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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983 02 02 Minutes MINUl'ES OF O)UNCIL OF LOCAL GDVERNMENTS IN SEMINJLE O)UNIY February 2, 1983 The regular meeting was held Wednesday, February 2, 1983, at Long;vood City Hall 1. Call to Order . The meeting was called to order by Chairman Lee Constantine Members present: Corrmissioner Lee Constantine Mayor Walter Sorenson Mayor June Lormarm C01.IDcilman Gary Gotwalt . Corrmissioner Bill Kirchhoff Camnissioner Buck Adkins - Al tarrone Springs - Lake Mary - Longwood - Ovideo - Seminole County - Winter Springs Representative Bobby Brantley Corrrnissioner Sandra Glerm, Seminole County Corrrnission Mayor John Torcaso, Winter Springs Sheriff John Polk, Seminole County Bobby Floyd, City Clerk, Altarronte Springs Doma Estes, Evening Herald Newspaper Selwyn Crawford, Orlando Sentinel Newspaper 2. Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Others present: 3. Approval of Minutes, January 5, 1983 Motion by Mayor Lorrnarm, seconded by Camnissioner Eddie Keith to approve the Minutes of January 5, 1983 as submitted. Carried unanimously. 4. Treasurer's Report Motion by Corrrnissioner Kirchhoff, seconded by Corrrnlssioner ~ith that Treasurer t s report submitted by Corrmissioner Adkins be accepted. Carried unanimous 1 y . 5. Presentations of Awards: Corrrnissioner Constantine presented plaques to Chairman Sandra Glenn and Mayor John Torcaso in recognition and appreciation of their support and leadership of the Council of Local Governments in Seminole County. Corrmissioner Constantine also presented a plaque to Mayor June Lonnarm in appreciation of her support and leadership of CAIID as Chairman during the year 1982. ;- 6. Corrmissioner Constantine stated that City Manager Pete Knowles of Sanford had submitted a report to the Seminole County Legislative Delegation concerning CAIID t S request on the Double Taxation issue. 7. Representative Bobby Brantley reported on forthcoming legislative issues. He corrrnented on the proposed 5 cents gasoline tax and said he was concerned that funds mieht not be used to best advantage,. citing examples of certain area that were requesting construction that did not appear to be essential. He also said he was concerned that the State did not take too lIDCh of the ftmds if enacted. Representative Brantley also discussed potential bills pending concerning correcting the problem of prison overcrowding and said if growth continues at present rate, I additional prison would be required each year. .... Representative Brantley discussed the use of State prisoners as a potential area of savings for municipalities and said the City of Clermont ha~ been very successful in this area. Sheriff Polk was asked to corrrnent on a recent Task Force meeting. He said he was concemed about a proposal that would credit "good time" to prisoners serving 25 year sentences and permit them to be released in 12~ years. Sheriff Polk said persons in this category could have been considered originally for the-death penalty but were given a 25 year sentence. He asked for support against this proposal. Sheriff Polk said there was a proposal to have irnnates in COl.IDty jails for as long as two years and said the jails were not built to keep prisoners for two years. Sheriff Polk said the State and COl.IDty must cooperate together in solving the overcrowding in prisons. Camnissioner Constantine asked Representative Brantley if state prisoners could be used for corrmmity work projects and Mr. Brantley said that the Depart::ment of Transportation was already using state prisoners .for road work but said ror was required to pay the Department of Corrections for the use of prisoners. Representative Brantley said he would be pleased to report back to CALNO in May/June after the coming legislative session and he invited members to. let him know areas of concem. 8. Reports from members Altam:mte Springs - Camnissioner Constantine requested that all members pass resolutions requesting that work in widening SR 436 be accomplished at night where possible in order to alleviate traffic congestion. Motion by Carrmissioner Adkins, seconded by Camnissioner Keith that the Council of Local Goverrnnents pass a Resolution urging that the Department of Transportation schedule work in the widening of SR 436 in evening hours where possible. Motion carried by unan:i.1rous vote. Casselberry - Absent Lake Mary - No Report Longwood - Mayor Lormann thanked those cities who assisted Longwood. in fighting a fire at Americari Wood Products on January 28. She said that the Camnission would be considering a site plan for a Handy City to be located on Highway 17-92 and said that work was underway for the two hospitals and the Pioneer Corrmerce Center. Oviedo - Carrmissioner Gowalt said their present Building Official was about to retire and they would be hiring a full time replacement. He said the Corrmission would review permit fees at next meeting. Sanford - Carrmissioner Keith asked that a discussion of the proposal to require State certification of Building Officials be scheduled for next meeting. He said that DER had relented a little in the area of sewage treatment. Camnissioner Keith said it was recently reported that Corrmissioner Bud Feather had a Certificate of Need for a Life,eare Center and said this was incorrect. Seminole County - No Report Winter Springs - Corrmissioner Adkins said Winter Springs had submitted a list of priority items to the legislative delegation requesting that the quality of SR 419 be improved & that action be taken to widen Red Bug Road and he asked other cities to support this action since Red Bug Road serves 5 cities. Camnissioner Adkins said that Winter Springs had passed a resolution which they had mailed Senators Childs and Hawkins and Congressman McCullough requesting that ten percent tax to be withheld from savings be repealed. He said Winter Springs had also written Governor Graham expressing opposition to the Vogt Corrmittee's recommendations concerning State certification of Building Officials. ..- - 2 - 9. c The next meeting of CAIID will be held in Ovideo on March 2, 1983. Carrrnissioner Constantine said Mr. Jack Schudder of Seminole County would be guest speaker and would make a report on Seminole County's computerized system for traffic control, video logs of roads; submit a report on the latest meeting of the Expressway Authority and a report of the Public Works Corrrnittee. 10. The meeting was adjourned at 8:47 p.m. ;- - 3 - 0..-