09-13-2017 City Commission Special Minutes FINALWednesday, September 13, 2017
2:00 PM
City of Delray Beach
100 NW 1st Avenue - Delray Beach, Florida 33444
Phone: (561) 243-7000 - Fax: (561) 243-3774
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Delray Beach City Hall - City Manager's Conference Room
City Commission
Mayor Cary Glickstein
Vice Mayor Jim Chard
Deputy Vice Mayor Shirley Ervin Johnson
Commissioner Shelly Petrolia
Commissioner Mitchell Katz
Minutes - Final
Special Meeting of the City Commission
September 13, 2017City Commission Minutes - Final
Mayor Glickstein called the Emergency Special Meeting to order at 2:00
p.m.
Roll Call:
Mayor Glickstein
Commissioner Petrolia
Commissioner Katz
Deputy Vice Mayor Johnson
Vice Mayor Chard arrived at 2:01 p.m.
Mr. de Jesus gave a brief summary of Delray Beach's operational period
from 9/9/17 - 9/12/17, which was the pre-storm, storm and immediate post
storm.
He explained that from a public safety perspective, law enforcement
received over 1800 calls for service, but was not sure at the time how many
were actually responded to. Fire Department had over 800 calls for
service and responded to about 530 from the same time period. Both
public service units were fully staffed.
Mr. de Jesus gave a brief update on the power issue just two (2) days post
storm. He explained how FPL restored power by grids and that more than
50% of FPL’s total outage had been restored in just one day throughout all
of Palm Beach County. He further explained that if residents did not have
power yet, then there were more significant issues affecting the restoration.
Over 50 subcontractors are working to restore power through FPL.
In regards to debris removal, Ashbritt, the debris removal contractor and
Thompson, the contract management company who is responsible to make
sure the haulers charge the correct amount has identified a temporary
debris removal site located at the Office Depot property on Congress
Avenue. A site facility agreement has been entered into and has been sent
to get approval by the City’s insurance company.
Further discussion ensued.
He explained that employees will be back to work on 9/14/17. Child care
has been arranged at the Community Center for employees and the Boys
& Girls Club will be available to employees also.
He explained that the Florida Keys will receive resources of two strike
teams from the State Emergency Response Plan, Region 7 in Palm Beach
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County of fire engines and rescues. The Police Department also deployed
20 officers to assist in the Naples/Fort Meyers area. They will be deployed
for a period of no more than seven (7) days.
Further updates were given as it related to occurrences during the storm.
He updated the Commission on the number of generators that were
requested during the storm as it related to the lift stations being down due
to major power outages.
He explained that notification will be sent out informing people to use
licensed contractors.
Further discussion took place.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at
3:20 p.m.
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