09-18-2002 Workshop Meeting CITY OF CLERMONT
MINUTES
WORKSHOP MEETING
SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
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A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
September 18, 2002 at the Police Department Community Services Room. Mayor Turville and Council
Members Caputo, Dupee, Mullins and Renick were present at the meeting. Also present were City
Manager Saunders and Finance Director Van Zile.
Mayor Turville welcomed those present.
City Manager Saunders introduced Tim McNicholas of C.T. Hsu & Associates and distributed information
to the City Council regarding the audio/visual plans for the new City Hall.
Mr. McNicholas provided information regarding the system and the flexibility of the system for future
changes.
Also present were representatives of Audio Visual Innovations, who were recently selected by the City
Council to provide the audio/visual system for City Hall. They made a presentation of the proposed
equipment and discussed the systems with the City Council noting minor changes that were requested.
Finance Director Van Zile then reviewed with the City Council the election procedures for the upcoming
Primary election. He discussed with the City Council the choices of people to be used to count ballots.
After discussion, it was the consensus of the City Council that the City should use three teams with three
members each to count the ballots, and that all the team members should be employees of the City's
Certified auditing firm.
Finance Director Van Zile also discussed the procedures for receiving absentee ballots and stated that the
Police Department Community Services Room would be used to count the ballots. He stated that the
Canvassing Board should consist of Council Members not on the ballot and that they would be required to
be present during the counting of the ballots.
City Manager Saunders then informed the City Council that Mr. Jack Sargeant had resigned from the Lake
Apopka Natural Gas Board due to health reasons. Mayor Turville suggested that Finance Director Van Zile
be considered as a replacement. City Manager Saunders stated he would discuss this with Mr. Van Zile
and report back to the City Council.
City Manager Saunders also reported that Lake County has approved an agreement with Cooper Memorial
Library for the library to become a branch of the County library system.
City Manager Saunders then discussed with the Council a request by the YMCA to reserve the City's
basketball courts for their upcoming winter basketball program. There was no support for changing City
policy to allow for reservation of basketball courts for this type program.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at approximately 8:00 p.m.
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