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04-01-1957 - Regular I U (U' ~ o REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EffiEWATER, FLORIDA HELD APRIL 1st, 1957. The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, held April 1st, 1957 was called to order by Acting Mayor D. L. \'lashburn at 1:30 P.}!. ROLL CALL Mayor George O. Sedgwick Acting Hayor D. L. Washburn Councilman S. A. Seng, Sr. Councilman H. John Councilman B. Farrell City Clerk Frank F. Dippery City Att'y Fred R. Brannon, Jr. Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present The minutes of the Regular Meeting held Vmrch 25th, 1957 were presented to each Councilro.an. Hotion by Councilman Seng these minutes stand approved as submitted with one correction. Correction made. . Seconded by Councilman Farrell and by vote CARRIED. CO!vJMUNICATIONS 11..0 letters were read. One from the State Road Department asking for a map of the City. This was discussed and there are no maps availab;Le at this time. The other letter was from Mayor Sed~i.Lck stating that in all fairness to the Council, myself and the people of our City that action on the Ordinance allow- ing the sale of Ale & Beer on Sunday should be held over until the first Council meeting following my return. Acting Mayor Washburn ask for remarks from each Councilman. Councilman Farrell stated as far as he was concerned it did not make much difference when action ,"as taken, but the sale of beer and ale should be allmved on Sunday as he still contends as before it was hurting the business people and it had been allowed for seven years, and at present you can go south one quarter mile and one and one half mile north and get beer on Sunday. He stated if it were in residential districts he would be against it, but it was all business places on the highway and they depend on tourist business. He also stated it was the Council's fault that it "'as taken away from them and he felt they should give it back to them, and if not they would eventually go to bootlegging it the same as in the old days. Councilman John stated he believed the letter was alright and thought it should be put on the table until the return of the Mayor. Councilman Seng stated that you all know how I feel and all the placed in Edge- water are good clean places and he did not know of any time where the Police had to be called in and these people should not penalized and stated no one likes to have anyone go into their place of business and state they cannot do this or that. He also stated he to believed that eventually it would cause these people to bootleg, but it was up to the older members on the COlIDcil to give their opinions. Acting Hayor Washburn stated going back to the referendum vote which carried al- most three to one, there was a petition formally presented to the Council by the Civic Association and the Council was compelled to call this election and head it the way the petition read and he did not think our own personal feelings comes into this matter. Not only in our own City is it against the law to sell Beer and Ale on Sunday, but in DeLand, New Smyrna Beach and Da~rtona Beach and it is our business to accept the vote of the referendum and therefore was in favor of tabling the Ordinance until Hayor lreturns, but do not think that this is not alive, but a proposal to shelve it until the return of the Mayor and it would be acted upon. L,: '(.) /~ ~o '0 Roll call vote was then taken as follows:- On tabling this Ordinance Councilman Seng Councilman Farrell Councilman John Acting Mayor Washburn Nay Nay Yea Yea The meeting was then opened to the public for discussion. Mr. Blake For Sunday Opening Hr. Costigan Against Sunday Opening. Rev. Jackson Against Sunday Opening Mr. Frazier For Sunday Opening Councilman Farrell Eliminate Liquor but sell Beer & Ale. Acting 11ayor Washburn No organization had personally sponsored the opening for sale of Beer & Ale on Sunday and the Civic Association had ask that a referendum be held to determine this question and the Council had been guided by the peoples decision. l1r. Brown begged to differ, stating the Civic Association had not sponsored the petition to closed Sundays as he had a~tended att the meetings. Mr. Frazier stated if they want a sponsor the Business Men's Association could be depended upon for that. Rev. Jackson stated he appreciated the freedom vuth which each was allowed to speak. l1r. Brown stated the C. of C. had a printing bill for $450.00 of vmich the City was to stand half and they had not received a check to date. ''He was advised the check would be made out at once. There being no further business Councilman Seng moved we do now adjourn, second- ed by Councilman Farrell and by vote CARRIED. Time 2:45 P.M. Councilman Councilman Councilman ~/l/L~~ AT_T~j,~~g#; , City ClerIC !