Town
Commission
Special
Call Meeting
The Town Commission of the Town of Melbourne Beach, Florida,
met for a Special Call Meeting on
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In attendance were Mayor
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Mayor
Stacey called the meeting to order and offered the invocation. The entire assembly recited the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
The first item on the agenda was the
authorization for the Town Manager to renew medical and dental plans for the
Town’s employees.
Town Manager Bursick explained that we
needed to renew the employee’s medical and dental insurance for this premium
year. He advised the Commission that we
are able to form groups with other cities, but the insurance companies will not
be insuring them.
Commissioner Wilson stated that when he
originally brought up the possibility of paying for one-half of the dependent
coverage for our employees, he thought it might only impact two employees. There was a discussion regarding the number
of employees who would benefit from this proposed change.
Commissioner
Wilson made a motion to authorize the Town Manager to renew the medical and
dental insurance with the Town paying for one-half of the dependent coverage
for our employees, which was seconded by Commissioner Guglietta.
Vice Mayor Price stated that the Town
currently spends $103,801.68 for health insurance annually, based on the new
monthly premiums, we will pay $109,055.16, which would include all eligible
employees if they should opt to have the 50% coverage paid by the Town. He said, for $5,000 we would be able to offer
all of the Town employees a real benefit.
Mr. Steve Walters
There was a discussion regarding the
rates the other municipalities receive and why, with our Insurance
Representative, Cynthia Dropeski, who advised the Commission that criteria such
as age, sex, claims make the difference in the premiums.
Mr. Thomas Shaw, 406 Riverside Drive,
stated that he is a business owner and has attempted to get the best insurance
for his employees, that Town Manager Bursick spent a great deal of time, if he
says this is compatible, you should go with it.
Vice Mayor Price stated that the
Manager reviewed all of these policies, he said that we could find out from
Indialantic what their policy is.
Vice
Mayor Price made a motion to approve the Health First Plan renewal as
recommended by the Town Manager which includes 50% dependent coverage at a
cost of $109,055.16 per annum, which was seconded by Commissioner Evans. The
motion carried unanimously.
There was a discussion regarding the
Town having older employees and taking that into account.
A discussion ensued regarding the dental
plan for the employees, at what cost to the Town should the Town pay $10.00 per
month for employees’ dental coverage, it was determined it would be at a cost
of $2,440 per year.
Mayor
Stacey made a motion to have the Town pay $10.00 per month for the dental
insurance coverage for the employees, which was seconded by Vice Mayor Price.
It was decided that this will be
reviewed at a future date.
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The next item was the
approval of site plan for
Commissioner Wilson made a motion to approve the site plan
for
Vice Mayor Price
stated that this was a 60 foot lot with plans for a 30 foot home of over 3,000
square feet, with four bedrooms, three and one-half baths, den, living and
dining rooms. He said that the
contractor/owner should have been able to consider ten feet setbacks and bring
it before the Board, now, all the
Commission can do is to approve it,
where the Planning Board would have considered some changes.
The motion carried unanimously.
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The next item for discussion
and possible action was the contribution to the Dave Genchi recovery fundraiser
for the cost of Town incurred expenses.
Mayor Stacey made a motion for the Town to pick-up the cost
for the Police Department and Parks Department (Town) expenses. There being no second, the motion died.
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The next item for
discussion and possible action was the selection process of Town Attorney and
setting a time frame.
Mayor Stacey spoke
about the possibility of having a Town Attorney who works a long distance from
the Town, should an emergency arise, he or she may not be able to arrive to our
meetings in a timely manner, and then to consider every time we place a call to
their office, it would a long distance charge.
There was a brief discussion regarding the prospective attorneys.
Vice Mayor Price stated that he has reviewed the list, he
made a motion to move in consideration of the interviews, with the first round
for the
Mr. Thomas Shaw,
Mr. Jim Simmons, 409
Avenue B, advised that not all people would like to work for
The meeting adjourned at
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William G. Stacey, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lenore R. Milan,
Town Clerk