Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 10-23-07 regular minutes — reading text

Staff did respond to Mr. Miller' s request immediately and provided the employee' s job application, but that Mr. Miller was not satisfied and requested additional information. She explained that employees are not required to update their resume after they are employed with the City, and that Mr. Miller was given exactly what he asked for. She did note a need for clarity on her part regarding Council requests, and noted that in the future, if she is not clear on what is being requested, she will phone the requestor for clarification. There was no action by Council on this issue. MAVOR/COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. Hartwell suggested an adjustment in the process that a member of a Board or Committee come before Council when there is a conflict in the Board/ Committee recommendation and staff' s recommendation. Mr. Hartwellsuggested the communication channels between the Finance Director and the Department Directors be looked at to make sure there is clarity on expenditure of monies. Mr. Garvie reported that the EDC did not receive the grant to further the development of the airport. He mentioned the celebration on November 5th in Niceville in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the library Cooperative. He expressed his appreciation to the City Manager and Finance Director. Mr. Reeves agreed it is important to receive input from the Boards/ Committees on recommendations that differ from staff. He said any time an employee wants to approach him he will listen and he would like to work together to move forward. Mr. Holmes apologized if anyone was embarrassed and expressed he is right and needs to be done and does it with conviction. labor attorney and mentioned the accounting from the City only does what he feels He stated he will pay the bill for the Attorney shows time spent with I various Councilmen and wondered what issues are being discussed that the rest of Council does not know about. He also questioned the need for the request from Dr. Pullen on all information, discussions, phone calls and conversations between Jay Odom and City Manager and city staff and suggested if he were to ask specifically or say what he is looking for he may be able to get an answer that did not of require reams paper. He commended staff on correcting the problems with the recent rain.  10/23/ 07 199 Regular Council MAYOR/COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS ( CONTI Dr. Pullen commented he asked for the information on emails. The Mayor mentioned the Japanese Gardening Club project to beautify the corner of Memorial and Hollywood; an email received from a citizen on support provided by Jeff Glassburn; mentioned the staff members who helped landscape a Cerebral Palsy foster home; mentioned on Monday from 6 - 9 am Representative Sansom and Senator Gates will have an open microphone forum on Talk Radio at Magnolia Grill; mentioned the groundbreaking held this morning for another Habitat for Humanity home. The Mayor acknowledged Council is beyond item # 20 ( Consideration of a discussion relating to Charter Section 12 with the Council in regard to conducting an investigation into the conduct of the Finance Director, Lisa Absher), and mentioned he has had conversations with people who were upset about some issues and pointed out that under Section 12 of the Charter the Mayor can initiate an investigation.He expressed hope there will be no need but if it comes back to him, then it is not necessarily done. CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS The City Manager announced that Local Government Week will be celebrated tomorrow to honor the employees with a picnic lunch served by the Mayor and Council; the Fort Walton Beach Fire Department will offer free smoke detectors and installation during the month of November to senior citizens, disabled and the impoverished; Heritage Park & Cultural Center cancelled its haunted history walk due to unexpected scheduling conflicts; the Senior Center will host its annual Crafts & Collectible Show on Saturday, October 2th from 9: 00 am until 3: 00 pm; the Library will hold its annual Fall for the Book Festival on November 3rd from 11 : 00 am until 4: 00 pm; Docie Bass will have a celebration Halloween Carnival on Tuesday, October 30th from 6: 30 pm until 8: 00 pm; Chester Pruitt will have a Halloween Carnival on Wednesday, October 31st from 6: 00 pm until 8: 00 pm; and the times for Halloween on Wednesday, October 31st will be from 6: 00 pm until 8: 00 pm. The Mayor mentioned on October 2th from 3: 00 pm until 5: 00 pm that Downtown Fort Walton Beach will have trick or treating in the stores. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11 : 00 p. m. APPROVED: _ IL/ oo-& n.~ / 3) rJ/Jx/) MAYOR: / p ~ I1(" ATTEST: L~~' Ive