CITY OF CEDAR KEY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
January 18, 2005
Present: Chair Paul Oliver and Members: Sue Colson, Ken daniel, Heath Davis
and Vanessa Edmunds. Also present City Attorney David Coffey and City Clerk
Frances Hodges. 1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Chair Oliver opened the meeting at
7:01 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and a Prayer said by Member Heath
Davis. 2, Minutes of October 5, 2004 The Chair asked for a motion to adopt the
minutes. SO MOVED BY MEMBER KEN DANIEL AND SECONDED BY MEMBER SUE COLSON.
MOTIONCARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3. CRA/LPA UPDATE Chair Greg Lang said that the LPA met three times in
December and three meetings are scheduled for January and three for
February. The largest task is completing the draft Comprehensive Plan and
CRA Plan. They have workshoped most of the Plan Elements and are continuing
to workshop the CRA Plan. Their goal is to have the draft CRA Plan ready for
their review by the end of March and the Comprehensive Plan ready for
transmittal hearing by the end of April.
Their next workshop is on January 27 for the Capital Improvements and
Historic Preservation Elements. The are also working at the Commission¹s
request on the Parking Fee in Lieu of Parking Ordinance as it relates to the
Commercial district. That will be on their agenda February 9. He expected to
have a detailed report or recommendation for the February 15 meeting.
Minor reorganization of the LPA: Regular member Jay Myers and Jolie Davis;
Secretary Linda Siefert, Vice Chair Kevin Flynn and Chair Greg Lang.
Recommendation: To see a CRA Director/Administrator hired. Implementing the
plan will be a sizable job. He has already given them the job descriptions
and salary ranges from other Florida Communities. Salaries range from the
low $30,000 to $100,000.
Discussion: Member Edmunds asked dif he thought the Dunnellon job was the
closest to what Cedar Key¹s might be. Chair Lang said that he highlighted
parts of the job description from three
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cities that seemed to be skill needed for Cedar Key. The job should be
tailored to each
community. He thought Cedar Key needed skills such as: being responsible for
day to day operations, planning, budgeting,capital acquisitions, financial
controls, public relations, real estate negotiations,administering
professional service contracts, capital planning and serving as a liaison to
local governments, businesses and property owners.
Member Sue Colson asked how they will process this? Through a workshop or
special meeting or a committee? Greg Lang said that the community through
their elected officials need to decide what the job description should be.
The skills are in his opinion fairly straight forward. The Florida League of
Cities can advertise and there are trade groups that can advertise.
Perhaps the process could be similar to their consultant search when they
put out a request for qualifications, reviewed their submittals and ranked
them, then a group interviewed the top candidates.
Member Ken Daniel asked if this person could also assume other roles. Yes
Chair Lang said they could also be the City Administrator. The City has a
diverse group of priorities.
4. Adjournment MOTION MADE BY MEMBER KEN DANIEL TO ADJOURN AS THE CRA AND
RECONVENE AS THE CITY COMMISSION. SECONDED BY MEMBER HEATH DAVIS. MOTION
CARRIED. The meeting was adjourned at 7:12 p.m. | 