South Palm Beach Mayor Bonnie Fischer, left, congratulates new Town Clerk Maylee De Jesus
after De Jesus was sworn in during the Jan. 26 council meeting. With De Jesus are her daughters, Marializ, left, and Veronica.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
With more than a dozen family members and friends watching, Maylee De Jesus was officially sworn in as South Palm Beach’s new town clerk during the council’s Jan. 26 meeting.
De Jesus has been working for the town since Jan. 11. In addition to serving as clerk, she will serve as assistant to Town Manager Bogdan “Bob” Vitas Jr., who started working for the town in November.
Her $50,000 annual salary will increase to $52,000 if she successfully completes a six-month probationary period in July.
De Jesus comes to South Palm Beach from the village of Palm Springs, where she spent nearly nine years as assistant deputy clerk. She replaces former clerk Yudy Alvarez, who resigned in December.
Also during the Jan. 26 meeting, the Town Council:
• Scheduled a workshop meeting with the town manager to discuss plans and goals, including the town’s budget and a long-term strategic plan. The workshop, open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Town Hall.
• Discussed a possible beach-access agreement with the Palmsea condo and neighboring property owners who have rights to the easement. Vice Mayor Joseph Flagello, who serves as president of the Palmsea association, said the condo’s board would consider a town easement for emergencies and beach restoration, but not for repair of seawalls at neighboring condos. Liability also was a concern, he said.
• Heard Vitas’ report on efforts to secure easements from town property owners for a comprehensive beach stabilization project. Vitas said he hopes to have the easements in place by June. The beach stabilization work is not expected to begin until 2018.
• Approved a resolution supporting efforts by the town of Lake Clarke Shores and neighboring towns to build a boat lift at the Lake Worth Spillway that would give small boats access to the Intracoastal Waterway from the lakes and canals to the west.
• Heard a police report on car burglaries. Police Cmdr. Robert Rizzotto showed a security camera video (available here) of thieves checking car doors in the parking garage of a town condo. The thieves found only one car unlocked and took a jacket from the trunk, Rizzotto said. They later stole a car in Palm Beach. Police Chief Carl Webb urged residents to lock their cars, remove valuables and to call the police if they notice something unusual.
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