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09-12-2011 - RegularCITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 6:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS MINUTES 1.CALL TO ORDER Mayor Thomas called the Regular Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. ROLL CALL Mayor Michael Thomas Present Councilman Justin Kennedy Present Councilwoman Gigi Bennington Absent Councilman Michael Ignasiak Present Councilman Ted Cooper Absent City Manager Tracey Barlow Present City Clerk Bonnie Wenzel Present City Attorney Aaron Wolfe Present INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE There was a silent invocation and pledge of allegiance to the Flag. 2.APPROVAL OF MINUTES A.Regular Meeting of July 18, 2011 Councilman Ignasiak moved to approve the July 18, 2011 minutes, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . 3.PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/PLAQUES/CERTIFICATES/DONATIONS A.Dan Blazi to provide an update on the CAPS sponsored Halloween Haunted Forest Dan Blazi made a presentation regarding the 2011 Fall Festival and Halloween Haunted Forest to be held this year by going through a Powerpoint Presentation. 4.CITIZEN COMMENTS There were no Citizen Comments at this time. 5.APPROVAL OR CHANGES/MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA 1 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 Mayor Thomas identified he would be pulling Items 7C & 7F from the Consent Agenda and discussing them before Item 8A. 6.CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Councilman Kennedy had nothing at this time. Councilman Ignasiak had nothing at this time. Mayor Thomas had nothing at this time. 7.CONSENT AGENDA A.Authorization to extend the Increase Reclaim Customer Initiative as set forth in Resolution 2009-R-24 B.Approval of the Victim Advocate position and authorization for the Mayor to execute the Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Agreement C.Authorization for the City Manager to execute contracts with Bishop’s Wrecker Service, Edgewater Towing and Universal Towing for wrecker/towing services D.Award Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) valuation services to Foster and Foster for Fiscal Years 2011-2013 and authorization for the City Manager to execute the contract E.Authorization for the City manager to execute a contract with Southard Enterprises Inc., d/b/a Southard Recycling F.Authorization for the City Manager to execute the contract with Central Florida Landscape and Maintenance Inc., for Right-of-Way Maintenance Councilman Ignasiak moved to approve the Consent Agenda other than Items C & F, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . 7C - Authorization for the City Manager to execute contracts with Bishop’s Wrecker Service, Edgewater Towing and Universal Towing for wrecker/towing services City Manager Barlow provided an overview regarding the contract for wrecker/towing services and the Request for Qualification process. He further commented on why they were looking to transition from the present system of a single sole source wrecker agreement to a rotation system. Staff recommended they award the contract to all three companies on a rotation basis, which is identical to the way that New Smyrna has done it, which seems to have worked for them. 2 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 City Manager Barlow answered questions presented by Councilman Ignasiak and Mayor Thomas. The following citizens spoke: Myron Hammond , 2033 S. Ridgewood Avenue, requested six to nine minutes to present his comments. He had people at the meeting that would speak but they were giving their minutes to him. When they come up they could state their name and address and he could go through the procedure. Mayor Thomas informed him that wasn’t how it was done. He informed Mr. Hammond he would get three minutes and each citizen would get three minutes. Mr. Hammond commented on Edgewater Towing representing Edgewater for over twenty years and doing everything they can to help the City. His staff has won for five years in a row the top 10% nationally for customer satisfaction with AAA. This year Edgewater Towing is rated number 4 in the State. He then commented on what is paid back to the County by Universal Towing and what is being paid back to the City by Myron’s. He spoke of serving as a Councilman and what the Council accomplished during his term. He feels nobody cares about the families this is going to affect. This would take two thirds of his business which would cause him to have to lay off two people. He was surprised this had come up. Karen Mason , Edgewater Towing employee, 1847 Coco Palm Drive, spoke about finances, families and fairness. She urged the Council to continue the contract with Edgewater Towing. She felt awarding the contract to Universal Towing who has not met the requirements asked for by the City was wrong. Their closest, valid business was in Holly Hill. They neither rent, lease or own any property in Edgewater, yet they were being recommended for a contract. She felt the ethics of the Selection Committee were a little faulty. She also pointed out that Bishop’s Towing was located in New Smyrna. th Jason Avis , Edgewater Towing employee, 155 28 Street, commented on their future at Edgewater Towing and the employees that live in the City and pay taxes in the City and the City looking to invest elsewhere and have other companies come in from outside. He felt their bests interests were for their own gain and not the City. He felt to allow Universal Towing to open a hazardous waste lot that would contaminate the grounds with leaking fluids from accident vehicles was not looking out for the safety or well being of the City. He spoke of the lot being located in Florida Shores where their children live and play. He asked if the lot had been EPA approved and carry the correct permits. He felt adding another towing company would be devastating to their families and employees. Edgewater Towing has been an established business in the City paying taxes for over 20 years. They have without incident or complaint responded to all calls from the City of Edgewater within their allotted time 3 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 without the need of outside tow companies. He further commented on their support of and to the community as well as local organizations. thth They are ranked 4 in the State with AAA and 10 in the nation. Bruce Sewell , 1035 Gran Hickory Circle, Holly Hill, Universal Towing, commented on doing the VCSO for six years with no complaints and they have always been on time. They would like to do service for Edgewater since they are already here. They do New Smyrna, who is happy with all three companies. They were going to be bringing a full crew to their new compound on Hibiscus, which had previously been used as a compound. They have had EPA at their place in Port Orange and Holly Hill and they have never had a problem. They are going to be buying the Hibiscus property and already have a lease on it with an option to buy, which they were going to buy within three months. They have a City license. They weren’t going to come here and say they were better than anybody else. They would provide good service. The contract for the Sheriff’s Department was bid on by Edgewater Towing against them. They have business down here already and want to work on making it bigger. Their families would be here also buying gas, food and setting up housing locally. They would be adding to the community. Frank Campagnolo , 1911 Berry Lane, Port Orange, one of the owners of Universal Towing, identified they have been in business in Volusia County since 1999. He has owned other businesses and has lived in this area for years. He heard the story about losing employees when he was at the New Smyrna Commission meeting from Edgewater Towing. The town is here to grow and bring more businesses in. They do New Smyrna, the County and Oak Hill. He asked the City to give them a chance. They are going to bring a tax base in here just like Myron’s is. He is going to buy the property. They have a valid lease and have no issues with EPA. They also have inside storage. He again stated they just want the City to give them a chance. Roy Bishop , Bishop’s Wrecker Service, 149 Flamingo Road, is a second generation tow man. They have been for forty years this year. His dad found the business in 1971. He has eight employees that live in Edgewater that put a lot of money back into the town. They have three viable businesses that are all competent of towing for the City. He spoke of Universal Towing not having a viable, bonafide business in Edgewater. He asked why they are letting a company come in and compete against viable businesses that are supporting their families to come in and take business out of their area. Samantha Bishop , , Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commercespoke of being strongly encouraged to work on business retention and this beingthe most effective economic tool in this tough economy today. She further presented statistics of the money that stays in the community when people buy locally. She felt it was all of their responsibility to set an example by buying local and supporting the local businesses who in return support the community. 4 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 Councilman Ignasiak spoke of being torn about this. He didn’t think Myron’s business had ever been in question. He felt he delivered a superior service and has never heard any complaints otherwise. He was concerned that the non consensual tows were a large part of his rd business, so much so that it might require him to lay off 2/3 of his employees. Mr. Hammond explained 2/3 of their business with the City towing would be taken away from them, which would be financially devastating for them and he would have to lay off two people. Councilman Ignasiak had a fundamental issue of fairness in the fact that Myron leaves the City and goes to other areas and does apply for contracts and competes for them which would put other businesses in those areas out of business if he was awarded those contracts. He has gone to New Smyrna and is currently on New Smyrna’s contract. To get on other contracts and say nobody is allowed into the City of Edgewater, he had a problem with that. He felt that wasn’t good business. He requested the Council continue this to the next meeting and ask the City Manager if he could find out the volume of tows the City does every year with Myron’s Towing so they can get a better handle on the potential final impact and then have the entire Council back to hear the arguments before they make a decision. Councilman Kennedy shared Councilman Ignasiak’s sentiment. Edgewater Garage has been here forever. Not only does Mr. Hammond have employees he would have to lay off but he has a significant investment of capital in that business. If he loses this contract, that would be a burden on any business. He agreed with Councilman Ignasiak’s assessment of new businesses. He wouldn’t have a problem with this if the Sheriff’s Department was going to automatically do the same thing where he would supplement his business on their rotation. He expressed further concern with two people losing their jobs, which he didn’t feel was fair. Councilman Ignasiak made a motion to continue until the next Council meeting until they have the full Council here and the City Manager could respond back with some information for them, second by Councilman Kennedy . Mayor Thomas wanted to know how many people request Edgewater Towing or request a specific tow company. He confirmed if someone requested a specific tow company that that would be the tow company that would be called. City Manager Barlow informed him that was correct but he wasn’t sure if he could get that data. He spoke of dealing with Edgewater Towing even before Myron owned it but he wants to be fair to the other wrecker companies. He had no problem tabling this until the next meeting. 5 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 City Manager Barlow stated he could probably get the number of times they have called Edgewater Towing based on someone who didn’t have a preference but he didn’t know if he could tell them how many times people were towed with a preference. Councilman Kennedy asked if there was any way they could get the Sheriff’s Department to be more committed to making this change and when they could do it. City Manager Barlow agreed to try. He thought it was a pretty new contract that wouldn’t expire for three years. Lori Campagnolo , President of Universal Towing, 1911 Berry Lane, Port Orange, commented on being ready to help the City of Edgewater. They feel they can do justice for the City and would like the City to do justice for them. They are ready to come into Edgewater. They wanted the opportunity to do business in the City. She spoke of starting from the ground up and doing very well as opposed to Myron’s, which was an existing business. The MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 7F - Authorization for the City Manager to execute the contract with Central Florida Landscape and Maintenance Inc., for Right- of-Way Maintenance City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation. He further spoke of the agenda request being amended to award areas 1, 2 & 3 to Central Florida Landscape and Maintenance and areas 5 & 6 to Glencoe Lawns. He further spoke of adding areas if needed. He also mentioned Glencoe Lawns being used for Code Enforcement Case properties. Councilman Kennedy expressed concern with getting contractors from out of town when they have qualified people here in town. He spoke of people asking all the time about why the City doesn’t hire local contractors. Councilman Ignasiak commented on the difference in the total bid cost being significant. City Manager Barlow spoke of it being extremely challenging when it comes to economics and efficiencies. He further commented on this helping influence his change in direction to go with two companies instead of one. Councilman Kennedy asked if the City would be cutting City jobs to implement this. City Manager Barlow informed him they were not. This is to fill duties of positions that were already vacated. Councilman Kennedy asked if Central Florida Landscape Maintenance Company was working in other cities. City Manager Barlow informed him they work for the City of New Smyrna Beach and have recently been given additional duties because they were so pleased with their work. 6 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 Mayor Thomas thought it was a State law that they had to go with the lowest bidder. There are certain things where they have their hands tied. He noticed the City staff has been doing that. Councilman Kennedy felt the private businesses just don’t have the layers of cost. He was suspect of an out of town company being able to perform for that amount of money with the costs associated with having to pay the employees for travel time to get here and back. City Manager Barlow spoke of talking to New Smyrna and having the same concerns and same struggles and agreed to try it and if it doesn’t work out they could go to Plan B. Councilman Kennedy questioned if they have to take the lowest bid always. City Attorney Wolfe informed him no. Councilman Ignasiak thought there were issues where they were not obligated to stay within the law. The company has to have a track record of screwing up before they say they won’t take them because they are unreliable. City Manager Barlow commented on bidding this out and those same individuals having the same advantage because they have less overhead in travel and could be more competitive. He didn’t know why the people outside of the City were more competitive. Mayor Thomas asked for public comments. Leonard Southard , Southard’s Recycling, stated if they are within 10% they could be considered low bid if they are a local company. City Clerk Wenzel pointed out only one company submitted a bid from Edgewater. Councilman Kennedy spoke of Glencoe living in New Smyrna but he has been serving the City since he started his business 20 years ago. He felt the same way about Bishop’s and Universal who are located in Volusia County, which he considers local. Oviedo is in Seminole County. Ronnie Hull , 1989 S. Glencoe Road, New Smyrna Beach, Owner/Operator of Glencoe Lawns Inc., thanked the City for giving him the opportunity to bid this job and to look at the differences they had with the other competition in this bid. He thanked them for acknowledging it and revising their award tonight. Councilman Ignasiak made a motion to approve the right-of-way maintenance contract as stipulated in the new attachment with the two contractors, Central Florida Landscape and Maintenance and Glencoe Lawns Inc . Councilman Kennedy asked if there was a way to make the split more equitable. City Manager Barlow explained why he could not do that. Councilman Kennedy seconded the motion. 7 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . 8.PUBLIC HEARINGS, ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS nd A.2 Reading, Ordinance No. 2011-O-11 – Amending Article I (In General) and Article II (Vaccinations, Licenses and Permits) of Chapter 5 (Animal Services) Mayor Thomas announced he was asked that this item be continued to September 26th. City Attorney Wolfe read Ordinance 2011-O-11 into the record. Councilman Ignasiak moved to continue Ordinance 2011-O-11 until the September 26, 2011 meeting, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . nd B.2 Reading, Ordinance No. 2011-O-12 – An amendment to Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Code of Ordinances City Attorney Wolfe read Ordinance 2011-O-12 into the record. City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation. Due to there being no Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Ignasiak moved to approve Ordinance 2011-O-12, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . nd C.2 Reading, Ordinance No. 2011-O-13 – Amending Chapter 12 (Offenses & Miscellaneous Provisions) of the Code of Ordinances City Attorney Wolfe read Ordinance 2011-O-13 into the record. City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation by identifying the amendments. Due to there being no Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Kennedy moved to approve Ordinance 2011-O-13, second by Councilman Ignasiak . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . 8 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 st D.1 Reading, Ordinance No. 2011-O-14 – Amending Chapter 8 (Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan & Disaster Preparedness) City Attorney Wolfe read Ordinance 2011-O-14 into the record. City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation by describing the amendments. Leonard Southard , 1604 Sabal Palm Drive, stated they went over the authorization for the contract for Southard Enterprise for recycling and they never said anything. City Manager Barlow informed him it was approved under the Consent Agenda. Mr. Southard stated they had something they wanted to ask about in the contract. Mayor Thomas asked Mr. Southard to wait until after they were done with this agenda item. Due to there being no Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Ignasiak moved to approve Ordinance 2011-O-14, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . Mayor Thomas went back to the Consent Agenda and read Item 7E. Leonard Southard , 1604 Sabal Palm Drive, commented on Page 8, Item 13C of the contract. They would like to have it stand alone because basically what they are saying is if they privatize the garbage they can just stop their contract at that point and they will be out of business through the recycling which is a different company. Mayor Thomas didn’t feel they had to worry about that. It was before his time but from what he has heard the citizens of Edgewater came in in droves and said they weren’t doing that. Mr. Southard then spoke of putting up a $20,000 Bid Bond with the City of New Smyrna to get the contract down there. They put up $25,000 here just to bid the contract and now they want another $25,000 to get the contract. They wanted to know if there was any way they could get out of that. Mr. McKinney described this as being part of the Request for Proposal IFB that they had a $50,000 performance bond. They have provided a check drawn on their line of credit which they have not deposited but at this time staff had no leeway in the performance bond. Costs from the bids received were based on the $50,000 performance bond so staff could not make a recommendation to reduce the $50,000 requirement. Council would be the only group that could reduce the requirement at 9 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 this time. City Manager Barlow commented on the bidding price being based on having a $50,000 performance bond. Mayor Thomas didn’t feel that would be fair. He felt they would have to readvertise it and asked for some legal advice. City Attorney Wolfe stated he would have to look into it and give them an opinion on it. Councilman Ignasiak felt this could be something they could look into for the future. There was a brief discussion regarding how long Southard’s has had the contract. Mr. Southard asked if with a standalone contract they would have to be fired at the end of the year. City Manager Barlow explained it was in the bid process and if they started amending the bid process now, he would suggest they start from scratch and give everyone the same equal opportunity. E.Resolution No. 2011-R-17 – Requesting approval of the Wastewater Facility Plan City Attorney Wolfe read Resolution 2011-R-17 into the record. City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation. Brad Blais , Quentin Hampton Associates, made a brief presentation. Councilman Ignasiak confirmed this initiated the process. City Manager Barlow explained it gives them a road map of what the critical area that needs to be addressed and the estimated costs associated with it. Due to there being no further Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Kennedy moved to approve Resolution 2011-R-17, second by Councilman Ignasiak . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . Mayor Thomas recognized there were Boy Scouts in attendance. At this time the Boy Scouts left the meeting. F.Resolution No. 2011-R-18 – Requesting approval of the Tentative Millage Rates for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 City Attorney Wolfe read Resolution 2011-R-18 into the record. 10 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 City Manager Barlow made a brief staff presentation and turned the presentation over to Finance Director John McKinney. Finance Director McKinney made a presentation regarding the amendments to the budget that had an influence on the millage. He then read some required statements. City Manager Barlow briefly commented on staying below roll back. He then commented on the status of the union contracts. Mayor Thomas was proud that they have cut $32 million of debt in the last seven years. Mayor Thomas questioned the sewer assessment still being on his tax bill. Finance Director McKinney explained this was done in phases and that this was the last year for phase 1 and next year would be the last year for phases 2, 3, and 4. Mayor Thomas asked for public comment. The following citizen spoke: Robert Lott , 2112 S. Riverside Drive, stated what the City has done with the budget was absolutely phenomenal. He also commented on not seeing any reduction in service. He commended Council and staff for doing an excellent job. Due to there being no further comments, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Ignasiak moved to approve Resolution 2011-R-18, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . G.Resolution No. 2011-R-19 – Requesting approval of the Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 City Attorney Wolfe read Resolution 2011-R-19 into the record. Finance Director McKinney made a brief staff presentation on the overall budget. Due to there being no Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Kennedy moved to approve Resolution 2011-R-19, second by Councilman Ignasiak . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . 11 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 9.BOARD APPOINTMENTS A.Firefighters Pension Board – Mayor Thomas’ appointment due to the resignation of Laura Reilly Mayor Thomas asked for a motion to table this until the next meeting. Councilman Ignasiak moved to table this until the next meeting, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . B.Planning and Zoning Board – Councilman Ignasiak’s appointment due to the expired term of John Weiss, who seeks reappointment Councilman Ignasiak moved to reappoint John Weiss to the Planning & Zoning Board, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . 10.OTHER BUSINESS A.Requesting authorization for the Mayor or City Manager to enter into an Agreement with Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc., and execute four (4) Work Orders for Final Design and Right-of-Way Mapping Services for S.R. 5 (US Highway 1) Sidewalks from Volco Road to North City Limits of Edgewater City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation. City Manager Barlow addressed comments made by Councilman Ignasiak and Mayor Thomas. Due to there being no further council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. City Clerk Wenzel let Mayor Thomas know the agreement and work orders had a signature block for the City Manager to sign. Councilman Ignasiak made a motion to authorize the Mayor or City Manager to enter into an Agreement with Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc., and execute four (4) Work Orders for Final Design and Right-of-Way Mapping Services for S.R. 5 (US Highway 1) Sidewalks from Volco Road to North City Limits of Edgewater, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . B.Requesting authorization for the City Manager to execute the insurance binder for Health/Dental/Life and LTD for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 12 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation. Due to there being no Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Kennedy moved to authorize the City Manager to execute the insurance binder for Health/Dental/Life and LTD insurance for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012, second by Councilman Ignasiak . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . C.Requesting authorization for the City Manager to execute Work Order 2007-26 permitting Quentin L. Hampton Associates, Inc., to do a Water System Hydraulic Analysis and GIS Mapping Conversion and approval of the budget amendment City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation. Brad Blais , Quentin Hampton Associates, made a brief presentation. Due to there being no Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Ignasiak moved to authorize the City Manager to execute Work Order 2007-26 permitting Quentin L. Hampton Associates Inc. to do a Water System Hydraulic Analysis and GIS Mapping Conversion and approval of the budget amendment, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . D.Request for approval to piggyback the City of Port Orange’s bid for Sodium Hypochlorite at a cost of $0.68 per gallon through Odyssey Manufacturing Company City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation. Due to there being no Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Kennedy moved to approve piggybacking the City of Port Orange’s bid for Sodium Hypochlorite at a cost of $.68 per gallon through Odyssey Manufacturing Company, second by Councilman Ignasiak . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . E.Request for approval of Annual Co-Op Bid for chemicals for the Water and Wastewater Plants City Manager Barlow made a staff presentation. 13 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 Due to there being no Council or public comment, Mayor Thomas entertained a motion. Councilman Ignasiak moved to approve the Annual Co-Op Bid for chemicals for the Water and Wastewater Plants, second by Councilman Kennedy . The MOTION CARRIED 3-0 . 11.OFFICER REPORTS A.City Clerk City Clerk Wenzel asked Council to let her know by tomorrow if they would be attending the Volusia League of Cities Dinner on September 22nd. th City Clerk Wenzel informed Council on September 27 at 6:00 p.m. there would be a Town Hall meeting in Council Chambers with Congresswoman Sandra Adams. nd City Clerk Wenzel informed Council on October 22 at 9:00 a.m. there would be a Southeast Volusia Economic Development Summit in New Smyrna Beach. They were still working on a location. City Manager Barlow elaborated on the topics they would be discussing at the Economic Development Summit. He encouraged Council to attend. B.City Attorney City Attorney Wolfe had nothing at this time. C.City Manager City Manager Barlow commented on Oak Hill asking for assistance in two areas, one being infrequent Animal Control calls. The only had three or four incidents last year. If Council was okay with it, he didn’t think it would be a hardship to help them out. Councilman Ignasiak asked if liability wise they were covered. City Manager Barlow assumed it would be covered under general mutual aid. City Manager Barlow commented on the TPO having a grant for a LAP project in Oak Hill for sidewalks. Oak Hill is looking for an organization that is LAP certified that can manage that. He felt they may be able to help them in that area as well. City Manager Barlow reminded Council of the next Council meeting to be th held on September 26. 12.CITIZEN COMMENTS 14 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011 Frank Campagnuolo, 1911 Berry Lane, Port Orange, stated he didn't know what it was with Edgewater Towing. Mr. Hammond has tried to sell him the business three times over the last four years. He expressed concern with other businesses wanting to open in Edgewater and questioned the City not allowing them to come in because another business may have to lay off employees. He didn't understand this. He further spoke of hiring people that live in Edgewater. He spoke of signing a contract and signing a lease to buy a building in Edgewater. He had a breakdown of Myron's business because he offered to sell it to him that he would present to everybody at the meeting. Johnnie Keister, 515 Vonador Place, Oak Hill, explained it isn't a requirement of the law for a town to have police and it is actually a choice. He referred to the Declaration of Independence. If they want to have a police force, they are responsible for oversight. If they have no oversight board, they are derelict in their responsibilities. From what he can tell, there is no oversight. He spoke of a story in the paper about a lady who was slapped in the face by a sergeant and the sergeant was demoted to patrolman and put back on the street. He felt this wasn't close to acceptable. 13. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, Councilman Ignasiak moved to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Bloomer, CMC Attest: APPROVED: City of E.- ater, F orida Bonnie,Wenzel, City Clerk ichael L. Thomas, Mayor 15 Council Regular Meeting September 12, 2011