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My
Commission Record
And Some Of The Ways I Have Been Representing You, as Your 'Go To' City Commissioner For District One...

HONESTY - INTEGRITY - COMMITMENT - LEADERSHIP - EXPERIENCE
Your
Independent Voice!

- Appointed to the Broward Metropolitan Planning
Organization Board Alternate
- Appointed to the Broward County Water
Resources Task Force Alternate
- Represent Cooper City while attending the
Broward League of Cities
- Represent Cooper City while attending Broward Days
- Represent Cooper City while attending the
Chamber of Commerce
- Represent Cooper City while attending
Florida Legislative Sessions
- Represent Cooper City throughout the State of
Florida and elsewhere
- First to initiate Commissioner sponsored
monthly Town Hall meetings as an individual Commissioner in
Cooper City
- First to suggest and initiate the
successful implementation of the elimination and the return of boat permit
fees
- Supported and sponsored E-mail communications
and intake system to/for residents
- Supported Agenda Item Information posting and
availability on city website
- Supported and participated in the Timberlake Entrance
Clean-up
- Supported and expedited the Cops On Bikes
Program
- Supported the Broward County Sheriff's Roving
Task Force
- Supported the City in not displacing American workers by doing business with vendors
who hire undocumented aliens
- Supported Commission meeting web casts and video archiving
- Supported and Initiated the Utility Department
Open Public Forum
- Supported Web Site linking to Commissioner's
Web pages
- First to address lawsuits and potential
liabilities against the city
- Sponsor removal of unfunded liabilities and
increased risk management
- Proposed increasing internal and external
customer service to Manager
- Sponsored the Reduce Our Budget by 10% Plan
(ROB 10 Plan)
- Sponsored a new traffic study for 90th Avenue
and Stirling Road
- Sponsored a Senior Advisory
Committee
- Sponsored a city Ethics Commission
- Opposed any Commission or Manager salary
increases
- Support the new fire station in Monterra to
better serve the residents in the eastern part of the
city
- Support the new school in Monterra and new Charter School
- Support consistent and logical code
enforcement for valid municipal purpose and enforce the inform,
warn and cite policy
- Sponsored and proposed changes in procedures
and Commission Meeting Agenda t
- Sponsored regulation to permit immediate responses to
citizens concerns and to allow due process and the right to be
fully heard
- Proposed ways to increase revenue without
additional taxation
- Support Tree Trimming to avoid further
property and storm damage
- Support a moratorium on new commercial
construction prior to the city being able to support it
- Objected to increased waste, bulk pickup and utilities
fees
- Object to a new $13-15M city hall
- Originally sponsored and Support increased
service and patrols from BSO, increased personnel
- Expedited cleanup and enforcement of codes
regarding 54th St. properties
- Initiated Comcast repairs on the city cable
system
- Initiated the policy of allowing citizens to
address the Commission on any issue including all agenda
items
- Initiated Expense Reporting to be posted on
the city website
- Support substantial non-ad valorem tax
reductions in the budget
- Sponsor the Open Meeting plan
- Support increased and alternative revenue
sources to make up for property tax losses
- Support and Sponsor a City Parks recycling
program
- Support utilities infrastructure upgrades and
management
- Support waste management issues and
improvements
- Support micro-managing our extensive and
overly mismanaged budget
- Support school SRO and Crossing Guard
retention
- Initiated expedited work regarding finality on
elementary school transformer
- Initiated the relocation of the IT Pole in
Flaming Gardens at the school
- Support more accountability to the city by the
Broward County School Board
- Object to combining initial and final site
plans submitted for approval
- Object to 'procedure' over doing the right
thing regarding the administration of our city
- Object to the administration violating the
rights of our residents and business owners/shareholders
- Object to Water & Utility Bill
Late Fees of $25
- Sponsored and support back-up material placed
on the city website for agenda items
- Sponsored and support posting the budget and
monthly expense reports on the city website
- Support video web casts and Over-The-Air
broadcasts of the Commission meetings and other City Board
functions
- Object to the Mayor's sole and final approval
of the placement of agenda items
- Support transcripts of Commission meetings
posted on the City's website
- Sponsored a reduction in budget
non-essential expenditures
- Support improvising of the City's disaster
recovery plan
- Originally sponsored fully staffed Police and
Fire Safety first responder personnel
- Voted against
utilizing taxpayer’s money to fund lawsuits by initiated by
municipalities and counties
- Voted in favor of
several Bills which remove cable franchising authority from
municipalities which allow consumer protection and a choice as to cable
providers
- Object to Red
Light Cameras
- Sponsored enforcement of verification
regarding aliens and other immigration violations in reference to
city contractors and their employees
- Facilitated a resolution to the
problems regarding Diamond Head residents and Monterra home
damages
- Completed repairs on Diamond Head Homeowner's flooring issues
- Sponsored placing city businesses on
the city website for revenue generation and
recognition
- Support initiative to give citizens additional time for their
concerns at commission meetings.
- Sponsored presentations being placed on the
agenda
- Implemented
commission agenda backup material posting on the city
website
- Supported a full
compliment of Police & Fire personnel
- Sponsored Monterra
expedite of build-out and new owner support
- Objected to an 18%
increase in budget spending
over the past few fiscal years
- Objected to a
$250,000 records storage building
- Objected to a
$350,000-$500,000 code re-write
- Objected to a
Special Magistrate System
- Scrutinized
Pension liabilities and funding shortfalls
of $19M
- Support adding new
funding sources without raising taxes or local fees
- Object to having
residents pay for utilizing the Community Center (It's already
paid for by you!)
- Object to City
Halls lack of compliance on Open Government and Public Records
initiative by the Governor
- Object to blatant
inconsistencies, personal attacks and bias by the Chair and members of the
commission during Commission
meetings
- Object to Water
Rate increases without justification
-
Object
to a guaranteed 8% ROI on General Employees Pension Fund
-
Object to violations of law and the Oath of Office by commission members
-
Supported the bid process for renewed vendor contracts
-
Object to the misuse of public officials' positions and of public funds and
resources
-
Support the Cooper City Charter School
-
Resolved the Peacock issue in Cooper City
- Resolved and had removed the hydraulic oil on the
street in Country Address
- Sponsored the Extreme Makeover Home Edition for a Cooper City Resident
- Hold monthly Town hall meetings
for all citizens to voice their opinion without a time limit
- Resolved issues of a local
business owner with permit & parking area problems
- Resolved issues with Monterra permits and grand opening
timelines
- Resolved issues with a local business owner and the sale of
pets in his plaza
- Designed an online water
calculator up to help residents conserve water to reduce their water bill
- Continued and personally delivered the free paint program
from Broward County when the city stopped the program
- Voted against Property Tax increases
- Object to pork barrel spending by the City Commission
You can also view my official voting record as
your 'Go To' Commissioner
HERE
Be your best, great or
small. Do it well or don't do it at all!
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YOU!
Political advertisement paid for and approved by John Sims, Nonpartisan, for Cooper City Commissioner, District 1