2002.03.13_TC_Minutes_Special• TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
MINUTES OF TOWN COMMISSION MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING (CANVASSING BOARD)
Wednesday, March 13. 2002 1.00 P M
Mayor Thomas J. Reid called the Special Meeting to order in Commission Chambers at
1:00 P.M.
Town Clerk Doris Trinley called the roll. The Mayor, Vice Mayor Michael W. Hill,
Commissioners John J. Sorrelli, Robert L. Lowe and Rachael Scala-Pistone were
present.
Also present were Town Attorney Thomas E. Sliney, Town Manager Ben Saag and
members of the general public.
After roll call, the Pledge of Allegiance was given.
Mayor Reid requested that Resolution 787, declaring the election for one (1) Commission
seat to be unnecessary, as Commissioner John J. Sorrelli was the only candidate to
. qualify, be read in its entirety; following which, upon MOTION by COMMISSIONER
LOWE/COMMISSIONERSOALA-PISTONE, it was approved by unanimous roll call vote.
Commissioner John J. Sorrelli was then sworn in and re-seated on the dais.
The Mayor next called for certification of the votes for Vice Mayor, which were read into
the record as follows:
Michael W. Hill........668
John L. Papera.........244
Upon MOTION by COMMISSIONER LOWE/COMMISSIONER SCALA-PISTONE, the
results of the vice mayoral race were unanimously approved by roll call.
Vice Mayor Hill was then sworn in and re-seated on the dais.
Certification of the Library Referendum was read into the record as follows:
For Promissory Note ..............707
Against Promissory Note..........202
Upon MOTION by COMMISSIONER SORRELLI/COMMISSIONER LOWS, the results
• of the Library Referendum were unanimously approved by roll calf vote.
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Commissioner Sorrelli and Vice Mayor Hill each expressed thanks to their respective
spouses and to those who supported their roles on the Town Commission.
Addressing Library Director Mari Suarez, Mayor Reid expressed satisfaction regarding
the favorable library vote, saying he looked forward to the start of the project.
There being no further business to come before the Commission at this time, the Mayor
adjourned the Special Meeting at 1:25 P.M. upon MOTION by COMMISSIONER
SORRELLI/COMMISSIONER LOWE.
NOTE: COPY OF RESOLUTION 787, ORIGINAL OATHS OF OFFICE, CERTIFICATION
RESULTS OF THE VICE MAYORAL RACE, AND CERTIFICATION RESULTS OF
LIBRARY REFERENDUM ATTACHED TO AND MADE PART OF THESE MINUTES.
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