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SPECIAL 1mETING OF TH~ TOVm COUNCIL OF
EDGBWAT~R, FLORIDA. HELD IN T:--ru V.I.A. HALL ON Fn.a'~1946,8.oQ}]?M.
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\j ~his meeting was held for the purpose of considorin3 any ~nd all
mnttcrs. pertaining to the cri ~ic::tl Electric Light :.:md Power ConcH t1cm
existing in the Town of .iI:dgC\\ uter lnOridn.
ROLL CALL.
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1~yor-Councilmnn Baumgartner
Present.
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POl. tch
Present.
RESOLUTION.
A resolution concerning the Electric Light and Power Situation was
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rend in full.
v' It W.:l9 moved by CGluncilmnn P:ttch and seconded by Councilmnn LGhmnn
that the resolution be p~3sed on its first reading. By vote the mo-
toin was declared carried.
Councilman Patch moved and t..:ouncilmrtn Lohman seconded that the rc-
quirement of the second reading be wn.ivGd and that said resolution
be plnced on final passage, By vote the motion was unanimously cARRI~..
Vihereupon it was moved by C@uncilman Lohmnn nnd seconded by Cv>uncil-I1]J1.n
Patch that the suid resolution be passed und adopted and n "11 cull
being taken rQsulted as follows;
1~~yor - t..:ouncilman Baumgnrtncr- Yes.
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Po. tch
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Lohman
Yes.
Copy of reSolution attached as part of these minutes.
A Stntement of the lL.'l.yor (Of the ~'own of Edgcwater ,Florida in rC6ard
to the Electric Light and Power 8ituation was rO:::1.d and made a purt of
these minutes.
I t was moved by Councilmn,n Patch and seconded by Caunc i.lm.'1.l1 Lohman
that the meeting be adjourned. By vote the motion was carried.
Councilman
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1JL'l.yor -Colincilmnn
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I, TREZEVANT HOL~~S, JR., City Clerk of New Smyrna Beach,
Florida do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the Resolution adopted by
the City Commission of the City of New Smyrna Beach,
Florida at a regular meeting of said Commission held the
13th day of December, A. D. 1945, and duly entered in
the minutes of sald meeting.
IN WITNESS Whereof I have hereunto set my name and ~ffixed
the corporate seal of said City this 13th day of December,
A. D. 1945.
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lanuery 24, 1946
Florida Power & Light mompany
Daytona :attaoh
Florida
Attention: Mr. Clydo Byrd, Manager
Gentlemen:
The eleatric servioe within the aorpornto limite ot' the Town
of ~dsewater) Florida, has been very in~dequete tor ~uite
Sl~$ time. Frequently tne Town end its inhabitant3 are
wholly without e1eotrio1ty for twenty-four hours at a time.
Ev0r. more often, the servioe 1s interrupted for sherteI' ~er-
lods of timt3, and a gY"EH:'l.t dtlal of the time wben servioe 18
being :furnished, the voltage is low t\no. inadequate. As a
typlofll e'AtJInple, from ea.,rly yestGrday morning until late lost
night, there was absolutely no electrioity in the Town of
Edge\vster.
IdlJ8water does not have l'1 centr:al \Vftter eystem. In other
WOI'(ls, ea.oh residenoe or busin.ess oatnbli Brufl0nt prooures
water by pumping it by eleotricity from walls on the premises.
As 8. result. when electric ourrent 1s ohut off. not only p.l.re
the people without eleotric! ty tor lighting. oooking. f3tc.,
but the supply of ",-ater is 111stGntly shut 01'1'.
As a result of the failure of th~ (,1 ty of NCtl' &.myrna. B~aoh
'to furnish ude,~uete electrio power within the Town of Edge-
water, Florlila, e mO:Jt orltical situation has er18en--one
whioh affects the healtb of the yeople, tla well ~5 the eoo-
nom~e wellbeing and convenience of the people.
During the past year, t.houaandB of dollrlra have been lost by
bu~lne!lls66 in the To....tIl of Edgewater by reaaOIl 01' apoilage of
meat and other perishable produots, enC the damage and des-
truction of electrio npplialloem by reason of low voltege
current. The business j)sople have been Q./';llli<iged IDeny !l.ore
thousanos of dollars due to 1033 of profits 011 busineslJ whioh
tilCY would have otheI'\\>1.ec dont) it 1 t hen not been tor the
power failure.
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B~yond q,uestlon, an tU1s&ni tary oono.l tion, iujurlou8to the
health of the people, is created by the inability of the in-
habitents to prooure water.
Due to the emergenoy cree-tad by the situation whioh we have
outlined above, the Town Council of tne Town ot Edgewater,
Florida, uoee hereby oell upon the Florida Power & Light
~ Company, a pUblic utility, hOlding itsolf out to the ~ublla
as being engaged in the bus1ne~e of furnishing eleotrio power
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I to those who desire it, to Immedlat~ly or as soon 85 is b~nnly
possible. furnL'3h electrio ,power to the Town of EagewatEtr.
\ Florida, and to the inhabitants snd buelness establishments
f therein in order to alleviate the grossly U11B8.tistv.otory and
unsanitary condition which now exists. It is also the desire
of the Town Coune1l to gran,t the Florida Power & Light Company
R rr~noh!se to furnish eleotrioity to the Town of Edgewater
and to its inh~bit8nts for e definite poriod of time in the
future.
Your attention is called to the fact that in 1926 the Town
of Edgewater, Florida, gr~nted to the Elorida Power &:. Light
Company li frt.nchise for the purpose of 5u)plylug Bleatrlo1 ty
to the Town and its inhabitants (which franohise was aooepted
by your cOMpany). Your a.ttention 1s also called to the tact
that such franchise hes ap;roximately ten more ye&rs to run
before it expires, end that the Town of EdgewateT has never
granted any other franchise to any other compeny, or to ROY
indivldu~l. or munioipal oorporation, to furnish electric
power ~dthln the TOYffi of Edgeweter.
The ToWIl of Edge"Feter and 1 ts inht..I\bi tents o,nd. businosa estab-
lishments have ~re&dy suffered greatly. A gr~at amount of
additional damages are an immediate prosp~ct. ~~ call upon
you to furnish electric servioe here as Boon as is humanly
possible.
Sincerely yourn,
TO\Ul OF EDGEYiATr.:H, JrLORIDA
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M,cyor-Counollme.n / s / J. J. B~....UMGAhTN ],i.lh
Co un o1J.."Il an
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Councilman_
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Attest:
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Town Ulerk