Loading...
Minutes 01-07-52 H~,~R }~ETING 0P THE CiTY ~NvJTES OF T~ ~ ~ ~ ~'- OF T~ CiTY OF B0~0N BEACH ~LD T~ CITY B{~ON BEACH~ J~ARY 7, 1952. Commissioners present: F.L.Purinton Alva Shook Clifford Province Howard Hood Henry ~erkel Jr. The newly elected Commissioners, ~r.Arthur Fredrich and Mr. Stanley Weaver were also present. City Clerk D~rothy ~illiams read the minutes of the prev- ious regular meeting of the CoUncil of December 17, t951. ~ir. Province moved, and ~Ar.Hood seconded, that the minutes of the last meeting be accepted am read. ~otion passed unanimously. BILLS 0'KATf~D FOR PAYI~ENT: Gen'l Fund. Henry Cooper 56.~0 Leonard Harris 67.80 Arapld R.Hillman Frank Johnson 62.00 Dave Lanier 70.00 Sam Murray 56.~0 Clarence 0wnbery ~2.80 Lee Thomas Charlie Waters 67.80 Dllie Williams 38.25 Boynton Be~ch Fire Deot, 25.00 Paul L. ~iller 37.50 Petty Cash 266.17 F.G.CarEan Edwin Sherratt O.W. Scott Henry Cooper 31.~0 L~onard Harris ~2.80 Arno&d L.Hillman 50.00 Frank Yohnson 37.00 Dave Lanier ~5.00 Sam Murray 31.~0 Clarence W.0wnberg ~2.$0 Lee Thomas ~2.80 Charlie WaZers ~2.80 Commissioner of Motor Vehicles 16.75 A~lie Williams ].00 Water Fund 50.00 67.80 7.50 7.50 7.50 Depositors A .C .Carver N.O.Narshall Jr. C. C.Weeks J .A.Klingler Ralph Chapman D. V.Witliams Katherine T~omps on Wm. Va~Wagner Betty Grill Ruth L.Gramley F. L. Pur into~ A.E. S~hook ~.H.Hood C. C .Province Henry Merke 1 Robert Griffith Jr. R. G. Gte enwo od John L. l~cNames Frank Nutting VChit t NcDowell Alice Kelly Boynton Beach Fire White Consolidated Henry Cooper Leonard Harris Arnold L.Hillman Frank Johnson Dave Lanier Sam ~urr ay Clarence 0wnbey Lee Thomas Cha rlie Waters Dept. In.c. -2- 136.70 121.00 112.10 101.00 50 · 00 109.90 63.80 50.00 50.00 50.00 5O. 00 50. o o 5o.oo 75. O0 75~oo 25. O0 4o.00 10.oo i27.50 6.76 31 42.89 50.00 37. O0 45. O0 3% .gO /+2.80 42.80 /+2.80 132.10 74.9O 69.40 The City Clerk then read a list of the bills 0'Kayed for payment this evening, the Mayor explaining that this was being done in order that any questions concerning any of them might be asked. After the reading the citizens present were asked if t~ey wished for information on any of the bills. There was no reply. The City Clerk read a report of the City's finances as of January 1, 1952, withthe exception of the Escrow Account. The Mayor asked if anyone deaired information on any of the items ia the report. There was no re~ly. The Mayor expressed his appreciation of the help given by the retiring Commissioners, ~r. Province and Nr.Nerkel, saying that the latter had been especially most active in working for the inter~sts of ~he City and had worked as hard since the recent election as before in connection with the taxes. ~, Merkel expressed the pleasure he had had in wor~ing with his fellow Commissioners during his two years in office. -3- There being no old business the installation of the two newly elected Commissioners,- Mr. Arthur Fredrich and l~r. Stanley Weaver, was proceeded with. The City Clerk administered theoath of office to them. This was followed by the election of a Mayor. ~tr. Shook nominated 5~. F.L.Purinton as Mayor. The nomination was seconded by ~.Hood ~nd M~.Purinton was unanim- ously re-elected. Mr. V~eaver thereupon nominated Mr. Fredrich for Mayor as having received the highest number of votes in the recent election. There was no second to this nomination. The Mayor suggested that the present City employees,- Judge,~ Police 0ffic~rs, etc~, be retained in office. He said the Mayor has jurisdiction over the Police and Fire Departments and that the other Departments are voted on by the Commission- ers. ~. Shook said he knew of no change which should be recommended and moved that all Cos~Littees remain as for last year. Mr. Hood seconded the motion, which was passed unan- imously. The Mayor said it had been moved and seconded tha~all Committees remain as for lest year, with the exception %hat Mr. Fredrich should take the place of Mt. Province and Mm. ~eaver that of Mr.Merkel, and that if any changes are de- sired they can be made later. He expressed his pleasure at being re-nomiAated, adding that he had p~t in an average of &½ hours a $~uring his term of office, and that the work involved could not be done in less time. He said the office has been so busy that they have not had time to get out the Department reports for Decem- ber, and that arrangements are being made to reduce the bonded indebtedness by $50,000 worth of bonds. He said the present water set-up will take care of 3~,000 people and will go a 19ng way eventually towards paying the City's expenses. He ex- pressed his thanks to lit. Senior for his wonderful work in con- nection with the Fire Department. He said the Police Depart- merit have often exceeded their duty, and congratulated them on the fine job they have been doing. He regretted that there will not be as much work done in connection with the Street Department this year, as there will be no money available, this Department having exceeded its budget for the past few years. He asked for suggestions from citizens in connection with taxation, and pointed to the remarkable strides the City has made in recent years, including the erection of ol several new public buildings. He expressed the hope that City employees would be on a Civil Service status before the end of this year, and thought that no good employee should be hired or fired just because of a change in administration. Ha asked citizens to attend the bi-monthly meetings and tell the Commissioners what they think is wrong and give~, their opinions on how to put them right. He added that the only money available at present for operating the City is that re- ceived from the taxes. ~ro Weaver exPressed gratification at having been elected and ~hanked the people who supported him. He prmosed to do al~ ~n his power to See~that ~he City Us run as fairly and efficiently as possible. ~Ar. Fredrich also expressed gratification at having been elected and said he meant to work his utmost with the Com- missioners for the best interests of the City. ~r. Purinton said all City employees are underpaid but, mnfortunately, there is no money for increasing their pay at present. Nr. S~ook expressed appreciation for everything !~r. Purinton has done while in office and said he did no~ think · the City could have got a better man. ~[r. Seegitz~ representing property owners on Fern and Green Streets brought a complaint against the Kolendo Con- struction Company who had left thei~ office shacks on Green Street although ~heir construction work there had been com- pleted several months ago. H~ asked that the City take steps to have the shacks removed as they are on City proper~y. ~. Gr~ffith~.said the building shaeks should b~ removed when the building for which they were conStructed is finished. It was suggested that a letter be sent from City Hall Mr. Kolendo saying the Commissioners request him to remove the shacks. to ~r. Johnson said the whole matter of taxes was becoming serioas, and pointed oat that the errors made in the cards were made in ~.Harless's office, and were not made by ~rs.Williams. He had found that about ~ ~o ~ of the complaints were just- lied and suggested drawing up a report on the matter, giving one copy to ~.Harless and one to the City Hall, so that everything could be thrashed out before the next meeting. He suggested a definite rate of depreciation be set up, and ex- pressed appreciation for the co-operating he had received from the Council. -5- ~Ar. Shook said he thought that as Mr. Harless has been paid for his work he should go through all the cards ~nd check for other possible errors, of which so many had already been found; that it was not ~p to the taxpayers or the City to do this work, and that ~Lr~ Harless should be so informed° The Mayor suggested a special meeting for Monday night, January 14, to be devoted to the tax roll and other urgent r~atters. A q~estion was asked as to what had become of the canning equipment in use at the Boynton Hotel building so~e years ago. N~s.~dams said she thought the County had taken it back when it ceased to be used and that ~Ars.Raymond Miller, who had been sapervisor of the canning center, might be able to supply infOrmation regarding the possibility of re-sparring the scheme. The Mayor referred to the necessity of puDting on a colored policeman for colored town, which would mean an add- itional m~n as the present f~rce cannot be reduced. ~ letter was read from ~r.Paul Turner requesting a ~bottled beer licensee for his Drive-In. Mr. Hood ~made ~ motion, seconded by Mt. Shook, that M~. Turner's application be accepted for forwarding to the Bever- age Department. Motion passed unanimously. A letter was read from I~.Getz requesting that the road in front of his property be repaired. The Mayor said the road would be looked over ~o see ~nat can be done. Mr. Fredrich brought up the matter of licensing dogs. The Mayor said he was in favor of it but the City could not at present afford the expense. The mat~er was tabled. The Chief of Police said the Fraternal Order of Police are sponsoring ~ Minstrel Show in the vacant lot ne~t to the theatre for uniforms for a Baseball Team for the kids for next summer, and that tickets for it will shortly be on sale. There being no further business, the ~ayor ~adjourned the meeting. Ma~or ~ - - ' Cigy Clerk. ST~ OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF PAL~I BEACH ) CITY OF B0~TON BEACHI SS ! do solemuly swear (or affirm) that i will support, protect smd defend the Constitution and Govern- ment' of the United States, the State of Florida, and of the City of Boynton Beach;, that I s~n duly qualified to hold office under the laws of the State of Florida, the charter and laws of the City of Bo~mton Beach, a~nd that I will well and faithfully perform the duties of the City Councilman of the City upon which I am about to enter, so help me God. Subscribed smd sworn to before me this Vth day of January, 19~2. Notary Pu~c Ny cormuission expires: STA~ OF PLOR1-DA COUNTY OF PAL~- BEACH CITY OF BOYNTON ~ACH) SS I. do solemnly swear 6or a~efirm) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Govern- merit of the United States, the State of Floridz, and of the City of Boynton B6ach; that I mm duly qualified to hold office under the laws of the State of Florida, the charter and laws of the City of Boynton B~ach, and that I will well and faithfully perform the duties of the City Cotu~cilm~u of the City upon which I ~n about to enter, so help me God. .Subscribed and sworn to before .Me this 7th day of January, 1952. Notary ~ic commission expires: STATE OF FLORIDA ) ) COUNTY OF P~FF~N BEACH ) ) C~T~- OF BOYNTON BEACH) SS I., the tuadersigned, having been duly elected as ~¢ayor, and also as President of the City Cour. cil, 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 Florida, and of the City of Boynton Beach: that I am duly qualified to hold office under the laws of the Sta~.~ of Florida, the Charter and laws of the City of Boynton Beach, and that I ~ill well and faithfully perform the President of the City Council of the about to enter, so help me God. duties of ~¢ayor, ~nd City upon which I am Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of January, 1952. N~t ary ~iic' ~ ~y CommissiOn expires :~