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My Commission Record

And Some Of The Ways I Have Been Representing You, as Your City Commissioner For District One, Since I Have Been In Office

HONESTY - INTEGRITY - COMMITMENT - LEADERSHIP

John Sims

• Appointed to the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization Board (Present)
• Appointed to the Broward County Water Resources Task Force (Present)
• Represent Cooper City while attending the Broward League of Cities
• Represent Cooper City while attending the Broward Days
• Represent Cooper City while attending the Chamber of Commerce
• 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 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 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 illegal 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 20% Plan (ROB 20 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
• 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 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
• Objected to increased waste and utilities fees
• Object to a new $13M 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 shareholders
• Object to Water & Utility Bill Late Fees
• 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 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 to prevail and allowing consumers to have 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
• Sponsored placing city businesses on the city website for revenue generation and recognition
• Implemented proposal of a Senior Advisory Council
• 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 spending
• 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
• Support new funding sources without raising taxes
• 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 and bias by the Chair during Commission meetings
• Object to Water Rate increases without justification
• Object to a guaranteed ROI on General Employees Pension Fund