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SUMMARY MINUTES <br /> Special City Commission Meeting <br /> 2"d Budget Hearing Fiscal Year 2016/2017 <br /> Thursday, September 15, 2016, 6:00 p.m. <br /> City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> ATTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN <br /> LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS,COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. <br /> PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. <br /> AGENDA <br /> 1. CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS <br /> The meeting was called to order by Mayor Scholl at 6:00 p.m., with the following officials <br /> present: <br /> Mayor George "Bud" Scholl City Manager Christopher J. Russo <br /> Vice Mayor Jeanette Gatto City Attorney Hans Ottinot <br /> Commissioner Isaac Aelion City Clerk Jane A. Hines, MMC <br /> Commissioner Dana Goldman Deputy City Manager Stan Morris <br /> Commissioner Jennifer Levin Deputy City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui <br /> 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> Action: Intern Erica Raneri and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia Hasbun led the <br /> Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Mayor Scholl noted that Erica Raneri is our Intern from our <br /> Sister City Taormina, Italy. <br /> Mayor Scholl gave opening remarks of decorum noting that tonight is our second budget <br /> hearing for Fiscal Year 2016/2017. <br /> 3. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET <br /> 3A. Millage Resolution (Public Hearing) <br /> A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach of Miami-Dade, <br /> County, Florida, Establishing the City of Sunny Isles Beach Ad Valorem Tax Millage <br /> Levy Rate at 2.4000 Mills per One Thousand Dollars (51,000) of Taxable Assessed Value <br /> Which is 5.06% More than the "Rolled Back" Rate of 2.2844 Mills, for Fiscal Year <br /> 2016/2017; Providing for an Effective Date. <br /> (First Hearing September 6, 2016) <br /> Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Mayor Scholl said we had a series of Workshops <br /> that took place this summer where we went over the detail of the individual items that make <br /> up our budget, each department on a line by line basis. Those workshops roll up into a <br /> recommendation on what our tax millage rate will be for the following year. He is pleased to <br /> say that it is his recommendation and his colleagues that we lower the millage rate again this <br />