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Minutes 05-17-54I~ES OF A ~GL~LAR ME~TING OF Tm CO~@6ISSION~S OF B~i'O~[ BAT~, ~LORIDA~ ~D AT T'~; CITY !~aLL, BOSTON BE~CH, ON ~i&v- 17, i95~. PRE S~T: ~. C. Howard Hood~ ~. Stauley Weaver ~. Albert w.Dee~. Acting Mayor. Mr. Hood called the meeting to order at 7.30 A prayer was oxferedby the Rev. Jo~es, ~aster o~ th~ Methodist Church, in memory o£ ~ayor F~L. Pu~mnton who ham ~ied suddenly of a heart attack on May 12. The City Clerk read a Resolution praising the wo~k of Mayor Purintonfor the City during his e~gnt ~ea~s of office snd expressing deepest sy~ath~ for his widOW ~nd £am!ly. ~o. Hood announced that me, ion for the nomination of ~. ~Eeaver no,in,ted Mr. the nomination. the Cmair wou~ld e~tertain a a Me~bem of the Ci%-y Co~ncii- Joe DeMamco. Mr. Dean seconded Mr. Joe De~larco was uns~imo?~!y~ elected and t the oath of office ad.ministered oy tae City Clerk. Fm. Hooe said that, i~ accord~ce with ~d been. offered uo ~ne ~do~ of the Sate Mayor, ~. Dean ~om~sted ~. Shoo~ as Mayo~~ ~d the Bo~rd. ~. Weaver seceded. The n~tiol ~en too~ the office ~t tD~t ta~e it. irman of was Hood asked if tko no~zination was in ordem. M~. Weaver said 'I do so move,. t~. ShOOk was them elected and in, tailed as ~ayor ~d Chair~sn of the Board. /~ayor Shook expressed his th~uks ~ud asked that everyone would help b_i~ to follow in the steps of the prev~o? I~ayor, expressing his desire to do everything he can in bh!$ direction and for the good of the Mr. Fox'ney Herren said the baseball te~ms need ~n outlet for thei~ speaking system. The ~ayo~ said this will be t~en c~e of by City Clerk, Dorp.thy V.Wil~ i~s, reaa the minutes, of the previous regular ~ee~ug of ~h~ Council of May 3, 19~4. -2- Mr. Weaver said the meeting he referred to wasthat of the County Consuls sioners. Police ~nief Ca~ver sa~d the ~.~itfield license s.hould be for eonmnuption off t'.ne premises. ~r. Weaver moved, ,Mr. Hood seconded, that the minutes the p~evious reguiam meeting be ac cepte~ as read with the two above coz~ections, h-etlon oa_~ied. The C~ty Clerk read ~ae m~nuDes of a special meeti~ of ~e Co~cil held on t~ay l~, i9~, ~eg~d~ the ~w ~pike, ~clu~ a R~solut~on w~ch was ~so l~. ~Ye~e~ moved, ~. Hood seconded, tha~ the mitres the speci~ ~eeting be aecepte~ as ~ead. Notion c~ried. ~. Ho~ ~epo~ed t~t he ~d meet~g t~s mO~g c~led by th~ C~ Co~ssio~s, a~ ~ ~. ~z unose D~esent that t~e ~oa~ ~o~d go ~t that no~ng delete was ~o~m by t~ County Co~ission and .t ~s ques2~aole where ~eavem sai~ that ~e ~ltang ~ee~s who made the sumve~ s~d mec~endat~o~ +~ pik~a* we sne~ be e~_~ged a ~ghe~ ~ate to ri~e ~he t~n- A letter was ~ead fr ~ - ' .- .... om Zznke b~mzth reques~zn~ that the zonzng or Coquina Cove be chan~ed back *~ ~*~ ~ ~^~-- ~o ~.- ~ ~po~ap~c~ e~o~ in t_~e Zon~g Bo~z-d l~tes zoned it ~s 'D-i,. ~. Deen made a me,ion that the ~ecords of the Zoning Boar~i meeting s.nd Ordinance be corrected to read ~Zone D~ instead of 'D-l~ for Coq~_~na Cove. ~. Weaver seconded Motion~ carried. ' In answer to a question, M~s.A~nn Barrett was ~_.ol~ed that manufactur/n~ would come un, er Indust!~ial, and not unde~ D. o~ zoning. A letter was reaa f~om H~ard Lee Cromew, and a plat of --- ---~ Rol_zng Green Re,ge was presented to the Council. After discussion, Mt.Weaver moved that the wa~er system as lald out ~% ~he plat be approved so th.%t work c~¢~ be proceeded with on the water distributing system, fem. Hood s~conded, Motion ca,tied. -~ BILLS 0'7~YED FOR C~h*i. F~nd. Jacobsen ~u~faot~ing Co. 4.70 L~om Ligkti~oduct s 17.82 Th~ E. & ~.B. DPew Co. 73.25 T~e ~ichzel ~t B~o~e Co. 8.09 Sea.est High Svhooi B~d B~ton Beach Fi~e Dept. 171.99 Gulf 0il P~oduo~s 12.i2 Jo~ Viel~%te 15.20 Cro~e~weth Television 2.9~ 0r~ge State 0il Co. 29.06 Cou~t Records Co. 12.50 E~t Coast Fi~e Protection 25.00 B~t~ BeaCH ~ews 9.60 ~itt SupPly Co. 82.71 ~e B~d Buye~~ 61.20 G~lery Si~ & A~t St~o Wiil_~ Toozi~ 42.30 Florida P~e~ & Lt. Co. ~2~95 P~m Beach T~e~iter Co~ 25.i~ The She~-~illi~ Co. 40.6~ 0. C.Wippe~ ~90.00 Remington Southe~% Bell Tel & Tel. R.F. Griffith Jr. Le~on Ha~is 48.40 RoDent J~s on 39.48 Dave L~e~ ~3.20 Lee Thomas 38.40 ~tie Waters 51.I0 Joseph Wii~e~ 48.60 Ca~l Shone 28.i2 Wm. A. Schuessie~ Karo Witli~s ~[ick & i~a~ie H~mpeLmsn 2i.lg? John M. Tuite 75.00 Amemican Legion Post ~16~ lgO.00 Michae~ j. Estafab & R.F.0en 33.40 Michael J. Est~ 12.33 A. L. ~w~ds 129. Jo~u M. Tuite l~ C~tis E. Wright 1~$.00 A. C. Ca~ve~ 151.2~ J.E. Butie~ 1!0.1~ J.K. Col!i~ 133.19 E. C. Hodge s 13~. 95 J.A. ~ingie~ 120.65 ~B~Se~ ~ sh 120.65 D.V.Wil!i~ 139. i5 Olive Cie~it i~[~j Mil~ed Lofley 79 75 T ~ Padget t 105.~5 H.D. ~ber 94~. 75 -3- No f%%rther bids havin~ be~n received on City bonds since the one received at the last meeting~of the Cc~ncil, ~. Hood moved that the ~ityp~chase the ~2&,OO0.o0 worth offered by the Bessemer T~ust Company. Mr. Weaver seconded. Motion ca~ried. ~ivs. C~adwell asked ~nat the~bond indebtedness would be after the ps, chase oF the $26~000.~0o ~. Hood said that, offhand, he could oo_iy give an approxi- mate fi~32~e, which would be around Police Chimf Ca~ver meco~mended t~ing off the parEi~g metems fo~ the summer as traffic has now thinned eut. N~. Weaver moved, ~. Hood seconded~ tha~ the pa~king meters be t~d~en out rom the su~umer. Motion eaz~iedo ~. Hood said the Islsnd Sales a~d Service h~d requested that au ~nloading space be ~ ~ ~- p~ov~eea ne~ their Police Chai~ C~ver said ~ loading and %uaioadi~g place for one would mean the ss~e ~. Hood suggested they send in a w~itten request so that the ~tter can be looked ~to. Regsmding the sugges~edunifor~ity of zoning ~P~.ghwa? No.i from one end of the City.to the othem, ~,~. Griffith sazd this ~ast be voted on, advemtised, aud brought up a~ the next Zoning Board M~. Hoo~ sug~estee ~nat the Plar~.~ng s~d Zor~g Boamds have a Joint meet~g, an~ that the City Co_mmissione~s sit in with the~. l~v. Griffi~h was asked ~o ~vrange for the c~stomary advertising and for a meeting of the Zoning Board. ?&v. Boos presented a copy of a motion passed ~t the last m~etmng of tb~ Plaun~ng Board ~n this question, a letter from h~ms~f, and ? petition iu favor o~ urni~o~ity of Zoning for the Highway w~th sixteen signatures~ ~lso a lette~add~essed to the Zoning Bo~vd, signed byM~.Wooden~ withdrawing h~s ob- jections to the plsns ef the Ame~ic~u 0ii Company Service Station. ~ D~ch said he was ~ot at the meeting of t~e Realtors, Bo~d at which the action was te~en according to M~.Boos, lette~ and .e~oressed the opinion tl~t the Realtors are bging use~ in ~ne Interests of spot zoning, also that he has nether come ~o any eec_s~on about ~he zoning of Hig~y ~l. ~. Grlf£ithr~ad Or~inance ~25~ ag~i~ as a fi~s~ reading, as the pre, zeus f~st read~ng a~ ~he las ~mee~no o~ the Council did no~ covem the zoning of certain _~Lv. Weaver moved, Mr. Peen seconded, that 0rdin~nce be accepted for ~he first reading, i~otion carried. Police 0hi~f Carver Said the ~cipal Judge leaves to- morro~ morning on leave anm he su~geste~ someOne be appointed in his place until July 1. }ir. Hood r~en~ioned the name of I~r. Renald Fr~da for the Boar~'s 0onsid~ration, saying he was a practising attorney in the ~City. After disc-u~sion, ~4r. Hood moved, ~r.%~eaver seconded, ths.~ Mlv.~uda be ~ppointed temporsmily to fill the position of Municipal Judge d~u~ing the leave of absence of the present ~udge. Motion carried. ~s. Hood spoke of. the proposed filling station and wanted to go on record as e'ojecting to it-. Mrs. Bar~ett said the firs~ consideration for the Highway is the setback. MayOr Shook said the setback ~as slrsa~y been in effect for over ~ ye~. Police Chief Carven read his report on the police department for the month of April. The City Clerk ~oened t~o bids ~_~ich had been receive~ on a ne~ police oar. From Bev Smith: ohs tg~t~ Ford sedan ~llowance on Pontiac $2,130 1,166 ~ 9~ less tax. 2. Nichols, Deiray: F~rd sedan $1~800. With Pontiac trade-in $i,200. ~. Hood moved that the Smith bid of $96~.00 less Excise t~ be accepted. M~. Deen seconded. Mot~lon carried. Fro. Hood moved that the foregoing ~ption be ~endsd to ~ead tha~ the petice car be p%~chased ou~ of the City I~rprove- merit Fo~, if need be. ~Lv. %~eaver seconded. Motion carried. Replying to a question aske~ by Chief Police Oar-vet, Mayor Shoo~ said the City has no jurisdiction over tress on private property, but ~ae thou~kt tha~ tlue melaieuccas on P~.tme~to Bt~eet a~e on the right of w~y~ ~ad t~at the matter will bo chec_~ed. -5- The Mayor said that ~his Fall he woul~ like tohave one our men go round s~d gather the coconuts frc~ City property for l%3ee distribution by the C~ber of Co~e~ce, ~ioh he ~nou~t wo~d ~ good publicity. It was s~ated that the Pony Leagu. e opening day wc~ld be ~zy 22, at Pence Park, and that it was hoped that the ~ck-off would be attended by the Mayor ~d other City officials, When piot~3_~es would be taken. Regarding the Casino it was thought that soz~ething definite should be obtained from the people who were to develop it. ~. ~r~f~s$ sa~d that ten days ago the people were working on a new skete2~ with a ~uch larger pool. ~-~. ~eaver suggested e meeting with the people in o~der to get something definite; that riley {the developers) shoed fix the ~'~zme ~ad d~te of the ~ee~g~· ' to see if they show or not. The appointment of a n~~ member of the Zoning Boa~d was again ~abi~. Regarding City s*~eets, Mz~. ~.~baver said he ~_ud~rstands th~c the F.H.A. is requirir,~g a top surface o~ slag, and that in any run-are plarnming of ou_w streets this sho~ld be taken into consideration. He aisc said that ma~uy complaints are be~ made tiaat the present City specificatioo~ ave not high en~g~. It was stated that the Aummto_~ " ~ has ~ow s~.pplied a plement to his audit, as requested. ~_~e City Cler~ read a letter fro~ 1,~.Coch~e_~, the m~ditor, offering his services for the coming year at the same fee as fo~ last ye~-~, n~meiy~90~.~0~' ~ ~ . Mn~. Hoot. moved that ~ t~.~e 1953 s~mdit be accepted aura the audz~or s -~ee of ~900.00 be paid. f~. ~leaver seconded. l~f tion ca~ied. ~. t{eaver moved that the auditor be appointed for the audit year 19~-i954 as state~ in his iette~, plus the condition that a copy of ali Jo~j~n~ entries, plus complete explauations~ be furnished at the cc~pietion of audit. ~. Peen seconded. Z~otion carried. There being no further ~ Dmszness, the Mayor adjourned the meeting. RES~LUTION~ ( OFFICIAL SIGNATURES ) WZ_~E.R~...AS~ the Charter of the City of Boynton Beach, Fiorids~ provides that the City Treasurer shall prepare all cheeks an~ vouchers to be drawn on the City depositories~ and shall sign the s~me and presenz said checks to the Mayor or Vice Mayor To be countersigned; snd WHEREAS A.E. SHOOK oual~lfl d Mayors an-~---- is the duly elected and WHEB~AS C__? H. HOOD has been appointed to sign cheeks in the absence of the M~yo~s and W'HEREAS D.V. WILLIAMS _ is the'duly appointed City Treasurer; and ~REAS OLIVE R. CIERPIK has been appointed to prepare and sign c~ecks in the absence of the Treasurer; NOW T~REFORE BE IT RESOLVED~ that a true copy of this RESOLUTION be sent to the Boynton Beach State BeD~ and First Federal Savings & Lomn Association of Delray Beach~ Florida~ in Palm Beach County~ Florida. Passed and adopted this iTth day of May, A.D., t954 Constituting the City Council of the City of Boynton Beach~ Florida STATE OF FLORIDA ) ) COUI~Y 0F P~LM BEACH ) SS ) CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH ) I~ the undersigned~ having been duly eieeted as Mayor~ and also as Presiden~ of the City Council~ of the City of Boynton Beach~ Florida~ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support~ protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States~ the StaTe of Florids~ and of the City of Boynton Beach~ thet ! am duly qualified to hold office under the laws of the Stste of Florlds~ the Charter snd laws of the City of Boynton Beach~ and that I will well and faithfully perform the duties of Mayor~ and Presiden~ of the City Council of the City upon which I am about to en~er~ so help me God. ubscrmbed and sworn to before me this l?th day of Msy~ 195'iq-. My Commission expires~ STATE OF FLORIDA ) ) COUNTY OF PALM BEACH ) SS ) I1Y O~ BOTNr0N BEACH ) will well and Councilman of help me God.. I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support~ protect and defend the Constitution and Govern- ment of the United States~ the State of Florida~ and of the City of Boynton Beach; that I am duly qualified to hold office under the laws of the State of Florida~ the charter and laws of the City of Boynton Beach, end that I faithfully perform the duties of the City the City upon which I am about to enser~ so Bubscr~bed and sworn to before me this 1/tn day of Mey, t9~4. the ~_tf~s e£ ~he Gi~y of Bey~ton Ben'Ch. 21critic. ~ ~ ~ ~et ~t their re~ ~Dof~tel time ~nd ~. ~d ~t~e~ de~*~ on ~ee~. M~y 12. 1954. ~he los~ of o~ e~te~d r~re~en~tive ~ho ~ ~d for ei~ (8) ye~e ~ m co~io~er ~yor of t1~ Oi'%y of ~2~ton Be~ ~d be ~. ~t the City Oo~s~ion of the Oi~ of Bem~ h~e%y ~ f~I ~res~on of it~ ~e~o~z ~s in ~he d~th of Ho~r~le ~ed L. ~ton. ~or. ~& d~e~ hereby z~te in it~ re~z~ the ~s~E fro~ thi~ !~e of m ~ ~ w~ eeteemed by loved ~ ~I! of hi~ ~ends. ~& re~cte& by ~L~. ~. t~t s~ copy ef t~e ~olution be ten&ered to ~ f~ ~ ~ h~le e~res~ion of the co~ssi~ he~ett ~t~' i~ it~ bere~-~ment. ~d t~ ~rectio~ t~t ~ ~py h~eof be p~t~ plm~d in the rec~ Boy, ton ~e~h. Pm~ Beth 0o~t~. ~BB o~ h~d~ ~md ~z!~. indi~_d~l~. ~.nd me repre~ent~ti~. cT the Oi~y of B~nton Be~. ~ori~. thi~ t7th 6~ of ~. 1954- A~e.~. City Clerk