with the following members of the Commission present: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Kennedy. Absent: None. An invocation was delivered by Vice -Mayor Reverend Theodore R. Gibson, who led those present in a pledge of al- legience to the flag. The Commission continued with the public hearing on the proposed appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year 1973-74, which hearing was adjourned on September 17, 1973. David Simpson, Jr., Executive Secretary of the Planning Board, called attention to the application fee structure which had been approved in principle at the hearing of September lith with respect to the proposed naw planning and zoning procedures, and pointed out that the fcrmula approved yesterday could rasult in a very large fee being charged to a governmental entity, such as the Housing and Urban Development Department. After discussion it was suggested that a maximum fee should be recommended for projects developed by the Housing and Urban Development Department. The City Manager stated that it was now in c,rder to he r from representatives of the various employee organizations in the City government. A representative of the Miami Retired City Employees appeared and expressed appreciation to the Commission for the benefits which it had seen fit to provide for them. Mr. Charles Salerno, re presenting the Fraternal Order of Police, appeared and stated that an agreement had been reached between the City and his organization with respect to employee benefits. Mr. Marshall Litvak, representing the General Employees Association, appeared and stated that an agreement had not been reached with the City by his organization, and requested the Commission to hold funds in abeyance and continue negotiations with his organization. After discussion the following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 73-714 A RESOLUTION GOING ON RECORD THAT THE CITY COMMISSION INTENDS TO ADOPT ITS APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1973-74 ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1973 9-18-73 (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's office) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Kennedy. NOES: None. Mr. Walter Hagan, representing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, appeared and complained that his organization had not been given sufficient time to complete its negotiations with the City. Mr. Plummer expressed the opinion that these negotiations should not be permitted to continue up until the time of the adoption of the budget, and after brief discussion the follow- ing resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer, who moved its adop- tion: RESOLUTION NO. 73-715 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE DESIRE OF THE CITY COMMISSION THAT ALL NEGOTIA- TIONS BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS BE CONCLUDED BY AUGUST 1ST OF EACH YEAR FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR'S OPERATIONS (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's office) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Kennedy. NOES: None. Attorney James Johnstone, representing employees in the Sanitation Department, appeared, together with Mr. T. J. Dugger, Jr., and stated that a tentative accord had been reached with the City's negotiator, and that it was proposed to present the recommendations to the employees for ratification within a few days. Mr. Archie Richards, representing the Building Department Employees Negotiating Committee, appeared and stated that an agreement had been reached with the City and his organization. An unidentified person appeared and stated he represented the Public Properties Department Negotiating Committee, and that he felt that any existing questions could be resolved be- tween the City and his organization. 9-18-73 Mr. Phil Powers, representing the Miami Association of Fire Fighters, appeared and stated his organization had re- luctantly reached an agreement with the City. Mr. Charles Salerno appeared with respect to a salary grievance of Captains P. E. Doherty, E. B. Hamm, K. L. Parker and P. Oboz, and Chief Fire Officer Soto, concerning the im- plementation of the Yarger Pay Plan. He filed a memorandum with the Commission explaining this matter. After discussion, at the request of the City Manager, it was agreed to allow thirty days for en investigation of this matter and attempt to resolve it. Mr. Robert Paulk, Executive Secretary of the Civil Service Board, appeared in connection with a petition of an employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation with reference to the Civil Service Register of Recreation Leader III. After brief discussion, at the request of the City Manager, it was agreed to defer consideration of this matter until the Commission's first meeting in October in order to enable the City Manager's office to consult with Attorney Kaplan and Mr. Paulk about this matter. The City Manager filed with the Commission copies of a memorandum dated September 7, 1973, from the County Manager to the City Manager on the subject of City of Miami Resolution No. 73-474 urging that 27% of the County's Decade of Progress Park funds be expended within the City of Miami. Said memorandum listed the proposed expenditures for regional parks, parks pro- posed within the City of Miami, and proposed projects adjacent to the City Limits. At this point the Commission agreed to consider any requests by Department Heads of the City for changes in their recommend- ed budgets. John Lloyd, Assistant to the Director of the Department of Law, stated that an additional position of Assistant City Attorney was needed in the City Attorney's Office in order to handle the increased work load of the proposed new Planning anc1 Zoning Boards, and it was agreed to consider the matter later during the meeting. Albert H. Howard, Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, appeared and urged the Commission to consider his requests for expanded projects under the revenue sharing por- tion of the proposed budget. Attention was called to a letter from Mr. Morty Freedman, General Chairman of the International Folk Festival, request- ing additional moneys for the coming year in order to expand this event. Said letter is as follows: 9-18-73 Dear Mayor Kennedy: We, the members of the City of Miami International Folk Festival Committee, think that you and other members of the Commission will agree that the festival, both this year and last year, has brought international publicity to Miami through the news media and has been enjoyed by in excess of 50,000 residents of the City and Dade County. Recently the City Commission indicated that it would like to have an enlargement of festival activiti.es, possibly lasting even a month. You unpaid, volunteer committee is willing to undertake this, and has'many ideas for additional free public events. We have discussed these ideas with Lew Price, the City's Director of Tourism and Publicity, and he is fully in accord with our plans and with this request for an increase in the festival budget, which operates under his department. Our budget for this year was $10,000, of which more than $3,000 was paid in salaries to City employees and for expenses such as insurance at Bayfront Park Auditorium. Our major other expenses included paying for food and hotel bills for excellent groups who came here from as far away as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Port of Spain, Trinidad, to perform in the festival. We did not pay for any transportation. We were able to produce, on that budget, only 1,000 posters in advance of the festival, and only a black and white sheet of photos of the first festival. The coming festival, beginning May 30, 1974, we hope will be the best yet. We want to produce a booklet with color photos to send to prospective participants in many nations and the 50 states, and with additional funds we can have more bands in our "Parade of Nations." We can also add new events to the festival. We are requesting that the budget be increased to $15,000, and that the fees charged by the festival committee for food booths in the festival, which now goes into the City's general fund (and amounted to $1,750.00 this year) be added to the fes- tival budget. The members of our committee have worked diligently for the Fast two years to make this event a great one for Miami and we will continue to do so with the hope that within a will be comparable to the New Orleans Mardi Gras. We do hope that the City Commission will Gee us the budget request made herewith in order that out our expanded plans for the coming year. few yc.ars it fit to grant we can carry The matter was referred to the City Manager and the Director of the Depaztment of Publicity and Tourism. RECESS: The meeting was recessed at 11:45 o'clock A.M. The Commission reconvened at 2:15 o'clock P.M. with all members present. The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Kennedy, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 73-716 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE IN THE 1973-74 BUDGET THE SUM OF $8,500.00 TO ASSIST THE THIRD CENTURY CORPORATION IN FUNDING ITS PROGRAM 9-18-73 (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Clerk Clerk's office) Upon being seconded by Mrs. Gordon the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Kennedy. NOES: None. NOTE: Prior to the introduction of the resolution Mayor Kennedy surrendered the Chair to Vice -Mayor Gibson, and follow- ing the adoption of the resolution the Mayor resumed the Chair. Prior to the introduction of the resolution a representa- tive of Third Century Committee appeared and outlined the pro- gram of said organization and requested the appropriation of funds. John Lloyd, Assistant City Attorney, stated that it was the opinion of the Law Department that with respect to the federal law regulating the use of federal revenue sharing funds in connection with federal matching funds it was not possible to use revenue sharing funds in that way, but that they would be used in connection with other federal funds than matching funds. P. W. Andrews, City Tanager, made the following statement: So that there is no misunderstanding in what was proposed; this is a form of shifting funds; and what we had proposed was that the City c.i Miami y.c a fcur hundred thousand dollar grant to Metropolitan Dade County for their programming of welfare types of programs that they rc:w carry on through their budget process. Ad valorem tax dollars are spent in this area. They would take the ad valorem tax do_' lars that they would nor- mally spend, fr.ur hundred thousand dollars of this, and then that would b.2con;e available fur a matc h:.ng grant from the federal government. and through tbi.s t,=chn,.que of shifting funds from one governmental agency to ano,:her, which can be acoomuli.17hed, they would b,, in a position to get additional moneys, and to provide for the day care centers on a much greater ;.h,in the City of Miami can provide those same facilities through the funds that you have planned to program. And then you are aware of my other recommendation as to how this should be administered. Mr. Dan Paul, Chairman of the City of Miami's Federal. Revenue Sharing Committee, appeared and stated that this committee endorsed the recommendations of the City of Miami Day Care Committee, a sub -committee of the Revenue Sharing Committee, which recommended the appropriation, in addition to the four hundred thousand dollars to the County for day care centers in poverty areas, of two hundred and twenty thousand dollars to be used for capital outlay, and six hundred thousand for operating expenses, and an additional one hundred fifty thousand dollars to the School Board for after -school day care. He stated that the committee felt that it was a mistake to limit the need for day-care services strictly to the poverty areas. He stated fur- ther that the committee felt, with respect to other federal revenue sharing funds, that they should be spent on "people" programs and should not be used to finance salaries and expend- itures which should be financed frc,rn ad valorem taxes. He stated further that a suggested recommendation for the "Mothers In Distress" program would be fifty thousand dollars, to be taken from revenue sharing funds. 9-18--73 Mr. llellington Rolle appeared and expressed the opinion that day care services were being provided at the present time by privaLP enterprise at less cost than was proposed in this budget for day care. Pricilla Perry, rep resenting the League of Working Mothers, appeared and urged the Commission to accept the recommendations of the Revenue Sharing Committee with respect to care services, Annette Eisenberg appeared and urged the Commissior to provide funds from revenue sharing funds for a day care facility in Edison Center. Mr. Ernie Fannatto appeared and expressed the opinion that the funds proposed to be expended for day care centers was tco great an amount in proportion to the number of persons served. Mr. Paul Gardner, representing the Tenant Security Association, appeared and requested funds in the amount of $140,000.00 from federal revenue sharing moneys for an extension program of his or- ganization. Mr. Nathaniel Dean, Chairman of the Model Cities Board, also appeared in behalf of the request of Mr. Gardner for assistance to the Tenant Security Association. A representative of Centr,+ Mater appeared and requested the Commission to provide transportation .to proposed site to. a p.. rt:. bLt- building to be used for children, which the Cit.), had previous 1v purchased for said organization. She stated this would ccst $i10J.0r'. Reverend Gibson requested a written request, setting forth tip:: detailed expenditures and items included in this operation. • Mr. Plummer ce,lled attention to a request from the City cf Miami Beautification Committee 1-oi federal cunds to asa,: i in it. efforts. Mr. Roland Smith, representing the Greater Miami Traffic Association, appeared and requested an additimal $2,500.00 cvr2r and above the amount which the City customarily provided for :his organization, making a total of $15,000.00. He reviewed the accocr.- lishments of this organization, and outlined the objectives for the coming year. The matter was taken under advisement. Mr. Glen Sudduth, representing tre Citizens Safety Council, appeared and requested the Commission to allocate the same amount for this organization as it had done in the past, $15,000.00. He outlined the objectives of the council and the past accomplishments. The City Manager stated that this was already included in the proposed budget. A spokesman for the Charles Ives Centennial Festival appeared and requested the Commission to provide the sum of $10,600.00 for said event in the coming year. 9-18-73 The Mayor stated that a request had been received from Mr. Carlos Calvo for $5,000.00 for his publication, and the City Manager stated that this was a publicity item which the Director of that department should evaluate and make provision for in his budget if he deemed it advisable. The meeting was recessed at 4:28 o'clock P.M., and the Commission reconvened at 4:55 o'clock P.M. with al]. members present. The Mayor again read a prepared statement surging the transfer of the City's Parks and Recreation Department to Metropolitan Dade County, which matter was discussed at the meeting of Septem- ber 18th. Mrs. Grace Rockafeller appeared and stated she represented sixteen civic associations, all of whom were opposed to such a transfer. She cited arguments in opposition to the proposal. Mr. Ernie Fannatto appeared and objected to this proposal, citing reasons why it would not be in the best interest of the taxpayers of the City of Miami. Mr. Leonard Batz appeared and spoke in opposition tc the p roposal. Mr. Ed Czarneski appeared and expressed the opinion -that if stich a transfer would result. in reduced taxes to the cit.-'ens of 'the City of Miami it should be approved. Elizabeth Bettner appeared and objected to the proposal. Annette Eisenbeic;, 1180 NE 86th Street, appeared and objected to the proposal. Attorney Dan Paul appeared and spoke in support of the pro- posed transfer of this Function to Metropolitan Dade County. Marshall Litvak, representing the general employees of the City of Miami, appeared and spoke in opposition to the propo::a.. Mr. Plummer stated he would not be in favor of such a'transfer unless the electorate approved it. Mr. Reboso and Reverend Gibson stated they also were opposed to the proposal. Mrs. Gordon stated she was in favor cf transferring the facil- ities which were of a regional nature. After discussion the Mayor stated he would offer a motion to transfer the City's entire Parks and Recreation facilities to Metropolitan Dade County. There was no second to the motion. After discussion Mrs. Gordon stated she would move to transfer the regional parks, being Watson Island, Bayfront Park, The Marine Stadium, The Miami Stadium and the Miami Orange Bowl Stadium, to Metropolitan Dade County. There was no second to the motion. 9-18-73 After further discussion the following resolution was intro- duced by Mr. Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 73-717 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO OBTAIN AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE'STATE OF FLORIDA REGARDING AN INTER- PRETATION OF THE PORTION OF THE STATE MILLAGE STATUTE CONCERNING THE HANDLING OF DELETIONS FROM TAX ROLLS (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's office) Upon being seconded by Mrs. Gordon the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Kennedy. NOES: None. It was agreed that $100,000.00 of revenue sharing funds would be set aside as a contingency fund to be used at a future time for other programs. After further discussion the Commission agreed, Mrs. Gordon dissenting, to consider the revenue sharing aspe cts of the proposed budget, along with other matters, at the next meeting scheduled for this purpose on September 19th. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 o'clock P.M. ATTEST: H. D. SOUTHERN CITY CLERK DAVID T. KENNEDY MAYOR 9-18-73 crr nma►nni DOCUMENT 1NDEX MEETING DATE: "SPECIAL" SEP:EMBER 18, 1973 ITEM NO. DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION COMMISSION ACTION RETRIEVAL CODE NO. 1 2 3 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1973-74 NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CITY OF MIAMI AND EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS BE CONCLUDED BY AUGUST 1ST OF EACIH YEAR STATEMENT MAYOR DAVID T. KENNEDY-PROPOSAL TRANSFERRING PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS TO METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY R-73-714 R-73-715 73-714 73-715 001