2005 0414 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting April 14, 2005 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida was a requirement of getting the property, and City Attorney Dannheisser and City Manager Russo said yes. City Attorney Dannheisser said that they [Vanguard] have an interest in the property just like the prior owner had an interest, one was a ownership interest and the other was a lease-hold interest, and we had to deal with both of them. Commissioner Goodman moved and Commissioner Iglesias seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2005-787 was adopted by a voice vote of 4-1 [Vice Mayor Thaler against] in favor. 10F. A Resolution ofthe City Commission ofthe City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Urging the Florida Department of Transportation to Study and Remediate the Existing Traffic Conditions at 96th Street and Harding Avenue in the Cities of Surfs ide and Bal Harbour, Florida; Authorizing the City Clerk to Transmit this Resolution to the Florida Department of Transportation; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title and Mayor Edelcup reported. Public Speakers: none Commissioner Brezin moved and Commissioner Goodman seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2005-788 was adopted by a voice vote of 4-0-1 (Commissioner Iglesias recused himself as an FDOT employee] in favor. lOG. A Resolution ofthe City Commission ofthe City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing the Creation of a Blue - Ribbon Committee for the Recommendation of Candidates for the Position of City Attorney; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: [City Clerk's Note: An amended Resolution was distributed.) City Clerk Hines read the title and Mayor Edelcup reported that City Attorney Dannheisser has decided to leave the City and work in private practice, but the Charter requires us as a Commission to find a replacement for her. He said that generally in prior practices in this City and other cities, when a vacancy occurs like this the best procedure is to form a panel of experts who will review candidates. He said the job is being advertised, and then that panel in turn will make a recommendation to the Commission as to their top three or five choices are, and then the Commission will individually meet with those candidates, and gradually work down to a solution of having an open hearing, and at that point, some months from now, we will then select a person to be our new City Attorney. He said what we are requesting tonight is a procedure that establishes that panel and that panel, as the resolution is recommending, would be three City Attorneys from neighboring cities or County here in South Florida, two business people from within the Community, and our City Manager, so there would be six people on that panel who would then screen the candidates, and recommend their top three to five choices to the Commission after they have had a 30-60 day timeframe to work through the process of interviewing those candidates. City Attorney Dannheisser asked ifthe Commission intends to seat this Committee before or after the next Commission meeting, and Mayor Edelcup said he was hoping to seat them at 12