Town of Shalimar

Town Commission Meeting Minutes

February 13, 2007

 

CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Gary Combs called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. in Town Hall chambers.  He led the "Pledge of Allegiance" to the Flag.

 

ROLL CALL FOR THE RECORD         

 

Mayor Gary Combs - present

 

Mayor Pro-Tem Ricardo Garcia - present

 

Commissioner Jerry McCallister - present

 

Commissioner Ursel Behnken -  present

 

Commissioner Glenn Wagner -  absent

 

Others in attendance:  Town Manager Tom Burns, Deputy Clerk Tina Smith, Police Sergeant John Spohn, and P & Z member Johann Behnken.

 

PLANNING AND ZONING BUSINESS - There is nothing to approve from the January 8 Planning and Zoning workshop.  Mayor Combs briefed the Commission that Sally Henderson resigned from the Planning and Zoning Board.  He has already contacted the Snug Harbor resident that showed interest in a commission position but hasn’t heard back from him yet.

 

TOWN RESIDENTS' TIME - There were no residents present

 

TOWN ATTORNEY'S REPORT - Town Attorney Mike Chesser was not present.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

I.

 

APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 9, 2007 TOWN COMMISSION MEETING AND THE JANUARY 22, 2007, AND JANUARY 25, 2007 SPECIAL TOWN COMMISSION MEETINGS - Commissioner McCallister moved to approve the minutes from the January 9, 2007 Town Commission Meeting and the January 22, 2007 and January 25, 2007 Special Town Commission Meetings.  The motion was seconded by Commissioner Garcia and passed unanimously.

II.

 

SNUG HARBOR OWNER AGREEMENT - No one from Snug Harbor was present.  Town Manager Tom Burns explained that one of the residents, Wayne Warner, asked that the town reevaluate the use and maintenance agreement between the town and the three homeowners at the end of Snug Harbor.  Mayor Combs suggested that Manager Burns tell Mr. Warner that the Commission will not sign the agreement until all 3 owners have signed it.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

I.

 

AUDIT REPORT - Angela Balent from O’Sullivan Creel went over the Audit report for the Commission.  She stated that the Financial Position for the town is “very strong”.

II.

 

ARNEY PROPERTY UPDATE - Mayor Combs explained that the owner of record, Ellen Tunstall, had until February 1, 2007 to either obtain a county building permit or clean up the property - neither have been done.  Mayor Combs then presented a letter that Manager Burns will send to Ms. Tunstall giving her until March 1, 2007 to clean up the property.  Commissioner McCallister moved to task Manager Burns to send the letter and authorized him to fine the property owner for each day after March 1, 2007 that the case has not been resolved.  Commissioner Garcia seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

 

 MAYOR COMBS’ REPORT:

-  Mayor Combs expressed his desire to purchase the lot between the Shalimar Yacht Basin and Snug Harbor to build a boat launch.  Manager Burns will research and inform everyone what he thinks it is worth.

-  Mayor Combs has been in contact with one of the owners of the Shalimar Yacht Basin, Randy.  Manager Burns e-mailed the other owner, Steve, a draft of a contract but hasn’t heard back from him yet.  The insurance estimate came in quite a bit lower than what was expected.

-  The OCLOC dinner will be hosted by Fort Walton Beach on April 17.

-  The Cherokee Park fountain will be worked on tomorrow.

-  The Eagle Scout project is progressing.  The boys will be cutting the wood for the posts next week.

-  There has been some vandalism done in Meigs Park.

-  The Future Land Use map has been changed somewhat, though it’s still in draft form.  It will need to be approved by the Commission at a later date.

 

COMMISSIONER GARCIA’S REPORT - Commissioner Garcia had nothing to report.

 

COMMISSIONER MCCALLISTER’S REPORT:

-  Commissioner McCallister asked about the status of the storage lot.  Manager Burns briefed that the fencing RFPs went out last week.  He asked the commission if they would like the fence to have barbed wire at the top.  They decided that he should get quotes that include barbed wire.

-  The Shalimar Commons Homeowner’s Association is still looking for a decorative street light for their entrance.

-  The Association picked out two tables for their little park area.  Commissioner McCallister was informed that they could have one of the tables at Meigs Park.

-  Shalimar Commons parking situation is the best it’s been (parking on the right-of-way)

 

COMMISSIONER BEHNKEN’S REPORT - Commissioner Behnken had nothing to report.

 

COMMISSIONER WAGNER’S REPORT - Commissioner Wagner was not present.

 

POLICE REPORT:

-  Mayor Combs asked Sergeant Spohn to tell Detective Roberts to move the camera in the park to face the fountain.

-  A Barron Court resident offered the town a German Shepherd as a police dog.  Officer Shadwell agreed to keep the dog at his house.  The Department is looking into the expenses of food, training, etc.

-  Giuseppi’s roof caught fire last week but it didn’t get out of control.  The fire department showed up quickly.

-  The town police cell phone doesn’t show a ‘missed call’ so if you have called it and don’t receive a call back, that’s why.

-  Sergeant Spohn drove one intoxicated person home from Cheers.

 

TOWN MANAGER UPDATE:

- Manager Burns reported that Detective Roberts just completed a CSI course and came back to town with a list of equipment that the department is lacking.  Commissioner McCallister moved to authorize Commissioner Garcia to look into the list and allow the police department to make purchases of equipment up to the amount of money in the forfeiture account.  Commissioner Behnken seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

-  The seized Cadillac now belongs to the town.  The Commission agreed that it needed a regular tire (it now has a spare doughnut tire on it).  They agreed that it should be a used tire.  The commission also agreed that the town would sell the car.  Commissioner Behnken moved to authorize Manager Burns to sell the Cadillac using the sealed bid process and advertise that the minimum bid is $3,000.  The motion was seconded by Commissioner Garcia and passed unanimously.

-  The white seized truck was sold back to the owner.

 

  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

FEBRUARY 28, 2007 - PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING 6:00 P.M.

 

MARCH 13, 2007 - TOWN COMMISSION MEETING  6:00 P.M.

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Commissioner McCallister moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:29 p.m.  The motion was seconded by Commissioner Behnken and it passed unanimously.

 

 

 

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Tina Smith, Secretary