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MINUTES OF COUNCIL OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SEMINOLE COUNTY
JULY 1, 1981
The regular meeting of Council of Local Governments in Seminole County
was held on Wednesday, July 1,1981, in the City Hall of the City of
Oviedo, Florida.
1. Call to Order.
The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. by Chairman Owen Sheppard.
Present were: Mayor Owen Sheppard - Casselberry
Deputy Mayor June Lormann - longwood
Deputy Mayor John Torcaso - Winter Springs
Commissioner Sandra Glenn - Seminole County
Commissioner Dolores Vickers - A1tamonte Springs
Councilman David Brashears - Oviedo
Absent were: Lake Mary
Sa nford
2. Approval of Minutes of June 3, 1981.
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Motion made by John Torcaso, seconded by Dolores Vickers to approve the
minutes of the meeting of June 3, 1981. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Treasurer1s'Report.
June Lormann reported a present balance of $675.38. A discussion followed
regard.ing putting this money in an interest bearing account.
Motion made by David Brashears, seconded by John Torcaso, that the
treasurer investigate the possibil ity of an interest bearing account,
and if that is unsuccessful, the treasurer withdraw $600 from the
checking account and put it in a savings account. The motion carried
unanimously.
4. Open Forum.
Mayor Owen Sheppard reported Mr. Bob Keesee of the Department of
Community Affairs was studying job descriptions in Casselbery and that
Mr. Keesee would be present at the next CALNO meeting to give a progress
report.
John Torcaso reported Winter Springs had adopted a new ordinance which
required businesses selling alcoholic beverages to close at 2:00 a.m.
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Dolores Vickers reported Altamonte Springs was reviewing their anti-
nudity ordinance for effectiveness. They are presently working on
the budget.
John Torcaso reported Winter Springs was attempting to purchase the
North Orlando water and sewage business.
Dolores Vickers reported attending an ECFRPC meeting regarding the
Areawide Housing Opportunity Plan (AHOP) in which the Executive Board
passed the AHOP proposal. Seminole County and all cities, with the
exception of Winter Springs, turned the AHOP program down. Sandra
Glenn reported that Seminole County had appl ied for a grant in the
Winwood section; however, since theproposalforttlat area was 2/31$
for paving and drainage and only 1/3 for housing, they were minus
points and the extra 50 points proposed under AHOP would not have
helped them obtain the grant.
June Lormann reported Longwood is getting a traffic signal installed
paid one-half by Longwood and one-half by the County.
Owen Sheppard reported they were participating with the County and the
School Board in a bicycle path to a school.
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5. Reports from Members.
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS.
Dolores Vickers reported they had recently received a presentation
on their special 208 grant study of two lakes in Altamonte. They
have completed the citizen input portion of the program and the next
step will be a publ ic hearing. The city is going into an extensive
street .and drainage improvement program along with this grant.
In budget considerations, Altamonte wi 11 go with the roll-back millage
rate of 3.43. They are increasing pol ice and fire personnel, bringing
the publ ic safety salaries in 1 ine to be competitive with Orange County
and Orlando, proposing an average 8'J6 cost of living increase and a
program to reward highly skilled personnel. A supervisory professional
training program will be conducted by UCF and a program to rotate
personnel attending seminars and conferences instituted.
A transportation study is being sponsored by the city in which the
businessess have contributed $25,000. They propose drawing together
all of the existing studies, designating the gaps to be filled, and
coming up with a comprehensive plan. The first meeting will be held
this month.
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CASSELBERRY
Owen Sheppard reported on problems with pollution of lakes and the
lake-front dwellers refusing to accept responsibility. The City will
try to hold the millage rate at the present level and hold existing
services, bring personnel salaries up to compare with others in the
area, propose an 8% cost of 1 iving increase and change the pay scale for
employees to reach the top in eight years instead of five. Casselberry
has designated July 31st as Chief Karcher day in honor of retiring
Chief George Karcher. The Transmission Authority will meet on July 15
in Casselberry.
LAKE MARY
Sandra Glenn reported that Lake Mary had plan~ed a grei:LtJlJly 4~.h
celebration with the highl ight of the day to be a tar and feathering
of the mayor.
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LONG\~OOD
June Lormann brought up a question of why the Highway Patrol would work
an accident when the Sheriff's deputy \'ias there. Sandra Glenn reported
through state statute the Highway Patrol was charged with writing up
accidents in unincorporated areas if they can respond within fifteen
minutes and there are no injuries requiring immediate attention. Upon
further discussion, John Torcaso suggested this be brought up at a
legislative session. Longwood will receive their budget Thursd9y. They
are presently reviewing an emergency ordinance on water conservation.
The city has planned a picnic for the employees on the 4th.
OV I EDO
David Brashears reported Oviedo is in the process of sol iciting firms
for engineering services. In electing to retain a city fire department
they have hired one full time fireman and the fire chief works twenty
hours per week, which solves the major problem of daytime coverage.
The city is revie\'iing changes to the Charter to bring it up to date.
Oviedo protested the increase in cost of county grading of city streets.
Oviedo is denying new requests for permit of mobile homes at this time
amirenewa-lsa-re beiR9- Issued only to t-lw-s.e owRers.regJdln,gln t.he~r
mobile home. It was reported a horse training track is being built less
than a mile east of Oviedo.
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SEM I NOLE CDUNTY
Sandra Glenn reported the three mill ion dollar road bond issue had been
placed at 9 3/4% interest, and they could now proceed with the Lake Howell
road project. At the MPO meeting of June 15 the Board approved a five-
year plan with the postponement to 186-187 the acquisition of rights-of-way
on Maitland Boulevard. A question sti 11 remains regarding sidewalks on
436 from 1-4 to Roston Avenue. The Silver Star interchange is back in
the five-year plan. MPO released the requirement of 5,000 population for
participation in the technical portion of the MPO. Oviedo has requested
membership. Updating the Resource Recovery Plan was presented for
discussion. Seminole's Director of Publ ic \.Jorks, Jack Schuder, would
accept the same people as on the original committee.
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Motion made by Sandra Glenn, seconded by Dolores Vickers, to get the
resource recovery plan committee back together to update this plan as
required by EPA. Motion carried unanimously.
WINTER SPRINGS
John Torcaso reported resigning from the Seminole Community Development,
Inc., because he was involved in so many other organizations and just
did not have time. Winter Springs will appoint someone else to this
agency. Charter changes were being considered to change the name from
commission to council and to change the term of office from two years
to three. A traffic signal has been requested at Edgemon Street.
Prel iminary work on the budget is in process. Retirement programs
are being reviewed. The city is finding it difficult to locate
vdlunteers for appointment to the Draft goard. The recreation program
at the YMCA area was proceeding nicely. The homeowners association had
requested a training program for those wanting to run for city office.
It was suggested that the best training groundW3s to be involved with
the various boards of the city and attend city meetings.
6. SUMMER RECESS.
Upon discussion of a summer recess it was decided not to hold a meeting
in August.
Motion made by Sandra Glenn, seconded by Dolores Vickers, to hold the
next meeting in September in Sanford. Motion carried unanimously.
The meeting ~djourned at 10 p.m.