City names members to 'Mayor's Advisory Council'
By Bari Auerbach

The Sunny Isles Beach City Commission recently passed a resolution establishing five advisory committees to the Mayor's Advisory Council.

Mayor Norman Edelcup explained, "When I became Mayor, it was promised we would form a Mayor's Advisory Council which would bring the citizens into the loop [regarding] major areas of the future growth of this city whether it be in education, transportation, long range planning, tourism, development, etc.

"The Mayor's Advisory Council is made up of five sub-committees, each liaisoned with one of the City Commissioners. Each committee has appointees [determined] by members of the Commission to work on major projects we see coming forth in the city.

"Even though we're limited to naming only 25 people on the committee, these will be open meetings advertised [and open] to the public and hopefully more than these people that are being named to the committees will show up and give their input to the Advisory Council."

Edelcup also said the goal is to create "a flow of input" from residents so the committees can advise the City Commission of the direction it should be going in concerning initiatives people who live in Sunny Isles Beach want to see come to fruition.

The committees, Commission liaisons and members are as follows:

Traffic and Safety Committee:
Liaison: Vice Mayor Gerry Goodman
Chairperson: Cecile Sippin
Members: Gene Sweed, Lee Liebman, George Berlin, George Newman

Education/Schools Committee:
Liaison: Commissioner Lewis Thaler
Chairperson: Bob Welsh
Members: Phillip Chernoff, Janet Cini, Irving Diamond, Marsha Greenstein

Health and Welfare Committee:
Liaison: Commissioner Roslyn Brezin
Chairperson: Honey Scriff
Members: Henry Kay, Ben Kleinerman, Herb Abramson, Trina Duluc

Tourism and Development Committee:
Liaison: Commissioner Danny Iglesias
Chairperson: Bill Lone
Members: Gil Dezer, Maryann Eicke, Joe Milton, Bernie Meyer

Long Range Planning and Intergovernmental Relations Committee:
Liaison: Mayor Norman Edelcup
Chairperson: Bud Scholl
Members: Arnold Klein, Gloria Taft, Sydney Davis, Art Kopel

"The City Clerk will have general meetings put together for committees within the next 30 days [from March 17] and then they will be instructed about the Sunshine Law and procedures for the committees," Edelcup explained. "Each chairperson will also be required to start putting a mission statement together for their particular committee.

"The committees have five [appointees] but [there is] an invitation to have other
members of the city attend meetings and voice their opinions.They can become 'part and parcel' of these committees with the [appointed] members reporting back as an Advisory Council to this Commission."

For more information about Mayor's Advisory Council phone: 305-047-0606.
 

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