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04-20-1964 - Regular . u '" ... u REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWA TER, FLORIDA HELD APRIL 20TH, 1964 u .. U The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida held April 20th, 1964 was called to order by Mayor Dana T. Armstrong at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Mayor Dana T. Armstrong Councilman Carl A. Siller Councilman Earl L. Tingle Councilman \vi11iam H. Cairnie Councilman B. R. Ridgdi11 City Attorney Jefferson W. Clark City Clerk Helen W. Jones Deputy City Clerk Marie Robinson Police Chief Jack Hayman Fire Chief Paul Ream Officer Donald J. Goodson was present at this meeting. Present Present Present Present Present Excused Present Present Absent Present The Audit- Report for the year ending October 31st, 1963, was read. With the exception of one mistit1e in the Audit, Baseball Account should have been Playground Account and another thing or two that were not ma t ters of great importance, Mayor Armstrong said the audit figures were in order. Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie this audit be accepted, seconded by Councilman Siller and by vote CARRIED. The Roll call vote was unanimous. The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held April 6th, 1964 were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Motion duly made by Councilman Siller these minutes stand approved as submitted, seconded by Councilman Ridgdi11 and by vote CARRIED. The roll call .vote was unanimous. OFFICERS REPORTS The Police Report for the month of March, 1964, was read. Certification of Posting dated April 7th, 1964, was read. Mayor Armstrong expressed his appreciation to the Chief of Police and City Clerk for the above Reports. BILLS & ACCOUNTS General Fund Robertson & May Lloyd Cox Co. Sol-Ray Supplies Goh1's 66 Service Station J. C. Coleman Southern Bell Te. & Tel. City of Edgewater - Water Dept. Florida Power & Light Co. Edgewater Precast The Bond Buyer Roger B. Quincy Bond-Howell Lumber Co. DeLuxe Cleaners Laing's Sunoco $400.00 12.60 12.15 4.00 118.00 19.49 2.50 78.46 36.85 300.30 27.13 77.17 1.25 26.68 I u u ., u u .. Donald S. Lavigne, Inc. Smith's Rexall Pharmacy Radiation Service Co. Firestone Hall Sign & Post Inc. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. Gulf Oil Corp. News Journal Corp. 3.94 24.50 55.10 322.62 29.67 50.00 481.52 23.25 Water Department Robertson & May Florida Power & Light Co. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Badger Meter Mfg. Co. Neptune Meter Co. Hughes Supply, Inc. Apopka Products, Inc. 275.00 186.85 19.97 194.65 360.00 21.43 81.25 Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie these bills be paid and be made a part of the minutes, seconded by Councilman Tingle and by vote CARRIEp. The Roll call vote was unanimous. COMMUNICA TIONS A letter was read from the Volunteer Fire Department, Paul Ream, Chief, requesting $40 to be donated by the City to send a delegate to the State Firemens Annual Convention to be held May 11th, 12th and 13th at Clearwater, Florida. Mrs. Thelma Hennig presented to the Mayor a copy of the expenses for her recent trip to W. Palm Beach, Florida for the State Library Convention. Mayor Armstrong said that at the last meeting the Council unanimously approved the advance of $30 from the Library Budget for the trip of Mrs. Hennig to West Palm Beach, Florida. He said her bill was $41.37 so it would be necessary for a motion to be made to advance $11.37 out of the Library Budget. Motion duly made by Councilman Siller that Mrs. Hennig be advanced $11.37 out of the Library Budget for the additional expenses of her trip to W. Palm Beach, seconded by Councilman Cairnie and by vote CARRIED. The Roll call vote was unanimous. Concerning the request of the Volunteer Fire Department asking for a donation of $40 for a representative of the Fire Department to go to the State Firemens Annual Convention, Councilman Siller asked if there wasn't some way the letter could be reworded since the Council can not give donations. Mayor Armstrong also stated that the City Council is not at liberty to make donations. Motion duly made by Councilman Siller the Volunteer Fire Department be advanced $40 to send a representative to the State Firemens Annual Convention in Clearwater, Florida. It was disciosed that Fred Garlick would attend this convention. The above motion was seconded by Councilman Ridgdill and by vote CARRIED. The Roll call vote was unanimous.. n V o u II o oJ- ORDINANCES None RESOIlJTIONS RESOWTION NUMBER 39 ESTABLISHING CITY OF EDGEWA'lER CIVIL DEFENSE COUNCIL The above resolution was read in full by Attorney Clark and motion duly made by Councilman Siller this resolution be adopted, seconded by Councilman Cairnie and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the Regular Meeting of the said Council held this 20th day of April, A.D. 1964. The Roll call vote was unanimous. OLD roSINESS None NEW roSINESS Mr. Adolph LaBonde, Building Official, asked if the City Council would give him permission to set up a certain day, preferably a Saturday, to give master electrician examinations. He said he will see to it that they each pay the $50 fee for the examination. Due to the fact that he does not know when the examinations will come, he can not say the exact date:'at this time. Mayor Armstrong recommended the Council pass a motion to let Mr. LaBonde set up this date for the master electrician examinations. Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie that Mr. LaBonde be given permission to set up the date for the master electrician examinations, seconded by Councilman Siller and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote was unanimous. Mr. Morgan from the South Florida Natural Gas Co. spoke concerning the possibility of getting natural gas for the City of Edgewater. A copy of a proposed ordinance for the City of Edgewater has been presented to the Mayor. Before any work is done on these gas lines, Mr. Morgan said a Market Survey would have to be made to determine where these mains would be constructed and procure the necessary materials to start construction. He said they would like to start construction about the same time the Sewer Project starts. Councilman Siller asked if this would be an exclusive franchise. Mr. Morgan said uNo". Mayor Ar.mstrong said it is not legal for the City to enter into an exclusive franchise. He said he has gone over the proposed project but has not had time to go over this with the Council. The franchise would be for thirty years and would be..r.atified by the voters. This would be done to protect the gas company. Councilman Siller questioned as to whether there was anything in the proposed ordinance that states a gas plant will be built in the City. He said if there was he would be opposed to it. Mayor Armstrong said it is not in the proposed contract. He said the South Florida Natural Gas Co. has been very cooperative with the City of New Smwrna Beach in reference to their Sewerage Project. Councilman Ridgdil1 asked if this natural gas was competitive. Mr. Morgan said it has to be competitive. He said it is somewhat less than electricity. Councilman Cairnie asked if this gas could be used for heat and air conditioning. Mr. Morgan said it could. -- -- 'I ii \ w w u u .J Councilman Cairnie asked if you could have part of the appliances in your home electric and part gas. Mr. Morgan said that could be done. He also stated that no one is a captive customer. Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie we table this proposal from the South Florida Natural Gas Co. until the Council and City Attorney have a chance to cheCk it over, seconded by Councilman Ridgdill and there was no roll call. MISCEUANEOOS Concerning the bobcats in the City of Edgewater, Mayor Armstrong said he was advised by the Game Warden to tell the people to shoot them. He said that this is not in accord with the City Ordinance but he said he is sure, if it is absolutely necessary, the City will waive that section of the ordinance preventing the shooting of fire arms. Mrs. Thelma Hennig discussed her trip to W. Palm Beach representing the City Library. She said there will be $950,000 in Presidential Grants and the state will match this amount. The only libraries entitled to the grants are those that have a County Library System, which this Library does. She said she brought back an application for the Mayor and City Attorney to fill out, asking for a grant to remodel or build a new library building for the City. She said the application should be sent in by the end of the month. Mayor Armstrong said the application will be filled out. Concerning the Sewerage Project, Mayor Armstrong said that, with the exception of breaking ground, we have complied with all rules necessary to receive the $250,000 grant from the Government. There will be a Special Meeting April 30th, 1964 at 4:00 P.M. to open construction bids at which time we will have someone from the Home Finance Agency present so that we will avoid any unnecessary delay. This will give the Engineers from the 30th of April to the 4th of May to tabulate the bids. On May 4th we will make tentative bids which must then be approved in Atlanta. May 4th bids will be in on the Bonds. Upon receipt of these bids the Fiscal Agents can recommend who is to get the bid. There being no further business, motion duly made by Councilman Tingle we now adjourn, seconded by Councilman Cairnie. There were no objections. Minutes taken by Marie Robinson . Time 8:40 P.M. ~~~ ~ ~4~~ ./COO~ 0~"?U~ '7~k , v I . , . o u f"),,,/[ ~-4 COUNCIIMAN fr'H~ ~ COUNCILMAN c~~ ATTEST: ~~,--, ) I'I'Y CIERK -- --- I v ~ / . .~ r-