HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-17-1977 Special MeetingSPECIAL MEETING
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MARCH 17, 1977
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAPE CANAVERAL WAS HELD ON MARCH 17, 1977 AT CITY HALL,.
105 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:12 P.M. BY
MAYOR NICHOLAS.
THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS
PRESENT WERE: COUNCILMEN F.M. HOOG, J.L. MURPHY, MAYOR NICHOLAS,
COUNCILMAN G.J. SALVAGGIO, COUNCILWOMAN ANN THURM; CITY ATTORNEY
RICHARD F. SCOTT, CITY CLERK ANITA J. OSTROM, SGT. AT ARMS
N. KLEIN.
ITEM 1. DISCUSSION RE: LEADERSHIP IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW
,CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ACTING CHIEF AT THE PRESENT
TIME. THERE-,-,WAS ALSO'llISCUSSION AS TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE REGARDING THE NUMBER OF PATROLMAN, SERGEANTS,
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ETC.
MAYOR NICHOLAS MOVED THAT THE COUNCIL, ACTING CITY
MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY SIT AS AN INTERVIEW BOARD TO MEET
WITH THE POLICE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE HAD FIVE YEARS SERVICE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF SELECTING LEP_DERSHIP.FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. MURPHY SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
ENTITLED:
MR. MURPHY MOVED TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA TO BE
AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE BENCHES
MAYOR NICHOLAS SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
MR. MURPHY MOVED THAT THE CITY PURCHASE 30 BENCHES AT $30.00
EACH. MRS. THURM SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
BY MOTION OF MAYOR NICHOLAS, SECONDED BY MRS. THURM AND
UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE MEETING WAS CONTINUED TO FRIDAY, AT 7 :00 P.M.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERVIEWING THE SEVEN PEOPLE FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
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SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
(CONTINUED ON MARCH 18, 1977)
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THE SPECIAL MEETING WAS CONTINUED ON FRIDAY, MARCH 18
AT CITY HALL, 105 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA AT
7:06 P.M.
OFFICIALS PRESENT WERE: COUNCILMEN F.M. HOOG, J.L.
MURPHY; MAYOR L.C. NICHOLAS, COUNCILMAN G.J. SALVAGGIO,
COUNCILWO14AN ANN THURM AND CITY CLERK ANITA J. OSTROM.
PRESENT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS JESSE CARVER,
DAVID PITCH, VIRGIL FITCH, JOAN HUDEPOHL, NORMAN KLEIN, FREDDIE
PATRICK AND AL PRAETORIUS. THESE EMPLOYEES WERE ASKED BY COUNCIL
IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN BEING CONSIDERED FOR ACTING CHIEF OF
POLICE. OFFICERS KLEIN, PATRICK AND PRAETORIUS DECLINED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS INTERVIEWED THE OTHER FOUR POLICE
PERSONNEL ASKING EACH ONE IN TURN QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR
THOUGHTS ON OPERATING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AN EFFORT TO
DETERMINE WHO WOULD BE THE MOST QUALIFIED FOR ACTING CHIEF OF
POLICE.
A RECESS WAS CALLED AT 9:10 P.M. MEETING RECONVENED
AT 9:20 P.M.
MR. SALVAGGIO MOVED-THAT THE COUNCIL RECOMMEND TO THE
ACTING. CITY MANAGER THAT OFFICER CARVER BE APPOINTED AS ACTING
CHIEF OF POLICE. MR. MURPHY SECONDED MOTION. MAYOR NICHOLAS
MOVED TO AMEND BY PLACING ALL FOUR NAMES IN NOMINATION. MR. HOOG
SECONDED AMENDMENT. AMENDMENT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS WERE POLLED FOR THEIR CHOICE WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:
MR.
HOOG
- JOAN HUDEPOHL
MR.
MURPHY
- JESSE
CARVER.
MAYOR NICHOLAS
-JESSE
CARVER
MR.
SALVAGGIO
- JESSE
CARVER
MRS.
THURM
- JESSE
CARVER
OFFICER CARVER WAS COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS
APPOINTMENT.
BY MOTION OF MR. SALVAGGIO, SECONDED BY MR. MURPHY,
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:40 P.M.
CITY CLER
APPROVED THIS 5 DAY OF APRIL , 1977.
MAYOR
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