09-11-1984 - Special
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CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER
SPECIAL MEETING
September 11, 1984
MINUTES
Vice Mayor Bennington called the special meeting to order at 9:05 in
the Council chambers of the Community Center.
ROLL CALL
Mayor David Ledbetter
Councilman Melbourne Wargo
Councilwoman Gigi Bennington
Councilman Neil Asting
Councilman Jack Spencer
City Attorney Jose' Alvarez
City Clerk Connie Kinsey
Police Chief Douglas Betts
Arrived late
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Arrived late
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Vice Mayor Bennington commented that she sees no reason for the Chief
to remain at the meeting, if he would like to be excused.
Councilman Wargo objected to just agreeing among ourselves and asked
for a vote on the issue.
Councilman Spencer moved to excuse the Police Chief from the meeting,
being seconded by Councilman Asting. Upon roll call vote the motion
CARRIED 3-1, Councilman Wargo voting NO.
Councilman Spencer questioned the circumstances for the calling of this
special meeting.
Vice Mayor Bennington read into the record the section of the Charter
pertaining to the calling of special meetings.
Councilman Spencer stated that the subjects on the agenda are not
specific and did not give the other Council members an opportunity
to understand the nature of the discussion and the action to be taken.
He feels this is poor planning not to give the other Council members
the opportunity to understand the subject matter.
Councilman Wargo voiced his agreement with Councilman Spencer.
Vice Mayor Bennington stated that due to the time frame this present
Council is placed in she feels some solid conclusions should be made
to these matters; we should find out what the people want so that we
don't force another Council to start off with some of the same problems
we had to face as a new Council. She is proposing that the people
have a voice regarding annexation, paving and city administration,
by having three questions on the general election; (1) Are you in favor
of controlled growth for the City of Edgewater through annexation?
(2) Are you in favor of having your street paved on 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 basis?
(3) Are you in favor of a City administrator to carry out the City
Council's policies and directions?
Councilman Spencer commented that Mrs. Bennington had an excellent
idea of what she was calling this meeting for, it would have been
easy to let the Council know that was the purpose of the meeting.
He added that he would be glad to act on these items at a later
date, however he has not had the opportunity to thoroughly think
this through or talk to other people about it. He does feel that
the last item on the agenda needs to be taken care of.
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Councilman Wargo asked if we are going to rush into a lot of legislation
the last month of our term? He added that he objects to the whole agenda,
he would like to get comparable wages of other Cities to compare before
acting on the personnel packages. He doesn't feel, as vague as the agenda
is, it would be illegal to act on any of the four items.
Councilman Asting stated the subject of the paving should not be on
the agenda at this time, due to the survey being conducted, also there
was a meeting about annexation and it was defeated.
Councilman Wargo made a motion to adjourn, being seconded by Councilman
Asting. Meeting adjourned.
Minutes submitted by:
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September 11, 1984
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