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Home My WebLink About11-17-1981 Regular Meetingi REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 17, 1981 um A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 17, 1981 AT CITY HALL, 105 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR J.L. MURPHY, JR. AT 7:31 P.M. THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS PRESENT WERE: MAYOR J.L. MURPHY, JR., COUNCIL MEMBERS J. CALVERT, P.T. LEE AND W. RUTHERFORD; CITY ATTORNEY J. SCOTT,. CITY CLERK P.J. BEAULIEU. MRS. CALVERT MOVED TO WAIVE THE READING OF THE MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 3, 1981. MR. RUTHERFORD SECONDED MOTION.. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM 1. ORDINANCE NO. 20 -81 AMENDING CITY CHARTER ARTICLE XXIV SECTION 4', 2') - RE: ELIMINATING r MAYOR MURPHY READ THE ORDINANCE IN FULL ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CHARTER ARTICLE XXIV SECTION 4 (2) "SECOND READING; PUBLIC HEARING ", PERTAINING TO READING IN FULL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MRS. CALVERT MOVED FOR ADOPTION. MR. RUTHERFORD SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 2. .- ORDINANCE NO. 21 -81 AMENDING CODE CHAPTER 701, RE: ANIMAL CONTROL (2ND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR MURPHY MEAD THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CODE CHAPTER 701, "ANIMALS CONTROLLED ", PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MR. LEE MOVED FOR ADOPTION. MR. RUTHERFORD SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM13. ORDINANCE NO. 22 -81 RE: INCREASING SEWER SERVI "CE RATE.r, AMENDING'ORDINANCE NO. 6 -66, AS AMENDED,' CITY CODE CHAPTER 671 (2ND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING 'MAYOR MURPHY READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF CAPE ' CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, CODE CIJAPTER 671.03, "RATES" PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Ak MR. RUTHERFORD MOVED FOR ADOPTION. MR. LEE SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 0 MICROFILM- 4.15.85 AT THIS TIME, MR. LEE STEPPED DOWN FROM HIS COUNCIL SEAT. NEW BUSINESS ITEM 1. OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THE CITY CLERK ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR COUNCILWOMAN JOAN CALVERT AND COUNCILMAN LEO C. NICHOLAS. THE NEWLY SWORN IN COUNCIL MEMBERS TOOK THEIR SEATS. ITEM 2. DISCUSSION RE: SEWER PLANT FINANCING - MITCH OWENS OF HOUGH & COMPANY MR. OWENS INFORMED COUNCIL THAT HE HAD SECURED AN 18 -MONTH ISSUE FOR TWO MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SHORT -TERM NOTES AT AN IN- TEREST RATE OF 10 1/2 PERCENT, CALLABLE AT PAR WITHIN ONE YEAR, CALLABLE AT 1/4 PERCENT PENALTY IN SIX MONTHS. A BREAKDOWN, IN WRITING, WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE MEETING OF COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 19, AT WHICH TIME A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE NOTES AND THE BONDS WOULD ALSO BE PREPARED AND READY FOR COUNCIL ACTION. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THIS SEWER PLANT EXPANSION AND FINANCING REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF WAITING FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE COUNTY'S 201 PLAN; THE NECESSITY FOR INCREASING SEWER PLANT CAPACITY; THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING TAP IN FEES AND THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE THIS INDEBTEDNESS WOULD ULTIMATELY INCREASE THE CITY'S MONTHLY SEWER RATES. COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT THE CITY'S ENGINEER STEVE THAYER ATTEND' THE UPCOMING MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19 IN ORDER TO ANSWER POSSIBLE QUESTIONS. NO ACTION TAKEN ON THIS ITEM AT THIS MEETING. ITEM 4. RESOLUTION NO. 81 -74 VACATING EAST /WEST PORTION OF BOOTH COURT ATTORNEY SCOTT REQUESTED THAT COUNCIL POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING SINCE HE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE LEGAL DESCRIP- TION COVERING THIS SUBJECT, THEREFORE, THE RESOLUTION HAD NOT BEEN PREPARED. MAYOR MURPHY MOVED TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS. MR. RUTHERFORD SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 5. RESOLUTION NO. 81 -75 ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBER TO FILL VACANT SEAT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF 11 -17 -81 PAGE 2' OF 4 & ATTACHMENT MICROFILM 4 -,5 MAYOR MURPHY EXPLAINED THAT DUE TO THE RESIGNATION MRS. BOYD THERE WAS A VACANT COUNCIL SEAT. FOUR CITIZENS HAD SUBMITTED LETTERS REQUESTING THAT THEY BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANT SEAT. THE LETTERS WERE FROM THE FOLLOWING: EDGAR BRISSON, DONALD GRAINGER, DAVE NEWSON AND ANNE THURM. MAYOR MURPHY PROPOSED THAT THE SAME PROCEDURE BE FOLLOWED TO FILL THIS VACANCY AS IN THE PAST BY ROLL CALL WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER NAMING HIS PREFERENCE AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THREE PEOPLE TO NAME THE SAME PERSON IN ORDER TO SEAT THE NEW MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE IN AGREEMENT.. ATTORNEY SCOTT SUGGESTED THAT THE NAMES BE PLACED IN NOMINATION. MAYOR MURPHY MOVED THE -FOUR NAMES BE PLACED IN NOMINA- TION. MR. RUTHERFORD SECONDED MOTION. ALL FOUR APPLICANTS SPORE TO COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. AT THIS TIME A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN WITH THE FOLLOWING ktl4* ~lA FIRST ROLL CALL VOTE SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE CALVERT THURM CALVERT THURM MURPHY BRISSON MURPHY NEWSON NICHOLAS NEWSON NICHOLAS NEWSON RUTHERFORD THURM RUTHERFORD THURM MAYOR MURPHY MOVED TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MR. NICHOLAS SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 6. OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM. ITEM 7. MOTION RE: RESCHEDULING OF WORKSHOP` DUE TO THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY MAYOR MURPHY MOVED TO COMBINE NEXT WORKSHOP MEETING AND NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING INTO ONE MEETING. MR. RUTHERFORD SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 8. MOTION RE: CHRISTMAS BONUSES MAYOR MURPHY EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAD HISTORICALLY GIVEN CHRISTMAS BONUSES TO EMPLOYEES WHEN FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE. THE FORMULA THAT HAD BEEN USED WAS $25.00 FOR FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE, AN ADDITIONAL $15.00 FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE AND $22.50 FOR PART- TIME. BY USING THAT FORMULA, TOTAL COST FOR THIS YEAR WAS CITY COUNCIL 1 1 �3S 1 OYF4 & ATTAC WENT MICROFILMS® 4 -15 -85 _.,837.50, MAYOR MURPHY EXPLAINED THAT THIS ITEM WAS NOT BUDGETED FOR, HOWEVER, WITH THE RECENT DEPARTURE OF THE CITY MANAGER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES WOULD ACCRUE A SURPLUS IF THE POSITION WAS NOT FILLED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. MAYOR MURPHY MOVED TO AWARD THE CHRISTMAS BONUSES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,837.50. MR. RUTHERFORD SECONDED. DISCUSSION . FOLLOWED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A MATHEMATICAL ERROR IN THE COMPUTATIONS OF THE BONUS SHEET THAT COUNCIL HAD BEFORE THEM WHICH COULD MAKE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE $1,837.50 TOTAL. MAYOR MURPHY THEN RESTATED HIS MOTION AS FOLLOWS; BASED ON THE FORMULA RATHER THAN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BONUSES BASED ON $25.00 FOR FIRST FULL YEAR OF SERVICE, $15.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL YEAR AND $12.50 FOR PART —TIME EMPLOYEES. MR. RUTHERFORD SECONDED THE MODIFICATION OF THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. BONUS LIST ATTACHED. ITEM 9. MOTION RE: SALARY 'INCREASES MAYOR MURPHY EXPLAINED THAT ELFY QUINN HAD BEEN ASSUMING TEMPORARILY THE DUTIES OF CITY TREASURER AND THE CITY FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO MAKE HER A TEMPORARY INCREASE OF $35.00 PER WEEK, AND JAN LEESER, A PART—TIME EMPLOYEE, HAD BEEN WORKING ESSENTIALLY FULL —TIME, NOW HAD ASSUMED ADDITIONAL DUTIES. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT THESE INCREASES WOULD BE ON A PERMANENT BASIS OR ONLY WHILE THE EMPLOYEES HAD THE ADDITIONAL DUTIES, MAYOR MURPHY MOVED TO INCREASE JAN LEESER TO $5.00 PER HOUR, AND ELFY QUINN'S SALARY BE TEMPORARILY INCREASED TO AN ADDITIONAL $35.00 A WEEK UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A NEW CITY TREASURER IS APPOINTED AND MRS, QUINN'S RESPONSIBILITY IS REDUCED BACK TO A NORMAL LOAD. MR. NICHOLAS SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 10. MOTION RE': ' SETTING 'SPECIAL MEETING FOR NOVEMBER '19's, 19* 1 AT .: 0 PM RE: SEWER PLANT FI GING MAYOR MURPHY MOVED TO SET A SPECIAL MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 19,. 1981 AT 6:OOPM. MR. NICHOLAS SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9 :48PM. APPROVED THIS DAY OF 1981. YOR ITY COUNCIL INUTE OF 11/17/8.1 CITY CLERK PAGE 4 OF 4& ATTACHMENT ,. ,; y ..p DATE OF HIRE ' ' ADMINISMT7pN' No, ,ember 10 ,. 1481 Ian 1 C%1 10 -8 -73 Patricia J. Beaulieu 12 -19 -77 - `�_..__. Elfy H. Quinn x._,._18 81�; Bennett Boucher _6 15 -81 -- Janet Leeoet `Tpart- -tine - p_pp 4L? -4p - /a.SD I _ P. 54 9 -8 -81 -y Marie Kelly (part - time) P & z _ CROSSING GUARDS. 2 -78 John W. Osborne 9 -4 -7 ma _ Os- borne _ 1967 tep en ante s -� 11-10� -- - -- _— Bes ie --I T -Fry INSPECTION 6-22 -81 Chester R. Kowalski 25 (}r3 STREETS - 2 -3 -69 _ Kenneth Borin Cam. Aker / p.Q p ,� 03, pn 4-13-78 Warren Duble 10 -27,$0 Rert Ki =- kpatrick SS pp +yb; pp - o� :b -25 -81 Ro e t C. Ferguson _... _...__ G� .PARRS 12 -2 -74 Danial Vorsino (part -time) 57, Sp POLLUTION 'CONTROL 10 -24 -78 Lamle A. Waltemire S 5 �� 0.00 12 -18 -78 James S. Jackson �__ 11 -8 -79 Douglas E. Hitchcock yo.00 35 d0 =3T =86 Linda Signore 4 ---8'= -83 Sohn. R. Teston .0 D 5.0 _ 7- 3 -81 Michael J. Rhoads "D�J 10126-81 _ _ M_ichael Croiner A2.50 10 -26 -81 Michael P. Pecor6lli, 42-50 10 -26 -81 Louis Raciti _ RECREATION COMPLEX 6-21r78 Nancy Hanson !-,TO-76 Wallace A. isomer (part -time)_ SQ 11 -29 -78 arrR. Johnson Q 3 -23 -81 Mark T. Rozalskson (part -t me) __i (part-time) 8 -25 -78 Lois John a?% I'c0 6- 1 - 1 Rebecca Ga5or ��part -timed ...— FIRE DEPARTMENT 'a.37: SCE 2 -1 -79 E. G. Westberg (part -time ) 0. Qo "S.0 g,3 7-r /� . G>✓ - ATTACH. ".IENI° TO . CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF 11 -17 -81