09-08-2015 First Budget Hearing Of CITY COMMISSION
Aventiira REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Aventura Government Center
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 19200 W.Country Club Drive
Aventura, Florida 33180
â– _ 6:00 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Enid
Weisman at 6:00 p.m. The following were present: Mayor Enid Weisman, Commissioner
Teri Holzberg, Commissioner Denise Landman, Commissioner Howard Weinberg, City
Manager Eric M. Soroka, City Clerk Ellisa L. Horvath, and City Attorney David M.
Wolpin. Vice Mayor Enbar Cohen, Commissioner Marc Narotsky, and Commissioner
Robert Shelley were absent. As a quorum was determined to be present, the meeting
commenced.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge was led by Evan Ross.
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS: ORDINANCES: FIRST READING - 2015/2016 BUDGET:
Mr. Wolpin read the following Ordinance by title and noted that the rolled back rate is
1.5722 mills:
A. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING
AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF AVENTURA AD VALOREM TAX OPERATING
MILLAGE LEVY RATE AT 1.7261 MILS PER THOUSAND DOLLARS OF
TAXABLE ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH IS 9.79% ABOVE THE
ROLLED BACK RATE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, FOR THE 2015
TAX YEAR; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
A motion for approval of the Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Holzberg and
seconded by Commissioner Landman.
Mr. Soroka reviewed the Ordinance and noted that the tax rate will remain the same as
the prior fiscal year and remains the lowest in Miami-Dade County.
Mayor Weisman opened the public hearing. There being no speakers, the public
hearing was closed.
The motion for approval of the Ordinance on first reading passed unanimously, by roll
call vote, with Vice Mayor Cohen, Commissioner Narotsky, and Commissioner Shelley
absent.
Mr. Wolpin read the following Ordinance by title:
B. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE
ATTACHED TENTATIVE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET, AS REVIEWED
AND APPROVED BY CITY COMMISSION AT THE REVIEW MEETING HELD
ON JULY 16, 2015, AS THE CITY OF AVENTURA FINAL BUDGET FOR THE
2015/2016 FISCAL YEAR, PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.05 OF THE CITY
CHARTER; AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR BUDGETARY CONTROL; PROVIDING FOR
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATION; PROVIDING FOR GIFTS AND GRANTS;
PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES
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REGARDING ENCUMBRANCES AND THE RE-APPROPRIATION OF
UNEXPENDED CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS; ESTABLISHING THE
COMMITTED FUND BALANCE FOR CAPITAL RESERVE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
A motion for approval of the Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Weinberg and
seconded by Commissioner Holzberg.
Mr. Soroka explained the Ordinance and reviewed the highlights of the 2015/16
Operating and Capital Budget ($60,629,136).
Mayor Weisman opened the public hearing.
The following members of the public provided comments: Robert Borroughs (Coral
Gables).
There being no additional speakers, the public hearing was closed.
The motion for approval of the Ordinance on first reading passed unanimously, by roll
call vote, with Vice Mayor Cohen, Commissioner Narotsky, and Commissioner Shelley
absent.
4. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the
Commission, a motion to adjourn was offered by Commissioner Landman, seconded by
Commissioner Weinberg, and unanimously approved; thus adjourning the meeting at
6:09 p.m.
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Ellisa L. Horvath, M City Clerk
Approved by the Commission on October 6, 2015.