Margate Inner City Transit Drivers Face Pay Cut
In a move to save taxpayers more than $200,000 in the upcoming budget year while maintaining local bus service to residents, the Margate city commission directed city staff Wednesday night to proceed negotiating with Limousines of South Florida Inc. (LSF) to run Margate Inner City Transit.
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Reader Opinion
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Margate Mayor: "We want our money back!"
After years of paying the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) for services that Margate doesn’t receive, Margate Mayor, Arthur Bross, along with leaders from other Broward cities, will be demanding that the agency return $6.4 million to cities not under contract with BSO.
Not only does Bross want the money returned for last year, he wants taxpayers reimbursed three years in arrears.
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Commission Updates – June 3, 2009 Meeting
1. Motion for red-light camera RFP tabled
2. Budget workshop scheduled for Saturday, June 27th at 10AM at the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center 6009 NW 10th Street (next to Margate Library across the street from the Margate Municipal Complex)
3. Discussion regarding the permitting of bottle clubs will continue
FOURTH OF JULY
Margate will be having fireworks this year at the Banks Road Sports Complex. There may or may not be vendors. Stay tuned.
Attention all active duty military personnel and family members in Margate! Be a Grand Marshall in Margate's July 4th Parade! Call 954-972-6468
Parade Theme: Symbols of Freedom
Parade Time: 9 - 11 a.m.
Parade Route: Margate Boulevard
Enter your float into Margate's July 4th Parade! Deadline is June 30. Call 954-972-6458 for details.
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More Bulk Pickups in Margate
Margate residents can look forward to 12 bulk pickups a year effective October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2012, resulting from a new franchise agreement between the City of Margate and Waste Management Inc.
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Margate Boulevard Construction
Using Road Bond money recently approved by Margate voters, Margate Public Works is installing new curbs on Margate Boulevard for the first time in decades. The project is designed to restore the street back to its original grade, so water will drain properly and lanes traveling both ways will be passable in a rainstorm.
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City to begin Negotiations with Country Haven Motel
As part of the Margate Community Redevelopment Agency’s ongoing land acquisition plan for downtown Margate, MCRA officials will begin negotiating the purchase of the Country Haven Motel on State Road 7. Motel owners are asking $850,000, but as City Commissioner, Pam Donovan pointed out, the motel is tax assessed at roughly 30 percent less.
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