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10-18-05 Item 1b1 City of South Miami 2 Special City Commission Minutes 3 Second Budget Hearing 4 September 27, 2005 5 6 CALL TO ORDER: 7 8 The City Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida met 9 in special session on Tuesday, September 27, 2005, beginning at 10 7:54 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive. 11 12 A. Roll Call: 13 The following members of the City Commission were present: 14 Mayor Mary Scott Russell, Vice Mayor Velma Palmer and, 15 Commissioners Randy G. Wiscombe, Marie Birts- Cooper and Craig Z. 16 Sherar. 17 18 Also in attendance were: City Attorney Luis Figueredo, City 19 Manager Maria V. Davis and City Clerk Maria M. Menendez. 20 21 B. Invocation: The invocation was delivered in silence. The Mayor 22 also asked everyone to keep Susan Redding in their thoughts. 23 24 C. Pledge of Allegiance: 25 The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison. 26 27 D. Presentations: 28 a) Staff presentation 29 30 Ms. Davis conducted a PowerPoint presentation. 31 32 The current proposed budget is $15,579,507. 33 34 The total amount of reduction in expenses, increase in 35 revenue and cash reserve needed for 6.713 millage rate is 36 $527,452. 37 38 The total recommended reduction in expenses is $279,685. 39 40 The recommended increases in the proposed revenue budget is 41 $102,150. 42 43 If we go down a half mill we will have some excess cash 44 reserves, Ms. Davis explained; therefore she is recommending that 45 we use an additional $145,617 from the reserves in order to meet 46 the goal of $527,452. 47 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 1 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 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 Ms. Davis clarified that the Bank will pay $40,000 for the downtown traffic study. The $30,000 for traffic studies recommended under reduction in expenses is related to the EAR process which the Planning Director is deferring until next year because the requirement is not until that time. Ms. Davis then, to answer Vice Mayor Palmer's question, explained that this Commission approved a 5 -year plan for the use of the People's Transportation Plan dollars. She said that those dollars can be utilized for a traffic study; however, the Commission would have to amend the 5 -year plan. Commissioner Sherar questioned whether the CRA should pay for part of the cost of the traffic study. Mr. O'Donniley said that probably so, but that they constitute a very small portion of the City. Mr. O'Donniley added that fifty percent of the CRA growth in the taxes is available for the general City; therefore, they are making a contribution. They are contributing on a citywide basis. Ms. Davis then went over expenditures which we do not have control over and explained it in detail; they amount to $1.3 million. With no further comments, the presentation concluded. ITEMS (S) FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION: At this time, Mayor Russell opened the public hearing. Jay Beckman said that the whole process does not make sense to him, and that is drastically higher than last year. He said that the City needs to control expenses. He said that he would like to see a budget that it is reasonably increased in line with inflation which is three percent, not nine percent. Cal Rosenbaum said that we are pretty much on target and that it is not realistic to adhere to the three percent inflation rate. He urged the Commission not to micromanage staff; he said that we do not have adequate number of police officers. He then urged everyone to stop the personal attack; and that he has no problem with the nine percent increase. David Tucker, Sr., as usual, addressed the Commission with words of wisdom. In this occasion he spoke with regard to the budget. SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 2 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 Michael Miller thanked the police of the City of South Miami 2 for improving the situation of the area where he has his business 3 because the area is now free from drug activity. He also 4 complimented the good clean -up job done by Public Works after the 5 Hurricane. 6 7 Dick Ward said that the Community Center revenue is under 8 estimated because he says that he sees more and more people every 9 time he goes there. He also pointed out that the salary increase 10 for the Commission is absent from the budget. 11 12 Yvonne Beckman said she was curious to know whether last 13 year's requested reimbursement from FEMA had been received and 14 how much. She said that last year the City requested $150,000 for 15 reimbursement. She said that she would like to be able to check 16 on these things on our website. She then referred to the First 17 Baptist Church with respect to the agreement to install a 18 communication tower and the portion of taxes that they agreed to 19 pay to the City. 20 21 Mr. Oshikoya explained, in response to Ms. Beckman's 22 comment, that the revenue would not come in separately, but that 23 it would be included within the total revenue that we receive 24 from the County. He said that he would look it up. 25 26 Ellen Book, President of the Rotary Club of South Miami, 27 said that the South Miami Arts and Crafts Show is their major 28 fundraiser for the Rotary Club and is coming up February 25 -26, 29 2006 and is on its 26th year. They market their event on the 30 radio, in newspapers and in nationwide magazines. The best of the 31 City is profiled. Rotary is a humanitarian - service organization; 32 the proceeds that they earn are for scholarships for South Miami 33 high school students through Miami -Dade College. She then urged 34 the Commission to continue supporting the show. 35 36 Dan McCrea also spoke on behalf of the Rotary Foundation and 37 the Rotary Club of South Miami. As an officer of those 38 organizations, he urged the Commission to keep the special events 39 funding. 40 41 John E. Smith said that ten years ago our City was in 42 shambles. Today, we have an excellent Police and Public Works 43 departments. He said that the design for Charrette II is not to 44 create, but rather to implement what was recommended by Charrette 45 II, adding that there is no safe crossing on US 1 in front of 46 City Hall. He also urged the Commission to support the special 47 events. 48 49 David Fry said that the budget is inflated, and that he 50 would like to see a 1.5 instead of a .5 mill cut. He said that SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 3 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 the surplus is not for the City to spend because it belongs to 2 the residents. He said that there is no long range citywide plan 3 in place. 4 5 Sharon McCain referred to: the health insurance for 6 employees saying that the City pays for it; the Code Enforcement 7 Director's salary; police cars; the Farmer's Market 8 accountability; and about the CRA Director. 9 10 Cathy McCann requested permission to conduct a presentation 11 relating to the City's proposed revenues. In her opinion the City 12 shows a pattern of under forecasting revenues. According to her 13 analysis, the 2003/04 proposed revenues v. actual revenues were 14 under forecasted by over $1 million; in 2004/05 they were under 15 forecasted by $700,000 and the same for 2005/06. 16 17 Lew Sellers made a comment about the projected budget for 18 the trolley saying that it might be a good idea to explore other 19 types of programs which might be more productive; he also 20 recommended considering pulling the Dison property which will 21 result in a savings of $700,000. 22 23 24 1St Reading of Ordinance/ Public Hearing(s) 25 26 1. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE 27 CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, LEVYING THE MILLAGE OF 28 7.213 WHICH EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK RATE BY 16.92% AND 29 RESULTING IN 0% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX RATE IN THE 30 CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 31 2005/2006; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; ORDINANCES IN 32 CONFLICT AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 3/5 33 (City Manager) 34 35 Moved by Commissioner Wiscombe, seconded by Commissioner 36 Sherar, the motion to table this item passed by a 5 -0 vote: 37 38 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 39 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 40 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 41 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 42 Mayor Russell: Yea 43 44 45 2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE 46 CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A BUDGET OF 47 $15,579,507 AND PAY PLAN FOR THE 2005/2006 FISCAL YEAR; 48 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 4 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 3/5 2 (City Manager) 3 4 Moved by Mayor Russell, seconded by Commissioner Wiscombe to 5 begin discussion on this item. 6 7 Commissioner Wiscombe, referring to Ms. McCann's 8 presentation, asked Mr. Oshikoya the reason for under projecting 9 the franchise taxes revenue. Mr. Oshikoya explained that revenue 10 does not come in equally from month to month. He said that if he 11 does not use conservative figures we may run into problems in the 12 middle of the fiscal year. 13 14 Commissioner Wiscombe, continuing with the projected 15 revenues, said that he did not understand how the line item for 16 Occupational License -New could be cut in half, particularly with 17 all the new construction going on. 18 19 At this time, Mayor Russell said that in lieu of so much new 20 information that needed to be discussed, that perhaps they should 21 consider holding a third budget hearing. 22 23 Commissioner Wiscombe said that what the State of Florida 24 Department of Revenue shows as the projected income for each 25 municipally, is not matching up with what is being projected on 26 our budget. He said that he wanted to make sure that we are doing 27 the right thing. Mr. Oshikoya said that he would get that 28 information based on the past 2 -3 years. 29 30 Ms. Davis explained that, as per the Finance Director, the 31 Commission may not have enough time to hold another meeting 32 before the September 30 deadline. If that is the case, then the 33 budget would automatically be adopted at this year's level. She 34 then suggested that they conduct a complete analysis for the 35 Commission, on the revenue side, and at this point in time, she 36 continued, they need to proceed with what they want the millage 37 rate to be. Commissioner Wiscombe expressed concern over not 38 being able to cut the millage any further after it is voted on. 39 40 Ms. Davis then said that she is concerned about people who 41 are not accountants —and I m not talking about the dais, she 42 clarified —I am extremely concerned, she emphasized, that we have 43 residents who have no degrees in accounting, or have never 44 managed any businesses and have no knowledge of governmental 45 accounting, coming here pointing out problems with our revenues, 46 and who did not even have the courtesy of providing the Finance 47 Director with this information so that he could research it. 48 49 Commissioner Birts- Cooper said that the Commission gave 50 direction to the City Manager last week on what they wanted to SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 5 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 see. She said that she has all the respect for what Cathy has 2 presented; however, she said that the City'-pays the City Manager 3 and the Finance Director a lot of money to do their job. By 4 trying to micromanage them time and again they are not giving 5 them the'respect that they deserve. 6 7 Commissioner Wiscombe then asked when the bus bench contract 8 will expire. Ms. Davis responded that we have been phasing it 9 out. Mayor Russell said that the City will be purchasing its own 10 benches and that a resolution will be coming forward for 11 budgeting in the purchase price during the next budget cycle. 12 13 Commissioner Wiscombe then expressed concern regarding the 14 merit increase and COLA for employees, saying that he has been 15 reading about the issue and that it is killing some of the 16 municipalities. About the special events, he said that he has 17 been in touch with the Hospital and that they are going to 18 sponsor some events. He then inquired about the property at the 19 inspection station. Ms. Davis said that she will be proposing 20 several options for that property at the next CRA meeting, and 21 that is why they do not show a rent at the moment. 22 23 Commissioner Wiscombe then said that he agrees with most of 24 the proposed reductions and that he does not feel that we need an 25 arborist. 26 27 Commissioner Sherar said that pension plans are going to eat 28 us alive. He also said that they need to look realistically at 29 the revenue. He said that the CRA should sponsor some of the 30 special events. Ms. Davis said that the CRA is now contributing 31 over fifty percent to Sundays on Sunset. Mr. Oshikoya explained 32 that we pay the bills out of the CRA. 33 34 Commissioner Sherar said that they need to take an objective 35 look at the revenues; the utility taxes need to be looked at; 36 about the State budget revenues projections, he said that if they 37 are acting historically we should be using them. 38 39 Mayor Russell said that the City Attorney had informed her 40 that they cannot continue this meeting passed this evening. It is 41 required by Florida Statutes two days notice of the continuation 42 in the newspaper. The fiscal year ends on Friday and there is no 43 time to advertise in a timely fashion. 44 45 Commissioner Sherar said that he appreciates all the efforts 46 put into this from Sharon, Yvonne and Cathy, but the information 47 should have been presented at the first budget hearing. 48 49 Vice Mayor Palmer referred to an earlier comment that the 50 intention of the Charrette that was put together some years ago SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 6 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 was to unify east and west. But the way she sees it is that it 2 seems to divide it. They do not seem to get it right, she said, 3 and that is why she believes that they should be two different 4 entities. 5 6 Mayor Russell said that she believes that the Dison property 7 is a good opportunity for the City. About the Charrette request 8 for SW 62nd Avenue, she said that it should stay. She said that 9 they should take a look at Commissioner Sherar's suggestion of 10 having the CRA contributing with a portion of the traffic study. it About special events she said that two years ago we cut them 12 significantly and with the events already scheduled, it would be 13 unfair to. the coordinators to let them down and that the amount 14 should be left as it is. She then referred to the pay plan, 15 saying that the City Clerk does not fall under the pay plan 16 category anywhere, and that she has not received any increases in 17 some time. She then proposed, with the unanimous consent of the 18 Commission, to go by the pay range 38 -6 (Assistant to the City 19 Manager /Pio category). She then reiterated that she would hate to 20 see the Dison property removed from our list of goals for next 21 year. 22 23 Commissioner Wiscombe said that he does not think that they 24 have to remove the Dison property from their list of goals, and 25 that he thinks that it is imperative that they search for 26 financing through all possible sources. He said that they should 27 not put it in the budget but should continue looking for funding. 28 Ms. Davis said that they have applied for various grants for 29 that. 30 31 The public hearing was opened at this time. 32 33 Sharon McCain said that she does not think that we should go 34 for the Dison property. 35 36 David Tucker Sr. addressed the Commission with his usual 37 prudent advice. 38 , 39 Yvonne Beckman said that she is in favor of the Dison 40 property and urged the Commission to approve it. 41 42 Lew Sellers made certain recommendations for reducing the 43 millage rate a little further. 44 45 Cathy McCann reiterated that the projected revenues are way 46 under estimated. 47 48 With no further speakers, the public hearing was closed. 49 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 7 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 Moved by Commissioner Wiscombe, seconded by Commissioner 2 Sherar, the motion to extend the meeting beyond 11:00 p.m. passed 3 by a 5 -0 vote: 4 5 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 6 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 7 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 8 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 9 Mayor Russell: Yea 10 11 At this time the Commission proceeded to make their motions 12 on various amendments. 13 14 Moved by Commissioner Sherar to amend: on Page 001, line 16, 15 column J, to increase the franchise revenue (electricity) from 16 the proposed $720,000 to $785,000. 17 18 The Commission discussed the amendment and debated on the 19 motion. Mr. Oshikoya said that the Commission can do anything, 20 but he cautioned that it is risky, but if approved, that is what 21 we will go by and then we will take a look at it in the middle of 22 the fiscal year to see where we are. It is a risky number, Mr. 23 Oshikoya reiterated. 24 25 To answer Commissioner Birts - Cooper's question, Mr. Oshikoya 26 explained that to get to the proposed figures he uses a three - 27 year trend because one year does not make a trend. He also looks 28 at the current year to see how we are doing. He does his 29 forecasting by averaging the figures from the last three years. 30 31 Seconded by Commissioner Wiscombe, the motion to amend 32 passed by a 4 -1 vote: 33 34 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 35 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 36 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 37 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 38 Mayor Russell: Nay 39 40 Moved by Commissioner Sherar, seconded by Commissioner 41 Wiscombe to amend: Page 001, line 43, column J, to increase the 42 State revenue sharing from $345,800 to $354,000. 43 44 Mr. Oshikoya said that this is a fixed amount based on a 45 monthly basis and it is based on population. 46 47 Commissioner Sherar then withdrew the above motion. 48 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 8 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 Moved by Commissioner Sherar, seconded by Commissioner 2 Wiscombe to amend: Page 001, line 45, column J, to increase the 1/ 3 cent sales tax from $630,800 to $665,000. 4 5 As the Commission debated over this amendment, Ms. Davis 6 told them, just tell us what you want, and we are recommending 7 that you not do that, we are advising you that we believe what 8 you are doing is very risky. That is the same thing, with the 9 reserve, that happened three years ago that ended you up on your 10 knees, in the reverse, projecting revenues much higher from what 11 city management was recommending. Just tell us what you want to 12 do, we'll go ahead and put it in the budget and we'll see where 13 the chips fall. 14 15 Commissioner Sherar said that his recollection is that the 16 reason we got what we got was because there was massive hiring, 17 there was no increase in the millage rate, and they made up the 18 difference by a) not paying the pension plan, and b) going into 19 the cash reserves. 20 21 Ms. Davis: and c) inflating the revenues. 22 23 Commissioner Wiscombe added, also because of four officers 24 coming on board for full pay through the grant program that we 25 could not afford to take care of. 26 27 Commissioner Sherar said that the officers in Tallahassee 28 have produced these tables on projections. 29 30 Mr. Oshikoya said to Commissioner Sherar that in looking at 31 the report he just gave him, only for the revenue sharing they 32 have a guaranteed amount, the rest of it is not guaranteed. If 33 they do not pay you, they are going to tell you that they did not 34 make those numbers. They are only guaranteeing $289,000 and you 35 want to use $309, 053. You know what is going to happen, if they 36 don't make it, there is nothing that you can do. Mr. Oshikoya 37 said that he is not suggesting that they disregard the 38 information from the State, but that he is just saying that we 39 need to be very careful with the way we use it. 40 41 Ms. Davis pointed out to the titles of the columns saying 42 that there is only a guaranteed column and then the rest are 43 projections, they are not guaranteeing anything. 44 45 Mr. Oshikoya reiterated that we need to be careful because 46 the City will suffer for this if we end up with any difference. 47 Anything can be done by the City Commission, I just want to make 48 my opinion known in the event that something happens, that the 49 revenue side is not my budget. This was noted for the records. 50 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 9 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 The above motion to amend Page 001, line 45, column J, 2 passed by a 3 -2 vote: 3 4 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 5 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 6 Vice Mayor Palmer: Nay 7 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 8 Mayor Russell: Nay 9 10 Moved by Commissioner Sherar to amend: Page 001, line 46, 11 column J, to increase the local option tax from $190,800 to 12 $194,000. Seconded by Vice Mayor Palmer, the motion passed by a 13 5 -0 vote: 14 15 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 16 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 17 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 18 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 19 Mayor Russell: Yea 20 21 Moved by Commissioner Sherar, seconded by Commissioner 22 Wiscombe: to adopt the increase of parking decal fee by $15.00. 23 24 At this juncture, Commissioner Sherar said that he is not in 25 favor of increasing the occupational license. 26 27 Ms. Davis clarified that we are not raising the fees. Mr. 28 Oshikoya explained that the projection is based on the actual 29 amount of occupational licenses that we printed. 30 31 Moved by Commissioner Sherar: to adopt the Recommended 32 Increases in Proposed Revenue Budget as presented (but must put 33 the budget on the Internet) . Seconded by Commissioner Wiscombe, 34 the motion passed by a 5 -0 vote: 35 36 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 37 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 38 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 39 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 40 Mayor Russell: Yea 41 42 Moved by Commissioner Sherar to amend: under the 43 "Recommended Reduction in Expenses" to strike: Memberships and 44 Subscriptions for the Police; Communications Equipment Budget for 45 the Police; and, the "Pension Contribution in Non - departmental." 46 Seconded by Commissioner Wiscombe, the motion to amend passed by 47 a 4 -1 vote: 48 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 10 SECOND BUDGET HEARING — September 27, 2005 1 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 2 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 3 Vice Mayor Palmer: Nay 4 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 5 Mayor Russell: Yea 6 7 Mr. Oshikoya confirmed with the Commission that from the 8 Recommended Reduction in Expenses totaling $279,685, there are 9 three items that are not being taken out of the budget: 10 memberships and subscriptions (Police) for $2,500; communications it equipment budget (Police) for $5,000; and pension contribution in 12 non- departmental for $35,886. (Mayor Russell said he was correct) 13 14 Moved by Mayor Russell to amend: under the "Recommended 15 Reduction in Expenses" to strike: Contribution- Special Events 16 Non - Departmental. 17 18 At this juncture, Vice Mayor Palmer spoke about the City's 19 contribution to the special events saying that all of these 20 events generate money and that they should be able to absorb some 21 of the expenses, instead of taking it from the taxpayers. 22 23 Mayor Russell said that we are not giving them actual cash, 24 but this is to offset the cost for Public Works cleaning up and 25 for the Police protection. We do not actually write them a check 26 for $6,000 to spend anyway they choose, the money is specifically 27 for Police and Public Works. They do their own marketing for the 28 event. 29 30 Commissioner Wiscombe said that he does not have any problem 31 with this motion, as long as it is put back in if and when we get 32 money from the Hospital as the result of his negotiations with 33 them. 34 35 Seconded by Commissioner Sherar, the motion to strike: 36 Contribution- Special Events Non - Departmental from the 37 "Recommended Reduction in Expenses," passed by a 5 -0 vote: 38 39 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 40 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 41 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 42 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 43 Mayor Russell: Yea 44 45 Moved by Mayor Russell to increase the City Clerk's salary 46 to $55,000 this year. Seconded by Commissioner Wiscombe, the 47 motion passed by a 5 -0 vote: 48 49 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 11 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 1 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 2 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 3 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 4 Mayor Russell: Yea 5 6 Mayor Russell then asked the City Manager to come back after 7 we receive the pay plan study and establish an appropriate step 8 plan for her (City Clerk). 9 10 Mayor Russell then with regard to the traffic studies 11 recommended for reduction asked whether there would be a way that 12 the CRA could share on a percentage basis, 10 -15 percent. 13 14 Mr. O'Donniley said that we only have so much TIF money and 15 they need to set priorities. 16 17 Vice Mayor Palmer referred to the People's Transportation 18 money saying that this is everybody's money and that we should be 19 looking into it because for instance, the trolley is not being 20 used enough, so what is the point for it. 21 22 Moved by Vice Mayor Palmer, to remove the Dison property 23 from the budget. Seconded by Commissioner Wiscombe, the motion 24 passed by a 4 -1 vote: 25 26 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 27 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 28 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 29 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 30 Mayor Russell: Nay 31 32 Moved by Vice Mayor Palmer, to remove the worker for the 33 Dison property from the budget. Seconded by Commissioner 34 Wiscombe, the motion passed by a 5 -0 vote: 35 36 Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea 37 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 38• Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 39 Commissioner Birts - Cooper: Yea 40 Mayor Russell: Yea 41 42 Commissioner Wiscombe said to Ms. Davis, for the records, to 43 try to use the grant writer for this funding. Ms. Davis said that 44 there are already two grants out. 45 46 Vice Mayor Palmer requested clarification for line item 102 47 on page 002 of the proposed budget, "Recreation Fees," as to why 48 the amount is lower that last year's. 49 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 12 SEC6ND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 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 49 50 Ms. Davis said that last year this Commission voted to reduce the rates of fees for the Community Center. Mr. Ricke said that the fee waivers and reduction in fees were approved last year and we took that into account; we also had less summer camp participants. They were paid for by an outside agency, and these were special children that would not have been able to afford it anyway. To answer the Vice Mayor's recommendation, Mr. Ricke explained that grants for programs are very difficult to come by. But we are looking for further sponsorships. Vice Mayor Palmer then requested clarification for line item 82 on page 002 of the proposed budget, "Haulers Permit Fees," also as to why this amount is lower than last year's. Mr. Oshikoya explained that last year was the first year that we increased the amount and that we asked them to be paying us out of their revenues. It depends on the customers that they have and that is out of our control. Vice Mayor Palmer said that the bottom line is that we need to be conservative and leave some breathing room for eventualities; everything is going up and this is not the time to keep'' increasing our debts; we need to stop, look, and listen, before we cross the street. That street is the budget, she concluded. Commissioner Sherar said that he wants to make sure that if we give up meters, we are going to get the money from the valet. Mayor Russell said that we are working on that with the merchants. Commissioner Birts- Cooper referred to line item 103 on page 002, "Multipurpose Center Rental." She recommended that the amount be increased from $15,000 to $20,000. Mr. Ricke said that we have not seen our membership increased to the point were he is comfortable saying that we are even 'going to get to the $15,000 goal, let alone $20,000. He said that increasing that amount would not be realistic. Ms. Davis clarified at this point that Mr. Sprovero's salary is $91,000, and his salary is spread over three different departments. Moved by Commissioner Wiscombe, seconded by Commissioner Sherar, the motion to table this item passed by a 5 -0 vote: Commissioner Wiscombe: SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 13 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 Yea 1 Commissioner Sherar: Yea 2 Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea 3 Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea 4 Mayor Russell: Yea 5 6 Moved by Commissioner Wiscombe, seconded by Commissioner 7 Sherar, the motion to bring back item 1 from the table passed by 8 a 5 -0 vote: Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea Commissioner Sherar: Yea Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea Mayor Russell: Yea 33 -05 -1855 1. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, LEVYING THE MILLAGE OF 7.213 6.681 WHICH EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK RATE BY 16 8.3% AND RESULTING IN 0% lNGREPISE 7.38% DECREASE IN PROPERTY TAX RATE IN THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2005/2006; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 3/5 (City Manager) Moved by Commissioner Wiscombe, seconded by Vice Mayor Palmer, the motion to approve this item as amended passed by a 5 -0 vote: Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea Commissioner Sherar: Yea Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea Mayor Russell: Yea Moved by Commissioner Wiscombe, seconded by Commissioner Sherar, the motion to bring back item 2 from the table passed unanimously by acclamation. 44 34 -05 -1856 45 2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE 46 CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A BUDGET OF 47 $15,57 9T / $15,224,464 AND PAY PLAN FOR THE 2005/2006 48 FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; ORDINANCES IN SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION 14 SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 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 CONFLICT; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (City Manager) 3/5 Moved by Commissioner Wiscombe, seconded by Vice Mayor Palmer and Commissioner Sherar, the motion to approve this item as amended passed by a 5 -0 vote: Commissioner Wiscombe: Yea Commissioner Sherar: Yea Vice Mayor Palmer: Yea Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Yea Mayor Russell: Yea 3. Adjournment There being no further business to come before this Body, the meeting adjourned at 12:17 p.m. Attest Maria M. Menendez City Clerk SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION SECOND BUDGET HEARING - September 27, 2005 15 Approved Mary Scott Russell Mayor