1b1 City of South Miami
2 Special City Commission Minutes
3 August 12, 2010
4
5 CALL TO ORDER:
6
7
The City Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida
met
8
in special session on Thursday, August 12, 2010, beginning at
9
7:45 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset
Drive.
10
11
A. Roll Call:
12
The following members of the City Commission were
present:
13
Mayor Philip K. Stoddard, Vice Mayor Valerie Newman,
Brian D.
14
Beasley and Walter A. Harris. Commissioner Velma Palmer
was
15
absent.
16
17
Also in attendance were: Acting City Manager Buford
R. Witt,
18
Deputy City Attorney Mark A. Goldstein and City Clerk
Maria M.
19
Menendez.
20
21
B. Moment of Silence: By Mayor Stoddard.
22
23
C. Pledge of Allegiance:
24
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.
25
26
D. Presentations(s)
27
NONE
28
29
RESOLUTION (S)
30
31
32
160 -10 -13194
33
1. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of
the
34
City of South Miami, Florida, relating to boards
and
35
committees; appointing Lew Sellars to serve on
the
36
Pension Ad Hoc Committee for a term ending October
19,
37
2010; and providing an effective date.
3/5
38
(Mayor Stoddard)
39
40
Moved by Mayor Stoddard, seconded by Commissioner
Beasley
41
to approve this item.
42
43
With no further comments the motion to approve this
item
44 passed by a 4 -0 vote:
45
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MINUTES 1
August 12, 2010
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
Commissioner Palmer:
Vice Mayor Newman:
Commissioner Beasley
Commissioner Harris:
Mayor Stoddard:
m1a t
Absent
Nay
Nay
Nay
Nay
161 -10 -13195
2. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the
City of South Miami, Florida, selecting eandidates .-
be interviewed for- the pesiLion of C }s -*Ma aver,
sehedulitnQ and requesting that The
Mercer Group conduct background investigations on the
City Manager candidates to be interviewed selected by
the Commission; providing an effective date. 3/5
(Mayor Stoddard)
Moved by Commissioner Beasley, seconded by Mayor Stoddard
to approve this item.
Moved by Mayor Stoddard to suspend Robert's Rules in order
to go into a Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting for the
purpose of discussion. Seconded by Commissioner Beasley, the
motion passed by a 4 -0 vote:
Commissioner Palmer: Absent
Vice Mayor Newman: Nay
Commissioner Beasley: Nay
Commissioner Harris: Nay
Mayor Stoddard: Nay
At this time Mayor Stoddard asked Mr. Witt to recuse
himself from the meeting since he is one of the candidates for
the permanent position of City Manager.
The Commission decided to refer to the candidates by
numbers instead of names until they agreed on the short list.
After extensive discussion they selected eight finalists
for The Mercer Group to conduct background investigations and
further evaluations on the individuals listed below and provide
the City Commission with the results of such investigations:
1. Mark Lauzier
2. Thomas Mattis
3. Denise Rose
4. Gary Word
5. Hector Mirabile
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MINUTES
August 12, 2010
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
6. Margaret Mullendore
7. Christopher Russo
8. Scott Janke
At this time Mr. Goldstein suggested amendments to the
Resolution to reflect the results of the discussions during the
COW. Mr. Goldstein said that he would be forwarding the
Resolution upon adoption to Mr. Maxwell of The Mercer Group for
follow up on the directions from the Commission.
Mayor Stoddard requested hearing from Mr. Maxwell what the
background checks consist of so that he will know what has been
looked at.
At this time the COW was closed and the Special Meeting was
reopened and the amended Resolution was read into the record:
A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the
City of South Miami, Florida, requesting that The
Mercer Group conduct background investigations on the
City Manager candidates selected by the Commission;
providing an effective date.
With no further comments the motion to approve this item as
amended passed by a 4 -0 vote:
Commissioner Palmer: Absent
Vice Mayor Newman: Nay
Commissioner Beasley: Nay
Commissioner Harris: Nay
Mayor Stoddard: Nay
There being no further business to come before this Body,
the meeting adjourned at 9:09 p.m.
Attest
Maria M. Menendez
City Clerk
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MINUTES
August 12, 2010
3
Approved
Philip K. Stoddard
Mayor