Say that you are a Boynton Beach citizen who wants to be informed about what
is on the agenda for a Commission meeting. If you do not have a computer, you can go to City Hall
and there are copies in the lobby.
What recently occurred regarding the December 1, 2009 meeting was deceitful. Looking at the Agenda you would NOT know that the Commission was considering
reversing its course on the police station referendum and, therefore, committing to the Renaissance Commons. (A terrible choice which has had so many citizens come out and speak against it.)
Why? Because the agenda in the City Hall lobby and Agenda Outline online DID NOT DISCLOSE IT!
All they stated on the Agenda was:
2. Other
A. REQUESTED ACTION BY CITY COMMISSION: Request for Reconsideration by Commissioner Ronald
Weiland.
This item should have been titled: REQUEST for RECONSIDERATION of the REFERENDUM by Commissioner Ronald Weiland.
One could answer that we can get the back-up information from the City Clerk. But why make that necessary?
And the back-up information was impossible to get online because the back up information was too huge to download.
It is an “all or nothing” situation. You cannot access JUST ONE PART OF THE AGENDA. This was brought up at the Commission meeting that night
and our City Manager acknowledged the problem.
What you would have seen, though if you had surmounted these obstacles was:
REQUESTED ACTION BY CITY COMMISSION: Request for Reconsideration by Commissioner Ronald
Weiland.
EXPLANATION OF REQUEST: At the September 14, 2009 City Commission meeting, the City
Commission approved submittal of a referendum question for the March 2010 ballot regarding funding of
a new police facility. A portion of the minutes of the September 14, 2009 City Commission meeting is
attached. Commissioner Weiland has requested that this item be placed on the December 1, 2009
agenda for reconsideration, discussion, and action.
HOW WILL THIS AFFECT CITY PROGRAMS OR SERVICES? To be determined.
FISCAL IMPACT: To be determined.
ALTERNATIVES: The alternative would be to not reconsider the item requested.
Think about those words “To be determined”…
The only winner in this scenario is the developer of Renaissance Commons (great campaign contributor, but that’s a future story)
Unless…three Commissioners have the courage and good conscience to reverse this action and put it back on the
referendum for the citizens to have their say in the matter. To do anything else is NOT Democracy.
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