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1 City of South Miami
2 Special City Commission Minutes
3 August 27, 2010
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5 CALL TO ORDER!
7 The City Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida met
8 in special session on Friday, August 27, 2010, beginning at 11:23
9 a.m., in the City Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive.
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11 A. Roll Call:
12 The following members of the City Commission were present:
13 Mayor Philip K. Stoddard, Vice Mayor Valerie Newman,
14 Commissioners Brian D. Beasley and Walter A. Harris. Commissioner
15 Velma Palmer was absent.
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17 Also in attendance were: City Attorney Lawrence Feingold and
18 City Clerk Maria M. Menendez.
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20 B. Moment of Silence: By Mayor Stoddard.
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22 C. Pledge of Allegiance:
23 The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.
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25 D. Presentations(s)
26 NONE
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28 RESOLUTION (S)
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31 179A- 10- 13213A
32 A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the
33 City of South Miami, Florida, selecting three finalists
34 to be interviewed for the position of City Manager, and
35 to create a ranked list of candidates for in- person, in-
36 depth interviews; and providing an effective date. 3/5
37 (Mayor Stoddard)
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39 Moved by Commissioner Beasley, seconded by Mayor Stoddard to
40 approve this item.
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42 At this time Mayor Stoddard invited residents present in the
43 audience to address the Commission.
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1 Brad Cassel spoke in favor of candidates Dr. Hector Mirabile
2 and Ms. Denise Rose, indicating that those were the only two that
3 he would consider for the position of City Manager.
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5 Sharon McCain spoke in favor of Dr. Mirabile and Ms.
6 Margaret Mullendore.
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8 At this time Mayor Stoddard moved to open a COW meeting for
9 further discussion regarding the selection of the finalists. Each
10 member of the Commission provided her /his view with regard to the
11 different finalists; at the end of the discussion, the Mayor
12 proposed creating a rank list of three, with the decision to
13 interview the top two. Finally, based on the straw poll, they
14 decided to interview Dr. Mirabile as number one, and Ms. Rose as
15 number two, reserving the right to interview Ms. Mullendore if
16 they were not completely satisfied with either of the first two.
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18 At this time the COW was closed and the Commission resumed
19 the Special Meeting.
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21 Moved by Mayor Stoddard to amend the Resolution in order to
22 invite two candidates instead of three, and to create a rank list
23 with the top two candidates. Seconded by Vice Mayor Newman, the
24 motion passed by a 4 -0 vote:
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26 Commissioner Palmer: Absent
27 Vice Mayor Newman: Yea
28 Commissioner Beasley: Yea
29 Commissioner Harris: Yea
30 Mayor Stoddard: Yea
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32 Moved by Mayor Stoddard to amend the Resolution by deleting
33 Section 2. Seconded by Commissioner Beasley, the motion passed by
34 a 4 -0 vote:
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36 Commissioner Palmer: Absent
37 Vice Mayor Newman: Yea
38 Commissioner Beasley: Yea
39 Commissioner Harris: Yea
40 Mayor Stoddard: Yea
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42 The Commission decided to conduct interviews of the top two
43 candidates Tuesday, August 31, Wednesday, September 1 and
44 Thursday 2. They would interview the candidates on a one -to -one
45 basis with the Commissioners, and allowing them to meet some
46 residents, ending with a reception at Commissioner Beasley's home
47 with the opportunity to interact with Commissioners, residents
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and City staff. Mayor Stoddard said that he would follow up with
the candidates regarding the schedule of the interviews.
Moved by Mayor Stoddard to amend Section 3 of the Resolution
to strike: ...with The Mereer- Group. Seconded by Commissioner
Beasley, the motion passed by a 4 -0 vote:
Commissioner Palmer: Absent
Vice Mayor Newman: Yea
Commissioner Beasley: Yea
Commissioner Harris: Yea
Mayor Stoddard: Yea
With no further comments, the motion to approve this item as
amended passed by a 4 -0 vote:
Commissioner Palmer:
Absent
Vice Mayor Newman:
Yea
Commissioner Beasley:
Yea
Commissioner Harris:
Yea
Mayor Stoddard:
Yea
There being no further business to come before this Body,
the meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
Attest Approved
Maria M. Menendez
City Clerk
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Philip K. Stoddard
Mayor