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Longwood, Florida ~
Present. Mayor R Miles
Deputy Mayor 5 i11er
auleL and
argentr
reg rMann ing,AA my tCitycA tra for
raldine D. 2ambe i, City C
icM1ard S Taylor, S ity A ney
rry Baker, D of rPUblic Safety
ock, D of C ity 5
<cM1ell, D oofuF ia11S ces
A icha edMK nbluh, Utilit iesnSUpervi.sorVy
Tam Smtth, Streets/Fleet Supervisor
CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Miles call a regular meeting to order
at "1.09 p.m.
Mayor Miles a ced the a ua1 r deputy mayor
from D t xz, c Miller, eD c oJ.
Commrsszoner Miller thenmassumetlrtheeseat of deputytmayor.
4 A. ing < argent f ce to
ity as tlepmtysmayor, RNOVember 199"1, thr oughVr
November 1998.
Mayor Miles r cognized C argent for h
dePUty mayor and pr se nt ed him with plaque. A photograph was
taken.
B. [ X4 P of e of t
nthrfor December ca 1990, o Bonnie Manju ra, Gilbert
and Ma nj ura.
to defer the presentation as Ms. Manjura
C. cognizing M tchell for having r Blued the
Award of Financial Reporting Achievementec
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cne clay D Dogwood e yea t
of Ach revementaf orq Excellence in Frnancial
Reporting[e
Mayor M cognized tchell and presented her with the
zward. PhD iraphs weee taken.
D. cognizing Lorie H and Bruce Sasser for proviai ng
Mayor M cognized M and M Mr. 5 was
Mayor Milesspresen tedsh imaw
of icateCe Ms. Hamm was not rn attendance. rtA photograph was
taken.
5. ARD A PoINTMF.NTS.
A. my C of C on
oeemi~nae imxramer to ine ansrness Aawrsoryecoan~iitr
Mayor M that the Cnamber o
naa n eeanm allea fDr ~ n
the n mination.r Nomrnat ran carrred by a vozce
B. District :9 Nomination to Parks and Recreation Advisory
soars.
tea R Anaerson.
Nomrnacron Daa iea erma worse vote.
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. None
IegristRW ection. ing briefed the
the situai ionnw e two home'sano side the city
ism itss rw enbeing s ved withewater feom o meter.
expla inedeth.is b apparently o d backni 1984, but w
iolatian of rheas if they w o
pursue requiting t o purchaseoa radd it Tonal m ter and t
pay the assoc to tetlhfees~eCE rscussron ensued as to the e
ction o ing 1
e is
r egneres t taPPliedtforYhwnich stn lsewou Sd
nsideced,wa e peoperty, if c ti guous t
ity~ w r~a~ ~~a.n Aaa iciona lly, a cnehe
t fees bw apply. ted t iFrssproperty is
contiguous to tnedcity limits on one side~at
It w the c
ing be aire~ceaee e~eor~emc ~cv case; Mn
thereby, requrr g separate meierCfor the
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nely aooa n t hawe a mater.
rthe Sieg rist's o
requirement b sed o application for
addition, thenc agreed
withaM Manning, to give Mr. Siegrist ~6o days to
comp lyY
Light s. Mr. Manning reported t t
holiday ba nnerssw to l3etl o f holiaayha
lights b nable93a rthie t dify
Che po lesco hey wou ldibe aDlerto loos r
the ho lidays.5 Ther of ore~wholiday lighting was installed on CR
Hole C my D ncy 0 ing said he
sugges [i ng the city staycw ith the irao oraina ncenbut t
order t it, w Saylor s d hemw
ingss Df O anye C nty's-ua updatesars ofs
whichW but n all, he willurecommend beli ncorpoeated into the
city's oraina~ce.
eouowiny aiscussion, the c agreea to
me oiav's a
ai:e~eaa the o Hope o c oc evens aoie
my d ncyla mthe city's
adult e code t orporate the best
parts of t5emrnole County's ordinance.
Embassy of Heaven Church
Embassy of H church for n - ompliance w ing codes
He a sed tha to they h tl finally complied, permitsuw applied
for and inspections had been conducted. advised that the c
require them t omply with the. City Code a
requiredno ee ery one, esponsecto inquiry, Mr. Manning said
ould c eck o the legality o the paving of the front yard
thewchurchhlocation. Drr ector Baker informed that several issu
all a the s e path a ompli sh t e goals.
In eesponse t inquiry, M ing said projectshbeing
s.iderea by these 6 111nbe b ought forward for t
approva lopraorwt implementation.
tednthat the city a oula period icallyrme et
ache b arils to keep c mun rcatsonssopen between the
commrssron and the boa rds.m
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ing reported t mage sale Held for needy
families t end r setl approximately 52,000. red ited
who headed up t e project. ued saying a list
tallrpr ogra ms will b ompiled i Halloween C va 1,
Employee G rage sale f tthe Needy,ea nd provided eachlyear to the
requestrfor e
bilityhf or funds expended/receivedpw it ld be established
f oroeach program.
onfirm m inq t ana iaatas.
inq w on[irm m eting Y ork s n forMf
ocp. m., special m inq a Oepsm., in£orma lal
rnterviews from~io. 3o a. m. (with of LU nch break) through 2.J0
individual informal interviews. ing will find o when
the candidates a inq and a ang ements will b etfor
both commissioners to tondutt their informal intervrews at [heir
appreciate t opportunity t any i eded by
any c retlet request rf orne
informationrby eC andefrom the auditors. aid
ne baa no promemmwicn ra auaic otrtne Halloween c val, s
nowe~er, w nea wiu, <nis type o request b inq m
em~lorPea,no aia n anaerscane why this informatron was
noTtee9uested from the city adarnrstrator.
Mayor Miles questioned whether a individual c ad the
authority to ask a contract employee to pe rf ormmanys to skr h
Taylor replied the c and if any work
requested, r ou ld bemrequestedcby theac However,
the administ ra <orwcou ld, rn some cas ut notrallon
inq said [he
and i<ors saitl [heyewou ld rn lchargera he again
questionetl why he Had n t been asked. f esiated that the
administrator should be made a if theca w and
<ed His willingness at all time to respondato commissioners
noquiries.
Deputy Mayor M ought a inq F r general i should
being tlffro
autlitorrat frbelievesma rgha stthe rightnt
request i from any employeeybut does not have ehe rtgnt
Mayor M.i les, took exception as he thought the charter was clear
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ana saia a may a inaiv ia~al e r
p mnaer seo. 3.oa ana o~iyacnr ~gheene ~icyfe
aam~niscracorXCe
ssioner L a former city a ney, J rry
eopinionswbrch sa ra inquiriestcou ld beema de, but
no work di~ection given.
ing addressed C and saying when h
d foY a aidehe
had no problemoaddressingsawproblemeCbut didrh wrth
t being asked t address o ona t the i
ral matter needs to be tlone, sa•d he woulaesupport thaC
effordu
Mayor L and said he did not ask them to perform additional
coot eactvwork.
ing c uetl saying he had no problem with a
asking a department h information o -
omdaysbasis, b ing, ifat ofac
eeds t tadaresseae9thet he behatlvisea.an emphasizeda
be<ter line ofbcommunrcatxon needed to be developed.
Deputy Mayor Miller saia he knee what the administrator w
saying but still believed a mmissloner h eey right to
request information from any cemployee, but mayvnot give
direction.
ing c uea that Longvood has m ity projects
goingao than a else i ral F rida b tmpeople a
relate Longwoodt e goodthings, but t then bad press recerved
which he attr rbuteatto this type of controversy.
ing emphasized the need far c cation between e
comm rssron members and the city aamrnrs[rator. Following some
DISTxi cTS F~, ka, A5, f1, iz
Deputy Mayor Miller asked the administrator if
ethingyo uld be done a T the high chlorine c
city's w g he h ved m enpttonercallei
ragarar~ Mr. Mann.ng rll navy some random sampling done ana
r port back.
R.is.~iic4_@3~ comm.issr ~~er vacca noted iwD areas of concern v>th
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espect t ana ing w e potential f my
osquitos; the loadingta he
citco station nn s.a. asa,kwners en~ynare storinyac.res.
anxea all w saiseea ana pare ieipatea in
mcnri~cmasVZ ignting e xne parks a
na~iaory soars, e~biic safe<yVewno also aemonscaacearsik~ ne lmet
sty a a aid finger printing; [ iri s Lyman ligh
School Choir, The a s from Show T aff and
loyee aw tea. salso
ankedeChieF Cha pmanhoofficer M anar0.`f is ercBUrkshire, for
showing c ity support and attenai ng the noliaay festivities
at Florida Hospital.
Upon i iation by Commissioner v the
by v agreeaat
decorative wall ha ng ingsethat o e hua9na
Chambers l entral Flor•aa Socreey
f ormHrstorrc ereservataon.
ted having r vea a letter from a
employee itnVeegar ent by the city for college
u ition. wshe said anacitymaaministrator has spoken to <he
necessary people about following proper chain of command and
ing r red t copy of a page from Altamonte's Code, a
copyMOf nwhicneherthen distributed t the c which
providetl some fleuibility for complying withmsome codes. He
vey. uch of whit ne
ucnea o n his report t o~ldobe included in that and
would geato the meeting as soon as he cou la.
icy n ing s fu1 of late a is
aevel opme me Mayor M suggestedsapproaching ihefLakesMarynom
Heathrow Chamber about ejo fining with them.
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Deputy Mayor Miller s ved, s onded by
r commissi ~~er Vzcca and carried by voice vote.
- Mayor M be l.i eved the c any
hey ih me
hthegc tthi nk ing,he
VolVed9a Yhekcit yha ing hisifailu re
ingms hopednt Duld
betsupportiveni nthis efforts support t t personmsosheoc n get
up t speed. Ne referred t of ha former opinion and
suggested a s be geantedtttMr. Taylor T the
portion of Chencharter under discussion in this ~ pe t.
moved. Seconded by
Commissioner Sargent.
Dis or an opine given the fact
one had ipreviousltbee~ wriCCen.
O eputy Mayor Miller thought a that would disallow
s from inquiring or requesting information from the
employee twou ld never appen.
Mayor M aid he wou ltl like C e The c ark a ongsT
sel£ c up with a nif ied c cept of government for t ity
and also believed, if The commi end ividuallb, a kiPOr
""- information from the employee s,st y employees
~ to eespond could b m me tat andatinnfactmekeepethem from
performing their work and, na SSO, may i volve employees in dais
politics.
aid she did n sagree w any s
bate sappearedoM Eelt theredw uch inf ormationo
ingig eed byre s from employees b e put o
[directive thaC sa rdmn employees w e to go toed Comm iss loner
on any issue without firsT go ing through him.
DepuCy Mayor Millee said t s different in that it w ity
employees who d t likethiswdecision going to commissioners
complaining about it.
e queried S e felt i also
s circumventing him and bead id not want communication
either wager
Mayor Miles d sed all inf ormaeion b ing public r
however, t requesC information from employees puts themdi
difficult p tlid n i feel i is
i[y yover nment a ought the request shouldebe directed
through the administrator.
Mr. Mann.i ng rer Ceraietl this concern was not with a commissioner
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aaxiny aepartme~t heaas f a day-ao-aay basis,
ocher, r rnha sma not c tern that he
bequest the informs tmonsf bom the zdmintstrator.
Discussion c ued with respect to the charter language and
rnterpre<ationt of same.
ied by a Mayor Miles,
argentta ndeC ting
ayemandr0eputy Mayor MillernandsCOmmissaoner
Lovesirana voting nay.
pj Sy1GS~y.. azge nt sugge sled the old post office
bu.i ld ing be i espect t the p bility of i
unity16uildingtM1 Mr. Manning said that is currently
beingsaone.
9. HONE PatAppboved Bills and e ted bills for December.
Approve M
C. Approve P rcbase oofNTelemetryE Equipment for Five (5)
Lift E
D. P #1a-99 t3P rcbase of Audio Equipment for
itt C Chambers
E. and oP eid r#30-99, Purchase of a Mu 1t i-Function
oaaer
F. Approve P rcbase of One (1) Case 590 Super L Tractor-
Loadee-Backhoe.
G. Approve Purchase of Two (2) 199 Chevrolet Lom ana
seaana.
Approve Purchase of L s from State Contract.
ara of a P aDS-99, eie~tri~aies
s. ara of ae4 x1~-99, w r Qualitvrr icy s
artl of Hid $11-99, P r<M1ase Of 1 ord Bucket Truck
Approve P o (27 C Copiers.
Approve P rcbase of O e (L) 1 nChev oolet A
N. Approve P rcM1ase of A Chairs9for C Chambers.
O. Approve c t Agreements with e ingn
sultantstf and other eng ineeri ny s
beiatea t orm avatar ana sewage col le ceio a
facilities p
P. Approve purchasecof computer equipment to compleee
laptop program.
Commr~sroner Vacca moved to approve as submittetl.
p y Mayor Miller wished to drscuss e. F. K, and L.
approve the C
ceptiont of I s E. E. K. and L.
Seconded rby Deputy Mayor Millerem
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Deputy Mayor Miller posed questions with respect t nce
equipment b g purchased.
esponaedfor0eputy Mayor Miller also s est edr [athermtnan
ending the obsolete equipment t ity a empt
neytr ae
auction for thisstypea of equipmentmwas usually quiteelow~
Ueputy Mayor Miller m ved t approve all i on
agenda. onded by C
vacca andncarried by unanimous rollmcall rDO[e.
1D. - inq the budget
1 yearDb tobera 1. inq
Septemberr}0, 1999, provitling for budget transf ers~nd
Mr. Tayloe a ced proof of publication for the public hearing.
Ne then read ordrna nce No. 9a-la}a by title only.
Mayor M opened the public hea zing. No one present spoke in
Pe vor ov in opposition.
Ueputy Mayor Miller m ved to close the public
hearing. onded by Commissioner Va<ca and
carried bysvorce vote.
adopt Ordinance No.
onded byvUeputy Mayor M le r.
Carried bysuna namous roll call vote.
11. LLER. Subject: Tow Trucks parked at
eas Fasaae~aAxvenae.
ing explained that M Ferry had called him regarding [he
cityMSnord ina nce for pa rk ingrc ial vehicles i silent ial
He said Me. Ferry r eckee s and hasenoted
that s - 1a1 v lc lesre eed therweight limits
allowedminnr sidential area. Mr. Manning said perhaps the code
ued, with Deputy Mayor Miller believing t
Den is les s ergency Pur POSe ana perhaps s
should be made to allow them tD oe parked in a residential sarea.
r Lovestra nd s d he w t like h r
parketlsi e=ighborhoodl e furtnerosa id he believedw<heke
police havers ral w ecker c
ity h
ompanyiev to lso Saida iftanyone w onkeep a eck er ronktheir
propeety, perhaps they should builtlnasgarage t
However, tlid not want to make anl' hasty decisionston Cnis.
Hoer vaeca q stea co near from Mr. Berry ana Mr.
niiie~sr
rry sa is ne olat e
/~ q aaae has yecebee~es ~~a w c a t eme to me
pommae,en for a aecision to be maae on the eoae.
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explained a s former p officer h believed a
quicktre spouse w imperative and allowing a ecker to be kept
at the e a quicker responsez tetl
sitlentia lwvenicles a a greater weightrthan s e
ialrven is les and if the c ned abouT m
rthey could put certain Meighttlimitswon tneCe tze of wrecker
allowed.
argent Bugg es <ed, b ing located o
tha[tpernaps s eihing could b ked o tth CourtesyaPOnt tae
or the sh opp.i ngmcenter [o pa rketherwrecker.w
To1os, c of the I Ad H mittee, advised that
where parking of c ial vehioles i addressed,
them hey w inq. say, h r,
- anyi~gtc eoae co: o otnendimpacc oanerVe
areas, ana ihieis noc alwaysaan easy eninq to ao.
aid t ity either h
cha ngeVtneecodeco enf orceeit and she would like
ordirect t attorney t
a rdmwith a proposed change to The cotleoa nd put
t guideline s, allowing n
ncy t vehicle a any o sitle nee natnany
anawn allow t
s~cai~isiene wientnomeowner~W to
briny rortn an ordinance at tnee~exa meeting~d
raylor s s proposal would nave to firs[ go before the
bar,a Planning'Ay~~~y ~cPAI.
and ed by Deputy Mayor Miller for
ais~~saio~.
that t change would nave to go f
asketl w tine i
Descussionsensued as to the current sttuatton and thow to resolve.
Deputy Mayor Miller asked C if
she would a end her motion tomal lownonlyathose
c p ies on the roiatton list.
said it appeared Co be a [ point becausm it
ne ads toogort athe Land Ple nn ing Agency farst.
Mayor Miles said the m a frivolous m that the
commtsslon is unable to cake any act ton at this ttme.
ing s ould tleal w the issue until it was taken
to th proper autb or tt tes to resolve.
12. - Approve M andum o Agreement to
Developla sem to ole county eocal Mi tg ton Strategy.
Mr. Taylor read ResDlutton Mo. se-sly y itte cn 1y.
o a opt. seconded by
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espouse t inquiry, discussion b ought o that this had b n
previously agreed t and t my will maketo submittal o
behalf of the yovernments i the c nty. t
e person o cal governme neuwould sit on the steerinyha
r commrtt ee, proba blylChief Chapman.
Carried by unanimous roll call vote.
13. supporT of domestic service at the
Orlando Sa nford9Airport3n
Mr. Taylor read Resolution No. 98-9]] by title only.
putysMayor Mrller. ved to a p Seconded y
Commissioner 1 estra nd said he w of q a bit of
Or la nd dA n Agency a ehe
Orlando r5anfordeAgency and preferred t tiget i middle of
the two and w s hoping Yh is w a part of that battle.
general, h Ord
but fea redeth istmaytbesused as ammunition betweed[hef two
uty Mayor Mi 13 er was of the same opinion and did not see the
necessity.
IC w d that the city o Lake Mary i already upset and
threatening lrt iyation with the city of Sanford.
', argent m missaone blVacca antion No.
- onded by C d
carrred byevorce vote.
The commission recessed feom 10.05 p. m. to 10:25 p.m.
14. e-978, a Corporate resolution and
Cero if icateNOP Incumbency.
Mr. Taylor reatl Resolution No. 98-9]e by trele only.
ved t dapt. by
r Sargent and ca rrred by una nrmous roll
call3vote.
15. D1NANCE No. 98-1a ]5, a inq t budget
f or~theEf ~scal year beginning O inq
September 3 9 providing for obudget trait sf edsend
Mr. Taylor read ord>na nce No. 98-1415 by title only.
cept Ordinance N
- eading ands schedule a lrc
ing forfD 99a. Ca rrled by p
r ing said he had o addrtronal item that he failed to
br ingaup during has repor<e
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nning a n Sf they would 1 ns ider
requestcofm[ erproperty o oatl X26+
itTrpotential f additional 1 rely baton til h
anaethewcity planner have a ing witnthe principalsun
of the i the s una.i.ng r siaents i the a and
there my o eedensity, h n Tighe o ityathat
my i allowing t of t eof the
opinion t ity s ou la dotwhat i t benef icia lwto the ciiy
and reopen this issue for further drscussion.
ved for a o give
maaminisiratorathe authorityct negotiate with
the property o n Lake E oad and bring i.t
back t the c for c sideration of
granting t rs annexatron. Commrssloner sa egent
r Lovesteand s ity has c ted a ing
tegory t allow o erl Css cAnd, e ough t ity h
tegory withelarger lo<s, t e developer c o have the
mallest lots. ing earlier saitl, theyhprobab ly w
unless the e achment from the n rth pushes t to
nn Further, puttingnh imself in the place of the adjacent
he would n And, as The aeveloper already
ity to putti e lots, would object o that
factta loae11theref ore, be S~evedcthere was no need to revrslt.
Deputy Mayor Miller saitl iT. does n change his
ind, however, he would be willing tomhearha ny ra rquments and
tlebate.
16. APPROVE REVISIONS TO PAY ANO CLASSI F3 CATION PLAN.
and a hopesra eepolice c solvedobeforelhed
lea verso rther~ when c etaone, t pay plan w
adjusted t agree w athemWeLHe furthers advised o
adjustment in the pay r city engineer's position to
art at $45,000, notingathe c~[ytseina bi lity to get. any
applicants for the position due to the salary.
vetl t approve r o
th pay'and classif i~ation plan a~ su bm itteds t
atl7ust t ing s ery budget year the pay plan
Hale neeaaj~seeaNOaaeano wnac rche~c araea,
ing s e people have been capped outauestonthesplan not
hav g een adjustetl.
Carrred by unanimous roll call vote.
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Taylor reported it appeared t laying payment
appraisal and title c andRi <atedeh hat
theyhmay be w til the contract rs so oldrit rs not
enforceable in court.
Taylor a n to w them advising if they do n
pay by t e deaalinerf ag enaatf
+ill be s xt agenda xf or consiae za tionhe
of ngoi ng forward wrthdtb eacontract.
oea eo aireot t ney t
~itest othe R s giving t
espona or pla cing rthe c ack o pity
agenda for r sai deration oftgoing
f orwaralon5econded by Deputy Mayor Miller.
care red by vOrce vote.
Request to be e sea from meetings. Mr. Taylor a
if he would be needed atxthe upcoming m etings o ecember 2 and
December 11, ana if noc, req stag to be exasean D
Taylor from
Chemw heauled O ember e
ss butsrequestea his presence a e
SDpeoialrM et Lng a D p.m. on December 11.
Carrlea by vorce vote.
18. CITY CLERX'S REPORT. No report.
19. ADdouRN. Meeting adjourned at /~p.m..'
Lt
Cha les C. Mrle III, Mayor
C _3 i..~ ... ib: _, City Clerk
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