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03/21/2000FIRE TASK FORCE MEETING CITY OF CLEARWATER March 21, 2000 Present: Bill Horne Chair (non-voting) Joe Calio Task Force Member Joe Evich Task Force Member – arrived 3:10 p.m. Rowland Herald Task Force Member George Krause Task Force Member Scott Nall Task Force Member Bill Schwob Task Force Member William Sherman Task Force Member Doug Williams Task Force Member Absent: Russ Kimball Task Force Member John Lee Task Force Member Duke Tieman Task Force Member Jean Stuart Task Force Alternate Also Present: Tina Wilson Budget Director John Carassas Assistant City Attorney Cyndie Goudeau City Clerk Sue Diana Assistant City Clerk Brenda Moses Board Reporter The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. at City Hall. To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily discussed in that order. ITEM 2 – Approval of February 29, and March 7, 2000, Meeting Minutes Member Calio moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of February 29, 2000, as submitted in written summation to each board member. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Member Sherman moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of March 7, 2000, as submitted in written summation to each board member. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. ITEM 3 – Review Final Report and Presentation Review and discussion of the report ensued. It was requested Member Calio’s letter be attached as an addendum to the report. The Chair requested that any other members that wished to include addendums submit them to him promptly. It was requested a notation be made on Addendum #2a that data in #2b was used as the basis for that survey. Member Calio was asked to provide the Chair a copy of the surgeon’s letter regarding EMS service to a resident on Sand Key to attach to the report. It was requested a paragraph be added to the report regarding the outstanding job staff did in providing information and support to the Task Force. It was requested the order of funding sources in the Table of Contents and Summary be rearranged. Member Schwob moved to approve the draft report as amended to be the final report to the Commission. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Deputy Fire Chief Charlie Flowers said C-VIEW would have Part I of the presentation ready on Monday. Member Tieman did a dry run of the audio portion of the presentation last week. It was noted Member Tieman did not wish to present Part II of the report, which deals with funding recommendations. Discussion ensued regarding Part II and the Summary of the report. It was felt Member Evich would be an excellent choice to do that part of the presentation. Member Evich accepted. It was suggested all members attend the April 6, 2000, presentation to the Commission to answer questions. Discussion ensued in regard to the next meeting. Consensus was to schedule a Fire Task Force meeting at 3:00 p.m. on April 4, 2000, in the OED room at City Hall to review the final presentation. Discussion ensued regarding Internet taxation legislation. The City Clerk said staff is actively opposing the prohibition of taxing Internet transactions. The National League of Cities is also scrutinizing the issue. Legislators supporting a five-year moratorium do not have sales taxes in their states. States that enforce collection of sales taxes over the Internet have a physical presence in that particular state which requires them to charge and collect sales tax and pay it to the state. It was remarked that as it is not cost-effective, Florida generally does not bother to collect sales taxes unless it involves large sums of money. Member Evich distributed the most current Penny for Pinellas priority list. Discussion ensued in regard to Penny funds and Budget Director Tina Wilson said even with a rise in sales tax revenue due to redevelopment, funds for the new bridge must be in place by June 30, 2001, and cannot be diverted to other projects. ITEM 4 – Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 3:56 p.m.