PALMETTO -- Port Authority business was at a minimum at Thursday's meeting. Members approved Phase I of their Mass Notification System. Port Manatee qualified for $650,000 in funding from the Port Security Grant Program to update telephones, cameras and integration of a modern security network.
CALL TO ORDER
Invocation – Tim Huppert, Anchor House
Pledge of Allegiance
Public Comments -- None
1. Employee Recognition – Fred Chubb, Marine Specialist III/Construction Specialist -- Fred Chubb wasn't there to receive his recognition.
Fred Chubb – 25 years
• January 14, 1989 – Hired as Marine Specialist I
• 1990 – Promoted to Marine Specialist II
• 1993 – Promoted to Marine Specialist III
• 1998 – Promoted to Marine Specialist III/Construction Specialist
2. Presentation – George Isiminger, Port Manatee
3. Consent Agenda -- Approved, 6 - 0 (Whitmore absent)
A. Warrant List
B. Minutes for Approval: December 19, 2013
C. Budget Resolution
D. Affirmative Action Annual Report
E. Changes to Port Manatee Tariff No. 3
4. Seaport Investment Program Bond Funded Agreement-Intermodal Cargo Storage Facilities -- Approved, 6 - 0 (Whitmore absent)
5. Memorandum of Agreement for Land Use Controls -- Continued to next meeting
6. Mass Communication System – Phase One -- Approved, 6 - 0 (Whitmore absent) - (Story to follow)
Public Comments -- None
Commissioner Comments -- None