Board of Commissioners Special Meeting - Meeting held immediately after 2pm BOC Wk
Special MeetingMadeira Beach, FL · April 28, 2020
Minutes
MINUTES
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SPECIAL MEETING
APRIL 28, 2020
3:00 P.M.
A specia l meeting of the City of Madeira Beach Board of Comm issioners was held at 3:00
p.m. on Apri l 28, 2020, in the Patricia Shontz Comm iss ion Chambers at City Hall, located at
300 Municipal Drive, Madeira Beach, Florida.
MEMBERS PRESENT: John Hendricks, Mayor
Doug Andrews, Vice Mayor/Commissioner District 3
Hellen " Happy'' Price, Commiss ioner District I
Nancy Hodges, Commissioner District 2
John Douthirt, Comm issioner District 4 (via telephone)
MEMBERS ABSENT:
CIT Y STAFF PRESENT: Robert Daniels, C ity Manager
C lara VanB largan, C ity Clerk
Patty Kord is, Deputy C lerk
Ralf Brookes, City Attorney (v ia te lephone)
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Hend ricks called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
City Clerk C lara VanBlargan called the ro ll .
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
Mayor Hendricks opened to public comment. There were no public comments.
4. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
A. Approval of a Contract fo r Interim City Attorney Professional Legal Services - Board
of Commissioners
Vice Mayor Andrews motioned to approve the contract for interim city attorney professional lega l
services. Comm issioner Hodges seconded the motion.
Ro ll Call:
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Vice Mayor Andrews "YES"
Commissioner Hodges "YES"
Commissioners Price "YES"
Commissioner Douthirt ''NO"
Mayor Hendricks "YES"
The motion carried 4-1.
B. Resolution 2020-08, Amnesty Program for the Marina - Robert Daniels
City Manager Robert Daniels reviewed the item.
City Clerk Clara VanBlargan read Resolution 2020-08 by title only.
Deputy Clerk Patty Kordis distributed a copy of the applications received for assistance through
the Marina amnesty program.
Mayor Hendricks asked if the applications had been verified, and the City Manager explained yes.
The Board reviewed the applications, and the City Manager responded to questions and comments.
The Board agreed to provide the assistance for one month, and if something should happen
differently than what they had exp~cted, they could revisit it.
Commissioner Hodges motioned to approve Resolution 2020-08, Amnesty Program for the
Marina. Commissioner Price seconded the motion.
ROLL CALL:
Commissioner Hodges "YES"
Commissioner Price "YES"
Commissioner Douthirt "NO"
Vice Mayor Andrews "YES"
Mayor Hendricks "YES"
The motion carried 4-1.
C. Approval of RFP for City Attorney Professional Legal Services (RFP to be provided
before the meeting)- Robert Daniels, City Manager; Clara VanBlargan, City Clerk
The Board discussed the RFP for city attorney professional legal services, and Vice Mayor
Andrews suggested tabling the item until sometime in June.
Vice Mayor Andrews motioned to table the RFP for city attorney professional legal services and
to discuss it again sometime in June. Commissioner Hodges seconded the motion.
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ROLL CALL:
Vice Mayor Andrews " YES"
Commissioner Hodges ·'YES"
Commissioner Douthitt '·No•·
Commissioners Price "YES''
Mayor Hendricks ''NO"
The motion carried 3-2.
5. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hendricks adjourned the meeting at 3:24 p.111.
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ATTEST:
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C lara Van largan, MMC, MSM, C ity Clerk
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Agenda
City of Madeira Beach
Agenda
BOC Special Meeting
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Immediately following
2:00 p.m., BOC Workshop Meeting
Commission Chambers
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Madeira Beach, Florida will meet in
the Patricia Shontz Commission Chambers at City Hall, located at 300
Municipal Drive, Madeira Beach, Florida to discuss the agenda items of City
Business listed at the time indicated below. Meetings will be televised on
Spectrum Channel 640 and Live Streamed on the Cities Website.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
The public can view the meeting by clicking the Public Meetings button on the front
page of the city website, www.madeirabeachfl.gov. With all city buildings, including
City Hall, closed to the public due to Covid-19, the commission will accept public
comments from citizens through an online form, (name, and address are required),
located at the bottom of the front page on the City of Madeira Beach website,
www.madeirabeachfl.gov Emails will be accepted until 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 28,
2020, before the start of the meeting. All emails will be reviewed by staff and duplicate
comments will be combined to save time. Comments not connected to agenda items will
be read following the roll call. Comments on agenda specific items will be read
following board discussion of the item. For more information, contact Curt Preisser,
City of Madeira Beach Public Information Officer at 727-391-9951 x299 or
cpreisser@madeirabeachfl.gov. Under Florida law (Florida Statute 668.6076), email
addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in
response to a public records request.
One or more Elected or Appointed Officials may be physically in attendance at the
meeting.
4. AGENDA ITEM TOPICS
A. Approval of a Contract for Interim City Attorney Professional Legal
Services - Board of Commissioners
City Attorney Contract (Interim) 2020
B. Resolution 2020-08, Amnesty Program for the Marina - Robert Daniels,
City Manager
Resolution 2020-08, Amnesty Program - Marina Tennants
C. Approval of RFP for City Attorney Professional Legal Services (RFP to be
provided before the meeting) - Robert Daniels, City Manager; Clara
VanBlargan, City Clerk
5. ADJOURNMENT
One or more Elected or Appointed Officials may be in attendance.
Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Board of Commissioners with respect to any matter
considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings and for such purposes may need to ensure that a
verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be based. The law does not require the City Clerk to transcribe verbatim minutes; therefore, the
applicant must make the necessary arrangements with a private reporter or private reporting firm and bear the
resulting expense. In accordance with the Americans with Disability Act and F.S. 286.26; any person with a
disability requiring reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting should call the City Clerk at 727-391-
9951, ext. 231 or fax a written request to 727-399-1131
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