Minutes 02-18-57MINUTES ~F A REGULAR ~EETING OF THE CITY COU~TCIL OF
BOYNTON MEACR, FLORIDA, HELD ~T THE CITY HALL, BOY~fTON
~EACH, t~EBRUART~_ 18, 1957.
Mort Pa~tin, Mayor
Donald Rehbu~g, Vice Mayor
Stanley Weaver
L.S. Chadwelt
Harvey Oyer.
City Clerk D.V.~illiams
Chief of Police Csrver
Mr. Zell Taylor
Mr. Carl Stone.
Mayer Partin called the meeting to order at ~.30 P.M.
Mr. Charles Senior reported on the bids received for a 750
gallon pumper and said the lowest bidder mhd the one favored
by the Fire Department was the American La France pu~p, the
order to be placed£or Ford truck with Earl Vfallace Ford for
delivery in New York.
Pumper $ 8,045.00
Chassis 3,863.V9
~iscellaneous 3,925.V5
Total $15.834.54
Oyer moSed that the Council authorise
of the money for the fire truck less $1,000 to
contract performance is carrie~ out.
Mott ~ carried.
the withdrawal
see that the
Mr. Weaver seconded.
The City Clerk read the m~nutes of the last regular
meeting of February 4.
Mr. WeaVer moved th~ the minutes be accepted. Mr.
Chadwell seconded. Motion ca~ried.
An excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the Recreation
Board of February 4 was read.
~. Eeaver moved tha~ the City erect the sign as recommended
by the Recreation Board for the ~huffleboard Cour. t, showing it
to be nunioi~lly owned, the fees of ~5 cents a day and $3.00
per year or season to be paid to the cumtodian. Mr~ Rehburg
seconded~ ~otioncarried. ~
It was agreed that the fees received be turued over to
the club for maintenance of the courts~
An excerpt from the minutes of t~e meetin~ of the Ptan~ing
Beard of February ll ~as read, regarding a petition from adooin-
ing property o~rners that N.E. 2nd Street between Ocean Avenue
~nd N.E. Bnd Aven~e be a~udoned.
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Mr. Weaver explained the request and said althoMghthe street
is of no use new it might one day become usefull He said he
thinks the sigmers of the petition should be infoz~ned that there
is areversion' claim' in the or~gina~.p~lat,' and if the ~treet is
sold or abandoned the land ~ould go _~k to the subdivider.
Mr. Oyer thought it should not
the Planning Bomrd~s recommendation.
Notion Tarried.
be changed and m~ved to table
Mr. Weaver seconded.
· Mr. Griffi~h said ~t~e County wants to know if the City
~ll. ac~ept, b~ ~eed, title te.'the property acquired from the
~u~_~ ~o~ m~un~c~pal ~S~m~P!at~ 2 B. and ~ C. ~nW~st BOynton.
rece~ended accepting the~deed. Y
Mr. ~eaver thought the C~ty should make further efforts
to obtain the ether place (el~ rock pit) about four miles further
away for garbage disposal.
Mr. Weaver moved that the Council should proceed as outlined
by Mr.GriffitH an8 rs~est the Ooun~.~. to issue a deed to the
City of Boynton Beach, specifying the particular piece of
property. Mr. Oyer seconded. Motion carried.
Mr. Griffith said the trial date for the Hable suit was
February 25 and asked that members of the Council be present.
He said Hank Cohn, the photographer who took the pictures, and
Nfs. ~illiams should also be there, as well as the Engineer and
some one from the Health Department who inspected the septic tank.
~r. Griffith said an ordinance co~ering subdivisions is
needed and will take some study. A meetiug of the Council was
arranged for next Monday evening, February 28, to discuss ouch
an ordinance.
In a discussion on giving R/W te the County for widening
Woolbrig~t Road, it was agreed Mr. Stone should check the
location of wa~er pipes and see what it is best to do regarding
them.
A plat of Rollmng' Green Ridge Seacrest Addition was
examined.
Er. B~and p~esented a bond covering the water system.
Mr. Weaver moved that the plat be approved by the City.
Rehburg seconded. Motion carried.
The Mayor authorised that a poiicemsn should be appointed for
duty outside the Woman,s Club during church services on Sundays,
as requested.
Police Chief Carver read the report of the Police Department
for the month of January.
Mr. Weaver moved that the Lifeguard be made a special
policeman. Mr. Chadwell seconded, Mo~ton carried.
Mr. Weaver moved that the Council set a yearly fee for the
City of Gulf Stream, of $~,~O0700 maintenance fee for fire
p~otection. M~, Rehburg seconded. Motion carried.
M~. Morser presented a petition with nine signatures
against the blacktopping of Ocean Avenue from S.W. 3rd Street
west at the expense~cf the property owners; a second petition
was p~esentedwith seventeen signatures, covering nine proper-
ties in Favor of the project.
After lengthy discussien, Mr. Oyer moved that as there a~e
apparently nine p~operty~owners in favor and nine aga~nst~ (and
in accordance ~wtth the discussion at the special meeting ±ast
Friday) the City put in drainage For t~e water, and the property
owners on Ocean Avenue would Day the same as any other property
ewners in town. Mr. Chadwell seconded.( Motion c~wried.
Mr. Morser objected saying the vote should be by
lineal footage which would Eiv~ the 'Noes' a two-third
majority.
Mr. Over disagreed with a suggestion that the repairs
be from S.Eo 4th Street instead of from S.~. 3rd Street, and
thought that ~s an equal nLnnber is for and against, the
Council should decide.
Mr. Todd presented a petition regarding the clearing
up of trash and weeds along 8th and 9th Aven~es in the ll00
block.
Mr. Chadwell was asked to check into this.
Mr. Patrick DeVasto again asked about the paving of
N.W~ 7th Street.
M~. Partin said there had been difficulty in getting the
R/~ which should be 50'o
Mr. Chadwell moved ~hat the City pave ~.W. Vth Street
from N.W. 2nd Avenue to N.W. 13th Avenue. Mr. 0yet seconded.
Motion carried.
Mr. DeVasto said he has 150~ on N.W. 13th Avenue and he
will be glad to pay for thepaving.
Mr. Weaver moved that residential building setbacks in
future be based upon 50~ R/W and that all buildi~g would be
set back to allow for a minimum of 50~ street R/V~ except
where the R/~ now existing is greater than 50', or wSere
greater setbacks h~ve been previously designated by the
Council. Mr. Rehburg seconded. Motion carried.
Mr. weaver suggested the property owners on S. Wo @th
Avenue get up a petition to see ho~ many of them would be
willing to pay for the street° Then, if they will put the
money in e~crow, the work could be started very soon, after
having been advertisedo
Mr. Weaver moved that the Council hereby adopt a
Resolution directing the Superintendent of Public Works to
draw up specifications for street construction in MacDonald
Park~ namely S. Wo 8t~h and 9th Avenues from Seac~rest to
S. Wo 5rd Street and ~-J ~. ~st, ~nd and 5r~ Streets from
E. Wo 7th to 10th Av.enues~ aud ~to contact Nfs. Toung and
Mrs, Willisms regarding ~ R/Wo Mr. Ch~dwell seconde~d-
Notion carried.
After discussion, Mr. Rehburg moved %.hat a sign be
erected in a suitable positiom at the Ca~zno ma~ked: .Boynton
Beach~Nunicipal Oasin~' · Mr. Weaver seconded. Notion carried.
d~ Mr. Nearer moved that before.we serve water to any sub~
~vision out~ide of our municipal~ty, aud 'in some other
municipa!ity~ that mUnici~ality should ~.ibe us a letter~
appreval of water sysltem mnstal!~d and gave us a copy or ~ne
pl4t with water system on ~it, for our records.
~ p~ice.~of $150~000.07 net was ag.r~eed o.n,fo.r .t~CuidteY
Hall p~pe]rty when :s.Gld, ~the ~erms of ~.ne s.a±~o~n~
~*.~ ~9~ days time .before ~ne proper~y ms z~
Mr. Bra~d asked that~ the water meters in Rolling Green
Ridg~ De re-~or~uected so that the grass and trees can be
taken care' Of.
Mr. 0yet muggest~ed that the City go ahead and re-connect
the water meters, au~ tell Mr. Stone to do it.
~ Wea~er moved that the Council advertise for City
~1' ~ i~s&e of October 1~8 Ref~ding Bonds.
HehbuPg se~0nded. Notlon carrme,.
~, Wea~e~ moved that we adopt the Civil Service Board's
reco~endatLen on s~ar~,s, as ~ecom~ended at their meeting of
~ ~ ~ ~ .... ~ V a~ also that the
~-~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~alarv incwease ~o m~~. ~,
~nd~-~5.50 ~r mon~ car al!owaho8 increase to mr.
~. Weaver m~ed to transfer monies in excess of current
needs to sa~i~s acc~o~ts- Er. 0yet seconded. Motion carried.
about plats~ He ~inks it woui~ save ~ne ~e u~ un~
if, when people c~e in to inquire about developing subdivisions,
the Planning Board shoed be info, ed.
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There being no furthe~ business, th~ meeting adjourned
at ll.50
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BILLS 0 'KAY~ FOR PAYME>~:
Vaughn Wright of W.P.B.
Williams Chemical Corpn.
of Miami
A.C.Morrell Jr.
Narie Williams
Pay Roll
R.L. Reinhardt
Fred Lane sene
Henry King
Boynton Beach Fire
B. B. Boldt
W.F. Bogardus
Phyllis Longbott om
William Chickray
Dept.
Gen,!.Fund.
5.61
2.25
58.50
80.00
1,105.40
1,151.06
749.50
1.109.64
1,194.58
2,251.63
1,394.80
35.00
7.50
50.00
337.61
100.00
100.00
25.00
0.&.S.S. Contribution Fund 662.53
Kathieen Greet lO0.00
Jack E. Ca~ver
John Kerestly 120.00
Austin Supply 35.48
Herman Butts 61.43
Bo-Del Printing 272.15
Clewiston Motor Co. 4.80
Chase National Bmuk 5.00
Court Records Co. 20.00
County Mercantile 21.24
DeBoliac Trust Equip.Co. 3,695.00
East Coast Fire Eq ipment 156.47
Florilda Power & Lt. Co. 1~,~4.57
Florida Printing Co. 22.00
Gulf 0il Co. 67.37
Halsely & Griffith 30.82
Hill M~nufacturing Co. 23.76
Paul Joimuson,s Restaurant 78.20
National Institute of
Municipa& Clerks 10.00
Palm Beach Typewriter Co, 31.15
Remington Rakmd Inc. 33.00
Johm Violante 21.00
Water Fund
Ar tkmr Cloutler 5.80
Rolling Green Homes ~6.40
Kenneth Snow
Address ograph Nult igraph
Co. 24.86
Allies Industrial Supplies 83.16
A~ll State Pipe Supply Co. 875.93
Austin Su .Ppty UO~ 38.25
Blue Cross of Fl~ida 18,30
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C.T. ~wles ~lectr~c Co. 78.15
B~ooks~Pr0~ots of Florida 330.00
~oWn ~ ~MOset~Y 30.90
C.~er~ & ~keley Co. 98~90
Cen?~ JR~ck Li~es 8~49
B~Vis ~eter Repot~& Supply
Co. 1,883.87
Gulf Stre~ L~ber Co. 6.61
Halsey & Griff~t~ 12.74
N~i Water ~lfnzc 653.63
N~Dtun~ ~ete~ Co. 1,748.88
P~a~ ~Chemi~ Co. 85.50
P~m~e~& ~f~d Servic~
S~at i on l, 81
W.J. ~ow Inc. 46.69
Southern Bell T. & T. Co. 22.59
John ViOlate lO.O0
Ac ct; of Dr. Wilkas
Acct..Wm. Fo glesong
Acct, Frank R~g
Frank Ridig 5.60
Acct. Leroy Lang
~ity of Boynton Beach 2,989.79
" ~ 2, 290.91
Homer She l~on
Richard P. Maher
T. T. ChiSdress
Earl L. Pan~bp~-n
Jack Wa~ldie
Leroy Lang
0.A, S. S~.Contribution ~nd 311.20
Guy de ia Rupe~l~ 3,00
Acc. of "
~ of P .L. Per,-man
.50
Mrs. Arsene T~ouche i.00
" Gilda ~et te
1.10
Acc, Economy ~ilders
Depositors, Pund.
(l.& S. ~t,572.00)
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
15.00
15.00
15.00
7.50
7.50
BILLS 0'KAYED FOR PA_W~ENT:
Gen'l. Fund.
Southern Bell Tel & Tel
Co. !42.08
Standard 0il Co. 544.07
Vaughn & Wright 10.95
Government Printing Office 1.45
Motor Vehicle Comm. 25.V5
Samnie JoYmson 3.00
Bernice Long 3.00
N.B. MUrph 15.00
JOe Bur ge~s 100. O0
Wm. A. B~odie and
Frank Nodaffari 50.00
B. B, Bol~t
Blme Cross of Plorida P.86.85
M .M, Burke t 515.21
Distric~ Director of
Internal Revenue
Clifton ~eroy Hartley
Bi~ ow~, ?~
;lng Co.
~n's Shop
Git Beach
; Fire Equip.
1,561.00
2~. O0
516.41
98 · 93
110.25
45. O0
5. O0
12.35
41.80
C o o 4 .~5
tffith 31.66
~ie Sales Corpn.
Marine 8.50
T.& T.Co. 105.22
Corp. of
Mi ami 9 · O0
Wayne Akers Ford 7v.06
,C. ~pper ~ ~ssoc~ates 63 50
S~aw Bras:. 0~1 Co. 1 146.14
OSborne Servzce f~ E~ipment 3,196.75
R ~P ~ Boudinet 1~ 00O
Robert Rogers
ll. 59
5. oo
Syiv ia Nobre 3.50
E,~; Jones l0.00
Ge. rge Washington Martzn 90.00
B0Y~ton ~ach. Fire Dept. 559.73
K~t's Trucking Service 1,213.50
Bey~ton B~ach Woman's Club 600.00
M ~M; Burke~ 181,46
~n, We st 10.00
T~Gn~ ~ougiorno 11.40
oavi At inso
15.00
~ii~" ~ L~e Sinmuons 45.00
~ ~V:el~.'!C le Comm. 1.10
Fan.n
15.00
C~vi[i Se~ice Assembly 8.75
B~t~y Henry Gould 200,00
EXCERi~ FleDge! ?~LNUTES FRO~ ~!~EETING OF THE ~ECREATIOE BOARD.
_wEBi~JAEY 5, 1957.
Dr. Kitchener moved that it be recom~mended to the Council
that the follo%~ng sign be erected by the Cit~ at ~he Shuffleboard
Court:
~UEICIPAL SA~/FFI~BCA~D COU]~
DAILY OR 5~%5y PE~%~T AVAILABLE
APPLY TO Ci~TODIAN ON Pt~E~&/EES
l~Ir. Maite seconded. 5~otion carried.
Alfred Wolken,
Chairman.
EXCEi~=T FROM MIN~ES OF A ~EETING OF THE PLAythING BOARD,
B~EB~AEY 15, 1957.
"Mr. %~eaver moved that it be recon~mended to the Council that
the request contained in a petition signed by eight property owners
be granted and that~.- End Street between Ocean Avenue and N.E,
2nd Avenue be closed, the Planning ~Oard havir~ no objection to
abandonment of the street. Mr. Merkel seconded. ~*¢otion carried."
Nar~in Durkin,
C hal rman ~
February 12,1957
monorab±e Mayor ~ City Co~mlsslon
City Hall
Boynton Beach~ Florl~a
Gentlemen:
The undersigned property ommers hereby petition that NE 2ndi
S~reet, as ~er attached sketch be permmently closed and that
such property reve~t ~o adjoining property owners,
This Stree~ altho' platted has never been opened, and
cause of its unkept appearance is an eyesore to the commmni~y.
We respec~fmtl5~ await your aecls~_on,
Skezc~, of
S~r~e~.