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08-01-1977 - Regular - u u - CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER REGULAR MEETING HELD August 1,1977 Mayor Armstrong called a workshop session between the Council and the Fire Department to order Monday, August 1, 1977 at 7:00 P.M. ROLL CALL: Mayor Dana T. Armstrong Councilwoman Ryta F. Webber Councilman Carl Shell Councilman Walter B. Sikes Councilman Calvin R. Dietz City Attorney Judson Woods City Clerk Sue Blackwell Police Chief Earl Baugh Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present Chief Duane was given the floor. He spoke of the operation of the Fire Depart- ment, stating that he is very proud of the department. He also ta1kedroout the vehicles. He stated that he feels that the City will never have to worry about financing the Fire Department as far as salaries and so on. There is only one thing that they do not like and that is that they would like to relocate Station #2, west of the railroad tracks. They have some land locations that they are looking into now. The approximate expenditure will be $42,000, and they would like to put this in the budget for next year. He went into the construction of this building, and stated that they would like for it to be a three year project. He explained that he bases this request for such financial aid on one thing that they have one of the smallest budgets in the City and he feels that it is time for the City to make a commitment to the men to show them where they stand for the next few years. He doesn1t feel that in any way that if we can get operational whys and equipment whys to do our job to make sure that we can adequately protect the City for the next twenty years, we will never become a paid Fire Department. He hopes to see the day that they can put the rest of the departments in this area to shame and remain volunteer. He showed the Council the parcel of land that they have been looking at, and there was dis- cussion about the different locations that may be available. Councilwoman Webber asked about the equipment and vehicles that she told them about that were new or to ten years old, that she was told that were never used. Chief Duane stated that he had some representatives go look at some equipment. Mayor ment. quite would Armstrong stated that he has nothing but compliments for the Fire Depart- He also stated that there is an inventory in City Hall, and the City owns a few parcels of land that we could look into and see if any of these lots serve the purpose. Chief Duane stated that they have not decided on any particular piece of land, however they would like for it to be on the west side of the railroad tracks. Mayor Armstrong agreed that there is no need in holding this off much longer, the area in Florida Shores is certainly growing. . Chief Duane stated that this is just in the foundation, their main concern right now is the budget to see how they stand. o o There was more discussion about the construction of the proposed building and the size of this building. Councilman Dietz stated that he does not see that the City is going to have any funds like this available prior to 1979,because we have all of this Federal Revenue money committed to the Water Plant. He wonders if we could have a more realistic figure, and start with perhaps a smaller building to be added on in the future. Chief Duane stated that they would adjust if they have to, the main concern is to get this off the ground. Councilman Dietz stated that he would agree with taking a very close look into appropriating a certain amount of money into the budget towards this fund and start to get things ready for it. He does agree that this is important and he is all for it, but funding it is another thing. Councilwoman Webber asked if there was any possibility of getting this through grants? Mayor Armstrong stated that right now he would say yes. We do have $15,000 unappropriated of Federal Revenue money set aside. Councilman Dietz stated that we have anticipated that that would be part of the money that we are going to have for the City's share of putting in the money for the new water plant. Mayor Armstrong stated that we really don't know about the water plant yet. He stated that we have ninety days to put $144,000 to work from the E.D.A. grant, and we have to validate bonds, and so forth and there is no way we can do it. Councilman Dietz stated that he will guarantee one thing; we are going to build that water plant. Councilwoman Webber stated that she want to go over this again. They are asking for a budget of $23,000, which was the same as last year, plus $38,000 is what they are asking to be added this year. Chief Duane stated that he would like to go back on the $23,000; about $5,500 of that is salaries that we share the expense of the dispatchers alone, $6,000 goes straight to the Water Department as part of the bonding issue for fire hydrant rental. So there is $12,000 of the $23,000 which the Fire Department really doesn't have any control over. He thanked the Council for their time. Mayor Armstrong asked if there are any other questions from any other members of the Fire Department, there being none: Mayor Armstrong called the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Edgewater to order. / ROLL CALL: Mayor Dana T. Armstrong Councilwoman Ryta F. Webber Councilman Carl Shell Present Present Present -2- o o Councilman Walter B. Sikes Councilman Calvin R. Dietz City Attorney Judson Woods City Clerk Sue Blackwell Police Chief Earl Baugh Present Present Present Present Present INVOCATION SALUTE TO FLAG APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Councilman Sikes made a motion to approve the minutes of the Public Hearing and the regular meeting held July 11, 1977, being seconded by Councilman Dietz. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. Councilman Dietz made a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting held July 18, 1977, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0 BILLS AND ACCOUNTS: Mayor Armstrong read the total of the bills in the General Fund account. Councilwoman Webber made a motion to pay these bills, being seconded by Councilman Shell. The City Clerk explained that the bill from Martin Asphalt should come out of Federal Revenue because it is for paving and improvements. There was discussion on this. Upon roll call vote on the motion to pay the bills, said motion CARRIED, 5-0. Mayor Armstrong read the total of the bills in the Water and Wastewater account. Councilman Dietz made a motion to pay these bills, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. COMMUNICATIONS: The City Clerk read the Building Official IS report and bill for this month. Councilman Dietz made a motion that we pay the bill in the amount of $1,844.36, being seconded ~y Councilman Shell. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. The City Clerk read a letter from the Zoning Board recommending that William C. Nichols be appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Taylor who recently resigned. Councilman Sikes made a motion to accept the recommendation of the Zoning Board in appointing Mr. William C. Nichols, being seconded by Councilwoman Webber. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. The City Clerk read a letter from Mr. B.J. Murphy of the P.B.A. stating that they would like to renegotiate the contract for the 1977-78 year. Councilman Dietz made a motion that we send a letter back to Mr. Murphy telling him to send us what he wants in the new contract, and we will let him know if we want to talk it over. -3- o u Chief Baugh stated that Mr. Rickelman has something he would like to say to the Council, which may help them in regard to these negotiations. Mr. Rickelman was given the floor. He stated that the officers in the Police Department have met on this, and if it is all right with the Council, they would rather the Council negotiate with the Police Department themselves instead of hiring a negotiator. He explained that there should be very little difference in last year's contract and the new one. Councilman Dietz asked if the Police Department could make a list of their demands before they meet to discuss this matter. Mr. Rickelman stated that he would get this list. Mayor Armstrong stated that after the Council has time to look over this list, then a meeting can be set up to discuss this. There was some discussion with the attorney about this. Attorney Woods suggested that Mr. Murphy be present at a Council meeting in regard to this. Councilman Sikes stated that we should answer Mr. Murphy's letter so that we can keep a record of it. The next item is a letter from the Board of Adjustment in regard to Mr. Robert DeFlippo.s variance request. Councilman Sikes made a motion that we accept the recommendation of the Board of Adjustments for the DeFlippo variance, being seconded by Councilwoman Webber. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. Councilman Dietz stated that he feels something should be amended in the Ordinance to leave something like this up to the Building Official. Having to go to this board for a 12" variance cost this man a lot of money and time. Councilwoman Webber stated that Ordinance 880 should not be changed in any way. She feels that we would be wrong to disregard the ordinance regardless what the cause. Mayor Armstrong stated that he agrees that it is terrible for a man to have to pay $50.00 and wait and wait for a minor thing like this, however you have to have the law start somewhere. There were some commen,ts from the audience in regard to this. The City Clerk read the Operation and Maintenance Budget Report. The City Clerk read a memo from the Florida League of Cities in regard to a group plan of self-insurance for municipal workmen's compensation. It was agreed that we are interested in this. The City Clerk stated that she will answer the questionaire. The City Clerk read a letter from Pastor Wingate of the N.S. Church of God, requesting the use of the Community Center on Labor Day for their meeting. Councilman Dietz made a motion that we grant them the use of the building, being seconded by Councilman Shell. Councilman Sikes asked if we rent the hall to groups like this, are we liable for any accidents that might take place? Mayor Armstrong stated yes we are. Councilman Sikes asked if we could enter an agreement in regard to this to releave the City of the responsibilities? Mayor Armstrong stated that the way he looks at it, to be able to do something like this, everyone attending this function would have to sign such a waiver. -4- o (J There was more discussion on this matter. Attorney Woods stated that the City has insurance like the owners/landlord and tenants policy that will cover any accident on the premises. If you do this for one you will have to do it for every group that comes in. Mayor Armstrong asked for a vote on the motion to let them use the hall. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. The City Clerk read a memo from Mr. Kuyk in regard to donating an old balance scale to the New Smyrna.Beach High School. Councilman Dietz stated that this is one of the first scales bought for the plant and canna longer be used, it is of no value to the City. Councilman Dietz made a motion to go ahead and take this off of the inventory, and donate it to the New Smyrna Beach High School Science Department for their use, being seconded by Councilman Shell. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. AUDIENCE MISCELLANEOUS: . None RESOLUTIONS: None ORDINANCES: ORD. NO. 981 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF PURCHASING BY FORMAL ADVERTISING AND COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATIONS BY THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFOR. Attorney Woods read the Ordinance by title only, and stated that this ordinance was advertised as required by law. This is the second reading of this ordinance. Councilman Dietz made a motion to adopt this Ordinance, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Mr. Opal spoke to the Council about a meeting he attending in regard to purchasing ordinances and going out on bids for certain purchases. He spoke of the magic numbers law. He stated that he is opposing this single and sole source purchasing without going out for bids. This is very wrong. Upon roll call vote on the motion, said motion CARRIED, 4-1. Mayor Armstrong voting NO. ORD. NO. 982 AN ORDINANCE REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, FROM ITS PRESENT ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF MOBILE HOME TO 1-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Attorney Woods read the Ordinance in full. -5- , o o Councilwoman Webber made a motion to adopt the Ordinance, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. ORD. NO. 983 AN ORDINANCE REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, FROM ITS PRESENT ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE TO 1-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Attorney Woods read this Ordinance in full. Councilman Dietz made a motion to adopt the Ordinance, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. OLD BUSINESS: The City Clerk stated that the first thing is from May, Zima . Mayor Armstrong stated that this came in on the 29th. Who requested it and how come. The City Clerk stated, Mr. Dietz, and she talked to Mr. Sikes about it. Mayor Armstrong asked when the Council requested it? He added that the Council never requested a contract on this. Councilman Dietz stated that this is the contract that we had before, and this is a continuation. Councilman Sikes stated that when we had this Ordinance coming up, he told Mrs. Blackwell to get copies of the proposed contract from May, Zima so that we could study them. He added that Mr. Vodenicker is here and he would like to ask him some questions. Mayor Armstrong stated that he can ask the questions, however he does not even think that we had the specifications prepared on this. Councilman Sikes stated that we sent out and talked to various people. We had some figures come back. We also asked Mr. Walls to check into all of these systems, and he made a report back to the Council. Councilman Dietz stated that before we get into this, we should ask our attorney if this is one of the items that will come into services that can not be let out on bids? Attorney Woods stated that this is not any sole source, it was stated that we had advertised for computer services and the Council has discussed the matter and you have had proposals. He feels that the Council can justify going into a contractual agreement with anybody who provides the best system for the City. Councilman Sikes asked the City Clerk to say who had come to the Council meetings and discussed this. The City Clerk stated that Burroughs and NCR were the two gentlemen in parti- cular who were here. Some of the companies we contacted did not bid. As she remembers almost all of them were pretty much in the same ballpark so to speak, it was just a matter of whether we wanted to change our entire system to suit what they already had programs written for. CouncilmaR Sikes stated that the licensing of each program was a monthly fee that put it way above the cost that May, Zima had: The City Clerk stated that this is correct, on each program there was a monthly license fee. ~- o o Councilman Dietz asked Mr. Vodenicker a question about the statement in his letter in regard to this being an extension of their regular accounting ser- vices. He said that this was discussed before at length and we don't want this an extension of, we want this an addition to. We do not want the two tied together. Mr. Vodenicker stated that this can be changed to be in addition to our accounting system that we extend to the City. Councilman Sikes stated that this means that in the event that we did not decide to re-enter into a contract with May, lima as auditing for the City, that we could maintain the same program without any interruptions whatsoever. Mr. Vodenicker stated that this is correct. Councilman Dietz stated that it should be worded in the contract, that in the event that the City becomes dissatisfied with the services or the way it is being handled and we want to change, that May, lima will still let us use the software. Councilman Sikes stated that he mentioned before that he would like it added that if May, lima for any reason ever got out of the computer business and sold out to another company, and we did not want to go with that company, the program would become the property of the City. Councilman Dietz stated that in other words our program could not be sold to another person. Mr. Vodenicker stated that this is why that provision was added, it is to protect both May, lima and the City to cooperate with each other in the event either case happens. It is requiring that if May, lima was to ever go out of the business they will have to make sure that the City has support of another corporation. Attorney Woods stated that this is a personal services contract between May, lima and the City, and if they got out of the business it is non-assignable. If you do not like the people they sold their business to, then the contract is null and void, and they have to assist you in finding someone else that is suitable. Tape 3A Councilman Dietz asked what if we had a falling out with May, lima and wanted to get out of it this way. Mr. Walls spoke to the Council on this. He stated that there is a clause in the agreement that covers May, lima and the City if May, lima backs out, but if the City backs out you are lost. He feels that a clause should be added to protect the City if they want to back out. It would not be easy for the City to back out, because they will have to have somebody to keep the mainten- ance up on the program and to keep them up to date, and so forth. Attorney Woods stated that this sounds reasonable to him. He asked Mr. Vodenicker if he agrees with this. There was more discussion about this with Mr. Vodenicker. Councilman Dietz stated that he feels that this should be changed from a five year contract to a ten year contract. There was discussion again about giving the City an out. as far as the contract is concerned. Mr. Wall spoke to the Council again about this. stating that you do not know what will happen in the next few years. Councilman Dietz asked Mr. Woods if he could negotiate and come up with some- thing on this. Attorney Woods stated that he thinks that we can come up with something that will be agreement with the City and May, lima. -7 - Tape 3B o o It was decided that Attorney Woods would get with Mr. Vodenicker and May, Zima to discuss this matter, and try to come up with something to add to the contract. There were some questions from the audience, which the Council answered. Mr. Gross stated that he feels that we should get more comparisons from other companies before a decision is made. Councilman Dietz stated to answer this question, unfortunately he must not have been here when we did speak to representatives from the other companies, and also Mr. Walls, who has experience in this business, has assisted the City in investi- gating this for the City. It was his recommendation that this is the best system that we have looked at. Mr. Walls spoke to Mr. Gross about this, explaining the difference in the systems that he has looked into. Mayor Armstrong stated that we should move on. The next item is a speaker system for the Community Center. It was explained that you are never going to get acustics in the building until you lower the ceiling, because you are going to get feed back. There was more discussion as to how this should be handled. Mayor Armstrong stated that something certainly has to be done about this. There was confusion at the meeting, discussion began on the Lift Station No.4 Mayor Armstrong explained that Mr. Dietz has gone over this with the engineers and it has been surveyed. Councilman Dietz stated that this is on the piece of property where Lift Station 4 is. It is owned by the Mayor, which was blocked off and the City has had some problems. The Mayor said that he would give to the City 25 feet of one parcel 31 feet of another of another parcel, 75.67 of another parcel and 40.39 at the other end of it. We went over this with the engineers and checked this out with our attorney, and this is suppose to be a dedicated street. We can not make this a dedicated street because the law requires 40 feet and the maximum that we can get is 32 feet and that is by going to a neighbor. We have a tentative agreement with him that he will give us 4 feet on one end and 6 feet on the other. If every- thing works out, this will not be a straight road, it will be a curved road, the Lift Station will be at the edge of the road and we can barricade around it. He said that he told them to go ahead and draw this up as the way we would do it. The City Clerk read a letter from Briley, Wild in regard to the proposed road and the drainage at Pump Station #4. She read the labor estimate for this, which totals $17,980.00. Councilman Sikes asked how much it would cost to relocate the lift station? / Mayor Armstrong stated about $15,000.00. Councilman Dietz asked Mayor Armstrong if he would entertain the idea of selling the property on Oakridge to the portion that comes to the back of the lift station to the City? Mayor Armstrong stated that he had not anticipated selling it, however it would cost about $13,000, which would be the same price that the City paid on Wildwood in 1963. This is a matter of record, that the City set this price. He added that there is no reason for such figures as this coming out of Briley, Wilds office; they are just making a big to do out of it. Councilman Dietz explained that they have to do this right, because they don't want to create a dam. He told Mr. Strand to keep this to a minimum. He said that he told Mr. Strand and Mr. Fernandez that he could see putting the street in there for the benefit of the City and it would settle this from now on, but at these prices he can not see it. It won1t benefit anyone but the Mayor. Mayor Armstrong stated that he does not see how it will benefit him. -8- o o Councilman Sikes asked Mayor Armstrong if he would consider selling the City the two lots adjoining the lift station? Mayor Armstrong stated that he can not buy or sell to the City as long as he is Mayor. Councilman Dietz stated that this has to be settled because he has had trouble with Lift Station #4 again. He said that the Council has to make a decision. There was discussion about the man who owns the other property. He will give the City'an easement. Attorney Woods said that he sees no problem as far as that is concerned, or you can negotiate with the Mayor. There was more discussion about the lots, and the Council looked over the map as they discussed this. Councilman Dietz stated again that something has to be done about this. He asked what the Council IS pleasure is. Tape 4A Mayor Armstrong stated that he feels that the pipes could be put in for a lot less than estimated by Briley, Wild. Mr. Fredericks spoke out that something should be able to be worked out without spending that much money. Mr. Gross asked if the attorney couldnlt figure out something about buying the property from the Mayor. Attorney Woods stated that we have no choice, we can either buy the property, condemn it or get an easement. Councilwoman Webber asked where are we going to get the money, we will still have to lay the pipes and everything. Councilman Dietz stated no, if we buy the property we will be able to use the old road that we have. Mr. Lodico asked if it was true that at the time this station was put there, Mrs. Jurgenson was the owner? Mayor Armstrong stated that she owned the property, but he had it under contract to purchase at the time. He bought it consenting to the easement, however he thought they were going to stay on the easement. Councilman Dietz asked what the Council wanted to do. Councilman Sikes stated that he is not in favor of spending $18,000. Mayor Armstrong stated that he isnlt either, but you do have a problem from Biggerstaff's property on the highway to McLane's property on the highway that has no sanitary sewer on U.S. 1, and no way to get sanitation of U.S.l, without putting in a pumping station or using grayity feed'lines to Pumping Station #4. Councilman Dietz stated to proceed with this, let's pole the Council now and see if they want to proceed with this proposition here. There was more discussion about the street, if it was put in. Councilman Sikes asked Mayor Armstrong if we had three appraisals of that area, would you take what the appraisers.... Mayor Armstrong stated No, he wouldn't even talk about that he would just go ahead and say condemn it and we would go back to the records on what was paid for the others. He said that he has turned down far more than what we are talking about. The Council looked over the map again. Mayor Armstrong stated that he can build a house on that lot, and they can not turn him down on a permit because it is a non-conforming lot and he has owned it for years. -9- o o Councilman Dietz stated that they are willing to negotiate a fair price on those two pieces of property. Mayor Armstrong stated that he will negotiate in good faith on Lot 21 and Lot 16, and part of 17, providing that the City removes 600 feet of force main across his property that is an encrouchment on his property, and that they put Old County Road where it belongs on the plat. Councilman Dietz asked Mr. Woods for his recommendation. Attorney Woods stated that he does not make any recommendations. If the Mayor will not negotiate a price with you on this and you don't want to go the street route, then you will have to condemn the property. Councilman Dietz stated that he does not think that we can justify paying $18,000 of the taxpayers money for this kind of thing where nobody is going to benefit but the Mayor. Mayor Armstrong said again that he does not see how he will benefit. Councilman Dietz stated that it will give him an ingress and egress to his property. Mayor Armstrong stated that he has ingress and egress to his property. Councilwoman Webber asked Mayor Armstrong to tell them once again, why he closed this off? Mayor Armstrong stated that it has never been open to the public. You have the easement that you have always had. Councilwoman Webber asked if he realizes that the people are suffering. If that thing overflows they are the ones who will suffer. Mayor Armstrong stated that you have run the people's property down by news media in that area by telling that that is low land over there. Councilwoman Webber stated that that is the lowest land in the City. There was an exchange at this time between the Mayor and Councilwoman Webber. Councilman Dietz stated to the Mayor that the Council is willing to negotiate and pay a fair price for that property. If he doesn't want to do that, then it is his recommendation to the Council that we instruct the attorney to go ahead with the proceedings to condemn and get the property that we need to give us ingress and egress to that lift station. He asked Mayor Armstrong if he will give us an easement of 25 feet and 31 feet back on Lot 21 and 16? Mayor Armstrong stated that he won't give any easement; he said that if the City makes a thoroughfare through there that everybody can use, then he will furnish the land to do it. Councilman Dietz stated that to do this properly it will cost $18,000, but he would not feel right spending this much money. There was discussion about lowering the lift station. Councilman Dietz stated that he has found out about that and it is not the feasible way to go about it. Mayor Armstrong said that we have had enough time on this, the City should decide what they want to do. Councilman Dietz asked if he wants to negotiate, or if he wants to go through condemnation? Mayor Armstrong said the City wants me to negotiate with me, or the City wants me to negotiate with you, no. -10- o o Councilman Sikes asked how we can determine what to offer, if he won't accept a figure from an appraiser? He asked how they can determine the value of the property unless we get an appraiser, and you won't give us the value? Councilman Dietz asked the Mayor what he wants for it? Mayor Armstrong said that he didn't say that he wants to sell it, he told the Council that he can not sell anything to the City or buy anything. Councilman Dietz made a motion that we instruct the attorney to go with con- demnation proceedings and let's get this thing settled, being seconded by Councilman Shell. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 4-1. Mayor Armstrong voting NO. Councilman Dietz asked Attorney Woods if he will keep him informed of the procedures so that he knows what we are doing. Attorney Woods stated that he will keep the Council informed. The City Clerk stated that the next item is the Tomoka Refuse Equipment Agreement which was part of the original agreement with them. She said that she brought this to the Council so that Mr. Woods could look it over. NEW BUSINESS: The City Clerk read a memo in regard to the CETA program and hiring a planner under this program. Also asking about next year's plan in regard to CETA. Councilwoman Webber stated that she has checked around and found that we are eligible to get a planner. The Planning Board has been trying to work by them- selves and if we get the County in it will cost about $39,000. If we get a CETA employee it will be paid by the Federal Government. She stated that she did not understand why this had to come to the Council. As far as us cancel- ling our contract, we are absolutely not. There is no reason to cancel it. She said that she spoke with Mr. Martine and he needs two men with chaeffeur,s licenses. She asked how we come up with just six slots? There was discussion about where the City could use some more men. Councilman Sikes stated that we should keep as many people working as we can. We do need the City Planner, and we have a deadline for this. Mayor Armstrong stated that the CETA program runs out in September. Councilwoman Webber stated that more money has been allocated. Councilman Sikes read from the memo about applying for the program after September. There was discussion about the money left in the budget, the City shouldn't lose it. Also about staying in the program for next year. Councilman Sikes made a motion that we let Debbie check into this further and apply for the hiring a planner and additional laborers, being seconded by Council- woman Webber. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 5-0. The City Clerk read a petition from the residents on East Marion Street in regard to paving of their street. Councilman Sikes stated that he happened to be in City Hall when the man came in with this petition. He got in touch with Mr. Martine and asked him to get with Earl Copeland and come up with some figures as to what it would cost. He ex- plained that this is why we have the map attached to this petition. The Council went over the figures on the map, and discussed this. Councilman Sikes made a motion that we authorize the Street Department to cap Marion Avenue, Edgewater Drive up to Eaton Road and Eaton Road down to Bradford per sketch presented to the Council, being seconded by Councilwoman Webber. Councilwoman Webber stated that she is perfectly willing to have all of these roads paved, but she is not willing for them to stop what they are doing at the landfill. -11- o o Upon roll call vote on the motion, said motion CARRIED, 5-0. There was some discussion at this time about the work being done at the landfill. The next item is the bills from Briley, Wild and Association. The City Clerk went over what each bill is for. Mayor Armstrong stated that we have a bill for $1,052.45 on the work done on the Florida Shores preliminary engineering fees. He stated that he thought the Florida Shores Property Owners were going to pay that. Councilman Dietz asked why would they pay that bill? Mayor Armstrong stated why should we, it was exclusively for them. He added that Mr. Dietz stated that it wouldn't cost the tax payers anything, that it was limited to Florida Shores only. There was more discussion on this. Councilman Dietz explained that these plans are ours and we can use them later on. Councilman Dietz made a motion to pay the bills, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED, 3-2. Councilwoman Webber and Mayor Armstrong voting NO. The City Clerk explained that we have to have the position of City Clerk and Deputy City Clerk bonded in the amount of $50,000 because anyone signing checks for F.H.A. or their loans, has to be bonded in that amount. The question she has, does the Council want her to cancel the other bond that she has for $50,000 on her? There was discussion about this. Attorney Woods stated that he doesn't think that you should cancel the other bonding. Mayor Armstrong stated that he does not understand the bond being this high. It was agreed that the attorney should get some more information about this before the next meeting. Tape 5A MISCELLANEOUS: Mayor Armstrong stated that we have to set a date for budget workshops. It was agreed to meet on Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30. The City Clerk stated that she wants to know if we should notify the neighbors around Atlantic Machine because we are adding a permitted use to B-3. Since we are talking about the B-3 district, we are talking about all up and down U.S. 1. It was agreed that the neighborhood should be notified. Mayor Armstrong stated that he talked with Joe Martine, and he is agreeable to go back to shop mechanic. He would like to work until December 21st. Councilwoman Webber said that he told her that this was not a favorable thing and he asked to be kept on at his position until his birthday. Mayor Armstrong stated that he talked to him just a few days ago. He added that he talked to him about taking his vacation before they change his rate of pay. Councilwoman Webber stated that he has given us good faithful service and is still giving us this service and she sees no reason for laying him back. -12- o o Councilman Sikes stated that he is not agreeable to cutting his pay. Mayor Armstrong stated that he feels that Joe should be treated the same as Mr. Ohrwall was. Councilman Sikes stated that he feels that Joe should serve on a limited basis until the end of the year at the same salary. He could work with Earl Copeland, who can more or less take over. Mayor Armstrong stated that then we will have three supervisors, Everett, Joe and Earl Copeland. Councilman Sikes stated that it has been discussed that Everett is doing a good job where he is, and he said that he wanted to stay where he is rather than become supervisor. Councilman Dietz stated that there is a mandatory retirement Ordinance in the City of Edgewater at 70 years old, and we will have to change this to keep him. Councilman Sikes stated that several of us should talk to Joe and come back to the Council with this again at the next meeting. RECESS: Councilman Dietz made a motion to recess this meeting until Wednesday night, being seconded by Councilman Sikes. Said motion CARRIED. MINUTES TAKEN BY: Sue Bl ackwell Debbie Sigler ~ ~ ~ ATTEST: i8~ ~ ~/ Approved thi s J 5 day of August, 1977 k~rt?~~ ~--- May r -13-