Mayor, not liking discussion, ends meeting — Rather than allow Delray Beach city commissioners time at their June 2 meeting to decide whether to request the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics investigate him, Mayor Tom Carney adjourned the meeting.
Commissioners Juli Casale and Tom Markert wanted the City Commission to request the investigation after a May 27 Sun-Sentinel editorial questioned the mayor’s decision to contact city Planning and Zoning Board members regarding a development before them that he previously represented and his brother now has a stake in.
Casale had given Vice Mayor Angela Burns, who said she had not heard about the editorial, a copy of it and was asking to see if she would agree to the request when Carney unilaterally ended the meeting without a motion to adjourn even being made.
— Larry Barszewski
Free off-street parking Wednesdays — The City Commission on May 19 unanimously approved free parking at city-owned garages and surface lots downtown every Wednesday this summer.
The promotion started June 3 and runs through Aug. 26. Parking at eligible lots will be free all day and night. On-street parking and private lots are not included. For maps and information about downtown parking, visit downtowndelraybeach.com/parking.
City worker raises coming — The City Commission voted unanimously at its regular meeting on May 19 to approve cost-of-living wage adjustments for city employees and retirees.
The 3.5% adjustment for current employees will go into effect Oct. 1. It will affect about 400 non-probationary general employees, who are employees not represented by a union. The city estimates the adjustment will cost about $1.2 million.
The commission also unanimously approved a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment for general retirees.
— Jeffrey Cassady
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