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10-03-1960 - Regular v u JIll 1 I u v REGULAR l~TING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGE~lATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, HELD OCTOBER 3, 1960. The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, held October 3rd, 1960 was called to order by Mayor Crawford C. Shaeffer at 7:30 P.H. ROLL CALL Hayor Cral'iford C. Shaeffer Councilman vIm. Haler Councilman S. A. Seng, Sr. Councilman R. P. Smith, Sr. Councilman D. T. Annstrong City Clerk Frank F. Dippery City Att'y John E. Chisholm Police Chief F. H. Forman Fire Chief C. Fred Garlick Present Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present Present The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held September 19th were presented to each Councilmal1 for his approval. Notion duly made by Councilman Smith these minutes be approved as submitted, seconded by Councilman Armstrong and by vote CARRIED. BILLS & ACCOmJTS Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. City of New Smyrna Beach 1.lagnolia Motor Co. Lloyd Cox Co. vlatkins Ford, Inc. Electric Service Sun Oil Co. Florida East Coast ~^~. Co. United States Pencil Co. Muni Quip Corporation Prentiss Hardware Co. Edgewater Motor Co. Bond-Hov;ell L1.Ullber Co. Charley'S Welding Shop Doubleday 11.00 Book Club . $19.93 481.90 23.12 4.69 8.81 65.52 73.97 18.00 24.84 31.09 59.71 96.85 2.22 16.50 1.00 Motion duly made by Councilman Seng these bills be paid and be made a part of the ~~nutes. Councilman Armstrong questioned the Electric Bill from the City of 1'.~e11 Srrwrna Beach, stating ,'Ie '(rere 11ithout street lights for seven nights and he felt we should ask for a reduction. The Clerk was instructed to contact the City of New Smyrna Beach and convey this message to them. Councilman Armstrong then seconded the payment of all bills except this light bill. Roll call vote being as follo11s:- Councilmal1 Maler Councilman Seng Councilman Smith Councilman Armstrong Hayor Shaeffer Absent Yea Yea Yea Yea COMMUNICATIONS Letter received from Councilman Maler resigning as of October 1, 1960 from COQDcilman in District #1. OFFICERS REPORT The Clerk read the Building Inspectors report for the month of September, 1960. PROCLAHATION A PROCLAMATION PROVIDING FOR YrlE CALLING AND THE HOLDIKG OF A SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF EDGE'ilATER, VOLUSIA COmiTY, FLORIDA. v "'-I t '-J u " o 1 The above Proclamation was read by Attorney Chisholm calling for a Special Election to be held ~ovember 8th, 1960 to fill the unexpired term of Council- man Maler from District #1. Motion duly made by Councilman Seng this Proclamation be adopted, seconded by Councilman Smith a'1d by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follol.rs:- Councilman Maler Councilman Seng Councilman Smith Councilman Armstrong l.fayor Shaeffer RESOLUTION Absent Yea Yea Yea Yea A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN ESTIHATED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEA.tt BEGINEING FOVEMBER 1, 1960 AND ELDING OCTOBER 31, 1961 AND ADOPTING AN AHOUNT DETERNIPED TO BE THE ANTICIPATED CASH RECEIPTS OF THE vTATER DEPA.ttTHENT OF THE CITY OF EDGK~JATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. The above and foregoing resolution was presented by Councilman Seng, who moved its adoption, said motion being seconded by Councilman Armstrong, and upon roll call vote, said resolution was duly declared adopted at the regular meeting of said Council held on the 3rd day of October, 1960, the vote of said Council on roll call being as follows:- Councilman Haler Councilman Seng Councilman Smith Councilman Armstrong Mayor Shaeffer OLD BUSINESS None I~'l BUSINESS Absent Yea Yea Yea Yea Mayor Shaeffer stated he was leavL'1g to go Korth on the advise of his brothers Doctor, his brother being very low and not expected to live, therefore an Acting Mayor vall have to be appointed in my absence. l-iotion duly made by Councilman Armstrong that Councilman Seng be appointed to act until the 11ayorts return. There being no second Mayor Shaeffer relinquished the chair and placed Councilman Seng in the chair. Mayor Shaeffer then seconded the motion. Roll call vote be- ing as follows:- Councilman Haler Councilman Seng Councilman Smith COQ'1cilman Armstrong Hayor Shaeffer Absent Pass Pass Yea Yea Letter of resignatior. of Councilman Maler. ~fotion duly made by Councilman Smith the resignation of Councilman Maler be accepted, seconded by Councilman Seng and by vote CAJffiIED. Mayor Shaeffer stated he had received a list of names whom ~tt. Carter suggested be placed on the Recreation Committee to help on making a playground for the children on the school property. The follovling were recommended:- John W. Carter, Grover C. Alexander, Jr., Mrs. George Kennedy, Edward Wolfe, ~~. Willard Stubbs, }~. David HcCallister. Motion duly made by Councilman Smith these members be appointed as read, seconded by Councilman Armstrong and by vote CARBJED. Mayor Shaeffer then ask if there was anything else to bring before the Council. Councilman Smith stated in June the question of obtaining only certain wreckers came up. vihat has been done about it? Mayor Shaeffer stated the Police Dept. had been informed they were to rotate this service between the different ~~ecking services. A u u u o Councilman Smith also stated on l1ay 16th Mr. Piser had brought up cross- connections in water lines. ~fuat has been done about this? Councilman Seng stated these inspections were being made in spare time and all that remained to be inspected were District #4. Councilman Smith also brought up the question of the price of a tire purchased for the Garbage truck. He stated that Councilman Seng had questioned the price of this tire. Councilman Seng stated he never intended to criticise, but only questioned the price at the time. Councilm~1 Smith stated the tire was pur- chased over Labor Day and they had to have it. Councilman Seng stated he had bought a tire of the same size for much less, but maybe I got a bargain. After an argument the Mayor stated the question was settled. Mr. Carter ask how far the City intended to go L~ helping on the play-ground. He ask that the City help bu furnishing gas for the machines, which Hanson & McCallister donated for use and they also donated operators, and he felt it only fair that the city help by furnishing gas. Councilman Smith interrupted l{r. Carter and ask what machinery the gas was to be used for. Mayor Shaeffer stated Councilman Smith was out of order as Mr. Carter had no finished before being interrupted. A disagreement occured and Mayor Shaeffer ask Chief Norman to escirt eouncilman Smith from the Council room. After much argument, Mr. Carter stated if they would all take their seats, he would like to be heard. He then proceeded to explain what the committee were trying to do and the help they were getting and all he was asking was some gas for the equipment used. I would also like to state that we have a very valuable piece of ground for a school and I only hope that the people of Edgewater realize this, and if we all work together, we can get a school here. Motion was then duly made by Council- man Smith the City grant permission to use all the city fuel needed, seconded by Councilman Seng and by vote CARRIED. Mr. LaBonde, building inspector, ask what the pleasure of the City Council was in regard to cut-off time for free perwits caused by the storm. After dis- cussion, it was decided to go along for a time and ask the building inspector to use his O\in judgement as to whether damage was caused by storm. Mrs. Henniq, a member of the Library Board ask if the Library were going to have $2,500 in the budget as promised. Mayor Shaeffer stated they were, as the Council had all agreed on this. She then thanked the Council and stated we could all be proud of the Library as two State Librarians had been here the past week and complimented them on the work accomplished in one year. She also stated, if we do get a school, this library raIl be prepared to serve the children as they were planning ahead for this and would be able to handle this. Mrs. Murton read a letter addressed to the Chamber of Commerce from Clause Winstead, U.S. Coast Guard & family thanking the Police and Fire Departments for the assistance rendered during the hurricane as they were passing through at the height of the storm and appreciated shelter and refreshments. Mr. Bro~~ ask about filing vacancy on Council before an election could be called. Attorney Chisholm stated the vacancy could not be filled unless the vacancy occured within 60 days of any general election, therefore District #1 would not be represented until the election called for on November 8th. Mr. Carter ask if the City would have any objections to their usingl any of the City equipment to help out on the playground. No objections. Councilman Smith ask if the high grass could be mowed along Park Ave. as the school children had to walk in the street because of the high weeks, and this was dangerous. He was assured these weeds would be cut as soon as possible. Fire Chief Garlick ask that a right-of-way of the Fire Lane be cleared again. He stated it was overgrovm and almost impassible. He was assured it would be done as soon as other work was caught up. II ~ u o ~ .. Councilman Armstrong ask :!v1r. Scofield if he had v..Titten Hr. Hoynahan about a drainage map for Florida Shores. ~~. Scofield stated he9ad, but had not heard from him yet. There being no further business Councilman Smith moved we do now adjourn, seconded by Councilma~ Armstrong and by vote CARRIED. Time 8:25 P.M. Councilman Councilman ,h-< "'" ,/i2-'L~< Councilman ATTEST.