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10-05-1959 - Regular " ii v ~ u u REGULAR HEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EJ:GETI1ATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, HELD OCTOBER 5, 1959. The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edge\1ater, Florida held October 5th, 1959 was called to order by V~or Crawford C. Shaeffer at 7:30 P.H. ROLL CALL Mayor Crawford C. Shaeffer Counciln~n H. W. Broga Counci~n R. J. Henry CounciL~n B. Farrell City Clerk Frank F. Dippery City Att'y John E. Chisholm Police Chief F. H. Norman Fire Chief Fred Garlick Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present The }unutes of the Regular Meeting held September 21st, a Special Meeting held September 23rd and October 5th were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Hotion duly made by Councilman Henry these minutes stand approved as submitted, seconded by Councilman Broga andby vote CARRIED. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE aESIGNATING AND APPOINTING a COUNCILMAN FROl>\: ZONE 2 OF THE CITY OF EJ:GEI'iATEl1., VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERl.f OF SAID OFFICE AND SETTING THE COHPENSATION FOR SUCH SERVICE. 6I'he above Ordinance appointing Stanley A. Seng, Sr. as Councilman 'I/as read in full by Attorney Chisholm and motion duly made by Councilman Henrf this Ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Broga and P?ssed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at the regular meeting held on the 5th day of October, 1959. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Broga Yea Councilman HeTIr'lJ Yea Councilman Farrell Yea Hayor Shaeffer Yea Upon motion duly made by Councilman Broga, seconded by Councilman Farrell and carried, the requirement of reading said ordinance upon second reading was waived and the ordinance was ordered put upon final passage. Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at the regular meeting of said Council held on October 5th, 1959, and approved as provided by law, the vote of said Council being as follows:- Councilman Broga Yea Councilman Henry Yea Councilman Farrell Yea }~yor Shaeffer Yea OATI! OF 6FFICE The Clerk administered the Oath of Office and Councilman Seng was seated at the Council table. BILLS & ACCOUNTS Bond-Hmiell Lumber Co. Standard Oil Co. Coronado Concrete Products Roger B. Quincy Nat Bro\'ffi Gulf Oil Corporation $144.76 5.31 32.00 10.67 15.00 17.84 " ~ .., ~'Iater Bill Lloyd. Cox Co. Rhet t NcI-lillian Prisoner Fees Hall r1achine Co. D1dght's Prentiss Hardware Co. Hanson & McCallister Charley's Welding Shop Nouthern Bell Tel. & Tel. tt U 11 n \'later Linquest Paint & Bldg. 'Supply Gorman Co. Frasier's Truck Stop Gulf Oil Corporation 'I ..) \wi $2.50 4.20 27.00 10.00 38.13 16 .23 56.42 90.00 60.60 46.68 20.25 8.60 45.63 10.10 143.62 Jlfotion duly made by Councilman Hem....f these bills be paid and be made a part of the ~inutes, seconded by Councilman Seng and by vote CARRIED. COHlylUNICATIONS Letters were read frmn the follovung:- 14rs. H. McFarland, Florida Power & Light Co., ~tr. Don Gillespie and request from Fire Chief Garlick. OFFI CERS REPORT The Clerk read the Clerk's Cash Statement and the Budget Report for the month of September. Also a Report from the Building Inspector and Fire Chief for the month. . RESOLUTIONS A RBS6LUTION AUTHOP..IZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLEPJe OF THE CITY OF E.lX}EWATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO PROV"IDE ADDITIONAL TIHE IN 1rJHI CH THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF EffiE'iilAT&1, FLORIDA, l.lAY iil!DISTER PRIOR TO T"nE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEHBER 3, 1959. The above and foregoing resolution was read in full by Attorney Chisholm and motion duly ~~de by Councilman Seng to adopt this resolution, said motion being seconded by Counci~an Broga and upon roll call vote said resolution vms duly declared adopted at the regular meeting of said Council held on October 5, 1959, the vote on said roll call being as follows:- Councilman Broga Counciill.an Seng Councilman Henr>J Councilman Farrell r'~yor Shaeffer ORDn-rANCES Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea OF.DINANCE NO. 239 AHENDING OEDINANCE NO. 228, THE SAHE BEING AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED FOR THE CITY OF EffiE'I'lATER, VOLDSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL l'EAR BEGINNII'lr NOVEHBER 1, 1958, At'ID END- TNG OCTOBE..>l 31, 1959, TO THE VARIOUS ITEHS OF THE CITY BUDGET. The above Ordinance was read in full by Attorney Chisholm and motion duly ~~de by Counciill.an Broga this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Henry and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at the regular meeting held October 5, 1959. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Broga Councilman Seng COQ~cilman He~.f Councilman Farrell Hayor Shaeffer Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea . .. u v u v Upon motion duly ~~de by Councilman Farrell, seconded by Councilw~ Broga and carried, the requirement of reading said Ordinance upon se= cond reading vlas waived and the ordinance was ordered plt upon final passage. Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgevmter, Florida, at the regular meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of October, 1959, and approved as provided by law, the vote of said Council being as fol101'1S:- Councilman Broga Councilman Seng Councilman Henry Councilw4n Farrell Hayor Shaeffer Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea ORDINANCE 1/240 DESIGNATING aND APPOINTING A VICE-HAyor FOR THE CITY OF EDGEVIATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR THE UNE.,'{PIRED TERH OF SAID OFFICE AND SETTING FOHTH THE COl1PEl\ISATION FOR SUCH OFFICE. The above Ordinance vms read in full by Attorney Chisholm and motion duly made by Councilman Henry this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Broga and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the regular meeting held on the 5th day of October 1959, Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Broga Councilman Seng Council~~ Henry Councilwan Farrell Hayor Shaeffer Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Upon motion duly made by Councilman Broga, seconded by C01L.'1cilman Seng and carried, the requirement of reading said ordinance upon second read- ing vias \'Iaived and the ordinance was ordered put upon final passage. Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of EdgevIater, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Council held on October 5, 1959 and approved as provided by law, the vote of said Council being as follows:- Councilman Broga Councilman Seng Councilman Henry Councilman Farrell Hayor Shaeffer Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea OLD BUSINESS Attorney Chisholm reported that }~. Swoope would have the papers on Park Avenue into the office in the morning. NEW BUSINESS Letter of resignation of t{rs. ~cFarland from Board of Trustees of the Community Center. Motion duly made by Councilman Farrell resignation of ~~s. McFarland be accepted tvith regrets, seconded by Councilman Henry and by vote CARRIED. Letter from Florida Power & Light Company containing invitations to Accident Prevention Safety Meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th at Daytona Beach. Fire Chief Garlick, Assistant Chief George Driskel and Hr. Adolph LaBonde ../ere given invitations to attend the meeting. . , \..I ~ . -... u v ~ Letter of Hr'. Gillespie regarding charges made by the City of Nevi Smyrna Beach for installing electric lines and meters on ~~gnolia Ave. Hr. Gillespie ''laS informed the City Could not give him any relief, but Nayor Shaeffer stated he would contact I-ir. Gunn the City l'lanager and see "lhat could be done, if anything. Yll'. Gillespie informed the Council it had cost him $100.00 to have a pole installed. Request from Fire Chief Garlick for $30.00 to pay expenses of Fire College to be held in Jacksonville, Florida. Hotion duly made by Councilman Henry that Chief Garlick be given $30.00 for his expenses to attend this meeting, seconded by Councilwan Farrell and by vote CAiU1IED. Hr. Ralph Beach ask if a letter had been received from I,ir. Nagnuson and l~or Shaeffer stated he had a letter. }~. Beach then ask that the letter be read at the next regular council meeting and recorded in the minutes. Fire Chief Garlick reported word had been received Of a change in Fire rates. We are now in bracket 8, instead of 9. The change being from 53~ per 100 valuation on wood to 38~ and from 32i on Block to 22i. ~1r. Nat Brol~ ask why the park and pier could not be used for a Children's play ground as it vias very adaptable for this purpose and a lot of '\'lOrk and effort had been put into this project and it was not being used to the fullest extent and he would donate $100.00 on the spot for Children's Playground equipment if the City vlOuld clean it up and supervise it. He suggested that there be volunteer watchers from the different organizations. ~~. LaBonde stated he thought picnic tables be placed there as there were a lot of older people who fish there and it would be handy for them to have picnic lunches there. }~yor Shaeffer stat~d up to now the Council had kept their fingers off it as it was strictly up to the Park & Pier Committe, but he stated they would see imat could be done about getting prisoner help to move blocks and put in on the South side to shore it up and clean up for playground equipment. ~1r. Driskel stated the Committee still owed $380 to Hanson & NcCallister for vlork done and they l'lould be grateful for any donations. I-1r. Bro'\'lIl donated $100.00 and others came forward and $179.00 was callected toward this debt. Mrs. Driskel thanked one afud all for these donations on behalf of the Park & Pier Committee. }/Jl'. Armstrong ask if the City was insured, if an accident happened on this ground and he was assured they were. Nr. Brown stated he would donate some old oil drums and the City could paint them for trash. }~or Shaeffer then stated this had been a very constructive meeting and I want to thank everyone for their genoricity. There being no further business Councilwan Farrell moved we do now adjourn, seconded by Councilman Henry and by vote CARRIED. Time 8:45 P.I1. ~~~~~/~4/ a ~ 1; cilman ~ \J t / ~~~{.f~~~ ATTEST;....""-: tJ-u4vw. vC/. . (fo'cilman V ~ City Clerk ~.--c-t::/ ~~ Councilman