The Commission voted unanimously to have the City Manager negotiate a contract for interim legal services with the firm Glen J. Torcivia and Associates, P.A. They then took a break and got on to Item B - of course, immediately Commissioner Mulvehill made the motion to approve the ordinance placing the height restriction question on the ballot, with second reading scheduled in time (by August 10) to put the item on the November ballot. This motion failed on a 2-3 vote, with Triolo, Maxwell and Amoroso dissenting. Commissioner Maxwell then made a motion to approve the ordinance on first reading and set a second hearing date for September 18, 2012 - which would set the item to be on the ballot for a March election.
That motion passed 3-2, with McVoy and Mulvehill dissenting.
I am currently processing some videos from the meeting - which includes Commissioner Mulvehill responding to Mayor Triolo by saying, "Yes, mother..." It will be well worth watching the video(s)