Town
of Shalimar
Town
Commission Meeting Minutes
March
11, 2008
CALL
TO ORDER – Mayor Gary Combs called the meeting to
order at 6:01 p.m. in Town Hall
chambers. He led the "Pledge of
Allegiance" to the Flag.
ROLL
CALL FOR THE RECORD
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Mayor
Gary Combs - present |
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Mayor
Pro-Tem Ricardo Garcia - present |
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Commissioner
Jerry McCallister - absent |
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Commissioner
Ursel Behnken - present |
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Commissioner
Glenn Wagner - present |
Others
in attendance:
Town Manager Tom Burns, Deputy Clerk Tina Smith, Town Attorney Mike
Chesser, Police Chief John Cash, Residents Art Johanson, Harry Wickliffe, Tim
and Sharon Smith, and Planning and Zoning member Johann Behnken.
PLANNING
AND ZONING BUSINESS - The Planning and Zoning Board held a special hearing last
night and approved the maintenance building setback variance.
Also, the draft EAR was approved for transmission to the Department of
Community Affairs (DCA)
- Mayor Combs asked the staff to e-mail the EAR to everyone.
TOWN
RESIDENTS' TIME -
The residents would like to speak about issues already on the agenda.
TOWN
ATTORNEY'S REPORT
- Attorney Chesser had nothing to report.
OLD
BUSINESS:
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APPROVE
MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 12, 2008 TOWN COMMISSION MEETING - Commissioner
Garcia moved to approve the minutes from the February 12, 2008 Town
Commission Meeting as written. The
motion was seconded by Commissioner Behnken and passed unanimously. |
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MAINTENANCE
BUILDING UPDATE - The shed is
scheduled to be moved by Friday. Also,
a contractor has been asked to come in and prepare the site (grubbing,
tree removal, etc.). |
NEW
BUSINESS:
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TIDBITS - A
March Tidbits newsletter will go out at the end of the month.
Everyone was asked to have their articles to Tina by March 24. |
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SHALIMAR
PLANTATION OWNER’S ASSOCIATION
- 2 representatives from the
Shalimar Plantation Homeowner’s Association asked about the specifics of
the Richbourg storage lot. Mayor
Combs gave a brief history and reasons for the lot as a service to
residents of the town. The
representatives expressed their concern about the lot as they feel it will
eventually be an eyesore. Mayor
Combs stated that the town is still in the planning phase - not yet to the
“artist’s rendition” phase. He
also stated that the town is not planning the storage lot as a way to
generate revenue - it is simply another service offered to residents.
Upcoming storage lot meetings will be advertised in the town
newsletter or on the marquee. Mr. Smith asked about the “lake” in front of the subdivision - how
for down the priority list is this project.
Manager Burns believes there may be an easy fix for the drainage
and will look into it and how much it will cost. |
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RUSSELL
ARNEY PROPERTY - 14 CHEROKEE ROAD
- Manager Burns reported that it has almost been a year since the Building
Permit was issued to the owner of 14 Cherokee Road.
Attorney Chesser stated that, according to Shalimar Ordinances, the
town has the right to remove the items if the town sends the owner notice
along with a date to have it cleaned up.
Mayor Combs asked Manager Burns to write the owner a letter and
specify the date as one year from the date of the original Building
Permit. |
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FLOC
GREEN RESOLUTION - 2008-01
- Commissioner Garcia moved to approve the Green Resolution - 2008-01
as written. The motion was
seconded by Commissioner Behnken and passed unanimously. |
MAYOR
COMBS’ REPORT - Mayor
Combs briefed that they are still open to purchasing the Shalimar Yacht Basin.
He had lunch with one of the owners and Manager Burns is trying to get
the accounting figures. Mayor Combs
will keep the Commission updated.
The
Okaloosa County League of Cities will probably have a special meeting on April 7
to receive a JLUS briefing from Okaloosa County.
COMMISSIONER
GARCIA’S REPORT - Commissioner
Garcia reported that Officer Shadwell worked comp time last month in order to
receive a pay check this month. Manager
Burns recommended that he pay Officer Shadwell for the first pay period of the
month, but allow him to carry the remaining hours over to when he returns.
The commission agreed to this.
COMMISSIONER
MCCALLISTER’S REPORT - Commissioner McCallister was not present.
COMMISSIONER
BEHNKEN’S REPORT -
Commissioner Behnken will be leaving to go on vacation in 2 days and doesn’t
think she’ll have time to drive around for the Yard of the Quarter before the
Tidbits article deadline.
COMMISSIONER
WAGNER’S REPORT -
Commissioner Wagner had nothing to report.
POLICE
REPORT:
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Officer Spohn was recently promoted
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Detective Roberts will have surgery soon and the surgery will require 4
weeks of recovery
TOWN
MANAGER UPDATE:
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The Commission approved Manager Burns to buy another doggi-pot station
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The port-a-potty will be moved to the town hall property from Cherokee
Park during the maintenance building construction
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The spring cleanup dumpsters are scheduled to be in place from April
11-21. They will be placed on the
lot next to town hall and on the corner of Shalimar Drive and Erwin Fleet
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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MARCH
26, 2008 - PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING |
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APRIL
8, 2008 - TOWN COMMISSION MEETING |
ADJOURNMENT:
Commissioner Garcia moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:24 p.m.
The motion was seconded by Commissioner Wagner and it passed unanimously.
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__April 8, 2008____________
Tina
Smith, Secretary
Date approved