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Friday, September 1, 2006
WHO'S YOUR MAN?
Hobie Hiler/staff photographer
Darryl C. Aubrey presents his qualifications and reasons
for running for a North Palm Beach Village Council seat
to an audience at the North Palm Beach Community
Center at Anchorage Park last Friday.
Hobie Hiler/staff photographer
Don Noel is also running for the North Palm Beach Vil-
lage Council seat which became vacant when Council-
man Manny Grinn died unexpectedly in June. The elec-
NORTH PALM BEACH COUNCIL MEETING 8/24/06.
`Eddie D' asks Council's
permission to reassign his
concession lease at NPBCC
Council votes to give themselves a raise —from $600 to $900 per
month for Mayor, and $500 to $750 per month for Councilmen
By Denise Jaegers
WeekDay Staff Writer
North Palm Beach Country
Club restaurant concessionaire
Eddie d'Ambra took Village
Council members by surprise last
Thursday, when he announced
his intention to reassign the two
years remaining on his lease to
Randy Epstein, CEO of "Peas &
Carrots" Concessions.
D'Ambra did not mention any
specific reason for leaving the
NPBCC, other than a desire for him
and his wife to enjoy more time
with their family and other
interests. Eddie further advised he
would like to be out of the NPBCC
by October 1, after he spends the
month of September assisting
Epstein with getting his staff and
supplies settled in.
Even though Eddie and his
wife have done all the leg work in
lining up a sublessee to take over
their lease, the final decision will
still be up to the Village Council,
who must agree on Epstein and his
crew taking over the kitchen at the
NPB Country Club.
The Council has until
September 14 to mull over this new
development, when they will
render their resolution to the parties
involved: the d'Ambras and Randy
Epstein. (There will also be a new
councilman sitting in interim
council member Judy Pierman's
seat, at that time.)
Council members also voted to
give themselves a raise during
Thursday's meeting, unanimously
approving first reading of an
ordinance entitled, "increasing
compensation of the Mayor and
Village Council."
Once passed and enacted at
second reading, the new ordinance
shall take effect March 13, 2007.
At that time, the Mayor's
compensation shall increase from
$600 to $900 per month; and the
councilmen's salary shall increase
from $500 to $750 per month.
In other action, Council:
• Unanimously adopted a
resolution approving a minor
modification to the Domani PUD
(Planned Unit Development) by
extending the commencement of
development until 1/14/07.
• Unanimously adopted a
resolution authorizing and directing
Village
Councilmen
give
themselves a
50% raise
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the Mayor and Village Clerk tc
enter into an agreement wit/
Leonard G. Rubin, PA; and the
Law Office of Glen J. Torvicia an(
Assoc, PA to provide Iega
representation to the Village. (This
was the last meeting for George
Baldwin, who has been the Village
Attorney since 1990, as noted by
Interim Council member Judy
Pierman, .who sat on the council
when Baldwin was hired.)
• Unanimously approved
first reading of an ordinance
amending the General Fund Budget
for fiscal year 2005-2006, to
transfer funds in the amount of
$372,628 from the unrestricted
unreserved fund balance, for
"encumbrances expensed in the
current year."
• Unanimously approver
first reading of an ordinanc
requiring automotive servi
stations in the Village to prov:
requirements for perrnav
installation of emerge
generators at new or reconstrc
service stations; and installatil
transfer switches within two/ '
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DON NOEL
DARRYL AUBREY
Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006
Village residents to select
new Council member
kw sub -station,
Dwer taxes top
Joel's priorities
Don Noel says his family has
(ways been incredibly active in
ieir community, so he didn't
kink twice about throwing his
at in the ring to win back the
'illage Council seat he lost to
fanny Grinn last March.
"I just want to get involved:"
kid Noel, who served on the
Duncll from 2000-2006, sitting as
layer in 2004. "We've already
of the Country Club behind us,
nd it's going to be a great asset to
le Village, if managed well."
Noel says the new Public
afety sub -station should be the
ast priority for North Palm Beach
t present. "We need to get that
ub-station built, so the residents
,ill have the same high level of
mergency service on both sides of
ve bridge," said he.
Lowering taxes and building
p a larger cash reserve for
mergencies are also foremost in
Joel's mind.
"Homeowner's
nsurance and tax bills are out of
:ontrol." stressed Noel. "We need
o help the taxpayers keep the
ryality of life and level of service
hay.eaJ%y—as.acidents. of North
'alm Beach. Property values are
ncreasing, so we can afford to
'Open government' &
better financial
management needed
in NPB says Aubrey
Darryl Aubrey is retired,
says he has no business interests
in North Palm Beach, and has a
good management background
working for IBM and Exxon for
most of his career.
"We bought here six years ago,
and se'.e become very fond of
North Palm Beach," says Aubrey of
he and his wife. "I like the idea of
being involved with this
community, and 1 know it will take
a lot of time to he an effective
councilman. Being retired, I have a
lot of time to give to the Village."
Aubrey wants to follow in
Manny Grinn's footsteps.
supporting a very "visible, open
gm, eminent. My style is very
collaborative," added Aubrey. "I
like to work with people."
Darryl believes the Village
needs to he more accountable to the
taxpayers "We need better
financial management. with more
of the recent windfall directed back
at the residents,' said he. "The
Vill.t e has been on a spending
spree. v. ith asss'ed values
increasws ; I°u over the past three
years. Tax revenues have increased
49%, but the tax rate for 2006-07 is