04-08-03 SpMtgSPECIAL MEETING
APRIL 8, 2003
A Special Meeting of the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, was
called to order by Mayor Jeff perlman in the First Floor Conference Room at City Hall at 6:00 P.M.,
Tuesday, April 8, 2003.
Roll call showed:
Present -
Commissioner Bob Costin
Commissioner Jon Levinson
Commissioner Alberta McCarthy (arrived at 6:02 P.M.)
Mayor Jeff perlman
Absent -
Commissioner Patricia Archer
Also present were -
City Manager David T. Harden
City Attorney Susan A. Ruby and
City Clerk Barbara Garito
Mayor Perlman called the meeting to order and announced that it had been called for the purpose of
considering the following item:
1. GRANT APPLICATION TO UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION:
Authorize staff to submit a grant application to the United States Fire Administration for
funding in the total amount of $310,000.00 with a 30% local match from the City for
communication equipment for the Delray Beach Fire DeparUnent.
The City Manager informed Commission this grant, if approved by the United States Fire
Administration, would provide funding to allow the Fire Department to improve radio reception
in the SE quadrant of the City and Highland Beach, purchase mobile data terminals for all of our
first response apparatus and purchase a portable repeater to use in case our communication
tower was destroyed.
Mr. Levinson moved to authorize staff to submit a grant application to the United States Fire
Administration for funding in the amount of $310,000 with a 30% local match from the City,
seconded by Mr. Costin. Upon roll call, the Commission voted as follows: Mr. Costin - Yes;
Mr. Levinson - Yes; Ms. McCarthy - Yes; Mayor Perlman - Yes. Said motion passed 4-0.
Mayor Perlman declared the Special Meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m., at which time the
Commission convened to the regularly scheduled Workshop Meeting.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
MAYOR
The undersigned is the City Clerk of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, and the
information provided herein is the Minutes of the Special Meeting of the City Commission held on
Tuesday, April 8, 2003, which Minutes were formally approved and adopted by the City
Commission on
City Clerk
NOTE TO READER: If the Minutes you have received are not completed as indicated above, this
means they are not the official Minutes of the City Commission. They will become the official
Minutes only after review and approval, which may involve amendments, additions or deletions to
the Minutes as set forth above.
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ATTEST:
City (Jerk
The undersigned is the Gty Clerk of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, and the
information provided herein is the Minutes of the Special Meeting of the City Commission held on
Tuesday, April 8, 2003, which Minutes were formally approved and adopted by the City
Comnfissionon April 15, 2003
City Ckrk
NOTE TO READER: If the Minutes you have received are not completed as indicated above, this
means they are not the official Minutes of the City Commission. They will become the official
Minutes only after review and approval, which may involve amendments, additions or deletions to
the Minutes as set forth above.
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