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11-08-1961 - Recessed/Regular " " '-" \w '-' J ~. OONTINUED MEETING OF THE CITY OOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEI'IATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FIDRIDA, HELD NOV. 8th, 1961. The Continued Meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, held November 8th, 1961, was called to order by Mayor Crawford C. Shaeffer at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Mayor Crawford C. Shaeffer Councilman G. V. Beck Councilman S. A. Seng, Sr. Councilman R. P. Smith, Sr. Councilman D. T. Armstrong City Clerk F. F. Dippery City Att'y J. E. Chisholm Police Chief F. H. Norman Fire Chief C. F. Garlick Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present The minutes of the Regular Meeting held November 6th and the Canvass of the Ballot were presented to each Councilman for his approval. Motion duly' made by Councilman Seng these minutes be accepted as presented, seconded by Councilman Beck and by vote CARRIED. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE REGULAR ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON THE 7th DAY OF NOVEMBER, A. D. 1961 AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO THE CITY OFFICERS CHOSEN AT SAID ELECTION. . The above and foregoing Resolution was read in full and motion duly' made by Councilman Armstrong this Resolution be adopted, which motion was duly second- ed by Councilman Smith and upon roll call vote same was declared adopted this 8th day of November, A. D. 1961. Vote of said Council on roll call being as follows:- Councilman Beck Councilman Seng Councilman Smith COl.D1cilman Annstrong Mayor Shaeffer Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Mayor Shaeffer ask if there was any other old business to be taken care of. There being none the meeting was turned over to the Clerk who called for the Certificates of Election. After presentation of the Certificates the Oath of Office was given and the new Officers seated. Mayor Hussey then spoke. Members of the Council, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am very glad and proud to be here to represent you as Mayor. I wish to thank you for the effort and help you gave me to become Mayor of Edgewater and I assure you it is with utmost pride I say this and I want to do all I can to co-operate with every department and carry out nTY' platform. I am only one individual. There are rour other Councilmen who represent the four zones in the ~ity or Edgewater and I will do nw best to see that every Councilman puts forth his best effort to take care of your wants that are brought in and I assure you we are going to strive to do everything we can do in anyway we can. The City has grown tremendously in the last ten years. It was a small town when I came here, but I will co-operate in any way to help to keep on grOidng. People come here and look and lots of people settle in Edgewater, but 1IDless the people offer to co-operate with companies and firms, we cannot grow. United we stand, divided we fall. Let us do our best for the City of Edgewater. I am not going to say anything about the City forces. I will wait and see for IIWself how everything stands in every department before coming to anyconclusions. ~hank you. I , . I ,.. ~ \w ~ ..J Councilman Siller: I thank you and congratulate you on the wonderful turn out yesterday. It was encouraging and an honor to be selected to represent you and I will attempt to do my utmost for the City of Edgewater. Councilman 5eng: Ladies & Gentlemen. It is an honor to be re-elected to the City Council of the City of Edgewater. I mow sometimes I have been accused of voting wrong. I will continue to work for the City. There is a possibility we will double in size within the next two years or next few years anyway. I will do all in my power within my Zone to take care of what has to be done within reason. I will work with the rest of the Council, but will vote for the best, in my opinion. , Councilman Palmateer: Ladies, and Gentlemen.. I want to take this opportunity to thank you very much for the confidence. you place in me. I have no axe to grind, but have an interest in Edgewater, as I make this my hom~ and want to make it a better place to live in. I ask you people to bring y~ur trouble to the Council and we will let the public mow what we do, so don't worry about it. I thank you. I Councilman Kennedy: I sincerely thank you. It is a nice feeling to lmow so many people and organizations have confidence in me. I can't answer all your questions. If there are headaches we will try to correct them, so bring them to me at Council meetings. I would like to bring all together as we are all a part of the City. Bring your problems in here where they can' be thrashed out, big problems or little things. I will work with everybody I can and try to work harmoniously. Thank you. l . Councilman Seng stated it was customary to move that all City employees be retained in their present status until the first regular Council meeting, so I make a motion that all City employees be retained until the next Regular Meeting, seconded by Councilman Kennedy and by vote CARRIED. The Clerk stated she had prepared a Resolution Designating and .(q>point1-ng the Bank of New Smyrna as Depository, but had failed to bring it over from City Hall. It is necessary this be passed at this time as tOlOOrrow is pay c;lay for the street men and checks have to be signed in order for the men to be paid. Motion duly made by Council.mah Seng, seconded by Councilman Siller this Resol- ution be adopted. Roll call vote being as follows:- Councilman Siller Councilman Seng Councilman Palmateer Councilman Kennedy Mayor Hussey Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea i There being no further. business Councilman Seng moved we do now1adjourn until the next regular meeting, secbnded by Councilman Palmateer and by vote,CARRIED. Time 8:00 P.M. The Clerk then ask that the Mayor call everyone together again in order to read a telegram received at the City Hall \'/hich she proceeded to read, congratulating the Mayor and Councilmen on their election, signed by Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Bergoffen. ATTEST L/~~~~~h 7