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09-07-1960 - Recessed/Regular u w I - .', <J II U CONTINUED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGE'vTATER" VOLUSIA CO. FLORIDA" HELD SEPTE!vIBER 7th, 1960. The Continued Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, held September 7th, 1960 was called to order by Mayor Crawford C. Shaeffer at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Mayor Crawford C. Shaeffer Councilman vTm. Maler Councilman S. A. Seng, Sr. Councilman R. P. Smith, Sr. Councilman D. T. Armstrong City Clerk Frank F. Dippery City Att'y John E. Chisholm Police Chief F. H. Norman Fire Chief C. Fred Garlick Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held August 15th, Special Meeting held August 19th, Special Meeting held August 26th and Continued Meeting held September 6th were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Motion duly made by Councilman Maler these minutes stand approved as submitted, seconded by Councilman Armstrong and by vote CARRIED. BILLS & ACCOUNTS Gorman Company Hanson & McCallister Edgewater Motors Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. City of New S~rna Beach Prentiss Hardware Ford's Gulf Service Volusia Tractor & Implement Co. Magnolia Motor Co. Mrs. George Angell Doubleday One Dollar Book Club Jess Mathas New Smyrna Auto Supply Quinn R. Barton Co. New S~a Builders Supply Harry P. Leu, Inc. Dwight's vTallace & Tiernan, Inc. DuCor Supply Pitney Bowes, Inc. Donald S. Lavigne, Inc. Lock-Joint Pipe Co. New S~a Beach Ne~m City Fire Protection Service Owen's Brothers Concrete Don R. Stevens Mr. Linn Charley's Welding Shop Bond-Howell Lumber Co. $51.13 252.00 101.36 69.21 496.45 60.45 107.26 10.00 5.43 2.09 3.06 2.50 9.63 5.59 149.85 5.67 6.60 41.58 146.13 20.20 26.23 21.60 6.00 4.75 81.00 8.60 8.00 41.61 79.17 Motion duly made by Councilman Smith these bills be paid and be made a part of the minutes, seconded by Councilman Seng and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Maler Yea Councilman Seng Yea Councilman Smith Yea Councilman Armstrong Yea Mayor Shaeffer Yea / V w a " o OFFICERS REPORT The Clerk read the Building Inspectors Report for the month of August, 1960. COM}1UNICATIONS Letters were read from the following: 16 Signers on letter calling for a Special Heeting; C. Fred Garlick, Fire Chief; G. C. Alexander, Zoning Board Chairman; Charles F. Burgie; George B. & Mabel Wilderson; U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Councilman Reeves P. Smith, Sr.; Henr,r G. 1-1:cFarland, Secty-Treas. Edgewater Volunteer Fire Department. ORDINANCE ORDINANCE #270 AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 229, THE SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING REVENUES TO BE COILECTED FOR THE CITY OF EDGE\'1ATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 1959, AND END- ING OCTOBER 31, 1960, TO THE VARIOUS ITEMS OF THE CITY BUDGET. The above Ordinance was read in full by Attorney Chisholm and motion duly made by Councilman Armstrong this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Seng and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at a Regular Meeting held September 7th, 1960. Roll call being as follows:- Councilman Maler Yea Councilman Seng Yea Councilman Smith Yea Councilman Armstrong Yea Mayor Shaeffer Yea Upon motion duly made by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman Maler 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 a Regular Heeting of said Council held on the 7th day of September, A. D. 1960 and approved as provided by Law, the vote of said Council being as follows:- Councilman Maler Yea Councilman Seng Yea Councilman Smith Yea Councilman Armstrong Yea Mayor Shaeffer Yea RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN ESTIMATED BUOOET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 1960 AND ENDING OCTOBER 1, 1961 AND ADOPTING AN AMOUNT DETERNINED TO BE THE ANTICIPATED CASH RECEIPTS OF THE CITY OF EDGE\'1ATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY FLORIDA. The above Resolution aas 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 Heeting of said Council held on the 7th day of September, 1960, the vote of said roll call being as follows:- Councilman Haler Yea Councilman Seng Yea Councilman Smith Yea Councilman Armstrong Yea Mayor Shaeffer Yea ~ c.) II U () t-10tion duly made by Councilman Armstrong the City Attorney be instructed to draw up an Ordinance covering Budget on the Estimate in the Resolution, seconded by Councilman Seng and by vote CARRIED. ORDINANCES ORDINANCE #271 APPROPRIATING REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED FOR THE CITY OF EDGE- ~IATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 1960 AND ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1961 TO THE VAIffOUS ITENS OF THE CITY BUDGET. The above Ordinance was read in full and motion duly made by Councilman Seng this ordinance be adopted, seconded by Councilman Maler and passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at a regular meeting held September 7th, 1960. Roll call being as follows:- Councilman Maler Yea Co~~cilman Seng Yea Councilman Smith Yea Councilman Armstrong Yea Mayor Shaeffer Yea Upon motion duly made by Councilman Seng, seconded by Councilman Maler 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 a Regular Meeting of said Council held on thel 7th day of September, 1960, and approved as provided by law, the vote of said Council being as follows:- Councilman 1-1aler Yea Councilman Seng Yea Councilman Smith Yea Councilman Armstrong Yea Mayor Shaeffer Yea OLD BUSINESS None ~JE\1[ BUSINESS Request from Fire Chief Garlick. Mayor Shaeffer stated there was no objections as far as he could see to purchasing 400 Ft. of fire hose out of this budget and another 400 Ft. when the nevi budget comes in so as to meet the fire under- writers requirements. Any objections? No.objections. Letter from Edgewater Volunteer Fire Department, asking that a two-way radio be put in the Fire Truck. Mayor Shaeffer stated a radio communications system has been purchased and your request will receive favorable action as soon as possible. Letter of resignation of Councilman Smith from Vice-Mayor and all other duties except Councilman. Motion duly made by Councilman Armstrong we accept the resignation of Councilman Smith as Vice Mayor and other duties, seconded by Councilman Seng and by vote CARRIED. Letter from Washington Census Bureau. The latest preliminary figure gives a count of 2,035 for the City subject to revision, which is usually minor, averaging about 1% in most cases. Letter from l'il'. & Mrs. vlilkerson about extension of Snyder Street in Cole Subdivision. Mayor Shaeffer stated this was a matter for the Council to contact Mr. Cole to put in the street as it was pla~d. Letter from Mr. Burgie. Mayor Shaeffer stated he had never had a request from Mr. Burgie and did not know what lots he was referring to. He was in- formed by Councilman Smith these lots were between Mr. Burgie and l-1r. Loope, o\ined by parties in Virginia. Mayor Shaeffer then stated he would look into it. o u o " u Letter from Mr. Alexander, Chairman of the Zoning Board. This pertained to re-zoning part of property owned by Mr. John D. Swartz on which the zoning board held a hearing. The recommendation being not to allow re- zoning of this parcel due to the strict objections of all adjoining property owners, based on depreciation and devaluation of present highly valuable property bought in a strictly residential area and also trailer traffic. Motion duly made by Councilman Seng we accept the recommendations of the zoning board, seconded by Councilman Smith and by vote CARRIED. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Maler Yea Councilman Seng Yea Councilman Smith Yea Councilman Armstrong Yea Mayor Shaeffer Yea Eetition calling for a Special Meeting. On August 20th this petition was turned into the City Hall. A tweleve hour written notice calling for a Special Meeting under the signature of the Mayor was given to each Council- man calling for a Special Meeting to be held August 26th at 9:00 A.M. at the City Hall. Mayor Shaeffer stated this meeting was held, cancelling out the meeting held on August 19th and the two-way radio communication system was purchased with a four to one vote. Councilman Smith ask for permission to speak. He spoke on reasons he was not in favor of this communication system. All members of the Council were then called upon to state their views and all \-Tere in favor. Heated arguments then ensued. Various persons from the audience ask to be heard. Some were for it and others against it. Personalities began to creep into the discussion and Mayor Shaeffer ask that personalities be kept out of the discussions. Mrs. Carter ask what was being d~ne about a place for the children to play. She was informed by the Mayor that $2,500.00 had been put in the budget for recreation purposes, but at present there was no land available for a play ground except the pier as the City does not own any more land. Mr. Carter then ask why the City could not purchase land for this purpose. He stated he knew of some land for sale on the outskirts, but it should be more centrally located. It was then suggested the School Board be contacted to use part of their land for a play ground. l1r. Alexander stated he already had permission to do so and the road had been cleared, but would have to be shelled. lftr. McCallister stated what was needed was a leader and suggested l-ir. Carter be put in charge. Mayor Shaeffer stated he would make Mr. Carter a committee of one with Hr. Alexander to help. Mrs. Hennig ask why the budget was only $1,600.00 instead of $2,700.00 as ask for the Library. Mayor Shaeffer assured her that they would get more when needed as it was in the contingency fund for just such purposes and at any time it can be switched around. Hrs. Goodrich stated the Library Board acted in a business like manner and had voted to keep the Library open longer hours this coming year and purchase some much needed books, so the money is badly needed. Also if we expect to progress we must spend more on the Library as it is very essential to any Community. Mayor Shaeffer stated the Budget would be changed. Councilman Smith then ask for the floor and proceeded to state the work that had been accomplished while he was looking after the street work and the work neglected by the other Councilmen. After hearing Councilman Smith, Hayor Shaeffer stated Councilman Smith had stated his case and said the records showed the progress that has been made and this matter is settled from now on. There being no further business Councilman Armstrong moved we do now adjourn, seconded by Councilman Seng and by vote CARRIED. Time 9:25 P.M. v . v -, . u u Mayor~~~~ r / . # Councilman ~ Counci CouncilJDan ,~-t<",-r-:t a.~~ AT=T~-JtJ ~iIJ City Cle