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07-01-1963 - Regular , I ~ v u ~. u REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGE'liATER" FLORIDA HELD JULY 1" 196.3. . u The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater" Florida was called to order by Mayor A. Hussey at 7:.30 P.M. on July 1" 196.3. ROLL CALL Present Present Present Present Present Excused Present Present Excused Present Mayor A. Hussey Councilman Carl A. Siller Councilman Stanley A. Seng" Sr. Councilman Henry R. Palmateer COlIDcilman Harry S. Drury" Jr. City Attorney Louis Ossinsky" Sr. City Clerk Kathryn B. O'Connell Deputy City Clerk Marie Robinson Police Chief John Deibler Fire Chief C. Fred Garlick The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 17" 196.3 and the Continued Meet- ing of June 26th and the Special Meeting of June 20th" 196.3 were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Motion duly made by Councilman Siller these minutes stand approved as submitted" seconded by Councilman Seng and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as fo11ows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palmateer Councilman Drury !'ofayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea BILLS & ACCOUNTS General Fund: George Stuart Prentiss Hardware Co. New Smyrna Beach - Utilities Dept. City Auto Supply New Smyrna Builders Supply Co. Electric Service of NSB The H. & W. B. Drew Co. The American Pulley Co. Cornelia S. Paul" Tax Collector Edgewater Red & White Tom Adams" Secretary of State Dwight's Lloyd Cox Co. Hickman T.V.Service New Smyrna Plumbing Supplies~ Inc. Thelma Henning - (1'-1eals 4.22) trip to Starke (Gas 6.9.3) WATER DEPARTMENT Prentis Hardware City of New Smyrna Beach - Utilities Dept. New Smyrna Plumbing Supplies" Inc. Products" Inc. All State Pipe Supply Co. Laing'S Sunoco $.39..31 28.55 550.48 18.00 8.99 .35.65 61.27 4.2.3 121.59 .88 89.44 4.8.3 5.50 21.85 5.9.3 11.15 21.42 42.48 84.00 170.81 .322.52 4.50 Motion duly made by Councilman Siller these bills be paid and be made a part of the minutes" seconded by Councilman Drury and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palmateer Councilman Drury Mayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea , .. ~ v u u U QJi'l?T~~ "RR'POR'T't-) Library Report for June was read, for the month of June. Building Official report was read, for the month of June. Certification of Posting the following items: ORDINANCES NO. 351, 352, 353, and 354 RESOLUTION NO. 18 PROC1A}~TION proclaiming July 8 thru 13, 1963 as uLITTU: IEAGUE FmID RAISING WEE}\fI in Edgewater .Minutes. of Regular Meeting of June 3, 1963, also one copy of the Proclamatlon provlding for the calling and holding of a Special Election of the City of Edgewater Tuesday, July 30th, 1963 for the purpose of approval or disapproval of the new City charter at each of the follow- ing places: City Hall bulletin board Community Center bulleting board Library Fire House Post Office Prentiss Hardware Edgewater Motors Florida Shores Office Smith's Pharmacy Bulleting board near Red & White @rocery COMMUNICATIONS A letter was read from Jess Mathas, Clerk of the Circuit Court, stating that the date of July 8 A.D. 1963 beginning at 9:00 O'clock A.M. has been set for the first meeting of the Board of Equalization of Volusia County, Florida and municipalities therein located for the purpose of equalizing real, personal and intangible tax rolls of Volusia County for the tax year A.D. 1963. Each of the municipalities in Volusia County. should have a majority of their governing body present for the purpose mentioned. The City Clerk stated that the Attorney had asked her to call Jess Mathas and find out what time the members of the Council should be at this meeting Mr. Mathas said that there is no definite time for anyone. Councilman Seng and Councilman Palmateer have said they '-fill go, Mr. Drury stated he may also. A letter was read from Jacksonville Chapter, Young Americans for Freedom asking that the City have all chimes rung at 1:00 P.~. on July 4th to re- mind the residents of the city of the importance of this day. Councilman Palmateer said that arrangements have been made that chimes at the Union Church sould at that time. Mayor Hussey said that the fire alarm in the City will also sound at that time. OLD BUSUffiSS NONE NEW BUSINESS Mr. Hayhurst from the State Road Department and Mr. Mattingly were present. Mr. Mattinglyf~resented Design }I1etals Inc. Contract was read concerning light on corner of Park Avenue and Ridgewood Ave. The contract for the Traffic Signal is between Design Metals, Inc. and the City of Edgewater. Article 1 explains the scope of work. Article 2 states the time of completion. Article 3 states the Contract sum. Article 4 is the Contract Documents and Guarantee. I. ~ (.; Q o u { . Motion duly made by Councilman Palmateer we accept the contract from Design Metals, Inc. for installing light with the addition of one thing. A switch is to be connected to that light which can be operated by Police Chief or F~re Chi?f if necessary. It will be an addition of $10.00, seconded by Co un- cJ.lman SJ.ller and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palmateer Councilman Drury Mayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Hr. David vJiggins asked that the City Council vlOrk with the Planning Engineers and make a survey on the extension of water lines in Florida Shores. It is not an expense to the City but an investment. It will encourage people to build in this area. Mayor Hussey said he had already asked the Water Commissioner and City Clerk to contact engineers about this matter. He said before any paving is done we want water lines. Mr. D. C. Ketcham asked the following questions: 1. He asked if the City Charter was going to be put in some sort of shorter form so that the people could understand it. He said it was only read at one meeting and was hard to get it all at that time. He said if some- one could just type up the differences between this charter and the old one it would be a help. 2. He questioned about the New Smyrna Beach power supply. He stated that at two different times the power has been off for over a one hour period. He asked if anything was being done about terminating the contract. 3. He said that he are refusing to do pay. He asked what progress has been made with the Garbage Ordinance. is paying his bill under protest but that some of the people pay completely. He said it is a grave injustice to those who 4. He asked what could be done abut lining off parking spaces at the Post Office. 5. He said that the Union Church has a sign on the highvlay that blocks the way, and you can not see approaching traffic from the south. He asked the Council to check into this. Mayor Hussey said that we have a contract vdth Florida Power & Light, only if and when New Smyrna Beach is willing to release our contract can we be released. If we bring suit against New Smyrna Beach they can appeal it until our contract expires in May, 1966. Mr. Ketcham said New Smyrna Beach is guilty of breach of contract. Mayor Hussey said they admit they are in default. He said that he understood there was no such thing as secondary power in court. The Mayor said he had been up to New Smyrna Beach with I-tr. Ketcham but he said he would look into it again Concerning the Garbage Ordinance, Councilman Palmateer said they don't have the Ordinance anmended at this time. Atta:mey is our of twn but we do hope to have it at the next meeting. The City Clerk stated concerning the Charter, that it is in City Hall. One girl started wlDrking on making copies this afternon. There will be four copies, one in City Hall at all times. Upon the reques't that it be put in short form by Mr. Ketcham, the City Clerk said it wouldn't be possible to have this done in City Hall. I , I Hayor Hussey said we could call a meeting and explain charter more thoroughly. When the Attorney comes back I will bring it to his attention. Concerning the Parking lines in front of the Post Office, Councilman Seng said he felt that was done a long time ago. Mayor said he would look into it. ) . tv . ~ ~ u ... .. Concerning the sign in frot of the Union Church, Councilman Seng said this was a matter for the State Road Department and he said if it was a hazard they would have gotten after it by now. He said he didn't believe it was just that terribly bad. I Mrs. Grayson asked about a list to tell where to look for certain things in the charter. l1rs. O'Connell said there is an index in the back. Councilman Drury asked that Briley Wild be contacted concerning the conduits under the streets. He said if we are going to have good drainage we will need engineers. He said it would be alright to have the County come in instead of the Engineers. There being no further business motion duly made by Councilma~ Palmateer we now adjourn, seconded by Councilman Drury. There were no objections. 1vIinutes taken by Marie Robinson Time 8:00 P.~. MJi' PI A"~~ , t;~/ &/&;' ~ V / "Councilman "" //~o_ ~ I I ( / I , 1 'r II / , ~ , , Councilman \ , ~, '/ , /~-4 Councilman ' ~~ ./ "- . 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