CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE

COMMISSION MEETING

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

 

SPECIAL MEETING – 6:00 p.m.

 

MINUTES

 

The North Lauderdale City Commission met on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at the Municipal Complex.  Mayor Brady opened the meeting at 6:05 p.m. 

 

1.         INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE –  Commissioner Hilton gave the invocation.

 

2.         ROLL CALL

            Mayor Jack Brady

            Vice Mayor Rich Moyle

            Commissioner Gary Frankel

            Commissioner John Cangemi

            Commissioner David Hilton

            City Manager Richard Sala

            City Attorney Michael Cirullo

            Deputy Clerk Patricia Vancheri

 

 

3.      RFP PRESENTATIONS FOR DEBRIS COLLECTION VENDOR RANKING AND POSSIBLE COMMISSION ACTION

 

City Attorney Cirullo outlined the procedures for the presentations and the timeline allotted for the proposers to make their presentation, with a question and answer time allowance afterward.  He said that eleven proposals were received.  Mr. Cirullo also indicated that the major criteria called for in the request for proposals for consideration was price, experience and presentation; the presentation being 10% of the selection criteria.  He said the presenters will state the price as set forth in their proposals, which is 40% of the selection criteria.  Mr. Cirullo said the commission will hear the presentations and then determine how they want to proceed.  He said they could narrow it down to five and then take it up for final rankings at another commission meeting, or do the rankings tonight.  Mr. Cirullo said the Commission is to decide on how they want to proceed.

 

The presenters were as follows:

 

1.      B.G. Katz Nurseries - Boris Katz and Dave Katz gave a verbal presentation.

 

2.      Goodfellas Environmental Inc. - Charlie Dean, President, gave a power-point presentation.

 

3.      Phillips & Jordan Debris Management – Tim Burkheimer, Director of Disaster and Recovery gave his oral and power-point presentation.

 

4.      ManCon, Inc. - Represented by Mike Jacobelli, Sr. Partner; Fabian Soto and Guy Mancini, President – They presented an oral and power point presentation. 

 

5.      Florida Disaster & Recovery- Ronald Bavis, President, gave an oral presentation.

 

6.      Crowder Gulf - John Campbell, Project Coordinator; Eric Hall, Project Manager and Debris Collection Coordinator. Presented an oral and slide presentation.

 

7.      Grubbs Emergency Services - Kelly Underwood, Brooksville, FL – Gave an oral and power point presentation.

 

8.      Atlantic Coast Environmental - Mitchell Fogel, President and Licensed Attorney; Jason Pepitone, Operations Manager – Gave oral presentation.

 

9.      Arbor Tree & Land d/b/a ATL Disaster Recovery - Rebecca Valenza provided a hand-out and presented a video.

 

For the record, two of the presenters did not attend the meeting. Attorney Cirullo read the proposal from Sunshine 2000 who had previously notified that they would not be able to attend. DRC did not attend.  Attorney Cirullo read DRC’s proposal into the record.

 

Mayor Brady polled the Commission to see how they wanted to proceed on the rating.  The consensus was that they would choose a top five out of the 11.  Vice Mayor Moyle thanked all the presenters and Mike Shields for his part.  Vice Mayor Moyle said that after Wilma we had three good companies and that some had barges to remove debris from the waterways.  He said they were under the direction of the city administration and they did a good job.  Vice Mayor Moyle suggested that the City Manager, City Attorney, Public Works Director give their recommendation of the top five.  He said he is not an expert and would like their input and oversight.  Vice-Mayor Moyle made a motion to consider having three firms instead of one and that City Administration give their recommendation of the top five.  The motion failed for lack of a second.  Commissioner Frankel suggested considering a back-up company.  Mayor Brady said that they did use three in the past.  The Commission gave their individual votes for the top five names.  City Attorney Cirullo read the top five submissions from each Commissioner.  The consensus was for Katz and Goodfellas, which received 5 votes each. Atlantic Coast Environmental received 4 votes each and Sunshine 2000 received 3 votes each.  Florida Disaster Recovery, Crowder Gulf and Grubbs received 2 votes each.  ManCon and Arbor Tree got 1 vote each.  Philips & Jordan and DRC did not receive any votes.  Commissioner Gary Frankel made a motion to call Katz, Goodfellas, Atlantic Coast Environmental and Sunshine 2000 the four finalists.  Seconded by Commissioner Cangemi.  All yes.

 

City Attorney Cirullo said the Commission can come back for ranking at the next meeting.  Vice Mayor Moyle suggested that the ranking be held at the September 19th hearing, since the September 13th meeting is a budget meeting.  A motion was made by Vice-Mayor Moyle to do the final ranking at the September 19th meeting.  Seconded by Commissioner Frankel.  All yes.

 

4.         COMMISSION COMMENTS

 

Commissioner Hilton commented on an article regarding the Lauderhill Plaza Shopping Center project which said they plan to have it completed by March of next year and said he was concerned that the Wal-Mart project has not broken ground yet.  Vice-Mayor Moyle and Commissioner Cangemi addressed concerns about getting tenants for the Wal-Mart project and the need to be more assertive.  Vice-Mayor Moyle made a motion to write a letter urging Wal-Mart to change course and get a more aggressive developer and marketing agent.  Seconded by Commissioner Cangemi.  All yes.

 

Commissioner Hilton also addressed an issue regarding the getting the lights on 81st Avenue turned on and made a motion to send a letter to the president of Florida Power & Light Company.   Seconded by Commissioner Cangemi.  All yes.  David Hilton will prepare the letter.

 

Vice-Mayor Moyle addressed the issue of finding a City Clerk and he suggested contacting the applicant from Dade County to see if she is still interested.  Vice-Mayor Moyle made a motion to invite her to interview again.  Commissioner Frankel seconded the motion.  All in favor.  City Attorney was directed to contact the applicant and check to see if she met the qualifications required and invite her to attend the September 19 meeting.

 

Mayor Brady passed the gavel and made a motion to amend the Comprehensive Pay Plan to delete the City Clerk Aide position and replace it with a Deputy Clerk position, which is a contractual position by the Commission.  Seconded by Commissioner Frankel.  All in favor.

 

5.         CITY MANAGER COMMENTS

 

City Manager asked the Commission if their direction was to re-advertise the City Clerk position and to include another deputy clerk position in the upcoming budget for adoption.  The consensus was yes.

 

6.         CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS - None

 

7.         ADJOURNMENT – The meeting adjourned at 10:13 p.m.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Patricia Vancheri

Acting City Clerk