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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 13, 2011 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand stated that the motion was incorrect. In <br />order to do it, the Council would have to amend the title to delete 1,350,000 and replace it <br />with 150,000. Strike sub paragraph 1 in the State of Purpose and Intent re-number the <br />remaining ones. Strike under Section I. under the project fund in the amount site <br />consolidation Fund 408 EDIT 1.2 million dollars. All of that would be part of the <br />motion. <br /> <br />Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to accept the amendment as read by Council <br />Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. <br /> <br />Council President Dieter asked if that motion was to go with items 2, 3, and 4. <br /> <br />Councilmember Oliver Davis stated yes. <br /> <br />Council President Dieter asked if that left item #1 for a vote. <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand stated that would eliminate the St. Joe <br />Hospital Area Site Consolidation in its entirety. She stated that she has a question in light <br />of Councilmember Varner’s comment prior to Councilmember Davis. She asked <br />Councilmember Varner if he was saying that he preferred that be amended from 1.2 to <br />$680,000 as one of the options. <br /> <br />Councilmember Varner stated that he left that open for discussion when he offered that <br />this afternoon as a compromise which that was brought to him by a constituent and in a <br />lot of ways it makes sense to consider it and he also understands that they as a Council <br />can’t conduct the negotiations to see if that were acceptable. He stated that would fall <br />back to the Mayor’s Office since this came from his office. At that point in time if that <br />happened and it was acceptable and if in fact they came back with these unwritten <br />suggestions that have come for usage with regard to the property and things like that, it <br />comes back as a new package, perhaps that package could be considered. <br /> <br />Councilmember Oliver Davis stated that he could accept that in terms that they vote on <br />items 2, 3, and 4 with the understanding of what Councilmember Varner has said that <br />they would come back with a recommendation from the Mayor to deal with item 1. <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanksi-Farrand stated that in effect the motion that <br />Councilmember Davis wants would take the St. Joe site allocation off the table and open <br />it up to a totally separate bill. The question to Councilmember Varner is whether he <br />wanted to perhaps amend the amount this evening as one of the options or whether it was <br />being thrown back to the administration. <br /> <br />Councilmember Varner stated that what he would like to see is more discussion with <br />regard to St. Joe High School and the Mayor’s Office. There are some suggestions on the <br />table that might be acceptable or may be acceptable one of those was a compromise that <br />he offered for consideration today. He cannot negotiate that compromise, he stated that it <br />belongs in the hands of the Mayor, because the bill is brought by the Mayor’s Office, and <br />if they are willing to do that whatever it takes to allow that to happen he is prepared to do <br />that. <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand stated that the only way at this point is to <br />ask the administration if they would be willing to continue that discussion rather than <br />eliminate it from the bill this evening and go forward with just the smaller items. <br /> <br />Councilmember Henry Davis called for a vote. <br /> <br />Council President Dieter called for a point of order and Chairperson Rouse acknowledge <br />him. <br /> <br />Council President Dieter stated that he thought there would be more discussion amongst <br />Councilmember’s that have not weighed in on this discussion. <br /> <br /> 21 <br /> <br />