Minutes 10-06-36REGULAR MEETING ~P OOTOBEE 6, 19~6
PO~TP01tED TO ~ TOHER 15,
was held at ~he Town Hall en Tmesday evenlmg, Oetebe~ 15,
1956 at ?:$0 o~¢toek P. M.
P~esent:
The above ¢onstitutLug the e~ti~e Boa~i of Town Cam-
She Town ef Boy~$o~, Fle~lda~
1936 were ~eada~lapp~evede
Upon motion made by Com~aissi~e~ S~$vens, se¢~de~ b2
Commissimae~ ~eems and umanimeus!y car*!e~ the following
bills were a~p~eved f~, payment:
C ~m~ts ~ .erieS..W~e=~_ ~ _.a~ ~. ~i~._ ~u~ _ ~ a~i~,, ~..ii~_~ _and
To,m Clerk were autho~izea and di~c}~d }p ~nt~ into a
contract with ~falo, ~e~e~ Company of B~falo, N. Y. fo~
She p~e~ of 24 -,5/S by
~; Nime months wi~
~p~mo~io~de '~ C~ssioneP StevenS, ~ sec~e~
by O~aie~e~ Weems, ~e fello~g ~esetm~ion~$
pass~ ~d
APPROVING A PROPO~mD LETTER AGREEMENT WITH
FLORIDA POWER ~ 1 LIGHT COMPANT PROVIDING FOR
THE MAN~ OF COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT AS OF
AUGU~T 31, lg~6, OF FOUR (4) CERTIFICATES OF
INDEBTEDNESS GIVEN BY THE TOWN 'TO TME COMPANY
IN TI~_E PRINOIP~ AMOUNT OF $4,8V~.39 TOGETHDi,~R
~'ITH $858.90 ACCRUED I~EREST AS OF SAiD DATE,
AND SETTING OUT TM~ TERMS ~ND CONDITIONS UNDER
~HICH SAID U~2IFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS ARE TO
BE COMPRONISED AND SETTLED; AUTHORIZING ~ND
DIRECT I~G THE MAYOR AND THE'TOWN' C~ERK OF AND
0~ BEHAL~F .OF THE TG~N OF BOYNTON, FLORIDA, TO
EXECUTE A~D E~ER INTO THE SAID PROPOSED LETTE~
AGREEMENT ~ITH FLORIDA PO'~ER & LIGHT COMPANY.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COmmISSION OF THE TOWN OF
BOYNTON, FLORIDA~
l~ That the propose~ Letter Agreement between
Town and Florida Power & Light Company, which is hereinafter
set forth in form in Section ~ hereof, be and the same is
hereby approved as to form and substance.
R. Tha~ the Mayor and the Town Clerk of and on be-
half of the Town of Boynton, FIorida~ be and they are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and enter into with Florida
Power & Light Company the proposed Letter Agreement approved
in Secti~ 1 hereof and hereinafter set forth in form as follows:
~e~tember, , 1936.
Town of Noynton,
Boynt on, Florida.
Gentlemen:
This relates to the amount of indebtedness owed by
the Te~m tS us, as of August gl, 1936, covered by Certificates
of Indebtedness heI~by us.
It is understood and agreed that as of August 31, 1936,
the Town,ewes to us the principal amount under four (4) Certifi-
cates cf Indebtedness heretofore delivered to us by the Town,
and which are new in default, $4,8V9.39 principal and $888.90
interest, aggregating a total of $5,V68.29. A more particular
description of the said Cer$ifi~ates of Indebtedness is shown
on Exhibit ~A", attached hereto and made a part hereof.
In accordance with the request contained in yo~ letter
of September 10, I~30, to our Manager, Mr. Charles Senior, and
in order to effect a compromise and settlemsnt with the City,
and in consideration of our forbearance from bringing suit upon
the total amount of money covered ~y the said Certificates of
Indebtedness as of August 31, 1936~ to wit: $$,V68.29, as shown
on ~.xhibit ~A", it is mutually agreed and covenanted as follows:
1. That in order to retire the principal amount of
past due indebtedness owed by the~Town te us as of August 31,
1936, (excludir~ interest in the amount of $888.90) to wit:
$4,8~9.39, the Town will pay to us ~he sum of $§29.~9 on or
before October 15, 1936, and thereafter the Town will make
annual payments to us on or befor6 and not later than April
30th of each year until the said principal amount ef $4,8~9.39
has been fully paid, in accordance with the following schedule:
During the tax collection period
beginning with November, 1936, and end-
ing April 30, 1937 . .
o $900,00
During the tax collection period from
November, I93V, to April 30, 1938.
· 900.00
During the tax collection period from
November, 1938, to April 30, 19~9. . 900.00
Town of Boynton -2- ~eptember,
During the tax collection period from
November, 1939 to April 30, 1940 . . 900.00
During the tax collection period from
November, !940' to April 30', 1~4I · . . VSO.O0
2. That, as of April 30, 19~I, if the Town has not
defaulted im making any of the payments as hereinabcve set
out in the scheduIe contained in section I, we shall consider
the total amount of the indebtedness, to wit:$~',V68.~9, rep-
resented by the eaid Certificates shown en Exhibit ~? paid
in f~ll and we shall deliver the said Certificates marked paid
to the Tow~o
3. That so long as the Town is not in default in its
payments as set out in the schedule hereinabove contained in
section t, no additional interest shall accrue on the said
Certificates of Indebtedness described in Exhibit
~. That if the Town fails to carry out the terms and
conditions of th~s Letter Agreement the said Letter Agreement
shall be null and void and we shall be fully released from the
terms of this Lett'er Agreement and we may proceed to enforce
any and all legal and equitabIe rights which we may have against
the Towm in connection with the collection of the orlginal
principal amotunt of indebtedness covere~.~y the said Certifi-
cates of ~ndebtedness shown on F~xhibit A , together with all
interest due thereon and in default, less any payments made
by the ToWn to us on the said Cert'ificates of Indebtedness,
just as if this Letter &greemen~ had never been entered into
between us, the aggregate of which said payments shall be
portioned into fo~r parts and applied as part payment en each
of the four (4) Certificates of Indebtedness now owed by the
Town to Florida Power & Light COmpany which are to be held by
us until the obligations to be performed on the part *f the
Town hereunder have been l~lly performed in every respect.
~o- That it is distinctly ~uuderstood and agreed that,
except as expressly provided hereunder this Letter Agreement
shall in no way be considered to ~elease the Town from the
obligations contained in the Certificates of Indebtedness
Town of Boynten
~eptember, , 1936.
described in Exhibit "A", and that the said Certificates of
Indebted~es8 shall remain in full for~e and effect.
If you agree to the foregoing, kindly so indicate
by causing ~his letter and the attached copies te be executed
by your duly authorized officials umder your corporate seal
in the spaces provided below for that purpose.
Yours very truly,
We agree to the
TOWN OF
foregoing.
By H.D. Steven~ (Signed)
Mayor.
Attest:
J.. p. Bowen (Signed)
Town 0~lerk
Dated Oct. 13th, 1936.
FLORIDA POV~ER & LIGHT O0~LPANY
By , Acting President
~Mayor Stevens suggested that the Town have a clean up
week, which suggestion was endorsed by the Commission. Mayor
Stevens stated that he would designate the period f~om October
18th to ~lst as "CLEAN Lq TIME", calling on all citizens for
their ~ooperation.
Vice-Mayor ~eems stated:
"Several days ago erie ef our local residents advised
me that he had been informed that the Federal Govern-
ment was contemplating the erection of storm shelters
along the East Coast and that notwithstanding the fact
that no applications for such projects were being enter-
tained, eertaln communities were seeking favorable
consideration.
My informant further stated that he had called upon
Congressman Wilcox at West Palm Beach and made personal
inquiry as to whether there was any~truth in the report
and had been advised in the affirmative. He then made
specific inquiry as to whether it was possible for Boynton
to obtain such improvement without cost to the Town and
the Congressman expressed the opinion that it could.
Subsequently, Congressman Wilcox confirmed the
foregoing imformation upon a personal visit to Boynton."
general discussion then ensued concerning the present
status of the proposed project.
Mr. Somerville reported that pursuant to permission of
both the Mayor and Vice-Mayor, he made a trip to Miami and
called upon Mr. A. O. Sandquist, Regional Director of the W.P.&.
and secured a form of application to be submitted to the
proper authorities.
Mr. ~omervil!e also stated that,inasmuch as the W. P. A. was
not in position to furnish the necessary plans, blueprints, etc.,
he called upon Mr. Samuel Ogren, an architect at Delray Beach,
and the matter has now progressed to a point whereby Mr. Ogren
is to submit for the consideration of the Commissioners, plans
and specifications, etc., with respect to said project.
Mr. Ogden, who was also present, assured the Commiss-
ioners of prompt action in the preparation of the necessary
plans, specifications and application papers.
Upon motion made by Commissioner Bowen, seconded by
Commissioner ~eems and duly carried, the Mayor was authorized
to execute any and all necessary ~apers in connection with the
proposed project.
upon motion made by Commiseioner Bowen, seconded by
CommiSsioner Weems and unanimously carried, Me. Wm. P.
Somerville was authorized to appear before the County Plann-
ing Board and other proper authorities in furtherance of the
application to the W. P. A.
There being ne further business the meeting adjourned.-
~~ .Mayor
~~ Town Clerk.
Vice-Mayor.