Monday, May 6, 2013
Dialogue meant to clear up confusion over some legal language in the city's new license agreement with Sail Honeymoon was squashed when one Dunedin leader spoke an oft-used phrase in parliamentary procedure May 2.
What began as a commission discussion meant to clarify legal language in a city contract, ended with one city leader uttering an oft-used phrase that squashed all hope for dialogue May 2. Vice Mayor Julie Ward Bujalski sought clarity in the parameters of the city's proposed 10-year agreement with Sail Honeymoon concessionaire Glen Steinke, questioning language that promised a five-year renewal option in 2023 because it goes against Dunedin's purchasing policy. She said she brought it up to avoid the possibility of confusion in the future. Steinke's license agreements with the city have a contentious and confusing history. City Attorney Tom Trask weighed in, explaining that renewing with Steinke in 10 years was the city's option, not the …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Dunedin commissioners decide on an extended license agreement with Glen Steinke, owner of Sail Honeymoon kayak rental stand on Dunedin Causeway tonight at City Hall.
Glen Steinke may get the longterm contract he's always wanted. Dunedin leaders consider a 10-year license agreement for his upgraded services at Sail Honeymoon during tonight's commission meeting at City Hall. Steinke's latest proposed agreement promises a higher monthly lease, as well as upgrades to the kitchen and dining areas on Dunedin Causeway. The proposed agreement also allows for a five-year renewal option. The city originally requested proposals for services throughout a five-year term, with a five-year renewal option. Steinke, who has owned and operated the iconic kayak rental stand Sail Honeymoon on Dunedin Causeway for two decades, outscored a proposal from his competitor Osprey Bay Outdoors during a public bid discussion on …
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Dunedin commissioners agreed in a 3-2 vote to move forward on a three-year-old agreement with Glen Steinke, the expiring concessionaire at Sail Honeymoon on Dunedin Causeway, to open the land to competitive bidding.
Sail Honeymoon supporters turned out in droves to Thursday's city commission meeting, hoping to convince city officials to make a policy exception for beloved owner Glen Steinke. Despite Steinke's plea to "do what’s right, do what’s right for me, right for the taxpayers and right for the community," the exception they all hoped for wasn't approved. An estimated 60 supporters filled the seats inside City Hall, overflowing into the aisle and front foyer. They wore printed stickers that read "I Support Glen + Sail Honeymoon Dunedin Causeway," and many spoke of their affection for the longtime owner of the iconic kayak rental business. They all asked them to skip the competitive bidding process, known as the RFP (request for proposal) process…
Thursday, March 7, 2013
William Rosebrook is urging a public show of support for Causeway concessionaire Glen Steinke at tonight's city commission meeting via a Facebook campaign.
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Thursday, March 7
William Rosebrook is urging a public show of support for Causeway concessionaire Glen Steinke at tonight's city commission meeting. Rosebrook's hope is that a large group will sway the commission's vote in favor of breaking terms set in Steinke's soon-to-expire three-year contract for kayak rental concession services at Sail Honeymoon to go to a competitive bidding process and create a loophole that would allow him to stay with a longterm agreement. Rosebrook spread his message through an informal Facebook campaign, leaving a message on Dunedin Patch Facebook Wednesday asking people to attend the 6:30 p.m. public meeting along with his group. Here is an excerpt: "There is city parking behind the shops across the street, we will have name …
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
After months of delays, Dunedin's city attorney and staff experts are recommending that elected officials allow the Causeway concession services open to competitive bidding at Thursday's public meeting at City Hall.
Sail Honeymoon's expiring contract is causing Chuck Ankney to lose sleep. Ankney, the city's purchasing manager, is worried that repeated delays in the bidding process that allow the kayak rental business to operate on the Dunedin Causeway could potentially push the agreement past its July expiration, a violation in the city's purchasing policy. "I was thinking about this issue last night when I was trying to go to sleep….not a preferred way to go to sleep," Ankney wrote in a Feb. 21 email to City Attorney Tom Trask. Some Dunedin officials have pushed for a loophole that would allow Sail Honeymoon to skip the bidding process altogether, an exception given to no other business in the city. Leaders are reviewing the policy as it pertains to…
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A misunderstanding prompted the 2010 commission to hold off on sending Causeway concession services out to competitive bidding until January 2013.
Dunedin officials made a deal with Glen Steinke three years ago, in an effort to right a perceived wrong. The 20-year kayak rental concessionaire had been operating Sail Honeymoon on Dunedin Causeway under an oral contract for six years at the time. He worked under year-to-year renewals at the city's request because officials were waiting to see how or if Pinellas County's pending plans for a larger free-span bridge joining the mainland to Honeymoon Island would impact the future placement of the concession. In the middle of what Steinke believed were talks to extend his license agreement again in 2010, city staff discovered that he had expired on his renewal extensions, which meant the time had come for the city to put the Causeway …
A story on Dunedin officials' Jan. 24 discussion for creating a loophole in policy that allows a Causeway concessionaire to skip the re-bid process in a soon-to-expire city agreement sparked some insightful opinions.
Dunedin Patch's story "Are Dunedin Officials Playing Favorites with Sail Honeymoon?" generated lots of discussion several weeks ago. The story focused on public officials' Jan. 24 discussion for creating loophole in policy that would allow the Causeway's Sail Honeymoon concessionaire to skip a re-bid process in a soon-to-expire legal agreement he made with the city three years ago. At least three commissioners moved to delay the bidding process for the Causeway concession contract, saying they wanted to review and address concerns the city's purchasing policy. Some said they also believe Glen Steinke, owner of Sail Honeymoon, who has been operating on the Dunedin Causeway for about 20 years, was treated poorly prior to the legal agreement …
"To not give him a long term contract would be such a loss to all of us on the Causeway and Dunedin," writes Lucy Lynch, Dunedin Causeway resident.
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Wednesday, March 6
Dear Editor, I have been on the Dunedin Causeway either visiting my family here or as a resident since the early 1970s. During that time I have seen many changes and watched many businesses come and go on the Causeway. I am writing to request that you give Glen Steinke and Sail Honeymoon a long term agreement and not go to RFP. I, as well as my fellow members of the Dunedin Beach Civic Association and the City of Dunedin, have been the recipient of Mr. Steinke's many years of care and consideration for the Causeway. He is certainly the trusted eyes and ears for us on the Beach. As you know, he was awarded and entered into the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame for 2012-2013. Mr Steinke has established a successful, reliable…
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
A legal agreement the owner of Sail Honeymoon made three years ago with the city requires that he re-bid for his business, but some commissioners are looking to create a loophole to bypass the bidding process.
Glen Steinke knows he's getting a good deal. He's paying $1,000 a month to run a kayak and sailboat rental business on the only land bridge connecting a million annual visitors to Honeymoon Island State Park. Steinke has an agreement with the city to run Sail Honeymoon on the Dunedin Causeway. He has been there for the better part of 20 years. "You're not getting a good deal," Steinke told commissioners during the Jan. 24 public hearing. "I'd like to give you more money. I'd like a long-term contract in exchange." A legal agreement he made three years ago with the city requires that operations of the iconic concession would go to bid on Jan. 18, before the contract expires on July 31. But commissioners are divided when it comes to …
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Sunday, February 3, 2013
OK, so you had a busy week. We understand. Let us catch you up on all the highlights from Dunedin Patch!
Sheriff's Bob Gualtieri warned residents during the Pinellas County Sheriff's first of many quarterly appearances at City Hall Jan. 24 that not everything going on in south Dunedin is as it seems. A Facebook page was recently created in an effort to solve the Jan. 6 murder, in which the 22-year-old Dunedin High graduate's body was discovered a block from his house at a Clearwater park. City Commissioner Ron Barnette sends an email plea to Pinellas County Schools to reconsider a plan that forces some Dunedin children to walk across a five-lane state highway to get to San Jose Elementary next year. Sail Honeymoon is fast approaching the end of its concessionaire license agreement with the city, and some residents and elected officials want …
Alan Jennings
6:17 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Jim, the unfinished business, under Robert, is in order after special orders, which follow the reports of special committees. If Robert is this council's parliamentary authority, then the current edition controls unless the council's parliamentary authority is defined as some specific edition other than the current edition. I don't know of anything in Robert that requires the chair to "have the … more ›