Minutes 08-21-50~_i~I~=JTES OF TP~v REGULAR ~ET!NG OF T~IE
CITY COUNCIL CF TI~ CITY OF B0t~'TON B~v~ACH~
FLORTDA, AT THE CiTi~ iL~LL ON TP~ 2tST
OF AUGUST, !950o
The City Co'until convened at the regular meeting at the
City Hall, at 7.30~?.~., August 21, 1950.
Councilmen present:
~r~ F. L~ Purinton
~r~ C. H. Hood
~mr~ Ctif~ord Provincs.
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor.
The ~inuves of the meetir~ of August 7 were read by City
Clerk Dorothy V. ~illi~ms~ and accepted as read on motion of
~r~ Hood~ ssconded by ~r~ Province~
Bills 0~Kayed for Payment:
Gert
Boynton Beach Fire Department 62~00
Dave Lanier 44~ 01
~Villie Butler ~ ~00
Leonard Harris 33~75
Charlia V~aters 32
Jo~ go. son ~2~55
Henry Cooper 32~55
Lee Thomas
Par~er Ward
Solomon Pitts 35~25
Sam ~ray 52~ 55
Chester F. ~rz~ 74~50
Scott ~g. Loften~ F.E.C.Ry, t~00
Hall~s Auto Parts 40~80
D~.eric an ~mnitions Co~o~y 16,35
City of Delray Beach, F!a, t~95
Royal Palm !ce Co. ~42
Southern Bell Tel~ & Tel~ 77.71
Florida Power & Lt. Co. 589.11
~gilliam Tiers 20.25
Rinker-Hansen inc. 17~.63
Bo~ton Pa~t g Body Shop 6.85
Delray Pl~bing & Specialty Co. 12.75
Psnar~ Carbon Co, 3~00
Palm Beach Typewriter Co.
O~aeron & Bark!ay Co~
V~at er Ftuud~
Depositors
~rov~ & Mose!ey
~gr~ans Butts .
ay,$ A~d~o ~srvlca
Mercer's Service Station
Southern Meter & Repairs Co,
Boynton Beach News
Govsrnmental Guide
Neptuna Meter Co,
City of Lake Vforth
The Court Records Co~
George S, Brockway
Palm Beach Press Inc.
Dominion Signal Co~
The Lake Worth Herald Press
Shaw Brothers 0il Co,
The Selig Co=~pany
Service Iron Co,
R~bin Const~ction Co,
Aunt Sally
Vfheaton's Restaurant
Cleary Bros~ Construction Co.
Austin Supply Coo
Boynton Beach Roofing Co,
Farmers& Implement & Supply
Farquhar ~echinery Co,
0caan City L~ber Co~
Fred R~ Sticker
Alice R~ Blas~8
V~hltt MacDowell
June check chargss
Wm. Tiers
~;¢m, Lord
Fremk Earl Cline
John Johnson
Henry Cooper
Sam Murray
Solomon Pitts
Parker Ward
Charlis Vfatars
Lee Thomas
Leonard Harris
Yfillia Butler
Dave Lanier
A,C.Carver
N,0,Marshall
H,R,Daugharty
Dorothy V,Williams
Muriel Herring
Vareda Shramko
John Bell
John E, ~aulerson Jr,
Billy D, Bell
Boynton Beach State Bank for
~githholding
36,01
lOtto0
~0
i24~74
60.O0
!0~00
179.80
212.82
i48.62
27.00
20~.22
9.89
19.08
7~.2~
8.80
24.80
99,~5
}~0~
62~70
39~99
20~00
,60
20~25
37,50
23~50
28~i0
26~70
23~00
33°00
39~70
33~00
33~00
44~01
129,30
ti4~50
103.90
t!6~90
7¥~5o
63~80
76~00
50,90
202.20
72,00
118%0
O. Co Slone
H. D. ~iliier
Chamber of Commerce of U.S.
~ohn ~ohnson 30.60
Dave Lanier 42~01
Willie Butler 33.00
Leonard Harris 36~00
He~ry Cooper 31.80
Sam ~urr2y 31.80
Solomon Pitts 33.00
Parker Ward 33.00
Charlie Waters 32,55
Lee Thomas 39170
7.50
7.50
Mr, Purinton stated that most of the conditions com-
plained of at ~ne last meeting had been attended to,
D~s~ ~_~lzams read a letter from D~, Edward E. Berry
making au application for a Beer and Wine License.
Mr. Purinton said that, !agally, he did not sea why fur-
ther Beer and Wine Licenses should not be granted, that it was
only hard liquor licenses which w~ra restricted, b~t he pointed
out that ~ir~ Berry had a lot of children and asked whether
licensed premises could be considered a good place for them.
The mavter w~s tablad for investigatLon.
The p~an of the Wilhelm subdivision was presented for
acceptance by the City.
A motion was made by ~.Provinoe, seconded bM ~.Hood,
that the plats submitted ~y~Wi~%n~lum be accepted, if ths
spe~zcatzon is checked oy the City Attorney. M~tion passed.
~r~ Purinton asked if thews ~=~ _ '
~[~_e any Guest~o~s from the
public~ but none were forthcoming~
~ -'' ' ~ ~ Secretary of
~o. ~fmll~ams read a letter from
th~ Florida League ~ ' ' '~'
of ~un~c~palm~zes,.encloszng ~ sampxs
ordinance defining communism, expresszng a clear and present
danger therefrom, and fixing penalties for the advmuoement
~ Griffith stated that ~iami recently had a
shggestion brought mo before their Council~ but that
man present had said that at that time they were opposed to
such ~sgislation, which would result in sending Commumism
~adergrcundo The ~imui Council are now getting a final de~
cision on what would be the right action, as it is a Federal
question. He added that some towns have already passad such
tsglslatz~n~ b,at it is not known whether this is mn accordance
with the wishes of the Federal Bureau of investigation,
The matter was tablsd for further invest~gation~
· - h the
Mr. Provlnoe moved and ~r. Hood seconded t~at _ oremium~
on insurance with Weaver's Insurance Ageney~ ~n-uhaaamoEn
~7~6~99 be pa_d~om the City Improvement ~nd~
pa s seal,
it ~s agreed that the next regular meeting Of September
~ be postponed to Tuesday~ September 5~
Bids on the City Card Index System were read
Gane & Wagner, West Palm Beaoh~
Anderson & Carr~ Ino.¢ West Palm Beach,
HaTless ...........................
cost of cards and maps~ The
as follows:
%6,~o0.o0
~6~$00.00
~4,000~00 plus
After general discussion of the bids received, ~.
Province made a motion, seconded by Mr~ Hood~ that the job
be given to MT.HaTless of installing the new Card index
Systsm of all property on the City books, as lowest biddsr~
as he is well quatified~ ~otion passed.
~r. Purlnton again stated that the objections to the
System had been based on a misunderstanding; that some day
ts~es must be raised, bat it %~mn~t be on real estate~
He said that enquiries had been made into operating costs
of Boynton Beach ~ud thres other cities by persons vdao wanted
them for comparison purposes~ and it had been fcun~ t~a~ Bo3va-
ton~s figures WeTS se lo~r that ~hey would nov be ~sed. Our
salary cost is $~,000 whila that of Boca Rat~n is ~60,000.
_oo~ open '~o anyone at any time and it will be
seen that the City is r~ less expensively that ~ny of our
naighbours; this applies to taxes a!so~
~r~ Griffith raised the question of the Budget which he
said should be made up during the first week in September~
~r~ Purinton said the whole Board muss be present wh~ i%
is made up~
He added that the Commissioners are al~ays open t0 criticism
and suggestions ._om the general public,
There being no fmrther business
the me~ting adjourned.
the ~ayor declared
~ayor.
~lty Clerk°