2005 0908 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting September 8, 2005 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida ION. Add-On A Resolution of the City Commission ofthe City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Creating a Blue - Ribbon Committee to Make Recommendations for the Position of City Manager; Providing the Appointment of Members to the Committee; Authorizing the Mayor to Negotiate and Enter into an Agreement With the Search Firm of Colin Baenziger & Associates, in the Amount of$19,000.00, Attached Hereto As Exhibit "A", Provided that Agreement is Ratified by the City Commission; Providing the City Attorney with the Authority to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of this Agreement; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: Mayor Edelcup reported that City Manager Russo tendered his resignation effective October 31, 2005 to go into the private industry. Mayor Edelcup recommended that the Commission appoint a Blue - Ribbon Panel of five people who would be the screening or selection committee that would make recommendation to the full Commission the people that they feel are the top three to five candidates and then each Commissioner would have the opportunity to meet with those candidates and ultimately have a public forum in which the Commission would go through the actual proceeding of recommending that one candidate be the new City Manager. Mayor Edelcup said he has asked Senator Gwen Margolis, who is also a resident of Sunny Isles Beach, to be Chairperson for this Committee. He then asked each member of the Commission to add a member to that Committee. Commissioner Goodman nominated Bud Scholl; Vice Mayor Thaler nominated City Attorney Hans Ottinot; Commissioner Brezin nominated Gary Brown, City Manager of North Miami Beach; and Commissioner Iglesias nominated Mary Ann Eicke-Shaw and if she declines he would like Isaac Aelion, and he will let the City Attorney know by tomorrow morning. City Attorney Ottinot said that this can be done as a motion or a resolution and that it would go into effect immediately but after discussion made it effective as of tomorrow after Commissioner Iglesias has an answer on his nomination. Speakers: Senator Gwen Margolis Senator Gwen Margolis suggested that the City advertise the position as an open position in the League of Cities magazine locally or state-wide. City Attorney Ottinot noted that he and Mayor Edelcup have already met with a consultant who has conducted numerous City Manager searches for municipalities throughout the state of Florida, and he has agreed to work on behalf of the City for a fee to conduct a national search for the City to advertise it and he has contacts with all the publications including City Manager's Association, etc. Senator Margolis also noted that there should be a timeframe and suggested to appoint someone in the interim as City Manager until the search is complete. Mayor Edelcup agreed and said when that time comes the Commission will appoint an interim City Manager and that the time schedule that they are basically looking at calls for this Committee to be formed here tonight, the national search firm to be hired here tonight, the ads to go into publications immediately, hoping that this new Committee will have work to do starting in October and November and be in a position by sometime in December to have selected the top candidates for the Commissioners to meet individually in December and early January and hopefully by 16