1c1 City of South Miami
2 Special City Commission Minutes
3 September 7, 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 Tuesday, September 7, 2010, beginning at
9 7:23 p.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 and
14 Commissioners Brian D. Beasley, Walter A. Harris and Velma
15 Palmer.
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17 Also in attendance were: Deputy City Attorney Mark A.
18 Goldstein and 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)
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SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MINUTES 1
September 7, 2010
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2 Moved by Mayor Stoddard, seconded by Commissioner Beasley
3 to approve this item.
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5 Commissioner Palmer said that she had not participated in
6 the selection process because it was not a clean process from
7 the beginning. She also expressed concern regarding the
8 resolution as presented and recommended that it be revised to
9 reflect that only one person will be hired. She said that this
10 needs citizens' input and that it should not be handled in a
11 special meeting, and that they would need more time to review
12 the contract.
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14 Mayor_ Stoddard said that they spent two days with the
15 candidates and that they had ample time to read about the
16 candidates. He said that he was ready to move forward at this
17 point. He then proposed to go over the general terms of the
18 agreement.
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20 The Commission agreed that the -resolution as presented
21 needed to be revised. Therefore, Commissioner Beasley presented
22 copy of a 2003 resolution hiring former City Manager Maria Davis
23 to be used as a template.
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25 At this time the Commission discussed the background checks
26 issue. Mr. Goldstein explained that he originally got a 2 -3 page
27 report on each of the finalists; he then sent Mr. Maxwell a
28 request for further background information; Mr. Maxwell said
29 that he had conducted a thorough investigation but because of
30 legal reasons they could not inquire about certain items
31 (background questions suggested by Mr. Harms). He said that he
32 believed that Mr. Maxwell had copied the Commission regarding
33 this clarification.
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35 At this junction Mr. Goldstein verbally revised and read the
36 proposed new resolution into the record.
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38 179B- 10- 13213B
39 A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the
40 City of South Miami, Florida, selecting Hector
41 Mirabile, Ph.D. for the position of City Manager, and
42 authorizing the City Attorney to negotiate an
43 Employment Agreement, including salary, benefits and
44 performance expectations with Dr. Mirabile with the
45 agreement to be approved by the City Commission;
46 providing an effective date. 3/5
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Moved by Mayor Stoddard, seconded by Commissioner Beasley,
the motion to accept and approve this item as read into the
record passed by a 4 -1 vote:
Commissioner Palmer: Nay
Vice Mayor Newman: Yea
Commissioner Beasley: Yea
Commissioner Harris: Yea
Mayor Stoddard: Yea
At this time Mayor Stoddard again recommended to the
Commission to look at the general terms of agreement he had
presented; they would,then need to reconcile some of the general
terms with certain items in the draft agreement.
A COW followed by a special meeting was scheduled for
Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the terms of
the employment agreement between the City of South Miami and Dr.
Mirabile.
There being no further business to come before this Body,
the meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
Attest
Maria M. Menendez
City Clerk
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MINUTES
September 7, 2010
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Approved
Philip K. Stoddard
Mayor