Last night I wore my new t-shirt that said, "Bad decisions make the best stories." I have to say that in Lake Worth, one never runs out of ideas. Thanks to Commissioner Amoroso for addressing my 3 points I made during Public Commentary, one of the first commissioners who has ever done so:
L Street Parking Lot--
The City entered into a Contract on February 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011 for the sum of $10,000 which comes to $1,250 a month which seems like a reasonable rate. It was signed by the Parties (Mayor Rene Varela signing for the City) on February 10, 2011. We pay the owners, Lucerne Holdings LLC, rent and charge parking fees to those using the parking lot thus helping to off-set the cost to the taxpayers of Lake Worth and hopefully paying for the Lease. I don't recall this renewal ever coming back before the city commission since the original contract. Now that the commission has abrogated rights to the city manager by increasing his authority on expenditures from under $15,000 to $25,000 without commission approval, we may never see these things again or even be allowed to speak to these issues. I look to the City Commission to be on top of all expenditures.
Two-way traffic at the beach--(Thanks, Dustin Zacks!)
Dustin turned in a comment card and with tongue and cheek with a little bit of truth--he wanted to ban all drivers over 55 from driving at the beach...too slow. I remember when I thought 30 was too old and that they all were "out of it." Unfortunately, the design there is atrocious and dangerous. Over this past weekend, the city made it a two-way street. We had cars backing out on both sides and traffic coming in two directions. It was unreal. If you don't drive 2mph, you will be a victim in that accident waiting to happen and 55 or older folks know that. Just think, Dustin--one of us old birds might have saved you. Thank us.
Glen Torcivia contract
When he and his firm were hired back in July 2012, it was on an interim basis and to be evaluated in six months. The concept of having an outside law firm to represent us in our city on day to day legal issues was new. We always had our own staff lawyer. With that brought easy access but it also brought retirement and costly benefits. The value of an outside firm was to be analyszed as to cost effectiveness, accessibility and whether he was doing an overall good job for the City of Lake Worth. The firm would have lawyers on staff who specialized in various issues relative to city business. Other than Torcivia agreeing to a settlement to the flim flam man, he appears to fit right in but we need to know if we are getting the best bang for our buck.
4 comments:
Nice shirt on a trim figure. Who cares about the meeting. LOL
Dear 12:47 p.m. How right you are! Ehat a great tee shirt and Lynn, you look fabulous!
She must have one of those gizmo treadmill machines and lifts some weights. I bet she even runs on the beach to keep in shape. I wonder if she is a vegatarian. Probably does some yoga too. An all around Gal.
ok, ok, enough all ready! :)
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