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Minutes 02-03-59OF TP~ CONTIR-b,~D F~ETING OF Ti~E CiTY ODUNC~ OF ~ CITY_ OF BEACH .[~LD IN CiTY ~LL~ BO~V~TON BEACH~ FLA.~ F~BRUARY 3~ 1959 PRIES w_~l~: Ronaid F~da~ City Attorney Tereesa Padget%~ City Clerk Olive Cierplk~ Comptroller Raymond Senkpiel, Chief of Police Jack ~aite~ Fire Chief S~.pt. of ?~olic Works Supt. of Water Dspto ~ne meeting~¢~s called to order at 8:00 M~o Baug~nman moved that the pay increases for appeared officers passed the preced~ug night b~ re~oactive to Japery 6th~ 1959. i~. ~d. sen seconded the motion ~,ich passed ~as~imously, A resolution ~,~as read regarding the sals~ies of appointed officers for the year 1959, i~. l~dse~ moved that the resolution be accepted, l~ro Baughman seconded. ~tion passed omanimouslyo Chief of Police Se~dmpiel asked the City Clerk ~o read two affidavits from l~'h~. Sidney ?~irsch smd ~o John Ao Pa~: Attorney~ which he wanted included in A letter of recommendation was read from '-.~he Civil Service Board to the Council recommending t2n~t Officer Willism H. }~aters be appodmted Temporaz~y Sgb. of Police~ ~util such time as~an exm~ation cs~ be arrsmged. Mr. Y&.dsen moved that the C~mucil appoint ~¢illiam H. Waters as Temporary Sgt. of Police, Mr. Eaugb~an seconded. Motion passed umsm,~'mously. I~, ~dsen moved the% Tam. Sg¥. Waters pay scale be adjusted as of Ja~a~- 28th~. !959~ to the s~]~¥Cf of S~geant. ~:'~. ~u~~ seconded~ Motion ~_ request from Chief Ser~piel for an additions_~ phone in the Police Station was read. i~. ~dsen moved t_ha~ an additional telephone be ~thorized for ~ne Police Deps~tmento I~L~. Baug-~-~-man seconded. Motion passed Chief Senkpiei asked tB~ Council to release s_tl Special Police t?nat are now assigm~ed to the Potiee Depa~tment~ and t~t it ~ ~oiished ~ the newspa~r t~.t they s~e no longer in authority ~d notify +~em to ~n ~ ~s~ ~dges ~d any City equi~ent ~t ~%ey ~y ~ve. l,~.yor Ymk~oney point~ out that these soecial police~ n'~bering about !5~ were not s3~ kno~ '~o the ~, Bau~m moved that the spec_am police ~ released ~nd ~st~cted Ln their badges. ~k~. ~.dsen seconded. Motion c~ried ~ousiy. Upon a suggestion by ~. Oyer~ l~[c. Beughman moved that ~hen special police e-~e reappointed that '~nere sho~2d be a program wherel~- the police are ~ormed of the duties and powers that go with tfne office and the restrictions upon it. M~, M~_dsen seconded tZae motion~ ~nich passed ~manimomsly~ ~ee letters were read addressed to +~ae Chief of Police~ complimentimg the Police Denartment on services rendered. A resort to the Council from the Fire Chief on the Boynvon Beac~ Grade School~ East ~s. ildJ-ug~ was read in which the Fire Chief recmmended condemna- tion of the building due to the ~zardous conditions preva~uE t~e. Mr. Oyer moved that ti~ City Clerk send a copy of this report to the Palm Beach Board of Public ins~ruction~ attention: I@. Howell ~.~atkins~ ~+2a a copy to the School Beard member of this District ar~ the t~nincipal of the School. !~. N~dsen seconded ~ae motion wi~ch passed ~u_us_uimous3ky. The Fire Chief read $ report of the ~mmber of hours put in ~y vol~muteer firemen in ~Jne service of the City. A letter was read from the Civil Service Board recommending that Allen t~yq~ist and Anthony PalivoS~ be appointed paid first, eno !z~. Baugbman moved that these men be appointed aspa~a- ~ ~ _¢iremen on a ~empo~axT- basis ~_nt~L! Feb~m~ary 2ist~ at w_hick tLme ~n examination ~tl be held. l~ir~ i~s. dsen seconded the motion which passed ~m~nimously. A letter ~.~s read fr~m the Fire Chief regarding improvements in Central Fire Station desired by the members. Mr. ~dsen moved that the requests be granted. ~o Baugkman seconded~ Motion passed ur~m_imous!y. A letter was read from t~he ~re Chief regarding a harzard~ms condition e~istimg at 520 S. E~ ~3rd Ave. and ~ S. Fed~ R~y. M~. ~er moved that ~ae City C!e~ be ~st~cted to send a letter to the o~mer of ~he descr~oed property not~ng ~nem that ~e F~e Deoar~ent has ~spect~ ~ne propervy and that it ~st be clesmed up. M~. ~u~m~ seconded the motion which passed ~sly. A reco=~mendation from the Supt of the %~ater Dept. tb~,t N~k Herring be employed as a meter reader was read. );~. ~ug~ moved that ~ reco~enS~tion be accepted, i~. v ~ ~- - ~.as~n second~. Motion passed A letter from J. Clinton Seott~ Attorney at .Law~ represenving the Sea Horse Bath ~d Ternais C~mb was tu~ned over to the City lttorney~ ~dth an %unpaid b~] from the City to the Ssa Horse Bat~ & Ter~_is Club for ~ter sera, ce to a fire bjdra~at. A request from ~. Carl Stone~ S-apt o£ )~ater Dept. for authorization to purcha, se 12" mains to be ~astalled from Seaboard to Mzklita~y Trail was posponed until~uch time as the Council were better ir~formed as ~o the financing of the mains and the financial condition of ~me ][ater Depar~ent for this year. ~. Baug~,~n moved %hatMr. Durkim~ 1¢~,. Groote~Soer~ and!~. Stone be given authority ~o advertise for bids on a stske bodied truck to be p~-~chased for use in the Water Dept. and tAe Public Works Dept. ~. ~kdsen seconded. ~tion oassed u~m~mousty. % The ~ilding P~port for ~ne month of Ja~z~y 1959 m-as read. Torsi B~ildir~ Permits issued were ~575~085o -2- A letter ~s read from the ~ai~an of t~he Recreation Bos~do ~.!ro Oyer mc~ed that pa~nt be authorized on a bill from Halsey Griffith for c~irs as per the letter from t-ne Recreation Board. M~ Du~m~_u seconded. Motion ~.ssexl ur~rm~slyo A recommendation from the P~creation Board that janitor service be orovided for a]~ recreation centers was referred to I~, Madsen and ~, Gro~tenboer. 1~~. ~yer moved tb~t a petty cash fund be set up for the Recreation Board in the am~smt of ~lO,O0, ~Z~o Baugh~n seconded the mo~ion which ~assed ~anLmous ly o The Councilmen~ by ~heir o~n choice~ are to serve on the fotlo-~d~ug Boards: I~. ~er~ Ir~ustrial Board and Light Boa_~d) P~, Baughe~n~. Zor~rg Board and Cemetery Board~ i~r, ~arkin~ Parks & Playgrou~ud ar~ Recreatio~ Boards ~, I~L~dsen~ Electrical Exs~ining Board and Plumbing Co~esioners$ Mayor l~2aoney~ Plannin~g Board and ~ilding Board. A detailed report from the Supt. of ~biic Works was read~ ~n a nave from ~,k'. Grooter£ooer that he plans to s~bmit a detailed reporz at the first meeting of each month~ Regard~-g ~Yne sidewalk petition for S, Seacrest Blvd, %~nich had been referred to Mr. I~dsen at a previous meeting~ ~. M~dsen reported ~J~t he had ±3ne price of a concrete ~ik and theft 360 lineal feet of concrete ~lk w~ld cost the City $1~28%, D_~ter dispassion it a~s decided ~at ~e substitation of s~ ro~ ~s ~dicated~ ~d P~, l~dsen said t~t he wo~d get a figure on she~ rock for the same lineal feet, ~ne cm~,~r%ttee on Street Lighting~ as repommer~!ed by !~r. C%e2¢ is as follows~ Jobn~ P. ogers¢ M~ C, DanAvsry¢ M, Jo Baldwin¢ Jsmss J, ~ggerio~ ar_d Pat Bows, I~L~o M~dsen moved that they be appointed ~o serve on ~e Street Lighting 0omuittee for the purpose of su=~ve~-ng t'ne residential areas of Bo~_aton Beach. ~ir. ~a'~.ghr~n seconded the motion which passed ur~aoimouslyo ~,~e matter of pa-~-,ng No W. 6t-n St, as requested by ~.~'. Ly~.~ch, of L~e Boynton Estates~ was tabled° Under sanitation~ P~. 6ayer brought out ~e necessity of looking to fu~are in vhe operation of tg~$ se~.~age' treatment smd pointed out the m~ed for +Zee City to h~s a person to be a plant operetor for the ne~ trea+~ent plar~ He s~oggested thai the Supt~of ~biic ~Jorks be requested to either advertise or su~it a reco~.~endation as to +~he orgs~ization o£ tb~t phase of the Deoart- merit, Relative to this~ ~@~ ~er moved that the Supt. of ~blic Works be aut-norized to b~ve the City Clerk advertise for a person to handle on_~ SsrJta~y Sewer Bystem. I~,~ Bamg~,~ seconded._~'~ ~^-^ passed ~muanfs~omsly. A progress report was read fre:m Russell & _,txon, 3ons~lting Eza=~ineers~ or_ ,~:ne Bosh_atari Beach Se~ge ~,~orks~ Sections i~IZ~ and III. Regs_~di~ a bi:~ from Russell & .~:mon~ for cons~--~ting ~agineering Services in the amount of ~580.89, M~s. Padgett was ~ust~a. cted to ~ite to ~,k~. Fields a~d ~o~o~ h~ of +~e bi~ from ~sse~ and ~on ~ud tell h~m ho!d~ng -3.~ pa~en~ ~t~ such t~e as he deposits money in the ~ttle P~ver Rem2~ to cover i% and any other bills that we might receive in the ~dture ~ uotal amongst to be d. eposmtem wo~_,d be ,p~ ~000. This is a balance due for contingencies as per the contras2 be%ween the 3ity and_ I~:~ Re Fields. i~m. '3a~_g ~hman s-~ggested tb~t each department head s~.bmit a montl~!y report to the Council to include conditions T2cey £o'~md ~fnen starting their year~ conditions per%a~-m~_ing zo persomaasi i~n the department the condition o£ equip- men% in their c'~g% any steps that they have taken~ or will ts2me~ ye solve the problems~ recommendations for better operation~ suggestions for se~tim~g up s~%ems or records for better eontroi~ etc. This suggestion %~s well ts2cen by the Co~mnsil. The l~.yor f-~ther stated ~aat the C~omcil %gould expect a re-cent from each depar~aent head at the first of each month; 6~his sh~mlTd also- include any reco~endations fo~ 5-ncreases in .may. lease between the City and +~he Little Leago. e for the property ~nich the League is usi~ng ~as vurned over to the City Avvorney to check. A bill £rom ~falter ~s. tch 'bo the City for ins~z'ance on ~ae City E~li ~s bro~at to the attentio~ o£ the O~cii by the ~-Oro The tette~ o£ exp~na- flor: accompan~ the bill ssZd tb~t %h~ policy had r~n~ed im e££ect si~e the City ~d nov returned the original policy or requested a lost policy receipt to be exeo~a~ed~ ~,~s. ?adget~ was asked to get i_~ touch ~_th l~o Do. tch ar~. ge~ more imform~tion regarding this o The !~yor emmoum, ced +~t there wo-~id be a meetir~g v~iYJsthe Oiwlc Leage. e o£ 'the Colored section on Sa~m~day~ Eebrua:.~y 7th~ at 2:00 ~oSo and tha± a Specia~l Meet~ag o£ the Cossacit would be held l¢ondsy ever~img a~ 7a30 PoM. Febz~-z? 9~ 1959o ~o-~o~_,er ~asiness~ ~l~a~. Baug~msan moved the meeting be -~= ~e= a call for any '~ ~'~ adjo-arned at m0.lO I~.i~i.$ l,~.dsen seconded, ldotion passed 'sm~nimously. Vie e-l~.yor Co-mac~ Counci~ A F F i~ D A~ T m~ ~ STATE OF FLO.a±DA ) CO~TY OF PALM BEACH ) SIDNEY HiRSCH being duly sworn says: That on or about the llth day of January 1959, Martin Durkin stated to me "Did I bow that the new Chief of Police Senkpiel had sued Charles Lavin in Circuit Court for the return of money, supposedly a debt"? Did I know that he .had heard that the money sued for was really a payment to Charles Lavin by Police Chief Senkpiel for Lavin's oolitical ir~luence to be used to obtain for Mr. Se~J~plel the job of Buildi~ Inspector. I said that I had not heard these rumors or statements before~ A.D. Sworn and subscribed before 1959. me this 3rd day of February, L AND WARWICK AFFIDAVIT STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNT¥~F PALM BEACH ) Pers~aatly appeared before me JO~ A. PAUL, who~ being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he has been a practicing attormey in the State of Florida for approximately 25 years; that as such he represents Raymond Semkpiel and Ruth Senkpiel, his wife, in a lawsuit now pending iu the CircuitCourt of Palm Beach County, Florida, the same being Case No. 18314-A, wherein Raymond Senkpiel and Ruth Senkpiel, his wife, are suing Charles G. Lavin and John Mariuelli, co-makers of a certain promissory note dated May 1, 1958, in the face amount of $1,650. That there is presently a balance due and owing upon said note of $850.00 plus interest; that said suit is now pending. Further deponent says~hat both the attorney for Charles G. Lavin and the attorney for John Marinelli have admitted ko deponent that said note arose out Of a loan from Mr. and M~so Senkpiel to the makers themeof~for their joint use in the real estate business in which they were engaged in the City of Boynton Beach. That said original promissory note, with the signatures of both makers as aforesaid, is in his possession in connection with said lawsuit amd may be seen by any interested Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of February, 1959. My-commission ex~Tr~ Sept. 3, 1960. party upon request.