2016-0906 Special City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Special City Commission Meeting September 6,2016 Sunny Isles Beach,Florida First Budget Hearing with this project but the fact is, without the right underpinning, it doesn't make sense for us. Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. Second reading,public hearing will be held on Thursday,September 15,2016, at 6:00 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Aelion ves Commissioner Goldman ves Commissioner Levin ves Vice Mayor Gatto ves Mayor Scholl ves City Manager Russo said he would like to thank the Finance Department,all the Department Heads did a good job, but Finance Director Audra Curts-Whann and her staff worked very hard on this. It has gotten so much more complicated then what it was years ago. The budget about 18 or 19 years ago is just one part of the budget today,and so it is a much more complicated, involved process then it ever was, and Finance did a really good job on it. Mayor Scholl said he is kind of a ratio guy,you mentioned our General Fund went up about four-fold, we started at $9 Million and now we are at about $34 Million and our tax base went up ten-fold. So the good news is, we are taking in more but we are not spending it all. That ratio is very telling as we continue to keep our Millage under control. Our staff does more with less which is a good thing. 4. RESOLUTIONS 4A. Add-On: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,Approving the Request Submitted by Suffolk Construction a/k/a"Ritz Construction Offices"for a Temporary Construction Office and Fence Structure to be Located at 100 Bayview Drive North Parking Lot, Subject to Certain Conditions;Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia Hasbun reported that Suffolk Construction is going to be the Contractor for the Ritz Project, and the Ritz Project needs a construction company and an owner's rep office and they are going to be using this lot that they are leasing from the Arlen House. Mayor Scholl said it will be behind the Sales Center, and when he first saw this, he was thinking there would not be enough room behind the Sales Center, but you got space from the Arlen House. Ms. Hasbun said they have room for the trailers but the parking is going to be off-site in the Arlen House parking lot. Mayor Scholl asked if that lot is on that corner on the right side as you come onto Bayview Drive, and Commissioner Aelion said that the egress and ingress is going to be from the main entrance to the sales office, and Ms. Hasbun said that is correct. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2016-2577 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 4