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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting <br /> <br />July 14, 2005 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />llB. Add-On: <br />Budgetary Item: City Manager's Salary for FY 2005/06. <br /> <br />Action: Mayor Ede1cup said that this is the last meeting before the budgetary process and <br />that there is one salary left to be reviewed since they had just recently hired City Attorney <br />Ottinot and that salary has been taken care of for the ensuing year, so we have the City <br />Manager's salary to discuss and to work into the budget. Mayor Ede1cup proposed a $10,000 <br />increase for the ensuing year and asked the Commission for comment. Commissioner <br />Iglesias agreed and with the same benefits as he has been receiving, and after discussion it <br />was the consensus of the Commission to approve this. <br /> <br />Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Brezin and Commissioner Iglesias seconded a <br />motion to approve the City Manager's salary increase. The motion was approved by a <br />voice vote of 5-0 in favor. <br /> <br />12. DISCUSSION ITEMS <br /> <br />12A. Discussion regarding the Jazz Fest Series at Samson Oceanfront Park. <br /> <br />Action: [City Clerk's Note: Heard out of order, see 4A] City Manager said that we will <br />hear this item and that we are not making any decisions tonight, we are only hearing what is <br />proposed. Archie Quintana of Meloquinn Music Productions said that he is proposing to <br />bring a first class four-part concert series to Sunny Isles Beach at Samson Oceanfront Park <br />and it will be very fancy, classical, and a rewarding series. He stated that there will be: <br />. four concerts that will take place every other week on Saturday from 6:30 p.m. to <br />10:30 p.m.; <br />. free concerts to all; <br />. food booths which he will sell sponsorships to local area restaurants; <br />. two types of music for each series: Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Light-Classical, Salsa, <br />Regae, which they call world music; and <br />. Sunny Isles Beach will be promoted on all the music websites, local area newspapers, <br />posters, and banners. <br /> <br />Commissioner Iglesias said it is a great idea and he remembers back in 1999 when he <br />proposed it and in fact, Mr. Quintana was in the audience, and that they took the idea and <br />came up with the Summer Concert series. Mr. Quintana said he would be hiring all the <br />groups, and Commissioner Brezin said prior to him hiring the groups would City staff have <br />an opportunity to review the material, and he said he is looking to put together a family- <br />oriented event. She said she would like City staff to review the proposal prior to bringing it <br />into the Park. <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup said that he wanted to clarify that there would not be any alcoholic beverages <br />served, and Mr. Quintana said that part of the proposal is that there will be beer and wine <br />served, and that there would be a temporary permit issued for beer and wine, and Mayor <br />Edelcup said that would be difficult to get from this Commission. Mr. Quintana said there is <br />no fee for his services and that the only two ways he can make money is to sell corporate <br /> <br />]5 <br />