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11-05-1962 - Regular " ~~~ w REGULAR ~,::EETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEliA.TER, FLORIDA HELD NOVEJ.:J3ER 5, 1962 n w v Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida held November 5, 1962 was called to order by }~yor A. Hussey at 7:30 P .E. \. ROLL CALL Jliayor A. Hussey CounciJJnan Carl A. Siller Councilman Stanley A. Seng, Sr. Councilman Henry R. Palrr~teer Councilman John H. Zeilman City Attorney Jefferson W. C~ark Police Chief John Deibler Fire Chief C. Fred Garlick City Clerk Kathryn B. O'Connell Deputy Clerk Earie Robinson Present Present Present Present Present Present Excused Present Present Present ~~. Anderson from Goodbody & Co. spoke concerning becoming the Fiscal Agent for the City of Edgewater. He said that his company had some 14 offices throughout the state and some 45 offices throughout the country. He said that he had a lot of experience -vath this kind of 11ork. He stated that he had given the l'~yor a proposed contract. He asked if there were any corrections to be made and Councilman Palmateer said he saw none. }~. Tarnopol had some questions on this ~~tter and was interested if this was going to be put out for bids. Attorney Clark said it would be competitive. Er. Jones from T. Nelson O'Rourke Inc., Daytona Beach spoke concerning becoming the Fiscal Agent for the City of Edgewater. He said that he felt that his company had some unique possibilities. He said that he was well qualified to be the City Fiscal Agent. He said that~e had another firm in St. Petersburg that will give some assistanc~. He stated that he was very near the City and could come to any of the Council meetings if it were necessary. He stated that he had given the l1ayor a proposed contract. The JI~nutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held October 22, 1962 were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Motion duly made by Councilw~n Seng these minutes stand approved as sub~itted, seconded by Councilw~n Siller and by vote CARRIED. BILLS & ACCOUNTS General Fund Prentiss Hard11are Co. Claude E. Talley Stevens Lock Shop Western Auto Associate Store The Glencoe Press Volusia Tractor & Implement Hill Bros. Tire Co. Tuxedo Feed Store New Smyrna Auto Supply Edgewater HOwer & Small Engine Edgewater Motors 26.87 89.00 8.94 7.32 7.50 16.92 5.30 4.95 1.58 9.65 146.99 . v u Lloyd Cox Co. Hanson & McCallister, Inc. New Smyrna Beach - Electric Bill Roger B. Quincy E.O. Painter Printing Co. Sams Oil Corp. James Seeley Lavin-Grafton Volusia County Public Library Smith's Pharmacy Inc. Redland Repair Shop Water Department City of N.S.B. Utilities Prentiss Hardware All State Pipe Co., Inc. New Smyrna Plumbing Supplies, Inc. Dwight's Badger Meter Mfg. Charley's Welding Shop Hughes Supply, Inc. II v u , 37.66 15.00 423.69 1.84 40.00 13.40 6.00 100.00 25.00 .94 5.00 34.74 17.92 43.08 38 . 20 42.75 199.33 44.00 195.05 Motion duly made by Councilman Seng these bills be paid and be ~~de a part of the minutes, seconded by Counci~~n Siller and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palmateer Councilman Zeilman }flayor Hussey OFFICERS REPORTS Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Building Official Report for the month of October was read, also report for fiscal year ending October 31, 1962. Fire Department Report from November 1, 1961 to November 1, 1962 Has read. PROCLAlfATION A PROCLAHATION SIGNED BY }f.AYOR A. HUSSEY RECOGI\i1:ZING THE SALE OF BUDDY POPPIES BY THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR') OF THE UNITED STATES, URGING CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE GENEROUSLY. COI.}.i.mrr CA'I'IONS A letter was read from Thomas E. Duane, Sec-Treas. Edgewater Volunteer Fire Department listing the names of the newly elected Volunteer Fire Department Officials. A letter was read from Robert F. haxwell, Co~~nder, American Legion Post No. 285 listing volunteers from the Legion who are willing to assist the City of Edgewater in any emergency that may come up. A letter v~s read from Warren Jackson, Tax Assessor, Volusia County submitting the final assessed valuation of the City of Edgewater for the year 1962. A letter was read from G.C. Alexander requesting re-zoning the reIT~inder of Lot S16 and all of Lot #18, Sheppard - Sanchez Subdivision from residential to commercial. Also requesting that Live Oak Street be opened into the lot designated as Lot #16. . . v u o u fJ '" Motion duly ~~de by Councilman Seng to confirm the newly appointed officials in the VollUlteer Fire Department, seconded by Councilman Palmateer and by vote CARRIED. There were no objections. Hotion duly made by Councilman Seng we turn over to the Zoning Board the request for re-zoning by 11r. G.C. Alexander, seconded by Councilman Palmateer and by vote CARRIED. There were no objections. ORDIIJANCES ORDIN"A.T'JCE NO. 333 APPROVING COHPENSATION FOR THE LIBRARIAN OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF EDGKI^lA'IER, FLORIDA. Councilman Seng asked if the previous librarian had been hired by ordinance. City Clerk, KathrYn B. O'Connell, said that it had been by resolution. Councilman Seng asked if anything happened wouldn't her job have to be terminated by ordinance. Attorney Clark said that the City Charter stipulates that salaries nmst be by ordinance. If the librarian was to be fired it would be up to the Library Board. The above ordinance was read in full by Attorney Clark and motion duly made by Councilman Seng this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Siller and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the Regular Meeting of the said Council held on November 5, 1962. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palmateer Councilman Zeil.Ir.an Eayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Upon motion duly made by Councilman Pal.Ir.ateer, seconded by COill1cil.Ir~ Siller and CARRIED, the requirement of reading said ordi~~nce upon second reading was waived and the ordinance was ordered put upon final passage. Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular meeting of said Council on the 5th day of November A.D. 1962 and approved as provided by law. The vote of said Council being as follows:- C~lncilman Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palmateer Counci~.an Zeilman l::ayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea THE I'X\,[ ORDINA!,TCE FOR GARBAGE AND .'TRASH PICK UP vIAS READ BY ATTORI@ JEFFERSOK i'I. CLARK. The above ordinance 1'laS read in full by Attorney Clark and motion duly lJ1~de by Councilman Palmateer this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Siller and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the Regular meeting of the said council held Novernber 5, 1962. Roll call vote being as follows:- . . v u v u Mayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea I Vlould like time to go over the fees so I can't go along with it tonight. Yea Councilman Siller Councilrra..'1 Seng Councilrr~ Palw~teer Councilman Zeilman Upon motio!l duly made by Councilw.an Palmateer and seconded by Councilman Siller the second reading be waived. }~. Dana Armstrong asked if the Council was going to charge a fee for trash collections. Attorney Clark said that our garbage collections are in the red about $6,000. ~~. Armst~ung said a lot of people in the city are getting free trash collection. Councilw~n Palw~teer said there are some trailer parks in the City that are getting garbage and trash collection for less than 2 cents per unit. Hr. :Iat Brov'ffi said that there should be something in the ordinance that allows builders to burn refuse. He said that they had always been able to do that ',before. Attorney Clark said that according to this ordinance trash such as that will have to be hauled away. Councilman Siller withdrew~is second/for the second reading of the Garbage Ordinance. Councilw~n Zeilman said that he had ro~de a suggestion that some trash be burned with special permission. tfI guess that Nas over'-lookcd.tf Motion duly made by Councilw~n Seng we transfer $2,500 from ~~rgency and Contingencies to a Special Fund for Civil Defense. He said that l1e had received some equipnent from the Civil Defense and will be getting more. }~. DeMott, head of the Civil Defense said that he was the one that asked the 11ayor and Council to ~ransfer the money for the good of the City. He said the Mayor and Council have been very co-operative and are rulling to help all that they can. Councilman Siller said that the reason we must have a Special Fund is that we can't spend money othervuse unless it is out for bids. If.r. De}~ott said a few words about Civil Defense and said that there is no shelter in Edgewater but the schools in N.S.B. are the nearest. Councilman Zeilman seconded the motion by Councilw~n Seng concerning the J2,500 to be transferred from Emergency and Contingency to Civil Defense and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman ~iller Councilro~n Seng Councilman Pa~r~teer Councilman Zeilman :Hayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea NEi'[ BUSINESS l'iotion duly made by Councilman Siller we accept the Special vlaranty Deed from Robert E. Fuller and Norro~ S. Fuller as recorded Box 470, Page 180 on the 28th day of A€gust. . . v \.J ~ u Seconded by Councilman Seng who made it clear that the City was not responsible for black topping the road or anything like that. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palwateer Councilman Zeilman Hayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Councilman Palmateer said'that some t~e ago we got a request from the Zoning Board to hire a plar~er for the City. The City has gotten some correspondence concerning this watter. He stated that }~. DeWitt McGee & Associates seemed to be the best one. We get 2/3 of the fee for the engineer from the Federal Government. J.iotion duly wade by Councilman Palmateer "\1e hire Hr. }~cGee. His fee vnll be between five and ten thousand dollars a year. City share would be 1/3. Seconded by Councilwan Seng and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follo"\1s:- Councilwan Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palmateer Councilman Z~ilman Hayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea l-frs. Thelma Hennig said that Hrs. Paul Weichel had donated 4 gallons of blood. She said that it "\1aS a "\1onderful thing and asked that anybody that could donate blood do so. You must be betHeen the ages of 21 and 59. She said that there is a little boy in the hospital that needs the blood very badly. Concerning the letter from the t"\10 bar OHners in Edgewater Councilman Palmateer proposed that this be tabled. No objections. Councilman Siller said that tonight we were suppose to .have the second reading on the train ordinance, but since the crisis in Cub~ and since the Railroads play a big part in the defence of our nation we will \ffiit until a later date to have the second reading. }:otion duly wade by Councilwan Siller we wait til a later date for the second reading of the train ordinance, seconded by Councilwan Seng and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follo"\1s:- Councilman Siller CouncillI'an Seng Councilrran Palmateer Council~an Zeilman Hayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Councilwan Siller said th~t he was requested to ask why the sign hadn't been put up on Hrs. LeM.aD'S property as the Council had said they "\1ould do, by }1r. Hason. Hayor Hussey said it was a bit of neglect on his part. "1 thought someone was taking care of this." He said he v/Ould see to it tha tit was taken care of right ai'l~ . . , v ~I v v }rrs. Hennig asked if the Council was going to take care of cutting the grass around the park. She said the Garden Club used to do it. She said if the Council wanted them to they would take it over agin. Councilman Seng proposed that it be turned back to the Garden Club. Nobody objected. Someone complained about the signs being down on i^lest Palm ~'lay. Hayor Hussey said they would be put back up. }~. }~lell asked if the ~ayor would see that the street is Ilarked off on Veterans Day for the ceremonies here in Edgewatcr. lrayor Hussey said it ,-[ould be done. ;there being no f1ll'ther business motion duly made by Coundilman PalJ!1.ateer we recess until 7:30 P .l.r. November 7, 1962, seconded by Councilman Siller and by vote CAR~D. Einutes Taken by 1-:arie Robinson. Time 8:55 P.1-:. l:ayor 4 I / .~Ot- Councilman ~ -' .... ....... Councilman ATTEST: ~(J, 19"(1~ Ci~y C .erk ,