02-06-1967 - Regular
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewaters
Florida was called to order by Mayor Earl L. Tingle on
February 6ths 1967 at 7:10 P.M.
ROLL CALL
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REr,ULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA
HELD FEBRUARY 6THs 1967
Mayor Earl L. Tingle
Councilman J~cob Lodico
Councilman W. H. Cairnie
Councilman Paul F. Walls
Councilman Philip H. Bebbington
City Attorney Charles A. Hall
City Clerk Elsie L. Ward
Oeputy City Clerk Marie Pohinson
Police Chief Herman Witmeyer
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Present
P re s e n t
Present
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Pre s e n t
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Present
Present
The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held
January 16th, 1967 and the Minutes of the Special Meeting of
the City Council held January 23rds 1967 were presented to each
Councilman for his approval. Motion duly made by Councilman
Walls these minutes stand approved as submitted, seconded by
Councilman Cairnie and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote
was unanimous.
BILLS & ACCOUNTS
General Fund
Claude E. Talley
Library Petty Cash Fund
Florida Power & Light Co.
Firestone
Prentiss Hardware Co.
City Auto Supply
C & C Tractor, Inc.
Radiation Service Co.
Edgewater Motors
Florida East Coast Railway Co.
Central Electric Supply, Inc.
Charley's Welding Shop
Watkins Ford, Inc.
Rossner's Texaco Station
DuCor Chemi cal Corp.
Stevens Lock Shop
Dwight's
Gasoline Alley Garage
Board of County Commissioners
Campbell A. Brown
Frank A. Vopelak
Goodyear Service Stores
Daytona Fire Equipment, Inc.
Lloyd Cox Co.
Xerox Corp.
News Journal Corp.
W. S. Darley & Co.
Gulf Oil Corp.
Gordon's Printing & Duplicating
Ruth Driske1
Pitney-Bowes, Inc.
General Fugate
Or. A. E. Hixon
City of Edgewater
Sea Horse Mobile Estates
Lewis S. Hilton
Herman Witmeyer
Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.
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Kenneth G. Cooper
City of Edgewater
Charles A. Hall
New Smyrna Beach Police Dept.
New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Humane
Society
Water and Sewer Department
Florida Power & Light Co.
Prentiss Hardware Co.
City Auto supply
Ra~iation Service Co.
Sanfax Corp.
All State Pipe Supply Co.
Hughps Supply, Inc.
Charley's Weldirg Shop
Millpr's Wrecker Service, Inc.
Indian River Gas Co.
Addressograph Multigraph Corp.
The Permutit Co.
Paul Ream
Si9urd Ohrwall
News Journal Corp.
Coronado Paint Co.
W. H. Curtin & Co.
City of Edgewater
Kenneth G. Cooper
Shafer Electric Co.
City of Edgewater
Ace Hardware Co.
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75.00
16.00
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48.00
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Motion duly made by Councilman Cairnie these bills be paid and be
made a part of the minutes, seconded by Councilman Walls
and by vote CARRIFD.
Mayor Tingle questioned the two bills from Chief Witmeyer in
the amount of $27.80 and from General Fugate in the amount of
$36.60. The Mayor asked Chief Witmeyer who authorized him to
use his own car and charge the City for mileage. .
Chief Witmeyer said the authority came from the City Manager.
Mayor Tingle asked Gereral Fugate who authorized him to use his
own car and charge the City for mileage.
General Fugate said the authority came from the City Manager.
Councilman Cairnie said they seemed to have had the authority
to use their cars and these two bills should be paid until
the authority is changed.
Mayor Tingle said the Mayor and City Councilmen are the only ones
that can give the authority to pay mileage.
Councilman Lodico said the City Manager gave the authority. These
bills ~ould be paid. They used their cars to patrol the City
while the police car has been~out of use.
The roll call vote on the motion to pay the bills was unanimous
with the exception of Mayor Tingle. He voted yea on all the bills
except the two from Chief Witmeycr and General Fug~te.
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OFFICERS REPORTS
Certification of Posting dated January 16th, 1967, was read.
Certification of Posting dated January 27th, 1967) was read.
The Building Official's Report for the month of January, 1967, was read.
The Library Report for the month of January, 1967, was read.
Clerk's Cash Statement for the month of January, 1967, was read.
The Budget Report for the month of January, 1967, was read.
Certification of Bids dated February 6th, 1967, was read.
COMMUNICATIONS
A petition from the residents of Oranae Tree Drive was read.
They asked that consideration be given to pavin~ Orange Tree Drive
on the Road Program for 1967. Seventee1ipeople signed the petition.
Mayor Tingle said the Councilmen have already designated streets
from their zone to be paved. This can be considered next year.
ORDINANCES
None
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION NUMBER 162 AUTAORIZING AN AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED
INTO BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER AND THE FLORIDA EAST
COAST RAILWAY COMPANY AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE THE SAID AGREEMENT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA.
The Agreement was read by the City Attorney.
The above Resolution was read i~ full by City Attorney Hall and motion
duly made by Councilman Walls this resolution be adopted, seconded
by Councilwan Bebbington. The resolution is to be r.hanged to the
City form by the City Attorney. Resolution passed by vote of the
City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular
meeting of the City Council held February 6th, 1967. The roll
call vote was unanimous.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 163 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EDGEWATER TO ENTER
INTO A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY
COMPANY, SAID AGREE~ENT SUPPLEMENTING THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT
HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION DATED DECEMBER 27, 1965,
SAID AGREEMENT ftND SUPPLEMENT THERETO RELATING TO THE FLAGLER
AT VENUE CROSSING IN THEdCITYtOF ECDGt~EW~TFR~ FlORIDA.
he agreement was rea by ~e , y Mttorney.
The above Resolution was read in full by City Attorney Hall and motion
duly made by Councilman Walls this resolution be adopted, seconded
by Councilman Cairnie. The resolution +s to be changed to the
City Form by the City Attorney. Resolution passed by vote of the
City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular
meeting of the City Council held February 6th, 1967. The
roll call vote was unanimous.
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NEW BUSINESS
PUBLIC HEARING ON STREET PAVING
A Map was presented with all the streets to be paved. The four
councilmen pointed out on the map the streets to be paved. fhlS
map is on file at City Hall.
Councilman Walls said the Library Planning Team had a meeting on
Wednesday Night and changed the specifications on the new library.
He said they are now quite certain it will fall under the amount
they anticipated. They have changed the specifications without
changing the size or function of the library.
Motion duly made by Councilman Walls the City Clerk be authorized
to advertise for bids for construction of a new library: bids
to be rpturned by 7:15 P.M. February 20th, 1967. Motion seconded
by Councilman Bebbington.
Mayor Tingle asked how you can bid on something you have not seen.
Councilman Walls said a few changes are being made which include
changing the roof trusses from steel to wood. Changing the electrical
wiring. Changing the carpeting. Changing from colored plaster to
simple plaster. The drinking fountain will be eliminated. Councilman
Walls said he had plerlged to purchase the drinking fountain personally.
He said he is sure with these and a few more changes the bid will
be under the $23,000 maximum.
Councilman Cairnie asked how much will this save from the original
bid of $28,000.
Councilman Walls said about five or six thousand dollars.
The following is a summary of the report made by Mayor Tingle
with reference to a new City Library.
They started in June last year and you are just as close to a
library now as you were when they destroyed City Property. They
had no authority to tear down a good building. It is unlawful
to destroy City Property. They have already spent $2,560 of
the $12,000 set up for a new library. Councilman Walls met with
the architect and they have done some sh~ving on the specifications.
I have seen so many mistakes made in this City by going ahead
too fast. An example is the Water Plant. There is no room for
expansion there. The location for the library is wrong. Only
four people I have talked to want the Library there: Councilmen
Lodico, Walls and Bebbington and Mrs. Thelma Hennig. The building
should not have been torn down. For Seven or Eight thousand dollars
we could ha~ gotten a good building. But since the property is
empty due to the fact the building was torn down, we can use it
for a parking lot. It is a mistake to put the library behind
City Hall. It should be built in a place where we will be proud
of it. All there is over there is 10 feet on each side for a
driveway. The parking is in the back. J would say the Library
Planning Board has made a mess of the Lih~ary since June 1966.
I have seen no plans on these changes to'he made. The Library should
not be built for just today but we should think ahead 15 or 20 years.
I am sure you do not want to see something erected and then be sorry
about it later. I will not sign any of the bills if I don't have to.
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If we accept the Federal Grant thp
what we can do and what we can not
$4.20 per hr. which is too high.
are covering up.
government will tell us
do. We will have to pay,for labor,
Three ~en made a mistake and
The following is a speech made by Councilman Walls. Th,s report
is copied from a report handed to the City Clerk by Councilman Walls.
Councilman Walls: In response to the Mayors charges, lid like to
present a few facts about the Library Building Program. For quite
a few years, efforts have been made by interested people (Library
Board, Friends of the Library, ~nd other Citizens) to get a new
library built in Edgewater. Numerous applications were filed
for Federal A~sistance to build a new Library.
FACT: Not one of the Applications got out of City Hall.
On election of this council and appointment of a new library board,
a new and vigorous effort was started. This effort has not ended.
However, it has met with many varied and complicated obstacles.
Obstacle 1. Availability of funds - The planning team in
accordance with Federal Grant requirements established 2000 square
feet as the minimum size of the planned library. When the City
was ask what funds were available, the information received was
$13,000.00.
FACT: Better than $50,000.00 was in excess funds.
RESULTS: Even with an offer of $20,000.00
from the F.ederal Government if the City would match 45% of this
amount (which they could have), the planning team had to work on
a small Capital to get as much library as possible for the City.
The final results - Delay - Overbids on the maximum allowable cost.
Obstao~e 2. Site of New Library - A new site was suggested for
the new library. A parcel of land was available just north of City
Hall that would make a good site for the new library. When the
State Library Building Consultant was hired, both sites were
inspected for possible locations for the new library. A committee
was appointed to determine the feasibility of purchasing the
suggested parcel of land.
FACT: Both sites ~e suitable as locations and had
ample room for future expansion. The suggested site was not
economically feasible at a listed price of $15,000.00 plus.
RESULTS: The current site was selected as the
building of the new library.
ORSTANCE3. The plannina of the new library then proceeded
thru the various phases of a schedule. At the point of negotiation
of a contract with the Federal Government, a resolution was passed
by the City Council authorizing the Mayor to sign the Contract.
FACT: He refused to sign because he was not present at
the council meeting. Therefore, the Acting Mayor should negotiate
the Contract.
RESULTS: A new resolution had to be drafted
and passed at the next council meeting.
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Obstacle 4. Delay in Plans - From that point the various phases
of the project began to accelerate rapidly toward the start
of construction. Therefore, the building site was cleared for
construction. Then the delays be~an. The Architect was unable
to complete the final plans and specifications.
FACT: This delay was unavoidable. No action of the
planning team could have shortened the red tape and
acce1eraterl the drawing of these plans.
Obstacle 5. Construction overbids - The return bids for the
construction of the new library were far in excess of the maximum
allowable $23,000.00.
FACT: Under the provisions of our Charter, the City was
prohibited from any further negotiation. The Bids must be rejected.
Your planning team had been trying to get you more library than
the capital funds would allow.
Obstance 6. Current Status - Your Library P1anningTEam has met
and determined what fat trimmings could be eliminated and still
maintain the size and functional reauirements of the current set
of plans. These changes have been made, and the invltations
to bid are ready to go out. Now, the Cry, it is not th~nproper
site. There is no room for expansion. Let's build without the
use of Federal Grcnt Money. Every conceivable excuse to
delay and even scrap the project is being used.
FACT: Every excuse mane for not building the 1ibrar.y
on the old library ~ite ~e contradicted by the report of the
State Library Buiding Consultant ~y back at the beginning of the
project. However, this does not satisfy the personal opinions
of a few.
QUESTION: Should the City scrap the cufrent project and start
from the beginning? Should we toss away the money already
spent in the design of the current plans and start new ones
for a new site? The ones we have would not be functionally
suitable for any other site. Should we refuse the Federal
Grant and build it with only City Money? To all these questions
I say NO. Let's go ahead with our~revised plans. By doing sc,
we could conceivably be ready to start construction by the
first of March and still have a new library capable in size
and function to serve the City of Edgewater for many years to
come. A library site suitably located and despite arguements
to the contrary, large enough to be expanded on. If this
were not true, the Building Consultant would not have approved
the site.
Mayor Tingle asked where the council found the authority to
destroy city property.
Councilman Walls said the building was condemmed.
Mayor Tingle said he was told that Councilman Walls was in
charne of the Library, but now I feel I am involved too.
I tis m'y res po n sib i 1 i t Y too. So m e p r i vat e c i t i zen s are
investigating the tearing down of city property.
Councilman Bebbington said the Mayor mentioned building the
library at the South end of town. After checking this location
he found it would take $3,000 to put fill on the property before
a library could be built. Mayor Tingle would have us put
the Library in back of the fire house on this property.
Mayor Tingle said in the future we wi11need a fire station and
police station. And we will need a full time Fire Chief.
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Councilman Cairnie: I am in favor of a library. I went along with
the P1annin9 Team. We have gone along now months and months
without a library. I have now taken a second look at it. The old
library site can he turned into a parking lot. We will eventually
need a police station. That is the ideal place for it. I think
we should put the library on U. S. #1 \'tith the entrance from a
side street. Then people can see the building. We can landscape
in front of it and have a nice picnic area. We can do this without
the Federal Grant. I h;lVe talked to some of our local contractors
and they feel they could build a decent library at $7 per square
foot. This library would have no "gingerbread" on it. We could
add to it from year to year. There are a number of sites on the
highway.
A suggestion was made from the audience that the City have a
Planning Board. It would be there duty to look into matters such as
this.
The roll call
vote on the motion to advertise
Councilman Lodico
Councilman Cairnie
Councilman Walls
Councilman Bebbington
tv1ayor Tingle
for bids was as follows:
Yea
No
Yea
Yea
No
Mayor Tingle stepped down as Mayor and made the following motion.
Motion duly made by Councilman Tingle the present Library Planning
Board be diso1ved and a npw library Planning Board be formed,
seconded hy Councilman Cairnie. The roll call vote was as follows:
Councilman Tingle Yea
Councilman Cairnie Yea
Councilman Walls Nay
Councilman Bebbington Nay
Vice Mayor Lodico Nay
Councilman Tingle withdrew is motion on the advice of the City Attorney.
A numher of people from the audience expressed disapproval with
puttin~ the new library on the old library site.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mr. Harry Fay, Florida Shores Property Owners Association, asked
the Mayor to check the intersection at 26th Street and Travelers
Palm Drive. He said it is in very bad condition.
A request was also made to change the signs at Bigelow and Erskine
Drive.
~1 0 t ion dll y mad E' bye 0 un c i 1 man C air n i ewe nO\'1 a d j 0 urn. The r e was
no second to the Motion.
Mayor Tingle adjourned the meeting.
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