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03-16-1964 - Regular PI U '-J u II U \,0 ! , REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGE\'lATER, FLORIDA HELD MARCH 16TH, 1964 The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida held 11arch 16th, 1964 was called to order by Mayor Dana T. Armstrong at 7:30. P.M. ROLL CALL :Hayor Dana T. Armstrong Councilman Carl A. Siller Councilman Earl L. Tingle Councilman \\Tilliam H. Cairnie Councilman B. R. Ridgdill City Attorney Jefferson W. Clark City Clerk Helen W. Jones Deputy City Clerk Marie Robinson Police Chief Jack HaJ~ Fire Chief Paul Ream Present Leave of Absence Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held }~rch 2nd, 1964 and the ~linutes of the Recessed Meeting of the City Council held March 4th, 1964 were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie these minutes stand approved as submitted, seconded by Councilman Tingle and by vote CAR..li.IED. The Roll Call vote 1'laS unanimous. BILLS & ACCOUNTS General Fund DuCor Supply Florida Power & Light Corp. Prentiss Hardware Co. Hughes Supply, Inc. The Permutit Co. 2.50 306.13 73.15 83.57 34.88 28 .00 10.00 300.00 9.75 40.09 21.40 12.50 315.78 6,290.00 36.59 18.65 20.47 11.85 25.49 88.25 28.53 29.89 19.92 38.00 450.40 9.29 153.96 8.78 89.40 74.60 City of Edgewater- Water Dep't. Lavin-Grafton Agency, Inc. Florida Power & Light Corp. DuCor Supply Bond-Howell Lumber Co. George Stuart, Inc. Mary Ann's Flowers Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. News-Journal Corp. Hill Mfg. Co. Daytona Fire Equipment, Inc. Zip Oil Station Owens Brothers Concrete, Inc. C & C Tractor, Inc. Prentiss Hardware Co. McCrory-Otasco Co. Edgewater Motors City Auto Supply Laing's Sunoco Board County Commissioners Al Kinsey Agency, Inc. Lafrance Uniform Shop The C. G. Braxmar Co., Inc. New Smyrna Beach Police Dept. Gulf Oil Corp. Water Department Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie these bills be paid and be made a part of the minutes, seconded by Councilman Ridgdill and by vote CARRIED. The Roll Call vote was unanimous. I U (.J ~ . v Councilman Ridgdill said the Mayor and Council had some discussion on the bill from Lavin-Grafton Agency, Inc. in the amount of $306.13 but he believed they had come to the conclusion that it was fair and just. Mayor Armstrong explained that this bill for the insurance was for last years insurance and not this years insurance. OFFICERS REPORTS Budget Report for February, 1964, was read. Clerk's Cash Statement for February, 1964, was read. Police Report for February, 1964, was read. Certification of Posting, dated March 4th, 1964, was read. 11ayor Armstrong thanked everyone concerned with the above reports for a job well done. COHHUNICATIONS A letter was read from the Edgewater Union Church, dated l1arch 13, 1964, thanking the }~yor and City Council for the giving of a building permit for the new parsonage without the usual fee. A letter was read from the Library Board and Librarian of the Edgewater Public Library expressing their appreciation and thanks to the City Council for the fumigation of the Library Building. ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NO. 401 DESIGNATING AND APPOINTING A REGULAR POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND SETTING FORTH CONPENSATION FOR SUCH OFFICE. The above ordinance was read in full by Attorney Clark and motion duly made by Councilman Tingle this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Cairnie and nassed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the Regular Meeting of the said Council held ~~rch 16th, 1964. The Roll Call vote was unanimous. Upon motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie, seconded by Councilman Ridgdill the requirement of reading ordinance upon second reading was waived and the ordinance was ordered put into effect immediately, at the Regular Meeting of the said Council held on the 16th day of ~4rch, A.D. 1964 and approved as provided by law. The vote of said Council being unanimous. Mayor Armstrong introduced the newly appointed police officer, Donald Joseph Goodson. RESOWTIONS None OLD BUSINESS None NEI'1 roSINESS Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie we purchase U. S. Treasury Bonds with the ~10,000 in the Reserve Account in the Water Department, seconded by Councilman Ridgdill and by vote CARRIED. The Roll Call vote was unanimous. , I v ~ o Q u Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie the City Clerk be authorized to make this expenditure of $10,000 from the Reserve Account of the Water Department to buy U. S. Treasury Bonds, seconded by Councilman Ridgdill and by vote CARRIED. The Roll Call vote was unanimous. lUSCELLA~lliOUS Mayor Armstrong said that at the last meeting of the City Council they tabled a petition from Pointer Subdivision concerning the thick undergrowth and brush in this area and the matter of cleaning it up. 7he l~yor said last Sunday Afternoon the Council toured this area, as well as all the other areas of the City. He said Councilman Cairnie would now make a report on this tour. Councilman Cairnie said Sunday the City Council saw the sorrowful mess in the Pointer Subdivision. Much of the underbrush is on privately owned property. There are Garbage Cans laying allover, which is against our City Ordinance; Parts of cars are allover; Gas stoves are laying around. He said the City can clean up the right-of-ways in this subdivision but there was much work to be done by the people who own some of this property in the subdivision. There are eleven unoccupied houses in this area. Mayor Armstrong said the Council will do what is right for the residents of this area. He said cooperation will be needed from all the people in the City to get this area cleaned up. The first week in April, weather permitting, will be declared Clean-Up Week for the City. We can then get rid of some winter leftovers laying all around. The City will arrange for transportation to get rid of this junk. We have no right to go on privately o~~ed property even if the owners gave us permission to do so. We can not use the tax payers money to go on someones private property. The City will ask P. P. Cole, Hanson & McCallister and any others that may have this kind of equipment to help in this Clean-Up week Program. When asked if these people had been notified that they have all this brush and weeds to be cleared, }myor Armstrong said they had been notified but much of this property is held by Dallas Mortgage Company. He said he saw a Titusville Paper that had eleven houses advertised for sale in Edgewater and he said he wouldn't be surprised if they were the houses in ~he lointer Subdivision, but the paper didn't specifically say those houses. They were listed in the paper FOR SALE AS IS. Mrs. Robert l~ell said the Pointer Subdivision has always teen a mess at least since she has lived in Edgewater. Mr. Stanley A. Seng, Sr. asked if it isn't legal to burn your own leaves, etc. l~yor Armstrong said it is if yo~ tend to it very carefully. Mr. Arthur Shafer asked if there isn't something that cOl11d be done ab~lt making people clean off this property. ~~yor Armstrong said we do have ~ ordinance to this effect tut we would be dealing with a Mortgage Company and we could have a law suit and we could lose a lot of the tax payers money. If liens are put on the- property we would not receive any money until the property is sold and that could take as long as 50 years. The }~yor said when you deal with a problem like this you have to consider all the people in the City. Councilman Ridgdill explained that if it becomes a Health Hazard we could have a Condemnation Suit. I V . u (-J J' .' }~s. Robert ~1ell asked about some sort of a Civil Defense Program in the City of Edgewater. She said there should be something done so that if there is an emergency the people will know what to do. She said there are a lot of old people in Edgewater that might have to leave their homes in case of an emergency and they should know where to go, etc. :Hr. David L. Higgins, Sr. said 1-1r. DeMotte \1aS very anxious to distribute literature on Civil Defense Shelters at one time. And we could qualify for matching funds from the government and then get sirens for both ends of the City. The Government has surplus equipment but none of it is guaranteed. }kyor Armstrong said he'has anticipated seeing ~w. DeMotte, who is the head of the Civil Defense Program in this area, since November and hasn't seen him yet. Mayor Armstrong said that some of the equipment that was bought for the Civil Defense Program in past years was bought from Regular Companies that make a profit on what they sell and had nothing to do with matching funds from the Government. All they did was stick a Civil Defense sticker on these items. Items such as radios and a Civil Defense Car. }myor Armstrong said the City cf New Smyrna Beach has about 19 pieces of equipment. He said the City of Edgewater should get something. Mayor Armstrong said in the last few months we have had some false alarms concerning storms in this area, but at the time of these alerts the Volunteer Fire Department and the Police Department were notified. Councilman Cairnie said we very much need more man power. 14ayor Armstrong said the City Council will give this a great deal of thought and try and qualify for the equipment from the Civil Defense Program. There being no further business, motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie.we now adjourn, seconded by Councilman Ridgdill and there we~enooojections~ l{ihiltes taken by' Marie Robinson. Time 8: 25 P .}1. ~d?.-J;~ }f.!\YOR ~. ~ ~~/~~~ /cOUNCIU1AN?/ ~t~ ~ .-yV )-{ , ~~A ~ COUNCIU1AN ~ ~// COUN IU1AN ~ ATTEST: ~~~LO.J C TY CLERK.