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10-20-1969 - Regular lr' U 'V CJ o THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER REGULAR MEETING HELD OCTOBER 20, 1969 fr U The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, was called to order by Mayor William H. Cairnie at 7:35 p.m., October 20, 1969. 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 Linda Reynolds Police Chief Clyde W. Heath Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present The request for a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held October 6, 1969, was made by Mayor William H. Cairnie. The motion for approval of the minutes of the October 6th meeting was duly made by Councilman Dimm, seconded by Councilman Dietz. Upon roll call vote the motion CARRIED. BILLS AND ACCOUNTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT City of Edgewater-Waterworks & Sewer Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Company Florida Power & Light Company Cities Service Oil Company Central City Bag Company, Inc. Goodyear Service Stores Rinker Materials Corporation Telephone Answering Service Lloyd Cox Company Del Chemical Corporation Leona Carden Nathaniel Dame & Company Thames Book Company Central Electric Supply, Incorporated Zahn's Flowers W & W Janitorial Service Watkins Ford, Incorporated Pratt's New Smyrna Beach Police Department Charles A. Hall Briley, Wild & Associates Brevard Tractor Company City of Edgewater Petty Cash Fund Edgewater American Legion Post 285 WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT City of Edgewater-Waterworks & Sewer Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Company Florida Power & Light Company Dobbs Electric Motor Service Electric Service of New Smyrna Beach All State Pipe Supply Company Wallace & Tiernan Incorporated Rex Chain Belt, Incorporated $ 47.55 117.43 750.15 883.08 65.00 91.29 33.00 20.00 3.10 67.28 15.00 5.43 10.70 7.35 19.50 62.00 29.10 4.50 111 .00 30.00 867.12 50.47 10.23 8.40 _ $3,308.68 $ 6.00 33.56 300.94 15.00 9.50 53.02 1. 29 11 .97 () 'r w o u BILLS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTINUED Daniel W. Cory Jones Chemicals, Incorporated Briley, Wild & Associates City of Edgewater Petty Cash Fund Scudder's Garage Cliff Bradley B & H Sales, Incorporated Hughes Supply, Incorporated Gordon's Printing & Duplicating Service $ 24.00 234.00 118.42 .90 18.50 30.00 3. 16 242.24 88.00 $1,190.50 The motion to accept the aforementioned bills for payment was duly made by Councilman Dimm and seconded by Councilman Dietz. Upon roll call vote the motion CARRIED. OFFICERS REPORTS Certification of Posting COMMUNICATIONS City Clerk Elsie L. Ward read a letter from Mr. Paul R. Ream, Water Superintendent for the City of Edgewater. Mr. Ream asked permission to attend the Florida Pollution Control Association and Florida Section, American Water Works Association Annual Conference, meeting in Miami Beach, November 2nd through November 6th, 1969. Mr. Ream explained in the letter that the purpose of his attendance to this Conference would be to receive the Honor Award for the City of Edgewater. A motion to grant Mr. Ream permission to attend the Conference was duly made by Councilman Dietz and seconded by Councilman Norman. Upon roll call vote the motion CARRIED. A letter from the Florida State Department of Community Affairs, in regards to Edgewater's application for Section 701 Planning Assistance funds, was read by City Clerk Elsie L. Ward. A motion to submit a copy of this letter to Mr. Bruce Briggs, Vol usia Area Planning Commission, for his study and recommendation was duly made by Councilman Dietz. Councilman Dimm seconded the motion, which CARRIED upon roll call vote. A letter from the Edgewater Public Library Board, recommending Mrs. Ella Muriel Ihnken for the post of Assistant Librarian, was read by City Clerk Elsie L. Ward. A motion to hire Mrs. Ihnken for this position, effective October 13, 1969, at a starting salary of $200 per month with an approximate raise of $20 per month after a 90-day probationery period was duly made by Councilman Dimm. The motion was seconded by Councilman Norman 'and was CARRIED upon roll call vote. ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NO. 637: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE 609, THE SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 1968, AND ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1969, TO THE VARIOUS ITEMS OF THE CITY BUDGET. This Ordinance was read by City Attorney Charles A. Hall. -2- . r I U o o '[ u ~.. A motion to adopt this Ordinance was duly made by Councilman Dietz and seconded by Councilman Dimm. Upon roll call vote the motion CARRIED. Councilman Dietz moved to waive the second reading of the Ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dimm, and upon roll call vote, the motion CARRIED. ORDINANCE NO. 638: AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF WARD LaFRANCE TRUCK CORPORATION OF ELMIRA HEIGHTS, NEW YORK, FOR A WARD LaFRANCE FIRE TRUCK FOR THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, MODEL P-73-1000, 1000 G.P.M. PUMP WITH 500 GALLON BOOSTER TANK AND FOR OTHER EQUIPMENT AS PER BID FOR THE SUM OF $18,430, REJECTING ALL OTHER BIDS, PROVIDING A METHOD AND MANNER FOR PAYMENT OF SAID SUM, PROVIDING FOR POSSIBLE TRADE- IN OF THE CITY'S OLD FIRE TRUCK, AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFOR. The Ordinance stated above was read- by City Attorney Charles A. Hall. Prior to any motion being made on the above stated Ordinance, Councilman Ledbetter asked to have Mr. Jenkins, the representative from the Jack Cocke Company, Orlando, Florida, to address the Council in order to give them his explanation of the bid received from his company, which was lowest, but had been rejected. After Mr. Jenkins' explanation of same, Councilman Dietz asked Fire Chief Ihnken to explain his reasons for recommending the Ward LaFrance bid. After considerable discussion between the Fire Chief and the Council, the decision was made that Ward LaFrance, the next highest bidder, had submitted the most acceptable bid in accordance with the specifications and recommendations set forth by the Fire Chief and the Council. A motion to adopt this Ordinance was duly made by Councilman Dimm and seconded by Councilman Dietz. Upon roll call vote, the motion CARRIED, with Councilman Ledbetter voting NAY. Councilman Dietz moved to waive the second reading of the Ordinance. The second to the motion was made by Councilman Dimm. Upon roll call vote the motion CARRIED, with Councilman Ledbetter again voting NAY. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION NO. 311: A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 310 TO REPLACE AN INSPECTOR FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON OCTOBER 21, 1969. The above stated Resolution was read by City Attorney Charles A. Hall. A motion to adopt~is Resolution was duly made by Councilman Norman and seconded by Councilman Ledbetter. Upon roll call vote the motion CARRIED. OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS A motion to pay the Election Board members $18.00 per day, which is the same rate as that of the County pay, was duly made by Councilman Dimm and seconded by Councilman Norman. Upon roll call vote the motion CARRIED. -3- I I o o ...J[ u u /.. Councilman Norman moved to replace the existing culvert on West Knapp Avenue with a larger culvert in an effort to alleviate the drainage problem in that area. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dietz and was CARRIED upon roll call vote. MISCELLANEOUS Mayor Cairnie requested Police Chief C. W. Heath to escort Mr. Clifford Mosher to the Council table, where he was addressed by the Mayor as follows: liThe Council received your resignation from the Board of Governors. of the Community Center, which we accepted with a great deal of regrets; and in talking it over among the Council, someone suggested a letter of appreciation, but I have another method of doing it. For all the years that you have devoted to the City of Edgewater, free time, working on the Park and Pier, working on the Community Building, serving this Council, instigating the Veterans Monument, instigating the memorial to Dr. Hawks, so many things that these people of the City of Edgewater are very grateful to you for, it gives me a great pleasure to present this Certificate of Appreciation to you from the City of Edgewater and this Council. II Mr. Mosher then thanked the Council for the Certificate and expressed his desire for continuous growth of the City of Edgewater. There being no further business, Councilman Dietz moved to recess the meeting until 4 p.m., Wednesday, October 22, 1969, in order to canvass the ballots of the Primary Election. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ledbetter and was CARRIED. TIME OF RECESS: 8:48 p.m. Minutes Condensed by Linda Reynolds ~ L(..R~ (I ifu~ c;:/ Councilman ATTEST: ~~~) d;( Ji~~ /c 1 Y C I e r k -4-