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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-17-85 e MINUTES OF THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING HELD DECEMBER 17, 198~ PRESENT: Mayor lson, Commissioners Cox; Rodgers; Bateman; and Hager, City Attorney Kruppenbacher, City Manager Griffin, City Clerk Catron, City Engineer Kelley, Water Superintendent Cockrell, City Planner Wagner, and Deputy Clerk Louloudis. ABSENT: None. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Ison called the regularly scheduled meeting to order at 7:35 p.... Kayor Ison then led those present in prayer and to the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS e The Ccoee Lions Club gave the Board of City Commissioners a certificate of appreciation for their support and help with the Ccoee Christmas Parade. Mayor Ison felt the City should give the Lions Club a certificate of appreciation for all the time and effort they put into the one hour long parade. Mayor Ison announced that the BMX race which was scheduled for last Friday night and cancelled because of the rain, is scheduled for this Friday night at 7:00 p.m.. APPROVALS - CONSENT AGENDA Mr. Kruppenbacher requested that items 'B', 'C', and '0' be pulled from the Consent Agenda. Mayor Ison corrected the minutes of 12/3/85, page 4, third paragraph, seventh sentence, to read, " held a street party and had barricades and grills, . .... This correction deletes the words, "beer kegs". COIllIl. Cox Iloved to approve the minutes of 12/3/85 as corrected, Comm. Bateman seconded, and the vote carried unani.ously. LETTER TO ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION, COMMISSIONERS FROM ALL CITY Comm. Rodgers suggested the proposed letter be written to C.C. Commissioners which identifies Ccoee's intention of working with the County in a positive manner and to let them know we approve of their new Arbor Ordinance and are in the process of adopting one of our own. COllm. Bateman agreed with the approach, but had a problem with the language. The word "your" in the first paragraph, last sentence, was changed to "the". The Commissioners and Kayor then agreed to sign the letter and have it mailed to the County Commissioners. e PROPOSED ORDINANCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPACT FEE, FIRST READING Mr. and Kruppenbacher recomlllended the City have three readings public hearings on both the Law Enforcement Impact Fee I 1 e CITY COMMISSION MEETING DECEMBER 17, 1985 PAGE 2 Ordinance and the Fire Protection Impact Fee Ordinance to give the City time to receive additional input from developers, citizens and their legal representatives. A provision is made in the Ordinance to increase the amounts as costs for the City rise. Comm. Cox moved to approve the first reading of the Law Enforcement Impact Fee Ordinance, Comm. Hager seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. Mr. Griffin read the Ordiance by title only. The second and third readings will be January 7, 86 and Jan. 21, 86, respectively. PROPOSED ORDINANCE, FIRE PROTECTION IMPACT FEE, 1ST READING Comm. Bateman moved to approve the proposed Fire Protection Impact Fee Ordinance for its first reading, Comm. Cox seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. Mr. Griffin read the proposed Ordinance by title only. The second reading will be 1-7-86, and the third on 1-21-86. OLD BUSINESS e SPECIAL STAFF REPORTS - CITY ENGINEER Mr. Kelley asked for authorization to advertise for bids for the repairs which need to be done in the Industrial Park Sewer Plant. The proJect specs for Peach/Moxie have been drawn up and staff has reviewed them. Mr. Kelley stated the restoration work that will be done is not in the present work contract. Mr. Kelley thought we could work our way through the restoration of berms, lake front property, etc., with City forces. They have already started burning the lake front. The lake levels are very low at present, but they were over-pumped intentionally so all of the work can be done. The plat shows that the homeowners own the land down to the lake. Mayor Ison suggested the City advertise a special hearing on Lakes Peach and Moxie after the outfall is completed in order to answer any questions the citizens may have. PUBLIC HEARINGS SECOND READINGS ORDINANCE 8S8: ARBOR ORDINANCE e Comm. Rodgers moved to approve the Arbor Ordinance for the second reading, Comm. Bateman seconded and the vote carried unanimously. Mr. Griffin read the Ordinance by title only. Comm. Rodgers moved to approve Ordinance 858, Comm. Hager seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. ORDINANCE 8S9: LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE 2 e CITY COMMISSION MEETING DECEMIER 11, 1985 PAGE 3 Page 3, subparagraph 'E' insert '858'.Page 6, Section 6, subparagraph (b)2, insert "858". Comm. Rodgers moved to approve the Ordinance for its second reading. Comm. Hager aeconded, and the vote carried unanimously. Mr. Griffin read the Ordinance by title only. Comm. Rodgers moved to approve the Ordinance, Comm. Bateman seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. Com.. Rodgers thanked everyone for their help and support in getting these two Ordinances approved. ORDINANCE 860: JUNK VEHICLE ORDINANCE Comm. Bateman moved to approve Ordinance 860 for the second reading, Comm. Cox seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. Mr. Bruce Beatty, 311 Hormigas, stated Ordinance 860 gives further specifics on how we can deal with Junk vehicles. Co... Bateman moved to approve Ordinance 860, Comm. Cox seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. ORDINANCE 861: REZONING STUCKI/COLBURN PROPERTY e Comm. Cox moved to approve Ordinance 861 for its second reading, Comm. Hager seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. Mr. Griffin read the Ordinance by title only. The property is being re-zoned to C-2. Mr. Wagner stated this property was not included in our CLUP; therefore we asked Orange County and it does correspond with their CLUP. Comm. Hager moved to approve Ordinance 861, Comm. Bateman seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. Mayor leon called for short recess at 8:25 p.m.. The meeting reconvened at 8:35 p.m.. NEW BUSINESS CITY EMPLOYEE LONGEVITY PAY e Comm. Rodgers moved to approve a one time salary adJustment for S500.00 for full-time employees who have been here for one year since October 1, 1984, and employees who have been here less than one year to receive a pro-rated share of S500.00. Comm. Cox seconded the motion for discussion. Comm. Cox asked where the sum of monies would come from. Comm. Rodgers proposed that the funds would come from each departments budget. Comm. Cox was in favor of the employees, but this year the budget got hit hard, if the money is not budgeted we must look elsewhere. Mayor leon stated now that the City is giving time and a half comp-time instead of paying overtime, financially we might be alright by the end of the year. The vote died with Comm. Rodgers voting yeh, Comm. Cox; Com.. Bateman; and Comm. Hager voting ney. Comm. Cox moved to approve a S250.00 one time salary adJustment for 3 I e CITY COMMISSION MEETING DECEMBER 1" 1985 PAGE 4 e the City employees who have been employed for one year since October 1, 1984, and prorated for employees who have not been employed for one year. Comm. Rodgers seconded the motion for discussion. Mr. Bruce Beatty, 311 Hormigas, stated that the employees of the City work above and beyond the call of duty, they do a little extra, and this one time salary adJustment would leave a positive attitude with the City employees. Mr. Beatty spoke in support of Comm. Rodgers motion. Mr. Vern Combs also agreed if the City can find the monies to give a $250.00 salary adJustment then the City can find the monies to give a $500.00 salary adJustment for the employees. Comm. Bateman was against the bonuses, he thought the bonus money should be given annually to the employees in the form of a per hour raise. Comm. Rodgers stated the City employees find ways to save the City money, they do this as a team and therefore each employee should receive the same bonus. Comm. Rodgers recommended Comm. Cox change the figure in his motion to $500.00. Comm. Cox chose to leave the figure at $250.00. The vote carried with Comm. Cox and Comm. Rodgers voting yeh, and Comm. Hager and Comm. Bateman voting ney. The Mayor casts a tie vote, he voted yeh, and the motion carried. Comm. Cox moved to take the monies from idle funds in the bank, Comm. Rodgers seconded, and the vote carried with Comm. Rodgers and Comm. Cox voting yeh; Comm. Hager and Comm. Bateman voting ney; Mayor cast a yeh vote. Mayor Ison read Resolution 85-14 aloud. Comm. Cox moved to approve Resolution 85-14, Comm. Rodgers seconded, and the vote carried with Comm. Rodgers and Comm. Cox voting yeh; Comm. Bateman and Comm. Hager voting ney; Mayor cast a yeh vote. DISCUSSION OF PARKING TICKET POLICIES e Mr. Griffin asked the Commission's pleasure whether to increase the parking citation fines from $2.00 or to do away with the Parking Citation Ordinance or to leave the fine at $2.00. Mr. Combs suggested the fine be raised to $10.00 per ticket. Mr. Rick Waldrop, 303 Bay St., stated a City vehicle was parked in the wrong direction and received a parking citation. Chief Brandt stated they advertised in the local newspaper explaining they would be enforcing the Ordinance in effect, but they would begin on a warning basis. Chief Brandt stated they issued several hundred warning tickets. He also stated the complaints take up a lot of his time with explanations to citizens. Chief Brandt informed the Commission that the City could enforce by either a complaint basis only or the present method, which is full enforcement. Mayor Ison questioned which method the Chief would prefer. Chief Brandt felt this was the Commission's decision, being a policy question which is created by Ordinance. Mayor leon and Commissioner Rodgers questioned the Chief further on which method he would prefer to enforce, being the Chief of 4 . CITY COMMISSION MEETING DECEMBER 17, 1985 PAGE S Police. Chiez Brandt zeIt the present method oz enzorcement would suffice. Citizens can appeal the parking citations to the City Commission. Comm. Cox moved to approve a S10.00 zine for the parking citation fee, Comm. Bateman seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. Chief Strosnider suggested the Commission check the street widths and rule that on certain streets there will be parking allowed only on one side of the street. Chief Strosnider stated some of the streets are so narrow that the emergency vehicles can not get down them when there are cars parked on both sides of the street. The emergency vehicles also have trouble on cul-de- sacs with cars parked along the side, the vehicles have to back out. CITY ATTORNEY e Mr. Kruppenbacher informed the Commission that the Lassiter trial was set for 12-18-85, at 9:30. Mr. Kruppenbacher asked the Commission to give authorization that Comm. Hager's testimony represent the Commission's understanding of the issue. Mr. Kruppenbacher stated he could not recommend an amount of public funds to be paid to the Estate of Mr. Lassiter when the City could not prove that Mr. Lassiter did the work. Comm. Cox moved to authorize Mr. Hager, Mrs. Cook and the City Manager to be spokespeople for the City in this issue, Comm. Bateman seconded, and the vote carried unanimously. Mr. Kruppenbacher stated Mr. Drew Thomas had a question of whether the claim is existing reference the Peach/Moxie drainage problem. The Commission directed the attorney and staff to contact an individual zrom RCA and give them ~ dollar figure of what the Peach/Moxie drainage outfall problem has cost the City: and then to find out iz RCA will authorize a payment to the City out of court. The Commission called for a Workshop session on 1-7-86, at 7:00 p.m., before the regular session. COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS/PUBLIC Mr. Vern Combs complained about the intersection of McKey, Franklin, and Kissimmee, and requested the City put up a three-way stop sign. The Commission agreed to look into it and decide whether stop signs would be sufficient or signal lights would be necessary. e COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS Comm. Bateman requested the City check into the sewer companies who are operating within the City without a franchise agreement. Comm. Bateman also requested we agenda 5 e e e CITY COMMISSION MEETING DECEMBER 17, 198~ PAGE 6 the proposed drainage impact %ee Ordinance %or 1-7-85. and have it in Ordinance %orm. Comm. Bateman also thanked Don Wixon, Public Adminiatrative intern %or the research he has done. and the purchases he has made %or the City. Comm. Rodgers pointed out %or the record that the City has not purchased all new police vehicles. they have all been repainted and look like new cars. Comm. Rodgers complimented the Police Dept.; a o%%icer %ound the door open to Johnson mini-stores and called the owner. Comm. Rodgers wished everyone a Merry Christmas. The John Tiger Minor Park grandopening January 11. 1986. at 11:30 a.m.. We are attendance than at previous grand openings. be at the park barbequing chicken. will be held on hoping %or better Mayor Ison will Comm. Cox did not have any comments. Comm. Hager thanked the Lions Club %or the work and efforts put forth for the Ocoee Christmas Parade. The City has a meeting scheduled on 1-16- 86 at 7:30 p.m. with Mid-Florida Industrial Development Commission in Orlando. Mr. Griffin was instructed to write a letter to Winter Garden conveying the in%ormation about the meeting. Mayor Ison announced that the Central Florida Blood Bank will be at the West Orange Memorial Hospital on Thursday. December 26. 85. %rom 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.. The .eeting wae adJourned at 10~~:~~~~_______ MAYOR ISON ATTEST: 6