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12-18-1967 - Regular . w "U u o REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA HELD DECEMBER 18, 1967. o The Regular Meeting of the City ~Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida was called to order by Mayor William H. Cairnie at 7:39 P.M. on December 18th, 1967. ROLL CALL Mayor William H. Cairnie Councilman Francis H. Norman Councilman David C. Ledbetter Councilman George M. Dimm Councilman Calvin R. Dietz City Attorney Charles A. Hall City Clerk Elsie L. Ward Deputy Clerk Patricia A. Spencer Police Chief Herman M. Witmeyer APPROVAL OF MINUTES Present Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present Present The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held December 4th, 1967 and the Minutes of the Special Meeting held December 14th, 1967 of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Motion was duly made by Councilman Dimm that these Minutes stand approved as submitteg, seconded by Councilman Dietz and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote was unanimous. BILLS & ACCOUNTS General Government Standard Oil Company Gulf Oil Products Florida Power & Light Co. Daniel W. Cory Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. Charley's Welding Shop Smokey's Automotive Service, Inc. Edgewater Motors Gulf Triple Service City of Edgewater-Waterworks & Sewer B & B Chemical Co., Inc. National Chemsearch Corp. Mussons J. M. Cole Company New Smyrna Builders Supply Co. Smith's Rexall Pharmacy C & C Tractor, Inc. Lloyd Cox Compi~y . Prentiss Hardware Company City Auto Supply New Smyrna Beach Police Department Hughes Supply, Inc. Graham Jones Paper Company Sol-Ray Supplies IBM Corporation C. Cibu Charles A. Hall Page 1 256.70 80.30 825.89 385.00 6.00 20.50 3.27 15.40 6.00 21 .50 85.75 17.28 40.00 56.68 8.09 2.24 .88 10.90 50.60 111. 62 36.00 44.27 32.00 31.46 2.25 22.00 94.54 f, (; Q u Water & Sewer Department Florida Power & Light Co. Shafer Electric Company Hall Machine Works Charley's Welding Shop City Auto Supply City of Edgewater-Waterworks & Sewer New Smyrna Plumbing Supplies, Inc. Indian River Gas Company Mueller Company Prentiss Hardware Company Nolco Chemical's Inc. Hughes Supply, Inc. Southern Meter & Supply Co., INc. " u 431.22 69.81 228.47 1. 50 3.87 6.00 12.52 21.00 36.28 34.85 233.75 64.70 41 .40 Motion was duly made by Councilman Dimm these bills be paid and be made a part of the Minutes, seconded By Councilman Ledbetter and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote was unanimous. OFFICERS REPORTS Certification of Posting dated December 5th was read. Certification of Posting dated December 14th was read. Clerk's Cash Statement for November was read. Budget Report for November was read. Police Report of Activities for November was read. Library Report for November was read. COMMUNICATIONS A letter from Attorney John E. Chisholm requesting the approval of the Mayor of the appointment of Margaret E. Siller as a prosecuting agent for the New Smyrna Baach-Edgewater Humane Society within the corporate limits of Edgewater was read. Motion was duly made by Councilman Dietz that the Mayor be authorized to approve this appointment, seconded by Councilman Ledbetter and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote was unanimous. A letter was read from the Safety Patrol of the Edgewater Public School asking for a contribution toward the expense of $525.00 for their trip to Nassau in the Bahamas. After considerable discussion on this matter, motion was duly made by Councilman Ledbetter to table this request for further consideration, seconded by Councilman Dietz and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote was unanimous. A letter of resignation from Ruthe D. Driskel as City Librarian was read. Motion was duly made by Councilman Dimm that we accept this resignation, seconded by Councilman Dietz and by vote CARRIED. The roll call vote was unanimous. Page 2 ,6 o o )1 U ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NO. 581 LICENSING AND REGULATING JUNK YARDS, JUNK DEALERS, AND ITINERANT JUNK DEALERS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. The above Ordinance was read by City Attorney Hall in full for the second reading and upon motion duly made by Councilman Ledbetter this Ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Dimm and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular meeting of said Council held December 18th, 1967. The roll call vote was unanimous. ORDINANCE NO. 582 REPEALING AND SUPERSEDING SECTION 8-1 OF THE CODE OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA AND ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE AND EXPLOSION. The above Ordinance was read in full by City Attorney Hall and upon motion duly made by Councilman Dietz this Ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Dimm and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular meeting of said Council held December 18th, 1967. The roll call vote was unanimous. Upon motion duly made by Councilman Ledbetter, seconded by Councilman Dimm, the requirement for reading Ordinance upon second reading was waived and the Ordinance ordered put into effect immediately at the regular meeting of the City Council held Qecember 18th, 1967. The roll call vote was unanimous. ORDINANCE NO. 583 VACATING THAT PORTION OF CONNECTICUT AVENUE AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF HAWK'S PARK SUBDIViSION AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 1, PAGE 156, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE SAID PORTION OF CONNECTICUT AVENUE BEING VACATED BEING ALL THAT PORTION OF CONNECTICUT AVENUE LYING WEST OF THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 1 AND EASTERLY OF A SOUTH PROLONGATION OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST TEN FEET OF LOT 453 OF SAID HAWK'S PARK SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING THAT THE ABANDONED AND VACATED PORTION OF CONNECTICUT AVENUE SHALL REVERT TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER OR OWNERS AND SPECIFICALLY REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 275 AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE NULL AND VOID AND OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT WHATSOEVER. The above Ordinance was read in full by City Attorney Hall and upon motion du1YI~made by Councilman Dietz this Ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Dimm and passed by vote of the Ci'y Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular meeting of said Counci' held December 18th, 1967. The roll call vote was unanimous. Upon motion duly made by Councilman Dimm, seconded by Councilman Ledbetter, 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 City Council held December 18th, 1967. The roll call vote was unanimous. Page 3 ~~ 6 o o 6 ORDINANCE NO. 584 AUTHORIZING AND ALLOWING BARS IN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA TO REMAIN OPEN FROM 12:01 P.M. ON DECEMBER 24, 1967 UNTIL 2 A.M. ON DECEMBER 25, 1967 AND FROM 12:01 P.M. ON DECEMBER 31, 1967 UNTIL 4 A.M. ON JANUARY 1, 1968, AND FURTHER ALLOWING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING THESE PERIODS. The above Ordinance was read in full by City Attorney Hall and upon motion duly made by Councilman Dietz this Ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Dimm and passed py vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular meeting of said Council held December 18th, 1967. The roll call vote was unanimous. Upon motion duly made by Councilman Dimm, seconded by Councilman Ledbetter, the requirement of reading Ordinance upon second reading was waived and the Ordinance ordered put into effect immediately at the regular meeting of the City Council held December 18th, 1967. The roll call vote was unanimous. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION NO. 213 ACCEPTING THE BID OF WATKINS FORD, INC. OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA FOR A POLICE CAR, AS PER SPECIFICATIONS, FOR THE SUM OF $1,985.00. The above Resolution was read in full by City Attorney Hall and upon motion duly made by Councilman Dimm this Resolution be adopted, seconded by Councilman Dietz and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular meeting of said Council held December 18th, 1967. The roll call velte was unanimous. RESOLUTION NO. 214 CREATING THE POSITION OF SOCIAL DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATE~, FLORIDA, PROMULGATING THE FUNCTION OF SAID SOCIAL DIRECTOR AND NAMING AND APPOINTING GERTRUDE NAGELVOORT AS SAID SOCIAL DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA AND SETTING FORTH HER TENURE AND COMPENSATION. The a b 0 ve Res 0 1 uti 0 n was rea din full by C i t Y At tor n e y Hall and ,; ,: motion duly made by Councilman Ledbetter to accept this Resolution with a 90 day trial. Motion died for lack of a second. Motion was duly made by Councilman Dietz that this Resolution be adopted as read, seconded by Councilman Dimm and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular meeting of said Council held December 18th, 1967. The roll call vote was unanimous. OLD BUSINESS Mr. Robert Fisher asked the Council if it was true that the Chamber of Commerce was going to build the Fishing Pier at the end of Indian River Boulevard and if so, was the City going to contribute toward the cost of said Pier. Councilman Dietz answered that the Chamber had plans to do so but that the City could not help in the cost as there is no money appropriated for such expenditures. NEW BUSINESS Motion was duly made by Councilman Dimm that the City Clerk be auth- orized to advertise for bids for gasoline and diesel fuel oil for 1968, said bids to be returned to City Hall by 4:00 P.M. on January 4th, 1968, seconded by Couneitman Dietz and py vote CARRIED. The roll call vote was unanimous. Page 4 ... .6 o u o MISCELLANEOUS , Mayor Cairnie made the following announcements: City Hall will be closed at 1 :00 P.M. on December 22 until 9:00 A.M. on December 26th. Garbage for Monday pick-up will be on Tuesday, both for Christmas and New Years. The next Council meeting will be on Thursday, January 4th, 1968. Mayor Cairnie expressed his thanks on behalf of the City Council to the residents of Edgewater for the voluntary help extended to the Hohenstein family after they had been burned out of their home. He also expressed thanks to the Fire and Police Departments to the fine job they had done at the scene of the fire. He stated that as of this date, $426.25 had been donated in addition to all of the clothing and furnishings. Chief Hanson thanked the Mayor on behalf of the Fire Department. Nora Gillespie expressed thanks to the McCumber familyvfor taking the Hohenstein family into their home until€the Hohensteins had found a place to reside. Fire Chief Hanson wanted to publicly commend Donnie Taylor for his role in savin[ the Hohenstein baby from being badly burned. Mayor Cairnie announced that the American Legion was going to reward the boy. Mr. Hanson asked if the Council had made the changes in the Ordinances of the City pertaining to the uses of the Fire Equipment. Mayor Cairnie stated that they had not as yet, but would look into it. Mrs. Murton asked if the Park & Pier sign could be taken down until after the holidays in order~ that the Christmas Tree mjght be seen. Mayor Cairnie stated that it would be done. Mr. Robert Fisher asked if the Mayor or Council had received any answer to their requests for engineering studies on S.R. 5 from the State Road Department to which he replied they had not. There being no further business, Councilman Dietz made a motion that we adjourn. Councilman Ledbetter seconded the motion. Minutes taken by Patricia Spencer. Time 9:00 P.M. ~est: ~ lrAL df, ~ , 1sie L. Ward, City C1err- ~ . ~, Page 5