LTC 043-2013 Cultural Arts Council Vacancies m MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO.- LTC # 043 -2013 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the Cit Commission
FROM: Kathie G. Brooks, Interim City Manager
DATE: February 11 2013
SUBJECT: Cultural Arts Council Vacancies
Three (3) members of the Cultural Arts Council (CAC) are up for reappointment, their terms having
expired on 12/31/2012: Beatrice Hornstein, Daniel Novela, and Marjorie O'Neill - Butler. At its regular
meeting on January 3, 2013, the CAC voted unanimously to recommend that these three members
be reappointed.
One seat has remained vacant since 12/31/11. The CAC respectfully requests that the Mayor and
Commission fill this seat as soon as possible. Adhering to the guidelines set forth in the Ordinance
establishing the CAC, a Nominating Committee was convened on January 17, 2013 to review and
screen interested candidates for this position. The City Clerk's Office provided the Nominating
Committee with nine (9) applications for the vacant seat, including two (2) applicants who were
vetted and recommended by the CAC for this seat last year, Oliver Oberhauser and Elizabeth Pines.
All of the applicants were invited via e-mail to attend the Nominating Committee meeting, but only
one attended, Ms. Monica Minagorri.
Pursuant to Section 2 -55(d) of Ordinance No. 97 =3075, as amended, establishing the Miami Beach
Cultural Arts Council (CAC), "vacancies on the Council shall be filled by the Mayor and City
Commission. In filling any vacancy, the Mayor and City Commission may select a replacement
Council member from a list of three (3) candidates, which shall be submitted by the remaining
members of the Council." Further, "the individual members of the City Commission may supplement
the Council's suggested list with additional names of candidates or, if neither the candidates on the
Council's suggested list nor the additional names submitted by the individual members of the City
Commission are approved, the Council shall submit an entirely different list" for consideration.
The Nominating Committee unanimously agreed to submit Monica Minagorri, Oliver Oberhauser and
Elizabeth Pines for consideration by the Mayor and Commission for the vacant CAC seat. The
Committee's recommendation was approved by the CAC at its regular meeting on January 31, 2013.
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