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12-26-1946 - Regular ... ~ v u " v REGULAR :MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF EDGEWATER,FIDRIDA HELD IN V.I .A.HALL ON DECEMBER 26, 1946; Meeting called to order by Mayor Councilman Baumgartner at 7t30 P.M. ROLL CALL. Mayor Councilman C ounc i m-m Councilman Clerk Attorney Marshall Street Supervisor Baumgartner Lohman Hussey Spargo French. Thol'Dt.'1.s Moore present. Present. Present. Present. Present. Present. Present. READING OF MINUTES. The minutes of the regular meeting held December 11,1946 were read,Coun~il- man Lohman moved they be approved as read,seconded by Counci~'1.n Hussey and by vote declared CARRIED. BILLS AND. ACCOUNTS. The following bills were read; J.S .Bates J.F.Owens Mayors .Court E.H . Lohmn,n J.~.Baumgartner David A.Thomas Guy C.Spargo Rent Poet office box Cguncilman Lohman moved these bills a part of these minutes, seconded by CARRIED . 3.I8 b.50 2.8.00 4.00 48.00 32.00 .25 be approved as read,paid Councilman Hussey and by and be made vote declared OFFICERS RElORTS. Attorney French reported having tried to get in touch with Mr. Genter re- garding revision of the budget but had been tillable to do so. Mr. Robertson of Pentland & Robertson expressed his opinion that it was unnecessary to revise the budget to co-ordinate with the bookkcgping system. Mr French said he would contact Mr. Genter before m.'1.king a final report. COMMUNICATIONS. Acormnnication from Wiggert-Dean Eng.Co. containing prints of the plat pur- chased by the Town of Edgewater for a dumping ground,also a bill for this survey,which was laid on the table for further' consideration. A telegram was rccoived form Major Blase NeIIl€:th acting Dist.Eng. of the War department at Jacksonville Fla. giving the Town of Edgewatcr permission to remove shell at the Town dock. _ Alettcr dated December 26,1946 from Mayor COlIDcilmnn Baumgartner tender- ing his resignation as Mayor and as a m.~ber of the cOlIDcilof the Town of Edgewater. Councilnk~n Lohn'1.n expressed deep regret that the Mayor felt this necessary, as he lli~d worked with ~'1.yor Baumgartner for the past year nnd realized how much time and effort the ~'1.yor haS" given to the Town of Edge-water,and expressed the hope that some way might be worked out to make this action unnecessary. COlIDcilmnn Lohman moved this letter be laid on the table until the next regular meeting,seconded by COlIDcilmnn Hussey and by vote declared CARRIED. " n u u' u o ORDINANCES. ORDINANCE NO. 144: All ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE NUMBERING OF THE HOUSES ON PUBLIC STREETS IN THE TOWN OF EDGEWATER,FIDRIDA. The above ordino.nce was read in full and passed by the unanimous vote of the Town Coun~il of xho Town of Edgewater,Florida at a regular meeting on the 26th day of December, A.D.I946. upon motion duly ~~de, seconded and unanimously carried,the requirment of reading said 6rdinance upon second reading was wnived,and this Ordinance was ordered put upon its final pas- sage. Passed by the unamous vote of the Tuwn Council of the Town of Edgewater, Florida at a regular meeting of snim Council held the 26th day of December A.D.I946, nnd approved as provided by law, the vote of said Council on roll call being as follows: Mayor Councilman Baumgartner Council~~ Lo~~n Council~~n Hussey The Council decided that The Board of Adjustment originators of the of numborrng ffoilses be responsible for allocating the proper number 'each- hau.se o'r' building according to the plan set forth in Ordinance 144 UNFINNISHED BUSINESS. Yes Yes Yes plan to No. Mr. Roth replying to questions by the Council regarding the progress of the dragline stated t~~t the money appropriated ~~d been expended ,but that the work was practically finnished. Mayor Councilman Baumgartner to the permission granted the Town o~ Edge- water by the War Dept. to remove shell at the town dock. Mayor Baumgartner moved that $100.00 be allowed for the worle of removing the shell and piling it where it will be available for use on streets or for other purposes. At the request of the Council Mr. R~th agreeded to oversee this work and keep a check on same. Mr. Michaels o:f-lhe:e.d"Y';Whe'e-l~~:iCo. of Orlando reported that the plans and specifications are still not complete, but assured the Cpuncil that they would be in the ~~nds of the Council at the next regular meeting. Mr. Caldwell of the Florida Light & Power Co. who was present explained the problems confronting the Town of EDgewater, the City of New Smyrna Beach also the Florida Power & Light Co.and the business pplicy of the Company also expressed in detail their innbillity to ~~ke any head~ay in this situation. In conciLusion he stated that the Florida L ~ P Co,stood ready to serve the Town of Edgcwater just as soon as ways and means could be found to make this possible. . Mr Byrd Also of the Florida L.&P .Co'. stated he could add nothing to Mr. Caldwell remarks. Mr. Randolph Taylor ~uestioned the Council as to why his building permit is beening held up applicati~n ~~ving been filed in June 1946 and to date had not been granted. Discussion disclosed the fact that the building could not compl~..iwiyh Ordinance No.I4I. which requires that all buildings be placed at least 49 feet back from the highway. Mr.Taylor claimed that he made app1~cntion for this permit almost two months previous to the pnss- ing of Ordinance No.I4I. Council returned the Application to the Board of Adjustment for its approval. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. Mr. MOore spoke strongly against the traffic light contending that there are not sufficirntwarning signs and under present conditions it was simply n racket to bring revenue to the Town. There was much discussion and several suggestions were made to remedy the conditfuon, there was no action taken. ... " l,,' u u ~ Mr. French reported rece~ v1ng a letter from Leedy-Viheeler Co. of Orlando stating that thfr plans and specificationsof the new distribution system are nearly complete nnd will probably be in the hands of the 60uncil ht at the next regular meeting ~t Mayor Councilmrm Baumgartner called ,tot thei.attention of the Council the fact that the next regUlar meeting comes on christmas night nnd moved the meeting be postponed to Thursday Dec. 26, 1946 seconded by Councilman Hussey and by vote declared CARRIED. Councilman Lohman moved th~t the Clerks action in returning the 800.00 posted as bail by the City of New Smyrna Beach be ratified, seconded by Council~~n Hussey and by vote declared CARRIED. RESOLUTION A Resolution regarding the renruneing of streets of the Town and numbering of the houses caused a lively discussion. The Council decided to bring the question before the public, and have the OPinion. of the ~~blic expressed by vote either for ~r against this resolution. ~lj#i#ljjliDSllj## After further discussion the Council decided to proceed with the nluubering of the houses. Councilman Lohman moved that Attorney French draw up a res- olution governing the numbering of the houses,seconded by COlmcilman Hussey and by vote declared CARRIED. NEW BUSINESS. Council approved building permits of Gus Portnoy, Fred Wagner, J. J. Mc~uirk and Antonio Galanti nlso business licenes for F. E. Watson and Mr. Shortly MIS CELLANEOUS BUSINESS. The Clerk brought to the attention of the Council the advisability of re- viseing the Budget to agree with the cash book. Councilman Lahman requested Attorney French to Contact Mr.Genter regarding this suggestion and to draw up n resolution if so advised by Mr. Genter. Mhrsfu~ll Thomas requested that the Council approv of all permits for electric service before they are issued. Clerk was instructed to issue no more permits with out the approval of-the Council. There beening no further business Council..rr1.'1.n Lohman moved that we do now ndjourn, seconded by Council..rr1.'ln Hussey and by vote declared CARRIED. Time 9~30 P. M. councilmnn(A, I-/~~ ATTEST: ~~~47" ----.. '-- ~ -- ~ .; - .., - .... .., ::,./ "'- -~ " -- ........ ". .-