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07-07-1965 - Recessed/Regular I U (.) u o -, MINUTES OF THE RECESSED MEETING OF THE CI'lY COONCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA HELD JULY 7TH, 1965 The Recessed Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida was called to order by Mayor Dana T. Armstrong at 7:30 P.M. on July 7th, 1965. ROLL CALL Mayor Dana T. Armstrong Councilman Carl A. Siller Councilman Earl L. Tingle Councilman W. H. Cairnie Councilman B. R. Ridgdill City Attorney W. D. Mathas City Clerk Helen W. Jones Deputy City Clerk Marie Robinson Police Chief Herman Witmeyer Fire Chief Richard Hanson Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present Present Present Absent The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held June 21st, 1965 were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie these minutes stand approved as submitted, seconded by Councilman Siller and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote of those present was unanimous. Motion duly made by Councilman Siller we disperse with our normal business and go right into opening the bids for the 1965 Water Improvement Project, seconded by Councilman Tingle and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote of those present was unanimous. The City Clerk read certification of. bids: All the bids for the tools in the Sewer Plant were received by 4:30 P.M., Ju~y 7th, 1965. All bids for the 1965 Water Improvement Project were received by 7:30 P.M., July 7th, 1965. There were three bids for the tools in the Sewer Plant: J. G. Christopher Co., Prentiss Hardware Co. and Harry P. Leu, Inc. The bids were turned over to the City Engine~rs for their recommendation. The bids for J. G. Christopher Co. and Prentiss Hardware did not show a grand total but were itemized. The bid from Harry P. Leu, Inc. was in the amount of $258.84. Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie we refer these bids to the City Engineers for tabulation and study, seconded by Councilman Siller and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote was unanimous. mDS ON 1965 WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Surety Part 1 Part 2 Chi. Bridge & Iron Co., Atlanta, Ga. Federal Ins. Joe Reinertson, Inc., Miami, Fla. Trans American Cambron Const. Co., Orlando, Fla. Glen Falls Robert Edelblut, Inc. Fort Meyers,Fla. Home Indemnity R. D. Cole Mfg. Co., Newnan, Ga. American Ins. Co. Brown Steel Contractors, Newman, Ga. Continental Casualty Meridith Corp., Orlando, Fla. American Fire & Cas.34,1l0.50 Rowell Construction, Jacksonville,Fla. United Bonding Ins. 34,739.00 R. W. Furman, Inc., Bradenton, Fla. United Bonding Ins. 39,625.99 Sanitary Engineering Co., Ormond Bch. Aetna Casualty Ins. 26,494.32 E. N. Murray Constr. Co., Buena Vista,Ga. Continental Cas. 33,914.50 Bumby & Stimpson, Orlando, Fla. U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty 33,270.50 Continental Casualty34,864.65 Ins. Co. of N. Amer.36,194.25 Fed. Ins. Bank Draft $1,800 35,987.00 49,285.00 34,892.00 35,151.05 36,167.53 58,910.00 52,900.00 Saine Co., Orlando, Fla. Boyce Co., Clearwater, Fla. Dorcon, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. Cosmac Corp. 51,500.00 Page 1 of 5 pages 1 U o o <) Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie these bids be turned over to the City Engineers for tabulation, review and recommendation and returned to us as soon as possible, seconded by Councilman Tingle and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote of those present was unanimous. BILLS & ACCOUNTS General Government Rossner & Sons Gasoline 940.00 Rossner & Sons Street & Garbage Dept. 12.00 City of New Snwrna-Utilities Dept. Electric 553.41 U. S. Post Office-Edgewater Gen. Govt. 9.00 Lloyd Cox: Co. Office Supplies 8.24 P. P. Cole City Dump Mtn. 188.50 Rogers Sales & Service General Gov't.-Up keep 22.00 Hanson & McCallister, Inc. Street Dept. 50.00 R. W. Moore Street Lights 40.00 Nieburger Chevrolet Co. Police Dept. 9.30 Irma Wilkes Street Dept. 40.80 Charley's Welding Shop Street & Garbage Dept.168.78 Prentiss Hardware Co. Street, Garbage & Gen. Govt. 19.95 City Auto Supply Street, Garbage & Pol. Dept. 71.96 Donald S. Lavigne, Inc. Police Dept. 4.24 Daytona Fire Equipment, Inc. Fire Dept. 72.90 Gulf Oil Products 80.30 Hazel Massey Library 5.32 Michael M. Murphy Library '13.00 Central Electric Supply, Inc. Street Lights 1.80 Florida Equipment Co. Street Dept. 140.24 Coronado Paint Co. Street Dept. 42.50 New SJlij'"rna Beach-Edgel'later Humane Society 35.00 New SJlij'"rna Police Dept. Police Dept. 4.00 Lannie Carroll Street Dept. 13.20 Smokey's Electric General Gov't. 10.00 Volusia Communications Fire Dept. 63.75 Motorola Communications & electronics Fire Dept. 474.75 Water and Sewer Department City of New S~a Beach-Utilities Dept. Water Dept. 39.66 City of New S~ Beach-Utilities Dept. Sewer Dept.165.31 New Sm;yrna Plumbing Supplies, Inc. Water & Sewer 26.91 City of Edgewater-Waterworks & Sewer System 7.50 Florida East Coast Rw.y Cor. Sewer Dept. 2.00 New SJlij'"rna Builders Supply Co. Sewer Dept. 19.20 Prentiss Hardware Co. Sewer Dept. 4.00 All State Pipe Supply Co., Inc. Water Dept. 26.84 National Cash Register Co. Water Dept. 7.72 Motion duly made by Councilman Siller these bills be paid and be made a part of the minutes, seconded by Councilman Tingle and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote of those pres~nt was unanimous. OFFICERS REPCRTS The Building Official's Report for the month of June, 1965, was read. Certification of Posting dated the 22nd day of June, 1965 was read. Mayor Armstrong expressed his appreciation to the City Clerk and Building Official for the excellent way they presented their reports. Page 2 of 5 pages 6 o o 6 COMMUNICATIONS A letter was read from Hazel H. Massey, Edgewater Librarian, dated June 28th, 1965, asking the Mayor and Councilmen to accept her r.esignation, effective at 5:00 P.M. on July lOth, 1965. The letter stated she enjoyed working here but has an opportunity to work shorter hours and be at home with her son on Saturdays. A letter was read from Rose Angers, Sec'y to the Edgewater Public Library Board, dated July 2, 1965, stating that due to the resignation of Hazel Massey as Librarian of the Edgewater Public Library, the Library Board respectfully submits the name of Ruthe Driskel to fill the vacancy. The letter further stated that Mrs. Driskel is a resident of Ed~ewater since 1943 and previously was in charge of the library for approx. 5 (five) years and resigned from same to accept the position of Deputy City Clerk. The letter also stated they felt the reasonable salary for the librarian should be $210.00 per month. A letter was read from the Board of Governors of the Edgewater Community Center dated June 21st, 1965 requesting that the forthcoming city budget include funds for the maintenance and renewal of equipment presently needed in the Community Center Building. These recommendations were made at the regular meeting of the Board of Governors, June 14th, 1965. Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie the re~ignation of Mrs. Massey be accepted with deep regret. She is an excellent librarian and we are sorry to see her leave. Motion seconded by Councilman Tingle. Mrs. Robert Redding, a resident of Edgewater, said she felt Mrs. Massey is due a private hearing to give other reasons for resigning that were not stated in her letter. Mrs. Thelma Hennig, Chairman of the Edgewater Library Board, said she felt the worst about Hazel Massey leaving. She has been a very good librarian. Mayor Armstrong said it has been brought to his attention by two people that Mrs. Massey regrets sending in this resignation. She would like to keep the job but under certain circumstances she is unable to stay. T he Mayor sat d he talked with Mrs. Massey some time ago about some difficulties in the library but at the time she would not say what the trouble was as she felt it would jeopardize her job. We should find out if it is her desire to leave. I have heard nothing but good about her. She handles both adults and children very nicely. I regret we received this letter of resignation. Councilman Cairnie said he talked to Mrs. Massey. She is firm on her decision to leave. She will be working for the County for shorter hours and they also have a pension system. Councilman Cairnie said he did not want to hold anyone back from an advancement of any kind. Mrs. Hennig said Mrs. Massey did'not apply for this new job; it was offered to her. The roll call vote on accepting the resignation of Mrs. Massey was as follows: Councilman Siller Councilman Tingle Councilman Cairnie Mayor Armstrong Yea Yea Yea Nay Mayor Armstrong said he is ready to talk with Mrs. Massey at any time. Councilman Siller said if Mrs. Massey had any desires to stay or had any troubles she should have stated so in her letter. Councilman Tingle said he knew nothing of any conflict in the library. He said he thought everything was going smoothly. I took it for granted she had a better job to go to. I didn't know anything about her job being in jeopardy. Page 3 of 5 pages (; o o n U Councilman Siller said Mrs. Massey should have asked for a hearing if she so desired. He said he would be the last one to stand in anyones w~ if they can advance themself. Councilman Tingle said any troubles in the Library should have been brought to the attention of the Council by the Mayor if he knew about this. Councilman Tingle said this is the first he knew about it. Mrs. Hennig said she didn't understand the resignation as there never was anyone considered to take her job. We never thought of letting her go. Mayor Armstrong said the Library job has nothing to do with City Politics. Mr. Tam Strang, City Engineer, said he could not have the tabulation on the 1965 Water Improvement Project bids this evening. He would have them at the next meeting called by the Council. Concerning the letter from the Librcry Board requesting we hire Mrs. Ruth Driskel, Mayor Armstrong said we have just received Mrs. Massey's resignation, we should wait a little while. Mrs. Hennig said she would appreciate the council holding up on this as there are three more applications that she has that should be considered. Mayor Armstrong said applications for the library position will be received until 5:00 P.M., Mond~, July 12th, 1965. Mayor Armstrong said the Council will take into consideration the recommendation of the Board of Governors and appreciated their letter. The Mayor said ten tables have already been ordered for the Community Center. Ten more will qe ordered later. Councilman Cairnie said whoever is painting the street signs is doing a very good job. ~or Armstrong said a couple of young men on Hamilton Road are painting the signs. ORDINANCES None RESOLUTIONS None OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS None MISCELLANEOOS Mayor Armstrong said the specifications on the Garbage Truck are in the City Hall. The bids are to be turned in by August 2nd, 1965. Mr. John Zeilman, Florida Shores, suggested a raise in p~ for Mr. LaBonde and Mr. Ream due to the extra work with the new Sewer System. Page 4 of 5 pages 6 o o I U ~or Armstrong said a new man is working in the sewer plaht and Mr. LaBonde was given a raise during ~he time of the extra sewer system work. Mr. Zeilman also said the grass and weeds around the stop signs in Florida IDlores is very high. He also said the traffic control signs are very nice. ~or Armstrong said with vacation time here we are short on man power but we will get to all these things as soon as we can. He said he is also trying to work on the drainage down by Mr. Zeilman. Mr. Whitlock, Edgewater Acres, complained about the odor from the sewer plant. ~or Armstrong said he will do everything possible to get rid of the odor even if he has to have the man work a split shift and be there when the odor is the worst. A gentlemen from the audience had a complaint about his water ilill. The ~or said he will do all he can to check on the meter and if an adjustment is necessary on the bill it will be made. Motion duly made by Councilman Siller we recess this meeting until 5 :00 P.M., !:-July 12th, 1965, seconded by Councilman Cairnie am by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote of those present was unanimous. Minutes taken by Marie Robinson. Time ~ :45 P.M. /)-~J;-~./ l~~ MAYOR . y ~~4~ ~ COONC N ~~ ~ 'wr1,~ COUNCIlMAN ~. cll1if~// ~~ ....... " ATl'EST: ;rf(~44M~ 'lYC Page 5 of 5 pages ,.-