Minutes 01-30-56J
MI~MJTES OF AN EXECUTIVE MEETING OF THE COUNCILLORS
OF BOYNTON BF~%CH, FLORIDA, WITH THE C0~ISSIONERS
OF OCEAN RIDGE, F~LD AT THE CITY HALL, B07fNTON ~EACH,
JAkWJARY ~, 1956.
PRESENT:
Mayor Stanley Weaver
Vice Mayor Joe DeMaroo
~r. A. E. Shook
Mr. ~ott Partin
~. Don Rehburg.
~. Clarence de Watlot )
Mr. Thomas W. Cart )
Mr. B.F.New-man )
~rs. T. W. Cart. )
City Clerk D.V.Williams.
~r. Zeii Taylor.
~r. Carl Stone.
Bo~nton Beach.
Ocean Ridge.
Weaver called the meeting to order a~ 7.45 P.~.
He said there were several outstanding questions between
Ocean Ridge and Boynton Beach which it was hoped could be
settled on a friendly basis.
One is regarding the water lines in Ocean Ridge. He said,
for the protection of the interests of Boynton Beach, when any
subdivider introduces a plan covering a water line, the plan
should be turned over to ~r. Stone, ~r. Taylor and ~g~.Shook,
to see if there ~we any objections to it as far as Boynton
Beach is concerned; adding that Boynton Beach has learned
through experience the best way of doing certain things. Also
that Boynton Beach should have a copy of the plan so that
service can be arranged, as a matter of business, and our man
would know where to find a valve to turn off when necessary.
That Boynton Beach has the franchise and should know where the
water lines are and might be able to make suggestions which
would save the subdividers money.
~. de Wallot thought they would go along with that, and ~r.
Cart said he thought this should have been done long ago.
~r. ~eaver asked Ocean Ridge to notify their subdividers
to put the water pipes in when they put in their roads, and that
the roads mus~ be in before the plan can be accepted. He
outlined the regulations made by Boynton Beach with subdividers
regardmng the laying of water pipe in new subdivisions, and
suggested Ocean Ridge follow the s~s procedure.
There was a lonM discussion on Water, Fire, and Police
protection for Ocean Ridge.
Mr. Weaver referred to the heavy tax on the recently
a~quired beach property and said it was felt that, as a municipality,
Boynton Beach should not have to pay the tax.
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~r. Cart said, as tax collector, he did not thir~k he had
any right to reduce the tax, and that the seller of the property
Mas still liable for the tax.
~r. Weaver suggested for cOnsideration that, although the
property is in the name of Boynton Be~ch, the towna of Ocean
Ridge will benefit from it more and more in the future.
~r. Weaver said BoyntOn Beach does not o,~n the water
system in ite entirety, but supplies the water; that the $V5o00
~unual charge objected to by Ocean Ridg~e for each hydrant is
for service and is called for in the Bo~on Beach bond
agreement ·
It was pointed out that BoyntOn Beach had various expenses
to may while Ocean ~mmge ~ - ~,-~s each firs costs
for~th~m; that Detray Beach ~eo~ their city limits.
~d they refuse to take on places outsid~
Nr. DeN~CO said Boynton Beach has to pay the s~me charge
~x ~0 per hydramt~
In reoly_ to a question from ~r~.~ de. ~allot as to the basis
on which the charge for police pro~ctmOU is made, ~r. Shook
gave the de~ails of the increasing costs of the ~olice Department
to Boynton Beach for each of the past s~veral years.
uestzon of oolice ~rrestS in Ocean Ridge~
Regarding the ~ -.
~. Weaver said he ~ould ask polmce Chief Carv~ to go over to
~r. C~r one evening to discuss the method by which such cases
can b~ tri~d~ ~d that the police Chief would also b~ asked
to check on speeding on A-1~A-
~r. Ne~ ~aid they did not understand the charge for
the hydrants as they thou~t only the repairs were to be paid
by Ocean Ridge. ~
~. D~Iarco s~d BoyntOn Beach w~ts $~,000.00 for ~mr
olice, and service on l~ hydrants at
orotection; $1,B0~'90.~°~ w~8~e will abate the t~ 9n ~he~
S~ ~n He said tna~ lz ~T ...... ~o~ ~ ~,n~aid hydr~t cnarg~
~' ..... · .... +~= to ~1.280.oo, ==~ ~ ~ ~ ~=a a~ will
~r ~ years 195~, le0~ ~ ~, ~ ~
be abated by BoyntOn B~aoh.
~r. Weaver suggested Ocean Ridge float a bond issue ~d buy
th~ pipe, ~d Boynton Beach will sell t~em the water system
their to~ and Ocean Ridge can pay off the bonds from revenue
from the water~
~r. Cart thought the charge of ~0.00 on the hydrants
exorbit~t compared with the charges in other cities.
The City Clerk said a recent survey showed that several
cities charged from ~$.00 do~.
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~r. de Wai!ot suggested a flat charge of $3,000.00,
covering Police, Fire and Hydrants, and Boynton Beach to pay
half of the tax bill on the beach property, saying this would
meau a loss of ~1,500 tc Ocean Ridge.
Mr. Weaver pointed out that the residents of Ocean Ridge
b~nefit by the cut in insurance raves owing to the protection of
the Boynton Beach Fire Department.
· ~!r. de Watlot~ Ur. Cart ~nd Er. Nev~nan then retired to hold
a short conference between themselves.
On returning t J
o the meeting, Nr. de Wallot repeated his
suggestion of settling the matter by Ocean Ridge paying $8,000.00
to Boynton Beach to cover Police' , Fire and Hydrants, and mbzting
one-half of the tax bill on the beach property, although
Newman said he felt they did not have the right to settle the
question in this way.
After further discussion, ~r. De~a~co,s suggestion was
~greed to for the i9~8 contract~ i.e. Ocean Ridge ~ ~
1,000.O0 for fire protection, ~l,~O0.00 for po~ic~] ~u~ service
cha~ges on fifteen hydrants at $~$.00 each ($1 l~.00) a total
of ~$,ZBS.00. Ocean Ridge to abata the $1,~85.00 tax'on the
hmach property.
~s. Williams was asked to draw ~p ~n agreement between
the towns of Ocean Ridge an~ Boyntom Beach along the above lines.
~ayor ~eaver then adjourned the meeting a~ ll.20 P.M.