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Home My WebLink AboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 8A_6/12/1997 Memorandum To: Village Council From: Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager Date: June 4, 1997 Subject: Consideration of Appointment to the Board of Adjustment; Agenda Item The Board of Adjustment is currently is need of an Alternate Member, a vacancy which was created when Gilbert Finesilver was recently appointed as a Regular Member. The current membership of the Board of Adjustment is as follows : REGULAR MEMBERS SUBDIVISION TERM EXPIRATION Raymond H. Schauer Tequesta Pines 12/31/99 Susan Brennan Tequesta Country Club 04/15/00 Wayne Shindoll Jupiter in the Pines "B" 12/31/98 Betty Coyle Beach Road 12/31/97 . Gilbert Finesilver Country Club Pointe 12/14/98 ALTERNATE MEMBERS SUBDIVISION TERM EXPIRATION Donna McDonald Tequesta Pines 02/08/98 Unfilled There is one current application on file in the Village Manager' s Office for this Alternate position, copy attached. It is therefore recommended that the Village Council appoint John R. Taylor to serve as an Alternate Member to the Board of Adjustment, with said two-year term expiring on June 13, 1999 . TGB/krb council.boa\sam MAY 1 9 1997 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA Village Manager's Office APPLICATION FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT • The Board shall consist of five regular members appointed by the Village Council who shall serve without compensation and for a term of three years. In addition to the regular Board Members, two additional members, to be designated as Alternate No. 1 and Alternate No. 2, shall be appointed to serve in that order at meetings of the Board when necessary for any reason and to have . at all times three voting members on said Board as a quorum. Alternate members shall be appointed for two year terms. Members of the Board may be removed from office by the Village Council upon written charges and after public hearing. 1. Name: je311A1 e, TAyi-OR. 2. Street Address: 76 CArveL/A Chec/e , 7ques7,q Ti 3341(09 3. Mailing Address: (If different than No. 2) 4. Name of your subdivision, condominium or townhouse complex. 5. Telephone No. Home S / 74 922'I Business: 01/4 6. How long a resident of the Village of Tequesta? S S/ '5 years 7. Are you a registered voter of the Village of Tequesta? )( Yes No 8. Present and prior occupation (s): PReS6'Air- $e J21 -i€ 7#ee 25 774,V de/VC/1474/V 7; F,iS7= S. �eorec ST Te Segvice) A-7,AMive/,9, . m6r O icee.e. 9. Why do you want to be appointed as a member of the Board of Adjustment? /G/out Alt" 144 ve t77e Mlle e, I,t,eoc t. l p'r e 70 epti r eure '7 7-4 e Leo/vow iv�-I�, (Attach additional sheet if n cessary) 10. Why do you feel that you are qualified to be a member of the Board of Adjustment? h,1176"v ve kRRdk 6,eouiv27 1/i L. '9spee 7 - or ' ff yzwV/s 7M7?ve, 7/ J1I?Jix/6" , / Fs�Te i/z(S, 6ov7; (Attach additional sheet if necessary) 11. Are you willing to serve' as an Alternate Member to the Board? Yes �( No 12. I hereby acknowledge that to the best of my knowledge, the above statements are true and correct and that by executing this application, I certify that no remuneration shall be received by the undersigned relative to any actions or activities of the undersigned as a member of the Board if and when appointed as a member of the Board. Furthermore, I am aware that appointment to the Board will require me to comply with Florida's Sunshine Law and Financial Reporting requirements.* '11 /o'/ 7 Signature % Dated etailed information on the Sunshine Law and Financial Reporting requirements, including copies of the Financial Reporting forms, may be obtained from the Village Administration for your review. • REV. 10-25-90 JOHN R. 'TAYLOR 76 Camelia Circle Tequesta, Florida 33469 (407) 745-9224 OBJECTIVE: Position in the financial or accounting field. HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS • Over 29 years practical, broad-based experience with U.S. Department of State. • Track record of responsibility for managing complex budgets. • Qualified tax preparer. • Working knowledge of Spanish. • Excellent interpersonal skills and effective at training staff. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS 7/92 - 6/94 AMERICAN EMBASSY, HONDURAS As Budget & Fiscal Officer in the Joint Administrative Office of the U.S. Foreign Service in Honduras, responsible for providing financial service to 14 U.S. Government agencies and for managing allotments totalling $21,000,000. Responsible for supervision of 14 Foreign Service employees. Management and Judicious handling of funds allotted to various agencies to ensure that • requirements of applicable laws and regulations were met and that resources of each fund, and appropriation, were applied only to the purpose authorized by law. Formulated and prepared financial plans and budget estimates for various Department of State units, and advised other agencies in this regard. Established and proactively maintained an appropriate management/internal controls system that ensured physical and human resources entrusted were safeguarded against waste, fraud and unauthorized use; obligations and costs incurred complied with applicable laws; and revenue and expenditures pertaining to the operation were promptly recorded and accounted for in accordance with Department procedures. Created automated programs to produce work output in a more efficient manner. Kept current the Inter-Office Disbursement Reconciliation Report, Travel Advance accounts and the Suspense Deposits Abroad account. Aggressively set up systems for cost savings that allowed Department to do more with less. Incorporated automated reconciliation process which enabled cashier to accomplish in less than an hour what used to take a full day. Instrumental in initiating a plan to slash $650,000 from accounts when an unprecedented budget cut was imposed. Plan enabled department to have surplus of funds. John R. Taylor Page Two EMPLOYMENT HISTORY JOINED FOREIGN SERVICE (STATE DEPARTMENT) DECEMBER 1966 AND RETIRED JUNE, 1994 The following is a history of American Embassy positions held: 1992- 1994 Amembassy Honduras 1990- 1992 Department of State, Washington DC 1988- 1990 Abembassy Abidjan, Ivory Coast 1986- 1988 Amembassy Brussels, Belgium 1983- 1984 Department of State, Washington DC 1981 - 1982 Amembassy Mexico 1978- 1980 Amembassy Muscat, Oman 1975- 1977 Department of State, Washington DC 1974- 1975 American Embassy Madrid, Spain 1971 - 1973 Amembassy Buenos Aires, Argentina 1969- 1971 Amembassy Tehran, Iran 1967- 1969 Amembassy Manila, Philippines EDUCATION Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina Accounting 1965 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 1977 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York Professional Management 1985 U.S. Marine Corps Honorable Discharge 1964 0 REFERENCES Available upon request.