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08-30-1976 - Regular Q o , CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA REGULAR MEETING HELD August 30, 1976 Mayor Armstrong called the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater to order Monday, August 30, 1976 at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL: Mayor Dana T. Armstrong Councilwoman Ryta F. Webber Councilman William H. Cairnie Councilman Walter B. Sikes Councilman Calvin R. Dietz City Attorney Judson I. Woods City Clerk Sue Blackwell Police Chief Earl Baugh Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present ~..,.~~ ~"n..t>~li~ \\\ \\si~ . ~\~',\, ,1 ,~ '" ,,~~~ INVOCATION SALUTE TO FLAG APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Councilman Dietz made a motion to approve the minutes of the meetings held August 12, August 16, August 19, and August 21, being seconded by Council- man Cairnie. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 3-2. Councilwoman Webber voted NO, Councilman Sikes voted NO on the meeting of the 19th. Councilwoman Webber also stated that she was voting No only on the meeting of the 21st. BILLS AND ACCOUNTS: The City Clerk read the list of bills in the General Fund account. Mayor Armstrong explained the over time pay caused by the paving they have been doing. Various questions were answered about this list of bills. The City Clerk read the list of bills in the Water and Sewer account. Councilman Dietz answered several questions about these bills. Councilman Cairnie made a motion to pay the bills, being seconded by Councilwoman Webber. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. COMMUNICATIONS: The City Clerk stated that she has a letter from Neil T. Nichols requesting a Merit Board hearing. She spoke with the Chairman of the Merit Board and the hearing is set for September 15th. The City Clerk read a letter from the Department of Environmental Regulations in reference to the Edgewater sanitary landfill. The letter advised the. Council that a permit must be received before any discharge of water takes place from the landfill. The letter outlined the requirements which must be met in order to receive such a permit. o o Councilman Sikes spoke about this, and he made a motion that the Council authorize the Mayor and Councilman Dietz, or in his absence one of the other Council members to attend a meeting with our engineers and Mr. Honeycutt to discuss our sanitary landfill problem, being seconded by Councilwoman Webber. Tape l-B Councilman Cairnie questioned why our engineers have to be present at this meeting? It was explained that our engineers are going to be involved anyway and if they do not attend this meeting, we will have to have another meeting with them. Councilman Dietz suggested that we ask Mr. Honeycutt to meet with us here, and then the entire Council can be present. Councilman Sikes agreed with Councilman Dietz"however he stated that in the event Mr. Honeycutt will not come here, he made his motion for the Mayor and one other member of the Council to meet with him. Mr. Gross spoke to the Council that he feels the public should have a chance to speak to Mr. Honeycutt and ask the questions that they would like answered. Mayor Armstrong explained that the law states whenever two members of the Council meet together, it is a meeting and open to the public. Upon roll call on the motion, said motion CARRIED, 4-1. Councilman Cairnie voting NO. The City Clerk stated that she has two letters about the Metro Planning Organization. She read the two rather lengthy letters, addressed to Governor Askew, one from VCOG and one from Senator Dunn. Mayor Armstrong spoke about this, bringing the people up to date on the entire situation. The Council discussed the letters that the City Clerk just read. There was no action taken on these letters. The City Clerk read a letter from the Zoning Board requesting that all matters the Council wishes the board to consider should be accom- panied by a cover letter or some written instructions. Councilwoman Webber stated that she feels that there is a lack of communication between the Council and the various boards and she does feel that any information going to the boards should be written. Mayor Armstrong agreed, stating that it would then be a matter of record. Councilwoman Webber asked if it would help if the board's secretaries do their own minutes. The City Clerk explained that if they would handwrite the minutes and bring them in we could type them up, and that would be half of the battle. She also stated that we will try using the memos. -2- o o Tape 2-A The home occupational licenses were discussed. It was explained that quite a few home occupational licenses have been granted and now the Council wants the Zoning Board to look over this, and check out the zoning. Mrs. Turner explained that the Zoning Board would like to have their instructions in writing about what they are to do. Mayor Armstrong stated that we want a review of every license relative to present zoning laws and a recommendation as to whether or not they are in compliance with the zoning. There was discussion about various businesses which are now being practiced within the City with these licenses. Mayor Armstrong stated that this is getting out of hand. The City Clerk explained that she received a letter from Lawton Chiles with the regulations on the Local Public Works Act, and if anyone would like to come and look at this they may. The City Clerk read a letter from Charles A. Murphy requesting that he be granted permission to supervise the construction of a home for Mr. Charles W. Hamel. He explained that he would arrange for the in- spection of the home to be done by qualified inspectors at his own expense. Councilwoman Webber stated that she believes that it was one of the prerequisitesthat was made when he became our Building Official, that he would not build a house in the City of Edgewater. Councilman Cairnie stated that this would be a conflict of interest. Councilman Sikes made a motion that we advise Mr. Murphy that we can not grant this request inasmuch as it is in conflict with the conditions upon which he was hired as the Building Official, being seconded by Councilman Cairnie. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. AUDIENCE MISCELLANEOUS: Mayor Armstrong answered a budget question which was asked by Mr. Wharton. He also explained that a letter from the Auditor General in regard to this was read at a Council meeting, also an answer to this letter making com- mittment that it would be done this year was sent to him and this was also read here. There was discussion about the yearly audit. RESOLUTIONS: RES. NO. A RESOLUTION TERMINATING JOHN A. EARLS, AGENT OF RECORD FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, AND FURTHER ABOLISHING THE POSITION OF AGENT OF RECORD IN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, REPEALING ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFORE. Attorney Woods read the Resolution in full. Councilman Cairnie made a motion to adopt this Resolution, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. -3- o o ~ ORDINANCES: ORD. NO. 959 AN ORDINANCE TERMINATING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SIGURD OHRWALL AS SANITARY SEWER OPERATOR FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, SPECIFICALLY REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 477 AND ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFORE. Attorney Woods read the second reading of this Ordinance. Councilman Dietz made a motion to adopt this Ordinance, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Councilman Sikes asked the Mayor if we do this, it does mean that we can keep Mr. Ohrwall in another department until the end of the year and there will be no problem. Mayor Armstrong stated that Mr. Ohrwall can continue working in another department. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 3-2. Councilman Cairnie and Mayor Armstrong voting NO. OLD BUSINESS: Tape 3-A The City Clerk certified that she received bids for police cars and trucks for the Water Department. She read a list of the companies bidding. She opened the bids: Holiday Ford, Daytona Beach, trucks, the bid is $4,859.61 each. New Smyrna Chrysler Plymouth, police car, the bid is $15,600.00 for three cars. DeLand Chrysler Plymouth, police car, the bid is $15,810.39 for three cars. Spence Chevrolet, police car, the bid is $10,626.43 for three cars. Spence Chevrolet, trucks, the bid is $9,516.70 for two trucks. Sam Trivet Ford from Bunnell, trucks, the bid is $5,159.00 each. Sam Trivet Ford, police car, the bid is $5,480.00 per car, or $16,440.00 for three. Higgenbothum, police car, the bid is $15,450.00 for three cars. Higgenbothum, trucks, the bid is $9,790.00 for two trucks. Luke Potter Dodge, trucks, the bid is $5,233.77 per truck. Councilman Cairnie made a motion that the bids on the police cars be turned over to the Chief for his recommendation, and likewise on the bids for the Water and Sewer Department be turned over to Councilman Dietz and the superintendent for their recommendation, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. NEW BUSINESS: None MISCELLANEOUS: Councilman Cairnie stated that we talked about working out a new sick leave policy and he asked what has been accomplished. The City Clerk stated that she has not heard from all of the places that she wrote to about this. Mrs. Turner asked the Council about Ordinance 942. She stated that this is the ordinance that is limited to Silver Ridge. This was discussed among the Council, and it was decided that this should be looked into. -4- o o .' Councilman Cairnie made a motion to have the attorney check Ordinance 942 and make it a constitutional ordinance or rescind it, being seconded by Councilwoman Webber. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. Mayor Armstrong stated that he wanted to talk about office space for the Mayor. He explained that it has reached the point now that he can not meet with people or make appointments, except on Saturday morning. Something has to be done about it. Councilman Cairnie suggested that we put the Building Officials in the old Firehouse room. Mayor Armstrong stated that a place is available in the Garage building for the Fire Department's things that were to be moved, but they haven't cleaned out their building. There was conversation about the Police Department temporarily being moved over to the old Fire House area. Councilman Dietz made a motion that we instruct the Chief of Police and Mrs. Webber to proceed with the plans of moving the Police Depart- ment into this garage and present it to the Council at the next meeting, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. Tape 3-B Councilman Sikes spoke to the Council about paving the rest of circles in the Highland Shores area. This would be the west portion. Mayor Armstrong explained that he has not had the time to get any figures on this, but he will get to it. Mrs. Turner asked if a Public Hearing has been set for Mr. Blanken and Mr. Sullivan? Mayor Armstrong stated that this hearing is set October 7th at 7:30 P.M. The City Clerk explained that the board members have a copy of the whole letter that went to the newspaper in their mailboxes in City Hall. There was conversation as to how this hearing is to be conducted. Mayor Armstrong explained that since Monday is Labor Day, the Council will meet on Thursday, and there will be notices in the paper. ADJOURNMENT: Councilman Cairnie made a motion to adjourn, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Said motion CARRIED. MINUTES TAKEN BY: Sue Blackwell Debbie Sigler ATTEST: ~~~ Ci t~ erk ~ Approved thi s 0( 0 day of , 1976. Councilman -5- u GENERAL FUND Earl Copeland Marlin P. Logan Bobby McFarland Sigurd Ohrwall Pete J. Realmuto Terry A. Wadsworth Dennis P. Warren News & Observer Goodyear Service Store Standard Oil Co. R. E. Morris The Fla. Legislature Beve Wyatt Orkin Sears, Roebuck Humane Society Browns Ale Southern-aire Burns Janitor Service Ropps Automotive Tony's Repair Daniel W. Cory Industrial Office A-I REnt All McRoberts 'l'ires New Smyrna Builders Judson I. Woods WATER & SEvlER Don Kuyk Alan Thomas Electra-Tronics Davis Meter Sav-On Utility's BILLS AND ACCOUNTS August 30, 1976 Street Street Street Street Police Street Police Garb. & Trash P . D ., Gb., St. Street Street Council Police F.D. Landfill Humane Society Co mm. C en t e r Comm. Center City Hall Police Police Planning Bd. City Clerk Street Paving Street Comm. Center Attorney '\11 a t er Water Water Water Water <J 16.50 14.40 11.66 16.88 63.75 9.60 46.20 4.80 255.49 1,502.69 3.36 37.50 22.26 171.00 137.13 150.00 172.90 27.80 32.40 12.50 4.50 18.00 16.23 30.00 72.52 4.14 65.00 2,919.21 18.76 4.20 86.34 14.30 104.54 228.14