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03-26-1975 - Regular ;. ~. <' ~ o THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 26, 1975 Tape 1 Side B 2 min. The Regular C~uncil meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida was called to order Wednesday, March 26, 1975 at 7:30 P.M., by Mayor David C. Severance. ROLL CALL Mayor David C. Severance Councilman Jacob Lodico Councilman William Cairnie Councilman Walter B. Sikes Councilman Calvin R. Dietz City Manager Dale Bryant City Attorney Joseph Weaver City Clerk, Sue Blackwell Chief of Police George Katez Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present INVOCATION SALUTE TO FLAG APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilman Lodico made a motion to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting, March 6, 1975 and the Regular Meeting March 13, 1975, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. Councilman Cairnie questioned how this meeting could be held tonight when the Ordinance states that it should be held on the second Thursday. City Attorney Weaver stated that the only purpoRe of the Ordinance is to give the public due notice of the meetings. On the 13th of March this notice was given that the meeting date would be changed and this has been published. Councilman Cairnie asked if any business conducted tonight would be legal? City Attorney Weaver stated yes it would. 5 min. BILLS AND ACCOUNTS --- -~ -- Councilman Cairnie made a motion that the bills be paid, being seconded by Councilman Lodico. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. COMMUNICATIONS The City Clerk read her certification of posting. The City Clerk read the General Fund Budget Reports. The City Clerk read the Cash Statements 10 min. , , u v The City Clerk read a letter from the Board of Governors requesting a salary increase for Vito Castellano our custodian. Councilman Cairnie made a motion that Vito Castellano be given a $25.00 a month raise as of April 1, 1975, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. The City Clerk read a letter from the Board of Governors requesting that the basketball court east of the shuffle board courts be repaired and that the handball and volley ball courts be properly lined. Councilman Cairnie made a motion that this be turned over to Mr. Bryant to ascertain the costs and feasibility of it and report back to the Council at the next meeting, being seconded by Councilman Dietz. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. The City Clerk read a letter of thanks from the Edgewater Library Board for the movie projector, which Mr. Christy got for them. The City Clerk read a letter from the Fire Department re- questing a donation of $600.00 for the purchase of fireworks for the Fourth of July Festival. Councilman Cairnie made a motion to make this donation, being seconded by Councilman Lodico. Upon roll call vote said mo- tion CARRIED. The City Clerk read a recommendation from the Merit Board moving Kenneth T. Litchfield from Equipment Operator 2, Step D to Equipment Operator 2, Step E. The step up is a difference of $3.69 an hour to $3.87 an hour. Councilman Sikes made a motion to accept this recommendation being seconded by Councilman Lodico. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. The City Clerk read a letter from Farmers Home Administration stating that the City's loan has been approved. RESOLUTIONS RES. NO. 573 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MAY ZIMA AND COMPANY TO DO THE SEMI- ANNUAL AUDIT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, RE- PEALING ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFORE. This Resolution was read in full by City Attorney Weaver. Councilman Dietz made a motion to adopt this Resolution, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Councilman Cairnie asked if we have received any price that this audit is going to cost the City? The City Clerk stated that we haven't. Councilman Cairnie stated that he feels this should be done before we go into this. -2- . . u u It was explained that this will not be a full audit, and will not cost as much as a full audit. 15 min. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. RES. NO. 574 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER TO INVEST THE MONIES OF THE EDGEWATER WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT ACCOUNT IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/IOO ($50,000.00) DOLLARS, REPEALING ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFORE. This Resolution was read in full by City Attorney Weaver. Councilman Dietz made a motion to adopt this Resolution, being seconded by Councilman Lodico. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. At this time City Attorney Weaver read a letter from Briley Wild explaining why the next Resolution is being read. RES. NO. 575 A RESOLUTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING APPLICATION TO THE DEPART- MENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL FOR A LOAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF POL- LUTION CONTROL UNDER SECTION 403,1835, FLORIDA ST~TUTES, AND CHAPTER 17-15, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATION CODE, TO PROVIDE INTERIM FINANCING FOR CONSTRUCTING FOR WATER AND SEWER EXPANSION PROJECT, REPEALING ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFORE. This Resolution was read in full by City Attorney Weaver. 20 min. Councilman Lodico stated that this is just a formality, and he will make a motion to adopt this Resolution, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Councilman Cairnie asked if this is only for the Sewer Department? City Attorney Weaver stated that this is from the Department of Pollution Control and they are only interested in the Sewer Plant. 25 min. Mayor Severance asked if this interim financing means that the Department of Pollution Control is going to loan us the money to get started so that we don't have to wait for F.H.A. tosend us the money? City Manager Bryant explained that under F.H.A. they only re- lease the money after the project is completed. Tape 2 Side A o min. Mayor Severance asked what if we get this interim financing and then F.H.A. does not send us the money? City Manager Bryant explained that we will still have to pay the Department of Pollution Control back in one lump sum. Councilman Dietz questioned the ~igures on this Resolution. The figure was reduced from 1.5 to 1.2, but now the figure is 1.0. It was decided that this will have no bearing on this particular Resolution for financing, but there should be some clarification on this. Mr. Taylor asked if we have any idea of the amount of money is being talked about? -3- o o The Council explained that this will not be known until the bids come in. 5 min. Mr. Armstrong spoke to the Council about this. Councilman Dietz asked what ~he legal and engineering fees be on this interim financing? City Manager Bryant stated that we are just asking for permis- sion to apply for some of this money and at that point you can accept or reject their offer. Upon roll call vote, said motion CARRIED. ORDINANCES ORD. NO. 921 AN ORDINANCF. AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 891 BY AMENDING THE ESTIMATED INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1974 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1975, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFEC- TIVE DATE THEREFORE. This Ordinance was read by title only by City Attorney Weaver. Councilman Lodico made a motion to adopt this Ordinance, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Mr. Armstrong asked the City Attorney whether the Council can legally adopt appropriations or amendments to the budget at a Special Meeting? 10 min. City Attorney Weaver stated that this is a Regular Meeting and nothing has been adopted yet. The floor was given to Councilman Lodico, who spoke on the con- struction of the City Garage, and the present conditions under which the employees are now working and the equipment is being kept. Mayor Severance asked if there are any more questions pertaining to the Ordinance on the budget? Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. OLD BUSINESS None . NEW BUSINESS Mayor Severance opened discussion on the City advertising for a building inspector. Councilman Dietz stated that he feels that this would be a good idea, simply to have someone digest and interpret all of the Zoning laws. 15 min. Councilman Dietz made a motion that we advertise for a building inspector, b~ing seconded by Councilman Cairnie. Mrs. Webber stated that she hopes that the Council does not jump at this, but looks hard and gets someone who is very qualified. -4- , . o o Councilman Lodico stated. that he would like to know what the expense is going to be. If this is going to cost us more than using the County he stated that he will not be for it. Councilman Dietz stated that the County is under handed at present with inspectors. Councilman Sikes stated that he feels it would be a good idea to get someone out of the area, who is not involved with the 20 min. local contractors. He also asked if this would give us any more detailed work in City Hall and would it cost more as far as insurance is concerned? The City Clerk stated that we would have to furnish our own permits and receipts, and so on, and if the City has to fur- nish another automobile we would have to take care of the expense and insurance. Councilman Dietz stated that the present inspector is very satisfactory but if we had our own inspector who will take over the Zoning laws and take some pressure off of the City Hall employees and the Council, this would be a big help. Councilman Cairnie stated that there was some discussion that this same person would look after the inventory control system. 25 min. Mrs. Webber questioned why the City couldn't employ an inspector for each different field, plumbing, electric, etc. The Council explained that this would be much too expensive. Tape 2 Side B o min. Councilman Dietz stated that he would like to answer Mr. Lodico's question about the insurance, it shouldn't vary at all because we are on a blanket policy and if we add anotherperson to the policy it won't matter. The City Clerk stated that every car added to the liability insurance increases the cost of the policy. Mr. Armstrong stated that the complaints from the public are that they have to come to City Hall and then go to New Smyrna to see the inspector and then come back to the City Hall to pick up the permit. City Attorney Weaver stated that the Zoning ties up the City Clerk's time, his time and the City Manager's time, which could be turned over to this one person and save some cost to the City. Upon roll call vote on advertising for a Buildin~ Inspector, said motion CARRIED. Councilman Cairnie made a motion to waive the fee for a variance on 1015 Fernald Street, being seconded by COllncilman Dietz. 5 min. Councilman Sikes asked if we did not have a similar problem in Edgewater Acres and how much did we cha~~e him? The City Clerk answered that thi~ man naid a $50.00 filing fee, this certain man got a refund of all but $15.00 due to a dis- crepancy in the Ordinance, but since the Ordinance was corrected everyone has been told that there will be no refund. -5- " o o Councilman Sikes stated that he feels that this lady has certain rights, however if we do not charge her we should treat everyone the same. Councilman Lodico asked if we are voting to eliminate the $50.00 fee for everyone? It was explained to him that this is just for this one particular case. Upon roll call vote on the motion to waive this fee, said motion CARRIED. Councilman Lodico and Councilman Sikes both voting NO, stating that if you do this for one you should do it for all. At this time Mr. Weaver stated that he didn't have much time to get a lot of information on the recall question of Mr. Taylors. He stated that there is a problem here because certain zones have populated more than otherR. 10 min. Mr. Paul Walls stated that when he was on the Council require- ments were set up so that the boundaries would be ~hanged every two years according to th~ population growth. Councilman Dietz spoke on this, stating that he would like to see a City wide election, not just people running from Zones. Mr. Walls then questioned what if four men were elected from one Zone, then they would only be interested in their section of town. MISCELLANEOUS The City Clerk reported on the rates of advertising in the newspapers. The City Clerk explained that the difference in the number of connections and the number of bills is that these are uncom- pleted homes, homes that have been torn down or burned down or destroyed and the connections have never been taken out. Mayor Severance stated that there should be a list made of these differences and have Mr. Bryant get the Sewer Depart- ment to look into this. 20 min. Mr. Blackwell asked if the City would furnish some of the materials to put up the petition in the old Fire Station, the approximate cost will be $100.00. Mayor Severance told Mr. Blackwell to see Mr. Bryant and he can take the necessary action on this. Mr. Paul Walls thanked the Council for the fireworks money, and marbelizing the Fire Station. Councilman Dietz questioned whether high rise buildings can be built in the City of Edgewater? City Attorney Weaver stated that they can be built, however a sprinkling system within is required. 25 min. Mrs. Webber asked for a clarification of the Fire Department salaries listed in the budget. -6- ~ " . J , . ~ o Mayor Severance stated that this is for the dispatchers who answer the fire phone. Mrs. Mary Matthews, of 120 Pelican Place, spoke to the Council requesting that a street sign be put up on her street. Councilman Dietz stated that the City Manager be instructed to put up a street sign right away. Mayor Severance stated that he didn't feel a motion was neces- sary, the City is responsible to do this. ANNOUNCEMENTS: April 1, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. in City Hall or at Shuff. Club House a Public Hearing with Zoning and Planning Boards for the purpose of amending Ordinance 880 (Zoning) Workshop - April 7, 1975 in Mayor's Office at 7:30 P.M. Regular Council Meeting - April 10, 1975 in Community Center at 7:30' P.M. Board of Adjustment - Public Hearing, April 7, ,1975 in City Hall at 7:30 P.M. Merit Board - April 16, 1975 in City Hall at 7:30 P.M. ADJOURNMENT Councilman Cairnie made a motion to adjourn this meeting, being seconded by Councilman Lodico. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. MINUTES TAKEN BY: Sue Blackwell Debbie Sigler A:%~ ~, City Clerk Approved this of -7- ~ . . . GENERAL FUND City Auto Southern Bell City of Edgewater Florida Power & Light Scotty's New Smyrna Beach News Magnolia Motor Co. Phillips Feed Store Kirkland Sod.Co. News Journal Corp Fairchild Products Sears, Roebuck & Co. IBM May, Zima & Co. Taylor Brothers Magnolia Lawnmower D & M Flooring & Wall Boswell Signs Industrial Gf. Outfitter City of N.S.B. NSB-Edgewater Humane So. Xerox Vo. League of Munic. Briley, Wild & Assoc. Volusia County J. E. Tumblin Hughes Supply Standard Oil Inter Royal Joseph E. Weaver Jacob Lodico WATER & SEWER City of Edgewater Southern Bell Florida Power & Light Dobbs Electric May, Zima & Co. Bank of New Smyrna Environmental Spec. National Chemsearch Wallace & Tiernan The Foxboro Co. FEDERAL REVENUE May, Zima & Co. o o BILLS AND ACCOUNTS MARCH 27, 1975 P.D., Street, Garbage F.D., Street, Gen. Gov. Gen. Gov., Shuffleboard, Com. Center. Street, Street lights Gen. Gov. Gen. Gov., Board of Adjustments Street, Garbage Park &.Pier Park & Pier Gen. Gov. Street Recreation Gen. Gov. Gen. Gov. P.D., Street, Garbage Street Fire Board of Adjustments P . D ., Gen. Gov. P.p. Humane Society Gen. Gov. Gen. Gov. Garbage - HUD, Blk. Grant Program Gen; Gov. Gen. Gov., F. D. Park,& Pier Gen. Ledger Library City Attorney (millage) 53.47 240.54 39.05 1,666.67 8.33 18.20 297.69 22.95 13.50 15.15 63.02 195.47 608.00 2,689.69 92.50 40.25 560.00 48.00 11.38 33.00 150.00 161.15 25.00 1,399.55 217.02 1,514.00 125.75 1,772.18 516.24 130.00 8.00 12,735.75 Water Water Water and Sewer Sewer Water and Sewer Water and Sewer Water Water Sewer Sewer 5.50 43.16 1,110.93 42.00 2,689.69 52.30 9.65 53.48 47.06 313.41 4,407.28 Federal Revenue Sharing 721.50