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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 071907I CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 2 CITY COUNCIL 3 REGULAR MEETING 4 July 19, 2007 5 6 The July 19, 2007 Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, 7 Florida, was called to order at 7:01 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 8 located at 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, by Mayor Russo, and 9 opened with the pledge of allegiance. io ROLL CALL: The City Clerk called the roll and the following elected officials were found 11 to be in attendance: Mayor Joseph Russo, Vice Mayor David Levy, Councilmember Eric 12 Jablin, Councilmember Hal Valeche, and Councilmember Jody Barnett. 13 ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, MODIFICATIONS: 14 Mayor Russo announced an addition, an update on Mecca and Briger by Palm Beach County 15 staff, no deletions; and a modification of the City Manager's Report by adding item (b) 16 Update on Special Events Process. Councilmember Jablin moved approval ofthe addition and 17 modification as stated by the Mayor. Vice Mayor Levy seconded the motion. Motion carried 18 by unanimous 5 -0 vote. 19 ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS: 20 The proposed maximum millage rate for fiscal year 2007/2008, setting the date, time and 21 place for the first budget hearing - Allan Owens, Finance Administrator, presented a summary 22 of the tax reform legislation, and explained that the City was required to reduce the roll back 23 rate by 5 %. Mr. Owens announced the simple majority millage rate was 5.105 %; a super 24 majority vote could adopt a rate of 5.3737%, and a unanimous vote ofthe board would allow 25 keeping the rate of 5.495 %. Staff recommended the statutorily computed rate of 5.105 %. 26 Effects of the tax reform on the budget were reviewed. Actual ad valorem revenue budgeted 27 next year was down from the current year by approximately $100,000. Mr. Owens 28 summarized that the proposed operating millage was decreasing from 5.495% to 5.105% and 29 debt millage was decreasing from .16 to .149. Combined proposed millage rate for next year 30 was 5.254 %, a decrease of 7.1 % from this year's total of 5.655 %. A home with taxable value 31 of $300,000 with a homestead exemption would experience a reduction in taxes of 32 approximately $110, from $1, 555 to $1,445. Staff recommended a maximum operating 33 millage rate of 5.105 %, debt service millage of .149, and that the date of September 4, 2007 34 at 7:00 p.m. be noticed as the first public hearing for next year's budget. 35 ITEMS OF RESIDENT INTEREST AND BOARD /COMMITTEE REPORTS: 36 Mayor Russo noted Chris Galeta was present regarding the Cabana Colony canal, which 37 would not be on tonight's agenda, and advised Mr. Galeta it would be on the agenda in 38 August. Councilmember Barnett announced a trial period for the new mobile Post Office unit 39 service would begin Wednesday, August 1; the unit would be at the City on Wednesdays and 40 Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vice Mayor Levy reported attending a program on curtailing 41 gang violence at the County, and recommended that the City be a part of the Gang Task 42 Force. Vice Mayor Levy announced the opening of Sandhill Crane Park. Councilmember 43 Valeche suggested a Veterans' Park in Palm Beach Gardens to honor all those who had 44 served. Consensus of Council was to pursue locating a Veterans' Park within the City; the 45 City Manager was requested to make a formal presentation at the next meeting. 46 Councilmember Jablin suggested contacting John Bills regarding providing public art for a CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS REGULAR MEETING, 7/19/07 1 Veterans' Park. Councilmember Jablin mourned the passing of resident George Davidson, 2 who with his wife Blanche had made contributions to the City; a moment of silence was 3 observed. Councilmember Jablin reported he had attended the MPO meeting and advised 4 there was a possibility the County or School Board would pay for a street light at Lilac and 5 Military Trail. Mayor Russo read a letter received from the Executive Director of the Port of 6 Palm Beach, thanking the City for making the visit of the USS Kaufman a success, and 7 sending a ship's plaque to be displayed at the golf course. Mayor Russo reported he had s toured FAU Honors College in Jupiter, and hoped to have them make a future presentation 9 on this great asset to the City. The Mayor also reported that he had spent the afternoon with 10 Casey Steinbacher at the Leadership Awards presentation of the Chamber of Commerce, 11 supported by the whole business community. Mayor Russo advised that the Chamber was in 12 the top 3% in the Country. The Mayor reported that he had attended a meeting with the PGA 13 Residents Corridor Coalition and heard their concerns; consensus was to allow staffto attend 14 their next meeting to explain the budget. 15 CITY MANAGER REPORT: 16 Current status of Brig_er Site and Mecca Site - County Representative Shannon LaRocque 17 reviewed the County's responsibilities for the Briger Site and reported they hoped to have all 18 entitlements within a year after the application was made; and advised the majority property 19 owner was responsible for infrastructure. Mayor Russo expressed hope that the Lester family 20 could make a presentation to the City. County Representative Barbara Alterman provided an 21 update on the Mecca Property, and explained that comprehensive plan amendments would 22 bring that property back to what it had been pre - Scripps. Mayor Russo asked if trips and 23 CRALLS were being taken off, Ms. Alterman responded that the CRALLS were going away 24 and all the trips would be removed with the rezoning. It was hoped that the entire process 25 would be ready for presentation to the Palm Beach County Commissioners in October. 26 Report on Special Events Process - Kara Irwin, Growth Management Department, explained 27 that there had been a public records request from a resident for documentation on the 28 application process for a specific event that had taken place in the PGA Commons, and also 29 the number of special events that had taken place during 2007 for that same location, PGA 30 Commons East, the third phase of PGA Commons. A separate public records request had 31 stated that consuming alcohol in the PGA Overlay's required setback was prohibited. Ms. 32 Irwin reported her response to the resident, as well as her response to another public request, 33 a comment made at a meeting, and a letter from the same resident regarding consuming 34 alcohol and the hours of operation for outdoor seating. Ms. Irwin advised all establishments 35 with outdoor seating had been reminded of the hours of operation. Public comment: Steve 36 Cohen of Holland & Knight Law Firm, Chair of the PGA Corridor Association, pointed out 37 that the PGA Corridor Association's mission was to promote business in the corridor, their 38 business members filly supported expanded and extended hours for outdoor seating and 39 expanded opportunities for special events, encouraged the City Council to further study this 40 matter and adopt new standards to more accurately reflect the positive changing environment 41 in Palm Beach Gardens. Casey Steinbacher, President and CEO of the Northern Palm Beach 42 Chamber of Commerce, read a letter into the record which agreed with Mr. Cohen's 43 comments, and recommended establishing a committee of business representatives and City 2 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS REGULAR MEETING, 7/19/07 1 staff to work with the City Council to look into how to integrate and encourage successful 2 businesses and City events with the importance of the safety and well -being of the City 3 residents. Tom Cairnes echoed the same comment. Joel Channing read into the record a letter 4 from Jim Ash, General Manager of Old Palm, supporting the local business community, 5 outdoor seating, and special events. Mr. Channing also read a letter from Lou Gaeta in 6 support; and advised he would submit to the City the next day a letter from the Vice President 7 of Sembler. Mr. Channing advised that he and other business owners would work with the 8 City to achieve a good quality of life. James Mahrer, Menin Development Companies, 9 developer of Downtown at the Gardens handed out an article from the New York Times 10 naming Palm Beach Gardens as the latest "it" destination; and spoke in support of outdoor 11 dining. Jon Channing indicated that he was also in support. Dr. Raymond Underwood, Senior 12 Pastor of Palm Beach Community Church, stated on behalf of the church, that the present 13 special events process was burdensome, costly, too restrictive and it discouraged community- 14 based events. Noe Guerra, of NHG Architecture located at PGA Commons, spoke in favor of 15 an involved public environment and expressed his opinion that the business corridor should 16 invite the public and be open and friendly. Vito DeFrancesco, Shady Lakes, made a power 17 point presentation regarding liquor licensing, the future of children, and indicated he was 18 against outdoor storage of furniture for outdoor seating. Amir Kanel, Man-O -War Drive, 19 spoke in support of the PGA Commons and outdoor dining. Eileen Tucker, Shady Lakes, 20 advised that the PGA Corridor Residents Coalition was changing its name to Palm Beach 21 Gardens Residents Coalition, expressed her opinion that businesses should be kept East of I- 22 95 and alcohol should not be served next to a church. Robert Mcllhenny, of Vic and Angelos, 23 was against time constraints on outdoor enjoyment. Hearing no further public comments, 24 Mayor Russo commented he was interested in the noise factor and if it was impacting people 25 living there. Councilmember Barnett recommended a workshop before making any changes, 26 asked staff for information about the special events process, parking during special events, 27 and assurance that staff was not making administrative decisions that impacted safety. Vice 28 Mayor Levy favored extending hours of operation, and agreed with a workshop. Ms. Irwin 29 addressed the administrative process of approving special events, and advised that health and 30 safety was addressed as a part of the approval process. Councilmember Valeche indicated his 31 frustration with repeated allegations that the City was doing something illegal, and requested 32 an explanation of what was allowed within the Commons. Ms. Irwin reviewed the City 33 Attorney's opinion regarding the easement along the Commons, which was private property. 34 City Attorney Christine Tatum explained there were two different issues, the special event 35 permit which in which the State designated areas for alcoholic beverages and restaurant liquor 36 licenses, which dictated where they could sell alcoholic beverages. City Attorney Tatum 37 advised that she was not aware of any establishments on PGA Boulevard that had a license 38 from the State of Florida that extended Northward of the sidewalk, but some of them did 39 extend into the patio areas, and their licenses dictated where they could sell alcoholic 40 beverages. Councilmember Barnett clarified that without a special event permit, people could 41 not walk between all the restaurants in the Commons. The City Manager indicated he would 42 work on this issue. 43 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS REGULAR MEETING, 7/19/07 1 Tom DeRita, Whirl Away Road, reported that he and his partner had been appointed to the 2 Governor's Transition Team, and they had tried to protect the City's interests in Tallahassee. 3 Mr. DeRita advised the business community was needed to pick up the deficit in taxes this 4 year and it was critical not to stymie the City's businesses, or the residents would have to pay 5 that deficit. Mr. DeRita noted that the City did not have a curfew like other Cities because 6 this was a safe City. Attorney John Whittles, representing Fire Rescue Department Division 7 Chief Robert Boniewski, whose position had been considered for elimination, asked that the 8 City Council reconsider this decision, and reviewed reasons why this was not a good thing for 9 the City or Mr. Boniewski. Carolyn Chaplik, Hudson Bay Drive, noted there was not a 10 curfew because of an excellent Police Department, commented on the Planning Zoning and 11 Appeals Board's cancelled meetings, noted there were areas of the City that had different 12 criteria for wind insurance, some people could not get insurance and withheld budget 13 comments until the budget discussion. 14 CONSENT AGENDA: 15 Councilmember Jablin made a motion to accept the consent agenda. Vice Mayor Levy 16 seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5 -0 vote. Therefore, the following items 17 were approved on the Consent Agenda: 18 a. Approve Minutes from June 7, 2007 regular City Council meeting. 19 b. Resolution 61, 2007 - Traffic Control Agreement. A Resolution ofthe City Council of 20 the City ofPalm Beach Gardens, Florida approving an Agreement for Traffic Control 21 Jurisdiction between the City of Palm Beach Gardens and Catalina Lakes 22 Homeowners Association, Inc.; and providing an effective date. 23 c. Resolution 68, 2007 — Award of the Janitorial Services Contract. A Resolution of the 24 City Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida approving an Agreement to 25 German's Maintenance Service, Inc. to provide Janitorial Services within municipal 26 buildings specified in Request for Proposal No. 2007 -03; authorizing the Mayor and 27 the City Clerk to execute said agreement; and providing an effective date. 28 d. Resolution 69, 2007 - Agreement with Hickman Community Services. A Resolution 29 of the City Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida approving a Master 30 Contractor /Services Agreement with Hickman Community Services, LLC for Roofing 31 Supplies and Related Services following a natural disaster, authorizing the Mayor and 32 the City Clerk to execute the Agreement; and providing an effective date. 33 e. Resolution 72, 2007 - Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement. A Resolution ofthe 34 City Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida approving a Maintenance 35 Memorandum of Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for State 36 Road 9 (I -95) at the PGA Boulevard Interchange; and providing an effective date. 37 f. Proclamation — National Recreation and Parks Month. 38 PUBLIC HEARINGS: 39 Part I — Quasi-judicial — Mayor Russo announced the procedures that would be followed in 40 tonight's quasi-judicial procedures. No ex -parte communications were reported. The City 41 Clerk swore in all those intending to offer testimony in any of tonight's public hearings. 42 Resolution 70, 2007 - Trinity United Methodist Church Plat. A Resolution ofthe City Council 43 of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida approving the Trinity United Methodist Church of 4 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS REGULAR MEETING, 7/19/07 i Palm Beach Gardens Plat; and providing an effective date. The City Clerk read Resolution 70, 2 2007 by title. Mayor Russo declared the public hearing open. Hearing no comments from the 3 public Mayor Russo declared the public hearing closed. Councilmember Barnett made a 4 motion to approve Resolution 70, 2007. Vice Mayor Levy seconded the motion, which 5 carried by unanimous 5 -0 vote. 6 Part II — Non -Quasi judicial - none. 7 Part III — Workshop 8 Resolution 10, 2007 - Memorandum of Ageement. A Resolution of the City Council of the 9 City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida establishing the intent of the City to enter into a 10 Memorandum of Agreement with the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development 11 ( OTTED) for the review of eligible Bioscience / Life Science projects within the Bioscience 12 Research Protection Overlay; and providing an effective date. The City Clerk read Resolution 13 10, 2007 by title. Kara Irwin, Growth Management Department, presented the staff report. 14 Mayor Russo called for comments from the public. George Blanck, Westwood Lakes, 15 confirmed this was only an expedited process and did not change zoning; noted PGA 16 Boulevard had been meant to be different than Northlake Boulevard, and stated he was happy 17 that every Council since 1970 had kept it that way. Ken Tuma, Urban Design Studio, present 18 on behalf of the Briger Tract, spoke in favor of the OTTED process. Kara Irwin reported 19 OTTED was a 90 -day process. Councilmember Jablin made a motion to approve Resolution 20 10, 2007. Vice Mayor Levy seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5 -0 vote. 21 RESOLUTIONS: 22 Resolution 64, 2007 - Appointment of members to the Art in Public Places Advisory Board. 23 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida approving the 24 appointment of regular and alternate members to the Art in Public Places Advisory Board; 25 and providing an effective date. Councilmember Jablin moved approval of Resolution 64, 26 2007 with the name Cable Newhaus as second alternate, moving Karen Hainsworth to first 27 alternate and moving Lynn Silver to a regular member of the Art in Public Places Advisory 28 Board. Vice Mayor Levy seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5 -0 vote. 29 Resolution 65, 2007 - Adopting a proposed maximum millage rate. A Resolution of the City 30 Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida adopting a proposed maximum millage 31 rate for the City of Palm Beach Gardens for fiscal Year 2007/2008, setting the date, time and 32 place for the first budget hearing; and providing an effective date. Mayor Russo called for 33 public comment and announced this was setting the maximum rate. Carolyn Chaplik, Hudson 34 Bay Drive, advised the City Manager had a 31% pension and the City Attorney had a 28% 35 pension, which she believed was exorbitant, and asked if this was contractual. Ms. Chaplik 36 reported she was told there was only one Planning Zoning and Appeals Board meeting 37 cancellation, which had been in February, and advised that she had been going back to 2006. 38 Pat Hughey, Palm Beach Square, asked that a standard be drawn up for evaluation ofthe City 39 Manager position, that a cap be placed on the City Manager's current level of pay package 40 and benefits, that any other employees with contracts be tied with the general employees pay 41 package and that all non -union employees receive a pay package increase of not more than 42 4 %. Ms. Hughey asked that artists pay for art exhibit refreshments. Eileen Tucker, Shady 43 Lakes, asked to be able to make comments at the next budget workshop, asked for more CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS REGULAR MEETING, 7/19/07 1 respect for residents' questions and announced that she would bring up that just because 2 something had been done since 1992 was not a reason to continue, that she would ask for 3 evaluation and stated she considered staff very well paid. Mayor Russo announced that the 4 budget workshop would not be attended by City Council and was for fact finding to inform 5 the public so they could bring questions back to the City Council. Vice Mayor Levy 6 commented the tax bill was made up of line items and although the City was reducing taxes, 7 the School Board taxes were increased, so residents would probably not see a reduction in 8 their tax bills. Councilmember Jablin moved approval of Resolution 65, 2007, inserting a 9 proposed maximum millage rate of 5.105% and a debt service millage rate of. 149% for a 10 total of 5.254% and providing for the first public hearing on the budget on September 4, 2007 11 at 7 p.m. Vice Mayor Levy seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5 -0 vote. 12 CITY ATTORNEY REPORT: 13 RgQuest for reimbursement of attorneys' fees - Mayor Joseph Russo passed the gavel to Vice 14 Mayor David Levy, stating he was a Certified Public Accountant and would not be voting on 15 reimbursement of attorney's fees for Carl Sabatello, who was a major client of his office, and 16 would not take part in the discussion. City Attorney Christine Tatum reviewed the request 17 from Mr. Sabatello, stated the applicable State law, and answered questions from the Council. 18 A lengthy discussion ensued. Councilmember Jablin moved to reimburse Carl Sabatello the 19 amount of money for his legal fees regarding the U. S. Department of Justice investigation that 20 had already been incurred and limited to that. Councilmember Valeche seconded the motion. 21 Vice Mayor Levy clarified this had nothing to do with funds that may be reimbursable dealing 22 with the Ethics Commission. Motion passed 3 -1 with Councilmember Barnett opposed. 23 Councilmember Barnett announced she would not be voting since she had a conflict with the 24 next matter, which the City Attorney announced was a request for reimbursement of attorneys 25 fees incurred by Ms. Barnett with relation to a complaint filed with the Commission on Ethics, 26 which had dismissed the complaint. Councilmember Valeche moved to reimburse 27 Councilmember Barnett for legal fees. Mayor Russo seconded the motion, which carried by 28 unanimous 4 -0 vote. 29 30 (The rest of this page left intentionally blank) 31 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS REGULAR MEETING, 7/19/07 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, APPROVAL: �,"dj5ed at 9:58 p.m. &r/- '- VICE MAYOR LEVVY / 3 COUNC 1VIBER JAB COUACIL • ER VALECHE COUNCHMAMER BARNETT ATTEST: ATRICIA SNIDER, MC CITY CLERK Note: These summary minutes are prepared in compliance with 286.011 F.S. and are not verbatim transcripts of the meeting. A verbatim audio record is available from the Office of the City Clerk. All referenced attachments are on file in the City Clerk's office. 7 FORM 813 MEMORANDUM OF VOTING CONFLICT FOR COUNTY MUNICIPAL AND OTHER LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICERS LAST 7E—FIRST NAME — MIDDLE NAME ,/ / ASS \I o /' OC-COI� NAME OF BOAT, COUNCIL, CO/�j1MISSION, AUTHORITY, OR COMMITTEE l C C GiC MAILING SS S� A, A,c �- THE BOARD, COUNCI ,COMMISSION, AUTHORITY OR COMMITTEE ON WH�IICH I SERVE IS NIT OF: r��CITY L1 COUNTY ❑ OTHER LOCAL AGENCY CITY 6 COUNTY "'�'t ✓c7 f- r" "� �P�`7 -t,�z " ,S ! L✓`'� JJ�A -Y/— NAME,OF POLITIC SUBDIVISION: J��W �4'. DATE ON WHICH V TE OC RRED / 0 % MY POSITION IS: a,-LECTIVE ❑ APPOINTIVE WHO MUST FILE FORM 86 This form is for use by any person serving at the county, city, or other local level of government on an appointed or elected board, council, commission, authority, or committee. It applies equally to members of advisory and non - advisory bodies who are presented with a voting conflict of interest under Section 112.3143, Florida Statutes. Your responsibilities under the law when faced with voting on a measure in which you have a conflict of interest will vary greatly depending on whether you hold an elective or appointive position. For this reason, please pay close attention to the instructions on this form before completing the reverse side and filing the form. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 112.3143, FLORIDA STATUTES A person holding elective or appointive county, municipal, or other local public office MUST ABSTAIN from voting on a measure which Inures to his or her special private gain or loss. Each elected or appointed local officer also is prohibited from knowingly voting on a mea- sure which inures to the special gain or loss of a principal (other than a government agency) by whom he or she is retained (including the parent organization or subsidiary of a corporate principal by which he or she is retained); to the special private gain or loss of a relative; or to the special private gain or loss of a business associate. Commissioners of community redevelopment agencies under Sec. 163.356 or 163.357, F.S., and officers of independent special tax districts elected on a one -acre, one -vote basis are not prohibited from voting in that capacity. For purposes of this law, a "relative" includes only the officer's father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife, brother, sister, father -in -law, mother -in -law, son -in -law, and daughter -in -law. A "business associate" means any person or entity engaged in or carrying on a business enterprise with the officer as a partner, joint venturer, coowner of property, or corporate shareholder (where the shares of the corporation are not listed on any national or regional stock exchange). ELECTED OFFICERS: In addition to abstaining from voting in the situations described above, you must disclose the conflict: PRIOR TO THE VOTE BEING TAKEN by publicly stating to the assembly the nature of your interest in the measure on which you are abstaining from voting; and WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE VOTE OCCURS by completing and filing this form with the person responsible for recording the min- utes of the meeting, who should incorporate the form in the minutes. APPOINTED OFFICERS: Although you must abstain from voting in the situations described above, you otherwise may participate in these matters. However, you must disclose the nature of the conflict before making any attempt to influence the decision, whether orally or in writing and whether made by you or at your direction. IF YOU INTEND TO MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE DECISION PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT WHICH THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN: • You must complete and file this form (before making any attempt to influence the decision) with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who will incorporate the form in the minutes. (Continued on other side) CE FORM BB - EFF. 112000 PAGE 1 APPOINTED OFFICERS (continued) • A copy of the form must be provided immediately to the other members of the agency. • The form must be read publicly at the next meeting after the form is filed. IF YOU MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE DECISION EXCEPT BY DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING: You must disclose orally the nature of your conflict in the measure before participating. You must complete the form and file it within 15 days after the vote occurs with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who must incorporate the form in the minutes. A copy of the form must be provided immediately to the other members of the agency, and the form must be read publicly at the next meeting after the form is filed. DISCLOSURE OF LOCAL OFFICER'S INTEREST I `J 5 j « hereby disclose that on f 01 , 20 (a) A measure came or will come before my agency which (check one) Inured to my special private gain or loss; inured to the special gain or loss of my business associate, ured to the special gain or loss of my relative, ; inured to the special gain or loss of �'�' S �'� �� L� , by whom I am retained; 0 C inured to the special gain or loss of which Is the parent organization or subsidiary of a principal which has retained me. — (b) The measure before my agency and the nature of my conflicting interest in the rn aassure is as follows* T- PZ1 17 ,S ID � /J�' Date Filed Si dre NOTICE: UNDER PROVISIONS OF FLORIDA STATUTES §112.317, A FAILURE TO MAKE ANY REQUIRED DISCLOSURE CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR AND MAY BE PUNISHED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: IMPEACHMENT, REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, DEMOTION, REDUCTION IN SALARY, REPRIMAND, OR A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $10,000. 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