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Minutes 12-05-55 MINUTES OF A REGULAR ~EETING OF THE COUNCILLORS OF B0?~TON BEACH, ~LOEIDA, HELD AT THE CITY HALL, BO 0N B OH, 5, 955 -- PRESENT I~.AoL. Shook, May or. Mr. Stanley Weaver, Vice Mayor. ~Lv. Albert Deem t~o Joe DeMarco. M~. Mort Partin. City Clerk Dorothy V.Wiliiams N~. Ze!t Taylor Mr..Ca~l Stone Chief of Police Carver. Mayor Shook called the meeting bo order at 7.30 l&~o Fornabypresented a plat of Westchester Heights. ~u a discussion on water lines it was agreed that it be ' a ascertained wh t an outside contractor would charge. Mr. Weaver moved that the plat be given tentative approval pending installation of roads and water system~ Mr. Partin seconded. Motion carried, t~. Rowan said the Shuffleboard Club members h~d suggested that the shuffleboard building should be split in two and the West wall moved ~t 16 feet° A sketch of the proposed plan was shown end the statement that $1,000 would still be needed from the City was made. Following discussion it was agreed that after the meeting the Council would go and look the building over° On complaint from ~L~Treehouse that he had received no notice of and had seen no advertisement re garding overdue taxes on his property, for which he had been pemalised, Mr. DeNa~wco moved that the penalty be waived. Mr. Deen seconded. Motion c~ried. N~s. Koepnick, representing the Recreation Bos~d, asked for $60.00 additional money for Teen To~n~ for the coming Christmas tLme. ~. Weaver moved that the request of the be g~anted as a Christmas gift to Teen T~n. Motion carried. Recreation Board ~o Deem seconded. M~. Kenneth Lyman said general traffic was heavy through his parking lot ab the dock and asked for help from the City in repairing the street adjacent to it.~ I~. Taylor was asked to look into it. t~v. Picard of the Pickard Chemical Company asked for a contract for his Company for a year's supply of chlorine. Weaver was asked to check into the contract and. report. ~. Seegitz complained that his water bill this month was excessive and was told that his meter would be checked. I~. Beech presented a plan of a building for a produce market on N.W. Second. Avenue, which he hadalready shown to the Building Inspector~ It is in 'At zone. Mr. Shook said the only thing to do was to get it re-zoned, which means it must first be advertised. ~. Griffith Said M~. Beech must make a written request to the Zoning Board giving particulars of the building. The City Clerk ~ead the minutes of the last regular meeting of the Council of November ~L~. Deen moved, Mr. l$eaver seconded, that the minutes be accepted as read. Motion carried. ~ letter was read from Albert Hazelton applying for a night club license. Mr. Weaver moved that the license be granted. Nit. Deen seconded. Motion carried. The report of the Fire Department for the month of ~ovember was read. The Build~ug Inspector's report for the month of November was read, ~ounting to $30%,350o00. A letter was read fro~,~-Dr. Akes requesting pern~ission to erect a medical building near Seacrest Boulevard in Dewey Heights. Mr. Wes. vet moved that the letter be turned over to the ZonL~g Board with the recommendation that the request be disallowed. Mr. DeMa~co seconded. Motion carried. Mr. Griffith said Er. Nouse objected to paying ~u occupational license as a real estate salesman, saying it was ?&uconstitutiona!. The City Clerk reported that the developers of Rolling Green SecondAddition, who offered to pay for o~e yea~ for the lights, are now ready to go ahead ~ud request that the City w?ite a letter to ~L~, Senior to this effect. Mayor Shook said they must first specify how many lights they intend to install. Er. Griffith read a Resolution covering s, treet repairs under assessment. ~o DeMa_Bco moved, I~, Weaver seconded, that the Resolution be adopted° Motion carried, A letter was read frOm the Palm Beach County Attorney relative to Ri~ker-Enow,s request for a per~it to build a road ~long S.H.9 to their proposed p~ant. ~, DeMarco moved~ M~.~eave~ seconded, ~ite a lette~ $ - ~o the Co~ty Co~isszone~s ~equesting them to ~t a pe~ait for the R/~usage. It was stated that Dewey Heights plat is up fo~ app~oval~ the s$~ests, etc., berg in. It w~s a~eed to accept the plat a~ Mr~ P~Ma~co moved that the plat of Dewey Heights be ~cc~pt~d. ~. Deen seconded. Motion ca~ied. ~f of Police Ca~e~ asked fo~ an increase in pay g~uEg Decembe~ let fo~ Pat~o!m~n Butte~. Sinc~ a Civil Service Bo~d meeting will be held ~esday, it was decided to await their decision~ It was agreed that contractors sho~d ~eplace any wate~ bo~ee o~ meters which may be b~oken du~g subdivision constric- t_on, and thzt the streets should not be ~oproved ~ntil boxes a~e ~eptaced. F~s. Bosworth was autho~ise8 to a~ange a meeting of the Cemetery Board with ~Lv. D~*yer and get prices, in w~iting, for lots in Lincoln Memorial Cemeter o Y It was agreed that $t9.00 be provided for a barbecue to be given as a bonus for the City crew who did an outstanding job in street repai~s~ Mr. Det~iarco moved, Mr. Partin seconded, ~hat the ~ount be paid. Motion ca,tied. I~. Weaver moved that the usuai Cq~istmas bonuses be granted to the City employees. Mr. Part~n' seconed. Motion carried, There beLug no f~ther bus~ess the meeting was adjou~ned at 10.4~ P.M. Mayor