2007 0215 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 15,2007 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Commissioner Iglesias said he doesn't want to reiterate what Mayor Edelcup said because all you have to do is introduce the cassette tape, he sponsored it at the time and he used his house and the Mayor's house as an example that if we had erosion they would lose a part of their land. Commissioner Goodman moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to adopt the ordinance. Ordinance No. 2007-277 was adopted by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. Vote: Commissioner Brezin yes Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Iglesias yes Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes 10. RESOLUTIONS lOA. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Addendum to Second Interlocal Agreement with Miami-Dade County for the Disbursement of Florida Power & Light (FPL) Franchise Fees, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Said Addendum to Second Interlocal Agreement and to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title and City Manager Szerlag reported that all the new municipalities that were adversely affected by a unilateral decision of County employees to modify the FPL payment methodology have signed the Interlocal Agreement Addendum which does increase our revenues from FPL. He said the primary concern that he has is that we are able now to replicate the methodology that is identified in this Addendum, and he has charged Assistant City Manager/Finance Douglas Haag with that task. Public Speakers: none Mayor Edelcup said that this has been an on-going process for five (5) years when it was brought to his attention that the County had unilaterally changed the method in which they calculate franchise fee payments to the City and had never entered into an agreement with the City, they just arbitrarily changed the formula. He said that formula resulted in the City being short-changed hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, and five of the cities that were similarly affected went to the County and demanded that something be done to correct the issue. He said this is the fruition of five years of battling with the County, we got 2/3rds of what probably was entitled to us but in order to get this resolved, we've agreed and all the other cities are entering into a similar resolution such as this one to accept this new formula. He said like the City Manager, he is cautioning Mr. Haag to check the formula each year to make sure that we collect what is due to us, and not have this kind of episode occur again. Vice Mayor Thaler said in viewing this document, ifMr. Haag would notify the County that we are Sunny Isles Beach, not Sunny Isles. Commissioner Goodman moved and Commissioner Iglesias seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2007-1046 was adopted by a voice vote of5-0 in favor. 11