Minutes 05-05-52~INUTES OF E REGULAR METING OF THE CITY C0~SSIOhTM
OF THE. CITY OF B0k~qTON BEACH, FLOP, IDA, HELD AT THE
cITY ~LL, BOY~0N BEACH, MAY 5, 1952.
Comm.issioners Present: ~_r, H~vard Hood
~r. Alv~ Shook
~r. Stanley Weaver.
The meeting was called to order by ~.~. Hood in the absence
of ~yor Purinton, at 7.30 P,M.
City Clerk Dorothy V.Williams read the minutes of the
last regniar meeting of April 21, ~952.
Mr, Shook moved and _~lr. Weaver seconded that the minutes
be accepted as read. ~iotion passed unamimously,
BILLS £ ,E_gYED FOR pAYF.m~NT:
Gert ' i, Fund.
36.37
Kate Williams
Lee Thomas
Billy Wilson
Postmaster 26.50
Collector of Inland Revenue 236.90
J~mes W.Butlar 98.10
A.C.Carver 134.80
~mes S.Davis 104.70
C.C.Weeks 120,10
~ulius A,Klingier 109.00
D.,V.Williams lle.10
0~iveCierpik 94.60
Katherine Tho~,pson
Wm. Van V~agner
Ralph Chapman 50.00
Robert Griffith 50.00
Frank N~,tting 25.00
R~G,Greenwood 75.00
W~tt NcDowel! 20;00
John L. ~cNames 75.00
Alice Kelly 25~00
F~L.~arinton 50°00
A~E.Sh00k 50.00
C~Stanley Weaver 50,00
C~H.Hood 50,00
A~thur Fredrich 50,00
D~ve Lanier gS,00
~ry J. Wachtstetter 3.70
FO'~ ~y Ward & _~lbert Dean
J~u Clark
R~.Shiplett
C~S,~h~,eve
F~ed S10mgh
g~seph E. Gowen
Water F,mud.
44.29
~4.40
77.90
14o.3o
Depositors.
7.50
7.5O
7,50
7,50
7.50
7,50
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Joseph E.Gowea
Peter Rosenzwiez
Henry Merkel ~r.
Harold Rankan
Mrs. Effile Keller
Crest View C/o
Purinton
Boynton Beach Fire Dept.
2.&0
~.50
1.50
249.50
7- 50
7.50
7- 5O
7.5o
7.50
~r. ~cInt~re spoke of the local bus service he prop0sas
to oD~rate be~ween.BoYnton. Bsaoh and L~e Wg~h, sating ~
is a-14-passengerbus.a~d he plaus on four trip? a Gay, o
in the morniag~ starting about 7.A.~.? a~d tw~l~ th2 aft~r~
~oo~, until s~ch time as more.trzps may De n?eaeG. ~e asKea
if the City would guarantee him a small consid.e~atio~.to
take care of gas and oil, sa~ fifty cents a trip - which ~
would be about $60 'a mon{h- for the first few moEths until
he could see what the results would be.
Mr. Shook did not see how the City could ~ub~idise the
bus service although he t~Ought it would grow into a big
business as bhings are go~ng~
~r. Weaver also did not see how the City c~uld pay even
such a small subsidy, although the bus service would be most
popular.
Mr. Hood, i~ reply to l~tr.~cIntyre's, request for a
soecial bus terminal~ suggestea he turn around at the Shuffle-
b~ard Court, and said the Council would like to see the fran-
chise before a~ decision regarding thc bus servi0e is made.
U~. Howard Smith, Executive Secretary of the East Coast
Highways Association, described in detail a pictorial folder
called "~%%ere to Stay and ~Yhat 5o See", zo be used in connection
with publlcls~ng all East %Q%~o'~ms, He sazd that ~t, f55.00
will purchase 20,000 copie~i~four complete p~ges of ad-
vsrtiming for Bo~nton Beach~ and suggested that $350.00 be
allocated bY the City to the Chamber of Co~nerce immediately,
to start the thing off, and that the balance could be raised
later; that ~ir. F.C.Birthisel, hi~ representative, has been
appointed to solicit funds, ail of which wz~l be handled and
disbursed through the Chamber of Commerce. He added, that
the cost of the folders is so low. because their.overnea~ is
very small.
~. Griffith, speaking ss President of the CDmmber of
Co~merce, said he had bee~ on the.Board.for three y~ars and
had foUnd it was not possible for individuals tc r~ise the
money. The Chamber had had mar~y..reques~S f?r p~bmtieations
on Boynton and he had: been embarrassed at b$i~g Unable to
provide these, that he had only ~e~n Able~t0 supply'folders
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put out by individual business people, a%d he wished the. City
would use some of the .O~ mills - say 20% - for advertising
as he would like to see the City go on record as helping in
this necessary advertising.
lf~. Shook Made a motion,
the City donate $350 for the
passed muauimously.
seconded by Mr. Wea~er, that
advertising campaiEn, blotion
~o Hood thanked ~. S~th for having attended the meet-
lng to describe the advantages of the advertising Sol, er.
The b~lls 0'Kayed for pa~y~/e~t this evening were read ou~.
No questions were asked regardzng them.
A letter was read from the Ford ~otor Company of Delray
requesting pa~nnent of a biYl for repairs tb the Ford car
amounting to $43.10~ which was more than the amount agreed
upon ¥~n t~'~r. DaRner.
~&r. Shook made a motion, seconded by IvY. WeaCer, that
a check for the amount ~ich Mr. Hood and ~Mr. Donner had agreed
upon be sent to the Ford ~gotor Company of Delray. Motion
passed unanimously.
The Bu~ld~ng Inspector's reoort for April was read.
Police ~.~ Carver report for April was also read.
A !ett~r was read from ~. John i~ici~ames, dated April ~o,
tendering his resignation as City Auditor.
After some discussion, during which it was stated that
~ NcNames had done no work this year, and ~ro Griffith had
said that 5~. ~cNames had been appointed-at $75°00 a month
and must therefore be paid whether he worked or not,
Mr. Meaver moved and Mr. Shook seconded that Nr. John
McNames~ resignation as City Auditor be accepted~ ~otion
passed unanimously.
A letter was read from Mary McKee requesting a light near
home and complaining of 5he water.
Van Wagner was asked to checE on these matters.
D~. Shook was asked ao took at the co_~mtmon of Potter
and Dimick Streets.
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It waz
lng license
eEamination
stated that Mr. Barnhitl requests that his plu~b-
fee be returned as he does not wsnz to take the
or to do any work in Boynton.
Mr. Hood suggested checking to see if he had done m job
in town, if he has he cannot have his money.returned.
P~. Shook made ~ motion, seconded by !~ir. Wea~er, that
the City accept the two sites in Laurel Hills offered by Er.
H~rless for a park. Motzon passed unmuimously.
Um% Waskow, the new owner.of the Club Continental, said
he did not know the exact complaint against him; that the
club was in a business section of colored town and it was
mufortunate that people sho~id live so near. He asked for
tolerance and did not think his license should be revoked
on the complaint of one citizen.
~. Weaver referred to, the motion made at the last meet-
ing asking that the o~vnars of the Clmb Continental and of
Wade's place appear before the Comucil, s~ving he thought
the wording Was umfort-~m_ate. However, he does think some-
thing should be done~ tb minimise the noise nuisance. Air
conditioning might help. He does not thi~ the noise in
the street shoui~ come under the control of the owner of
the club, as there is a colored policeman there now who should
be able to keep the noise do~vn. The problem comes from mix-
ing commercial and residential areas and its solution should
be ~ matter of co-operation and tolerance.
Mr. Get~ said[.the nuisance had been g~ing on for five or
six years and hedzd not think any one citizen should ~ist~rb
the peace of another, regardless of the amount of taxes paid
by each. He :said the d~uces at the Continental attract all
the undesirable you~.g colored people along the East coast,
our ov~ c~tizens.being well behaved. He insisted that some-
thing ~ust be done.
~. Waskow objected to ~gr. Getz' remark about the 'undesir-
able' element at his dances, mnd Polioe Chief Carver confirmed
that the place was being run properly.
~. Waskow promised to keep the windows closed nearest
to ~r. Getz~ he,se.
~. Griffith read the law covering the matter, both as
~o a_o~btic nuisance and to ~ comolaint_ from a private person,
~d said it seemed to him that this is a private nuisance, in
which case the Council has not the right to revoke the license,
and the matter should he brought before the Court for' decision.
He added that the nuisance could be limited as to time
not in its entirety.
After further discussion itwas agreed that there should
be a trial period to see if the colored policeman can do
something about the noise in the Street outside the club,
while t.he owner could do something about air-conditioning
or keeping the win~ows in ithe dance hall closed.
Mr. i~askow stated that while he had the
dance licenses he did not have the City one,
that this would be granted.
State and County
and was assured
There was a long discussion on fire and storm insurance
following the reading of a letter from the Wea~er Insurmuce
Agency.
?Mr. ~aitsr DeutSch, as associate of ~oseph Gallo, spoke
of the va&ua of thee Gity property having been reduced from
$75,000 to $50,000 last year. and }~_~ Gallo statedthmt the
City would save 35% by r~new~ng thei~ polic~ with him.
The matter was tabled.
-.~. Griffith said the most effective way to give ~. and Mrs.
~pes title to the alley through their property is by 0rdin-
ante, and he read Ordinance No.231.
Mr~ ~ea~er moved and ~.Shook seconded that this be
accept@d as the first reading of Ordinance 231. ~otion
passed nnanimously.
~. Hood s~id ~ Bedford gones hss condemned two out-
side toilets in~co~ored town and that Queenie Stevens, owner
of the two homes, should be given ten days in which to start
work on putting in t~o flush toilets, the work to b~ completed
in 30 days. He added that the City is making ~ drive to
clean up colored ~o~n.
Mr. Griffith referred to the acreage sold by the City to
the Boynton Land Corporation as having a defect in the title,
and asked the Council to authorise him to start a suit for
title.
~. ~eaver made a motion,
City Attorney be instructed to
passed unanimously.
seconded by Mr. Shook,
start suit for title,
that the
Motion
~Ar. Baiius Cline voiced a complaint regarding the ~lagra~_t
violation of the building coda in'the building going up next
~o the fire station, in which he said there were no fire cuts
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and ceiling joists were not a~chOred. He said that the Build-
lng InspeCtor had informed him that he had not inspected the
building since it had been commenced. He detailed the viola-
tions, adding that if the building code is not enforced there
is going to be~ro~ble in' the next hurricane.
~r.~Shook asked the builder, Chartie Hight, whether the
~uzld~ng Inspector had inspected the buildin~ a~d ~= ~= ~
oezng y~s, sazd he had great confzdence l~ ~gr. Greenwood and
reit sure he r~d inspected the job.
AfEer e~rther d's ' ~
----~ ~ ~ -_ .~. z c~sszon, ~ir. Hood told ~&r. Hight he ~ust
w~ ~o ~e DU!Z~!~g co~e~2td not try to takesh0rt cuts;
that ~r. Greenwood would inspect hi~ building in th~ m~rning
and that, in future, the eyes of the inspector would be on
every job he does, since he has ~been caught in the wrong.
~r. A.F.Cottrill of the American Legion asked that a
Proclan~tion be issued for ~emori~l Day.
~. ~eaver, speaking as Chairman of Nemorial ~ Committee,
said they were going to suggest that business men close their
stores from l0 to llo~O d~ring the period of the celebrations.
It waa agreed than the platform from the Post Office
should be moved to the cemetery for the day.
~r. NahlmeisDer reported that the Electrical Board had
held its first meeting on Friday and had new forms, examination
papers, e~c~, necessary for use in conjunction with the new
code~
~s, Adams referred to the possibility of a South County
hospital and thought Boynton should make an effort to get it.
There being no farther business, ~. Hood adjourned the
meeting.
Chairman.
City Clerk.
RESOLUTION
DEDICATION OF PARISS A~D PUBLIC PROPERTIES
iN L~DIEL HILLS ORIGINAL PLAT, LAD-REL HILLS
2~ ~-D~DITiON, L.~U~EL HILLS 4TH ~DITi01~ ~3~D
~TjREL HILLS ~TH ~D!T!0~.
~B~AS, Joe. D. Hat!ess as p~esmmen~ of A~_ston Co~any, incorporate~
has offered to the City of Boynton Beach~ Florida for Parks and
~blic properties the following~
--- ~o~ 8~ LAD~ELS HiI~S~ ORIGINAL PL~T as recorded
in PB 21, P 38~ recorms of Palm Beach County~ Ylorida.
_A$~! tha~t portion of Lot 13 except the W 40~ thereof, .~2~-D Lots
1~,17,1~19,20,21 ~ud the~ E 34~ of Lots 28,29,30,31,32,33, A~_UD
All ~hat portion of Lot 50 except the W 40~ thereof, LAD~EL
H~L~ S, 2~-D £~DD!TION.
Lots 171,1~ ,20D~06~207~ I~URE~ HiLLS~4TH ADDITION°
Lots 284,285,286~41~342,. LAUREL ~-~rH~S,V %~H ~&DDtTION.
~MD
W~_E~S, at the regular co~cil meeting of May ~,!9~2~ ~. Shook made
a motio~a~ seconded by ~r~ W~eaver~ that the City accept the sites
~ffered by ~r~ Hatless for Parks and P~olic orooerty, and a
vote being taken thereof all present voted~ i~ f~vor of the
adoption of such resolution and the s~me was, thereupon, declared
d~s2y end legally adopted?
Passed and adopted this ~th. d~£ of ~*¢ay, 19~2.
Atte st
City Clerk