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SUMMARY MINUTES <br />Special City Commission Meeting <br />1st Budget Hearing Fiscal Year 2009/2010 <br />Thursday, September 10, 2009, 6:30 p.m. <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br />ATTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN <br />LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS, COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. <br />PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. <br />AGENDA <br />1. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS <br />The meeting was called to order by Mayor Edelcup at 6:30 p.m., with the following officials <br />present: <br />Mayor Norman S. Edelcup City Manager Rick Conner <br />Vice Mayor Lewis J. Thaler City Attorney Hans Ottinot <br />Commissioner Roslyn Brezin City Clerk Jane A. Hines, CMC <br />Commissioner Gerry Goodman Assistant City Manager /Finance Douglas Haag <br />Commissioner George "Bud" Scholl Assistant City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />Action: Richard C. Schulman, City Historian, led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. <br />Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks noting that tonight is our first budget hearing, and our <br />second and final budget hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. He <br />also noted that we have had a series of Workshops through the summer months on the details <br />of the budget, and tonight's meeting is really a wrap -up of those discussions. <br />3. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE <br />BUDGET <br />3A. Millage Resolution (Public Hearing) <br />A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, <br />Establishing the City of Sunny Isles Beach Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Millage Levy <br />Rate at 2.65 Mills per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of Taxable Assessed Value Which is <br />9.74% Less than the "Rolled Back" Rate of 2.9361 Mills, for Fiscal Year 2009/2010; <br />Providing for an Effective Date. <br />Action: City Manager Conner thanked the Commission and staff, and noted that this is the <br />first hearing of the Fiscal Year 2009/ 2010 budget. City Manager Conner asked Assistant City <br />Manager /Finance Doug Haag to go over the highlights of the budget. <br />Assistant City Manager Haag noted that we have completed or nearly completed several major <br />