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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting <br /> <br />July 21,2011 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />person from holding office. Mr. LoCastro said that wasn't the intent, but we had a situation <br />where a past candidate got in trouble. He said you don't publicly announce it, that is what <br />other candidates do, and that is what we are trying to avoid. <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup said that is something that the government should not enter into because it <br />could be something looked upon as self serving by people who are here whether they be staff <br />or other Commissioners that in effect were influencing what normally are the basic freedoms <br />for people to run for office. There are usually organizations within our City much like <br />Concerned Citizens that could do the vetting process, or even the Democratic Club because <br />people are running City-wide and certainly citizen groups have the same ability as the City to <br />do the vetting process. Mr. LoCastro said that he thinks the Mayor is 100% right in that <br />regard, he just thinks that the forms filled out should be checked for accuracy, and Mayor <br />Edelcup said that is what the City Clerk does to make sure that the forms are filled out and <br />are received. City Manager Cohen noted in reference to what the Mayor said in the <br />difference between the City doing something and a private citizen group doing something, <br />any records that the City collects becomes public records, and so anybody can file a request <br />to see them, and so once we do that vetting process it is public information. <br /> <br />Mr. LoCastro said that the Committee recommended it and he was just following through. <br />Commissioner Scholl said it is one of those where it is tough to enforce, let's say you find <br />somebody with a dubious past, what can you do about it. Who calls them in and talks to <br />them, staff, Commission, City Clerk, and he personally thinks that is why you have the <br />Election process and the candidates kind of vet each other. He understands the intent, the <br />problem is where do you draw the line. <br /> <br />Mr. LoCastro said that the Mayor just gave him some very good advice and he happens to be <br />a member of the two groups that he mentioned and he thinks they will just bring it to them to <br />do the process. Commissioner Scholl said he agrees with Mayor Ede1cup, that is usually the <br />role of those interested parties, and Commissioner Aelion agreed. Mayor Ede1cup also noted <br />that in January of every year we set the ordinance that creates this body, the City Advisory <br />Committee, and his inclination would be to wait for the January reinstitution that we do <br />every year and to take into account on how often the Committee meets. Mr. LoCastro said <br />the reason was that the option was that they could call a special meeting, but normally there <br />was not enough time and people could not attend, it really did not work. Mayor Ede1cup said <br />that there is nothing that precludes the Subcommittees from meeting more often to discuss <br />their particular topic and maybe you may get better end results if you had the Subcommittees <br />meeting more often, and then the general Advisory Committee that votes on everything <br />would not have to meet as often. <br /> <br />14. ADJOURNMENT <br />, <br /> <br />Mayor Ede1cup adjourned the meeting at 10: 10 p.m. <br />. . <br />p. \ \\ <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted by: ". ' <br /> <br />~A~ <br /> <br />Jane A. Hines, CMC, Ci,ty'Clerk <br /> <br />Approved by the City Commission on Sept. 15,2011 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />