1974.09.23_TC_Minutes_Special
MINUTES; SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN COMMISSION - SEPTEMBER 23, 1974
' Mayor Gilday called the meeting to order at 10:30 A.M.
Present were:
Mayor Gilday, Vice Mayor Joy and
Commissioners Mumford, Bauer and Clark
The Mayor read the first purpose of the meeting, see Attachment "A",
notice calling. the meeting.
Mayor Gilday read into the record the Planning Commission's letter of
September 19 (which transmitted their Final Report for the proposed
zoning ordinance) - Attachment "B".
Commissioner Clark offered a motion, Commissioner Bauer seconded and
all members of the Commission voted that a meeting for the first
reading of the proposed ordinance be advertised (with due public
notice) and the date was set as October 14 at 1:00 P.M. (This motion
was amended at a Special Meeting held September 24 date changed to
October 15, as the 14th will be a legal holiday).
It was also decided to advise the public that the date for the proposed
• final reading would be November 4th at 1:00 P.M. Vice Mayor Joy
offered the motion and Commissioner Clark seconded. Aye votes were
cast by all members of the Commission.
Mayor Gilday advised the members of the Commission that pursuant to
the Charter provisions, Mrs. Roberts had been appointed as Acting
Town Manager in May. To recruit applicants for the position of Town
Manager, an ad was placed in a large number of Florida papers, the
Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, as well as several trade
publications. The Mayor advised that 64 applicants applied for the
position and Commissioner Clark read and evaluated each applicant as
to Education, Experience, etc. Using a point system for each
category, the applicationr~ showing probable suitability were reduced
to eight. Five citizens and~each Commissioner individually rated
these and only three became /contenders; however, two of these declined
to appear for personal interviews due to question of salary and/or
other benefits they were receiving which the Town could not equal.
Mrs. Roberts was rated highly by all of the members of the citizens
group and the Commission.
Commissioner Bauer offered a resolution (Resolution No. 264 - Attachment
"C") proposing appointment of Elaine W. Roberts to serve in the capacity
of Town Manager, her appointment to be effective October 1, for a
period of six months, at an annual salary of $16,100.00.
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Commissioner Clark pointed out that many persons who applied for the
position were either young persons who applied in the anticipation
of merely securing experience whereas other persons were hopeful of
being selected in order to assist them in moving to Florida. He
stated that, in his opinion, Mrs. Roberts had a tremendous advantage.
of six years on-the-job experience. Some of the candidates rated
higher in some categories but Mrs. Roberts was among the top ones.
He then gave an illustration of how he applied the decimal rating
system so as to eliminate personalities.
Vice Mayor Joy agreed that Mrs. Roberts' experience was invaluable and
he joined in approving the selectioxi.
Several members of the citizens group and the Highland Beach Civic
League were also in the audience and they, too, concurred with the
reasons expressed and the selection. Messrs. Genovese and Beekman
also added their accolades.
Mayor Gilday summarized these Pxnressions and stated that Mrs. Roberts
is conscientious and acts in the interests of the Town.
Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Mumford, Mayor Gilday, Commissioner
• Bauer and Vice Mayor Joy voted Aye, unanimously approving the aforesaid
resolution.
Mrs. Roberts responded with her sincere thanks and that it was a dream
come true.
Bills were presented and approved for payment.
Discussions took place as to the progress of the Water Main project
and bills of Russell & Axon.
The meeting was concluded at 11:30 A.M.
APPROVED
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