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11-14-1963 - Special " v v u I U SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EOOEWATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA HELD NOVEMBER 14TH, 1963 The Special Meeting of the City Council held November 14th, 1963 at 6:00 P.M. was called to order by Mayor Dana T. Armstrong. ROLL CALL Mayor Dana T. Armstrong Councilman Carl A. Siller Councilman Earl L. Tingle Councilman Harold Cairnie Councilman B. R. Ridgdill Deputy City Clerk Helen Jones Present Present Present Present Present Present Mayor Armstrong said the purpose of the meeting was to accept'the resignations of Patrolmen Lewis, McCarthy and Langford. The Mayor read the resignation of Leroy E. Lewis. Motion duly made by Councilman Siller we accept the resignation of Patrolman Lewis, seconded by Councilman Tingle and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea The Mayor read the resignation of Calvin Langford. Motion duly made by Councilman Tingle we accept the resignation of Patrolman Langford, seconded by Councilman Cairnie and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Hayor App1strong Yea Yea Yea Yea. Yea The Mayor read the resignation of Robert H. McCarthy. Councilman Cairnie asked if Mr. HcCarthy was present and after being told he was, he asked him if there was anything he would like to say. Patrolman HcCarthy said he would like to clarify a few things. He said the three patrolmen wanted to continue as a body but with so many rumors going around they decided to tender their resignation. He felt the Council didn't have much trust in them when they would go out and advertise for the jobs instead of offering them to the present employees. Councilman Siller said each Patrolman would have equal chance to apply for the job. Mr. McCarthy said he put in application the night Mr. Deibler was released and had heard nothing in regards to it. Ii u .. V u . u Councilman Tingle said they had no records of the present Patrolmen and didn..'t know them so they made new application forms and would pick the best qualified. Councilman Siller told Mr. McCarthy he went to Buddy Evans when he found out the City was hiring him and got a very good reference regarding him. He said he also knew nothing of the hiring of Mr. Langford until after he had started. Mayor Armstrong said you should have come in and talked to us and should have carried on until notified different. The Council has not had the time as yet to make the decisions. Councilman Siller said the audience knew before us what was in the letters. Mr. McCarthy told the Council they did not decide until after 5:00 P.M. last night to resign and he did not know how the audience knew about it. Councilman Ridgdill said there was no mention of any cut in",..the salaries. As a new councilman coming in, I had had high recommendations for you and Mr. Lewis. In regards to the articles in the papers, Mayor Armstrong said none of the statements in the paper were factual. Motion duly made by Councilman Tingle to accept the resignation,' of Patrolman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Siller and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NO. 371 TERMINATING SERVICES OF PATROU1AN FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, VOWSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND SETTING FORTH COMPENSATION DUE FOR SUCH OFFICE TO TERMINATION DATE. The above ordinance was read in full by Deputy City Clerk Helen Jones and motion duly made by Councilman Siller this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Cairnie and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the Special Meeting of the said Council held November 14th, 1963. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill 11ayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Upon motion duly made by Councilman Siller, seconded by Councilman Cairnie the requirement of reading said Ordinance upon second reading was waived and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows: Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea I u u v II U Motion duly made by Councilman Siller this ordinance be passed on the waiving of the second reading, seconded by Councilman Cairnie and passed at the Special Meeting of the said Council held on the 14th day of November, A.D. 1963 and approved as provided by law. The vote of said Council being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea ORDINANCE NO. 372 TERMINATING SERVICES OF PATROLMAN FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, VOWSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND SETTING FORTH CONPENSATION DUE FOR SUCH OFFICE TO TERMINATION DATE. The above ordinance was read in full by Deputy City Clerk Helen Jones and motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Tingle and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the Special Meeting of the said Council held November 14th, 1963. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Upon motion duly made by Councilman Siller, seconded by Councilman Ridgdill the reql:lirement of reading said Ordinance upon second reading was waived and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Motion duly made by Councilman Siller this ordinance be passed on the waiving of the second reading, seconded by Councilman Cairnie and passed at the Special Meeting of the said Council held on the 14th day of November, A. D. 1963 and approved ..as provided by law. The vote of said Council being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie we terminate the services of Patrolman Langford upon acceptance of his resignation, seconded by Councilman Tingle and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Couricilman Cairnie Councilman Ridgdill Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea There being no further business motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie we now adjourn, seconded by Councilman Tingle and there were no objections. Minutes taken by Helen Jones. Time 6 :35 P".M. v .. ~ .... " C=C1~ff AT'IEST: .~~~-"L~ ./ De City Clerk - V ~. ~ ~ ~ ~ JI U