i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the regular city commission meeting of january the fifth two thousand and fifteen the commission began the afternoon session as they always do with citizens input concerning city topics and then they moved on to approval of the minutes there was one meeting to approve the minutes for it was the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of december the first two thousand and fourteen and these meetings were approved with corrections the commission then moved onto consent agenda number one and all the items on consent approved and then moved on to consented gena number two and all the items on consent two were adopted then the commission moved onto board appointments the first court appointment was an appointment to the bobby jones golf club study committee and this item was tabled until the february second regular city commission meeting and public input on this matter was postponed until that time the second board appointment was to the board of rules and appeals and the commission appointed william boat champ the third board appointment was to the firefighters pension fund board of trustees and scott snow was reappointed and then was the police officers pension fund board of trustees and ron beatty was reappointed the fifth item under board appointments was an appointment to the county stormwater environmental utility advisory committee and the city commission recommended the appointment of dr kenneth keel and chris gallagher then the commission moved onto unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was a request for consensus of the city commission to schedule future informal city commission meetings there was consensus to move forward with these meetings and to set the first informal city commission meeting for january the twenty seventh at five o'clock the second item of unfinished business was to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk execute the second amendment to the third extension of the lease agreement between the city of sarasota and the sarasota garden club this item was approved and it was an extension for an additional five years the third out of unfinished business was a proposed ordinance report regarding a zoning text amendment which would allow the transfer across certain rights of way of density rights or parking obligation without requiring affordable housing there was consensus for this item to return as part of the urban design studios package of zoning text amendments in the future the fourth item of unfinished business was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the contract agreement between the city and arayan marine construction incorporated pertaining to the lido beach program for post tropical storm debby in the amount of three million six hundred seventy seven thousand three hundred eighty eight dollars and thirty six cents this item was approved the fifth out of the unfinished business was a continued discussion regarding the homelessness status report there was consensus in the city commission to bring back to them a resolution concerning support for mental health funding at the federal government level and that did it for the afternoon session of the regular city commission meeting of january the fifth the evening proportion began with schedule presentations there was one it was a presentation regarding something called paint box sarasota then there was another round of citizens input concerning city topics and then the commission moved on to public hearings there were three public hearings on the agenda for the evening the first two were legislative the third was because i do this all the first public hearing was a legislative public hearing and it was a proposed ordinance calling a referendum of the qualified electors of the city for the purpose of determining whether the city charter shall be amended to provide that an individual who is elected or appointed to the city commission to fill a vacancy in an at large seat shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the city for one year preceeding the date he or she takes the oath of office now this item was passed on first reading with approval for the first of two options presented by the city attorney concerning ballot language the second legislative public hearing was a proposed ordinance calling a referendum of the qualified electors of the city for the purpose of determining whether the city charter sha amended to provide that the one hundred eighty day period allowed to obtain signatures for a citizens initiative petition to amend the city charter shall commence upon the date that a copy of the petition in final form is submitted to the office of the city auditor and clerk now this item was also passed on first reading with approval for the second of two options presented by the city attorney concerning about language then they moved on to the choir as i judicial public hearing and now this was a proposed ordinance to vacate two private utilit easements consisting of approximately twenty one hundred fourteen square feet and seven hundred eighty three square feet each easement having been dedicated on the renaissance of sarasota face to plat now this item was passed on first reading and the commission also approved the that the commission then moved on to new business the first item of new business was a discussion regarding vice mayor chapman's attorneys fees incurred in litigating the suit filed by citizens for sunshine the city commission approved chapman's legal fees until the conclusion of the litigation the second item of new business was a report regarding senate bill number eight forty six which provides that all elected municipal officers must complete four hours of ethics training each counter year this report was given and no action was taken the third item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding additional staffing for the building division including a full time front counter permit to technician position a full time multi license building inspector and plans examiner and to change the vacant receptionist position from part time to full time city commission to city commission approve the staff to submit a budget amendment to the city commission for additional staffing for the building division the fourth item of new business was a discussion regarding a potential whistleblower claim against the city this item was tabled until the february second two thousand and fifteen regular city commission meeting and the last item on the agenda the fifth out of new business was a report regarding the initial forensic review of recovered city laptops and this item was postponed indefinitely and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of january the fifth two thousand and fifteen if you'd like to take a look at the video or any of the back up material you can do so at our website it sarasota dot com look for video on demand on the right side miles larson with the city of sarasota we'll see you after the next meeting