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Acting City Manager Abbate advised that included in the meeting’s agenda package were the February 14, 2011 minutes of the Spaceport Commerce Park Authority Meeting. This meeting was one month prior to the commencement of meetings by the CBAC, which began on March 3, 2011 and two months prior to the appointment of Mr. Curt Leady (the advocate of the pad ready site proposal) to the CBAC on April 26, 2011. The CBAC meeting minutes of February 14, 2011 indicated the originator of the proposed pad ready site was the Commerce Park Authority. Member Long commented on the accessibility of reviewing the meeting minutes of a few of the aforementioned entities and her understanding of the responsibilities and objectives that she believed were to be carried out independently by the Citizens’ Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC), since its initial creation. She expressed that the City Manager or Council who were affiliated with the Commerce Park Authority or the SEDC could have used other opportunities to present the proposal for a pad ready site. She did not feel the recommendation should have been made by the CBAC if it originated by another. Mayor Tulley clarified that Member Long felt the pad ready site proposal would have been acceptable to her if the idea had originated solely from the CBAC, not any of the other entities. Vice-Mayor Johnson commented on his affiliation with the Commerce Park Authority and previous ideas that were discussed at its meetings. He commented on the CBAC’s recommendation of the pad ready site and advised that he believed that minutes were available for the Commerce Park Authority meetings. Member Pritchett clarified whether the recommendation of funding a pad ready site would provide a profit to an outside organization. Her impression of this recommendation by the CBAC was one of excitement and an opportunity for the area. Additionally, Member Pritchett supported the use of funding if it meant a return on investment. She also emphasized appreciation to the CBAC Members who volunteered their time to the committee. She was comfortable with the CBAC’s recommendation due to her belief that the CBAC unanimously recommended the pad ready site. Member Burson felt the original intention of establishing the CBAC was to improve the budget and make any improvements to the City’s budget. She felt the pad ready site recommendation was an economic development issue, not a budget improvement issue. Vice-Mayor Johnson felt the mission of the CBAC was to provide any recommendations for improvements. Member Pritchett commented that the CBAC provided several recommendations during the FY 2011/2012 budget session and those recommendations should also receive attention.
Member Long referenced prior documentation and communication between the Spaceport Commerce Park and the SEDC. She also referenced the CBAC meeting minutes of July 21 st and the CBAC’s compilation of recommendations, which were allegedly based on staff’s wish list. She would have preferred those recommendations, if they were the SEDC’s or staff’s ideas, to have been recommended by the City Manager. Her main point was to ask what Council would like from the CBAC moving forward. She wanted the CBAC to be independent and not influenced by anyone else. Mayor Tulley summarized that there seemed to be debate by Council whether the CBAC worked independently. He then read from the CBAC’s mission objective whose copy was provided to Council. In his opinion, he could support a good idea no matter its original source. Vice-Mayor Johnson and Member Pritchett also shared the same opinion. Mayor Tulley advised that ultimately, Council would make the decisions on these types of issues. He requested that when the CBAC was ready to be reconstituted, their policy be presented to Council to review the mission objectives. Discussion ensued on the CBAC’s current mission objectives and making changes to the CBAC’s policy mission upon their reformation. Member Burson advised that she wanted the CBAC to be the committee that looked over the City Manager’s shoulder and confirm that he did a good job preparing the budget. Second, she wanted economic development ideas to come solely from individuals involved with economic development. Third, she wanted the review of the City’s budget and improvement recommendations to come solely from the CBAC. Mayor Tulley requested the CBAC’s mission policy be placed on a future agenda. Acting City Manager Abate advised that it would be placed on the regular City Council meeting agenda of October 11, 2011. New Business: xxx Strategic Planning – Acting City Manager Abbate advised that each year, the City Council solicited input from both internal and external stakeholders as it refreshed the City’s strategic goals and objectives. This process began in early February and culminated in April with the adoption of the City’s Strategic Plan and Areas of Emphasis. This plan then became the cornerstone document used by staff in determining resource allocation requests and developing performance measures during the subsequent fiscal year’s budget build. Acting City Manager Abbate highlighted that from FY 2005 through FY 2011, Council contracted with the Florida Institute of Government (FIG) to provide facilitation for the various workshops, preparing summary reports and completing strategic plan formulation tasks required to develop each year’s plan. This cost was approximately $2,500. For the
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