COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD MEETING ... - City of Miami

III. Items to be approved by the Board
A. APPROVING THE MINUTES OF:
The Board considered a motion to approve the minutes for December 7, 2006, December
12, 2006, December 27, 2006 and January 3, 2007, which resulted in the following vote.
The motion was made by Helena Del Monte, seconded by Teresa Zorrilla-Clark, to
approve the minutes, and was passed, by the following vote.
Aye: Carlos Becerra, Barbara Bisno, Helena Del Monte, Natalie French, Haydee
Regueyra, Tonja Carter, Roudy Thomas, Teresa Zorrilla-Clark
Nay: None
B. QUORUM CHANGE
Ada Rojas addressed the Board in regard to adjourning a meeting if fewer that seven
Board members were in attendance. This was clarified and recommended by the legal
liaison, George Wysong.
Following the above, the Board discussed the possibilities and considered a motion to
approve changing the Ordinance to amend the quorum requirement to five.
A motion was made by Barbara Bisno, seconded by Natalie French, to amend the quorum
requirement, and was failed by the following vote.
Aye: Barbara Bisno, Haydee Regueyra and Teresa Zorrilla-Clark
Nay: Carlos Becerra, Tonja Carter, Helena Del Monte, Natalie French and Roudy
Thomas
The Board considered a motion to amend the ordinance to reflect quorum requirement of
50% of current appointed members.
A motion was made by Carlos Becerra, seconded by Teresa Zorrilla-Clark, to amend
current Ordinance to change quorum and was passed by the following vote.
Aye: Carlos Becerra, Barbara Bisno, Tonja Carter, Helena Del Monte, Natalie French,
Haydee Regueyra, Roudy Thomas, Teresa Zorrilla-Clark
Nay: None
C. ANNUAL REPORT
Pursuant to City Code Section 2-890, all Board’s are required to present to the City
Manager an annual report, due at the beginning of each year.