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Minutes 01-05-59~ GF T~ pF~EGUT_~R ~T]~G OF T~ CI~/ COLE~CTL OF BO~I~N BEACH i~ELD IN ~ CITY HALL OF BOYNTON B~CH~ JA-h~JAEY 5th~ 1959, 8:00 P.M. PPW~SENT. L. S. ChadweLl, Coum~i~ ~u,~yor Mo~t Partmn, ~ouncm_uman Harvey Oyer~ Councilman J~es J. N~honey, Jonas B. Baughman~ Counc~lm~n Elect Walter Y~dsen, Couuci!mem Elect Martin ~o_rkS~a~ Co~mc~ ~ma~ Vice-i~yor City Attorney~ Robert Griffith City Clerk, D. V. Chief of Police Carver ~yor Chadwel! called the meeting to order at 8:00 P.Mo ~inutes were read and approved of the .~egalar ~eting held December 15, 1958, Special ~eting held December 19, 1958, Special l~ieeting held December 22, 1958~ and Special ~eting held December 31, 1958. T~e Treasure~s P~eport was re~d. The next order of business was khe swes_~ing in of the newly elected Councilmen, N~. H~vey Oyer, M~. Jonas B. Baug[n~an and ~. Walter M~dsen. T.hereuoon~ tlme new Co~3ac~U~en took their positions and the outgoing Counc~en; i¢~. L. S. Chadwell and ~@. Mort I~rtin stepped IZ~. ~oney moved that Nrc ~kin be appointed temporary Chairman. ~. Ik~rkin stated that since there ~as no organzza~monai meeting to prep~e him he would not ~e temporary chai~uship. ~° Oyer moved that t~.~. ~oney be acting Ohai~n, M~. Durkii~ seconded. i~otion passed~ !~. N~honey took the c~ smd called for no, nations for the office of ~yor. !~~. ~.u~r~ noOn, ted J~s J. M~oney. 1~. ~adsen ~econded. N~. ~k~ no~t~ Jo~s B. ~ug~ ~. ~er seconded~ whereuoon ~,~, ~u~ decl~ s~ting that he did not feel ~f~ied as a ne~y elected counc~ to t~e the ~sition. Mm% ~er ask~ ~ ~ reconsider on t~e grounds ~t he had received the ~jority of votes in the Nov~ber election~ ~ ~ ~a~ declined the notre, rich. ~ter a o~ for s~ o~er nomi~tions ~om the c~ir, ~. ~ug~n m~-ed t~t no,nations be closed. ~lr. !~dsen second~d. ~e moti~ passed ~ee to two~ l~r. ~kin and ~k~. ~ voting no. ~v~. Bodkin moved that the election of James J. M~honey be made uman~m~ous on ~_e basis of his _eelmUo that there should be harmony on the Board.~.~. Oyer seconded. Motion passed umanimously. ~. ~adsen no:~ir~ted J. B. Bau~nman for Vice-~yor. i%3. Oyer moved the no?~iuations be closed. ~. ~c~ey Seconded. Motion passed -~uanimously. P~. Durkin moved for a ten ~inate recess. ~k~o ~.?er seconded. Motion denied by a three zo two vote, PLayor ~khoney, I~. Baug~s.n and -~. I~.dsen voting no. ~ Oyer expressed appreciation ~o i~. PartS-u and Mr. Chadwell for the rough times he _bad given them and the many courtesies extended ~.~ during the past year, stating that he had the highest regard for these gentlemen and that they had contributed in a great way to the commmuity and al~Ja~o~gh the~ opinions had varied at times, they ~d rendered ~ fine service to the community. M~. Durkin stated the same gener~ fee!iugs for Mr. Chadwell and }&~. Partin and moved that the name plates which ~had been on the Council table be given to ~L~. Chadwell, former M~yor, and ~iro Partin~ former C~cd~r~n and the other Counc'~mlmen~ )~. Oyer seconded. Motion passed. Rev. E. Keith Love was intro&~ced and de!iver~d the invocation. ~or M~oney welcomed all the people in the audience and paid tri- bute to former M~yors L. S. Chadwel~ and Mort Partino ~yor Mahoney c~]]ed for the first order of business and asked if Vnere were s~y resignations from the presently appointed officers to be presented to the Council. ~ter a short waiting period, ~. Baughman moved that all officers previously appo~_uted be removed from office effective ~mediatelyo ~L~. ~dsen seconded~ Upon ~nquiry by ~&~. ~rkin as to which officers this included he was ir~ormed that this included City ~.ttorney, City. Judge, Chief of Police~ Fi_~e Chief, City Clerk, Deputy City_Cl~rk~ Tax Collector, Supt-. of Water Dept., a_nd ~ o'bher officers ~ position~ held that ~ere appointed each year at the first regular meeting of the City Council. After much discussions l~ro Baug~ called for the ~2~estion. The motion passed V~ree to t~o~ Mr. Dyer and I~o Durkin voting no. F~. Baugkm~u moved-that all Boards, except the Ci~-L1 S~vice Board, arid those Boards which resigned by letter, be vacated effective i~z~ediatelyo ~k~. Madsen seconded. Motion paseed unanimously. ~yor l~ahoney announced t~hat he would entertain a motion for City Attorney. }dr. Madsen mc~ed that Ronald J. Fruda be appointed City ~ttto_~aey. !~m. Baughman seconded. Motion carried three to two~ i~. Oyer ~d t~-. D~rkin votLug no. >~r. Robe~t Griffith, former G~_ty Attorney, expressed ~s ~thanks for having had the o~por~nity to serv~ the City in ~ne past. }~. Oyer a~ud ~-. Mahoney thar~ed Mm. Gr~.fith for services rendered to the City. M~. ~dsen moved that Joseph W. Hu~hrey be appointed City Judge. ~. Baughman seconded. Motion pe. ssed ~uanimous!y. ~. Baug~man moved that Raymond Senkpie! be appointed Chief of Police of the City of Boynton Beae~a. }~. ~dsen seco~ed Vne ~tion. T~ motion carried ~ree to two~ !~. ~k~ ~ M~. Oyer voti~ ~ l~. Cyer ~oved *~t a~ appo~+~nts ~der ~v~ Sea, ice be ~bled ~t~ referred to the City ~Attorney to report to the ~cil at ~ne next meeting. The motion ~s sscond~ by ~. ~k~. ~e motion w~s de,ed by a vote of t~ee to two~ ~. ~er ~d ~. ~kin vot~g yes; M~. ~ug~ M~ Y~dsen ~d ~yor P~oney voti~ F~. Baughman moved t2aat Julius Klingier be appointed Captain of the City Police. Mr. ~dsen seconded t~he motion. Motion carried~ three to two, ~. Oyer and i~o D~r!~in voti~ no~ P~. Baughman moved that the City have a full time Fire Chief and t~-at he b~ John M. T~ite. ~o ~dsen seconded. Motion pa~sed, four ~o one 2&~. Oyer voting ~o, stating that he m~elt that the recommendation of the ret~ing fixoe chief who had serve~ the city for 35 years should be heeded and that he had recommended the Asst. Fire Chief~ ~me second highest position in the Fire Dept, ~ ~ajority of the men in the Fire Dept elected this ~ a~d we sho~uld abide by their wishes. M~. Baughm~n moved that Terbesa Padgett be appointed as City Clerk. Mr. ~dsen seconded. Motion carried, three to one~ Y~4 Durkin voting no~ Fa-. Oyer abstaining. ~o ~yer abstained ~frc~ t~he voting as he had specific~ly asked if -~s. Williams was to be considered for ~one of the other jobs that she w~s presen~ly holdiDE because in p~r~sonal conversation with her I am sure that she is willing to relinquish the City Clerk job if she co~id retain one Of the other jobs she is presently holdir~. No a~swer was given to ~this qUestien~ ther~fore~ Y~r. Oyer abstained ~om voting. F~, Baughmsm moved that Olive Cierpik be appointed Det~aty City gle~. ~. M~dsen seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. ~dsen moved ~t Olive Cierpik be appointed City Treasurer s~d Comptroller~ !~. Baughman seconded. 1~o Oyer expressed the opinion t~oat this office should be split. J~ter some discussion~ M~o Cyst moved that the offices be separated. ~ Durkin seconded. The motion ~as defeated. ~. t~dsen~ ~. Baug~nan~ and N~yor M~honey voting no. The Chair then c ~alled fcra vote on the previous ~motion: namely' that Olive Ci~rpik be appointed City Treasurer and Comptroller. The motion carried four to one~ M~. Durki~ voting no. ,ne appointment of asses ~tanz umzy Treas~e~r~ M=o ~dsen named Tereesa Ps. dgett. 1~o Baughmmr~. seconded. !{orion passed ~uanimou~s~yo ~L~. M~dsen moved that Tereesa Padgett be appointed City Tax Collector, M~o Ba,~hman se6onded. Motion passed, i~. Baughmau ~oved that I~h~s. Katb~yn Hockmu+Za bs appo~nted ~sst. T~x Collector, M~. l~dsen seconded. The motion passed u~o~mously. For ~zy Taxx ~2~sessor !*L~. Baughman ~lsO ns~ed Eat~h_~yn Hockm~.+Ja. i~o !~dsen seconded. ~t~on p~ssed fo~a~ to one~ ~,~. ~/er voting no because ~I had questioned the ~dvisability of her holdir~ dow-n three Jobs because she had only wsrked for t~e City for a short time and to my perso~s~ kn~lege she had not worked in this partio-o~ar office? F~s. Kat2n~yn Hoc~th ~s named by !~. Baughman for I~rchasing Agent. ~. l~dsen seconded the motion, i~Mtion passed uoanimously. Mr. Madsen moved that ~s. Dorothy H. Jones be appointed Co~macil Stenographer. l~r. Baug~an seconded. Motion passed o~animous!y. Mr, l~dsen moved +Juat ~irck H, Grootenboer be appointed Supt. of _Public ~orks, .we, Baughma. n seconded. ~. Durkin and ~o Oyer both stated that they did not know ~e gentlem?~ and felt t2aat they should have ~he opportunity of meeting him and becoming familiar witch his qmalifications before having to vote on hLm for the appointment of Supt. of Public ~~orks. On a c~s32 for the vote~ the motion passed three to ~¢o. ~r. 0yet and ~e. Durkin voted no. ~r. Baughman moved that Carl Stone be appointed Supt. of Water Department. ?~. ~dsen seconded. ~otion passed ~muanimously. Mr. Harold Blanchette was appointed temporary Building Inspector upon a motion by 1~. Baughman. Mr. Durkin seconded the motion ~ni&n passed ~manimously. Mr. %~f]]~am Fm~Kecknie was appointed Pl'~mbing Inspector upon a motion by ~. ~kdsen, seconded by M~. Baug~nman. Motion passed unanimously. Me. f~dsen moved that Leon G~mons be appointed Electrical InspecOor. Fe. Baug'~man seconded. Motion passed ~ouslyo Cotmcilmen in charge of departments are as fol!o~: Police and F~_~e Depts. Water Department Roads, Parks~ Etc. Sanitation Rolling Stock James J. -~honey Jonas B. Eaugh~zn ~alter Fadsen Harvey Oyer M~rtin D~rkin. The Chair announced that it wo~id entertain a motion for members of +Jae Zoning Board. Relative to this~ ~. LhLrkin moved that the appointments of these Boards be tabled -~util such time as ?Zaey are brought up in resolution form and duties assigned. Mro ~/er seconded. The motion was defeated three tc two~ M~r. C~jer ~nd ~.~o D~kin voting yes~ ~o ~adsen~ ~L~ Baug~ and ~¢ayor M~honey voting no. ~M. Baug'~man made the following appointments to the Zoning Board: Joseph ~. Humphrey~ Chairman~ Joseph B~%~]l~,Adam Ac He~-m~eman~ Even Js~es, Salvatore Pan~olfo, Frank Audano and Willis~ Dc~to 1~=-. M~dsen seconded. Before a vote was taken i~L~. Durkin moved that the appointment of ~nis and ail other Boards be tabled until such time as we .have properly dra~ resolutions defining the duties of ~he Boards according to the City Charter. Mr. Oyer secon~edo The motion was denied by a vote of three to:~two, ~L~. Madsen~ P~. Bau~n~uu and M~yor ~h~oney voting no. It then reverted back to the or~gim~l motion on the floor for the appointments to the Zoning Board. Upon a call for a vote the motion carried. Mr. Oyer amd ~.~. Durkin voting no, ~k-. Oye~ s~mating that he had cast a no vote for the es.me reasons given by ~o Durkin~ +~hat being that a section of the ~lty C~rter calls for the Boards to be created by ~?itten resolutions definir~ the duties of the Boards~ a.~zl t~is was not done. ~v~. M,~lsea% made the fo~Lto~_ng appointments to the PI~o~,o~ Board: ~f~ter ~_tch~ ~ C~orge i~Co~ck, ~- ~fort~ ~ey Stm~t, Joseph ~ ~st F. C~tz~ ~d ~ed ~. M~. ~ug~ seconded ~ne motion. ~,Iotion carried. !@. Baughman moved that the appointments to the Bnilding Board be as follows: George Feltis, Chs~--~man~ Fo/ Ward; W. C. Greer~ W. Q. Hayes~ A. Paul Yoomg~ 2~orge Ja~es, ~md Ward A. ~mings. Me. M~dsen seconded. Motion ca,~ied~ I@. Durkin vot~g no. Relative to the appointments of the Industrial Board, Mr, 0yet moved t_hat the Industrisi Board not bs appoiuted ~s year and that the dnties and £~anctions of this Board be ~ned over to the ~namber of Commerce~ as was suggested f~u a letter received from the Industrial Board which% served last year. i~. ~s~kin seconded. Motion denied by a vote of three to twos ~. l~ladsen~ M~.~. Baughman and ~yor l~honey voting no. Mr. t~dsen moved that the following be appointed to the Industrial Board: Fr_ed G. Koepnick~ Chairman~ Donald Ward~ E~lw~rd G. Jumg~ ~rtiu Gra~ W. J. Tcm!inson~ George N~ase ~ and Robert Ryd. Mr. Baugkman seconded. ~otion carried~ F~. Oyer amd Y~. ~'.~rkin voting no. Mr. P~dsen moved that the follo'~ing appointments be made to the Parks sad Playground Bosmd: Thomas J. D~yer, Chairman~ ~agene l~eister, Eo J. Vermeersch, M~s. i~fiark W~nite, and l~s. George FmCormack. Mr. Ba,3~kumn seconded. Motion passed, ~hree to two; FL~. ~¢er and ~. ~in~"voting no. ~@o l~.dsen moved the following appointments be made to the Reereation Board: M_vs. W. R. S~nsh-o~ker~ Ohairman~ John J. Breen~ ~L~s. M_ild_~ed ~er~ ~s. Peter Ire!and~ ~;m. Robert McDonald~ Mrs. C~orge Latcham, ~na~_es Gordon: Mrs. ~'.~sh .~mderson and l~s. ~rry Lefort. M~. ~aughman seconded. Motion passed three to two~ Mr. C~yer and M=. Durkin voting no. },~. l¢~3aoney ann~s3aced that appointments to the Civil Sez~¢ice Board w~ald not take place at this meeting as the terms of the two men now serving does not expire until a later date¢ specific~y¢ Walter D~tch~s term expires December 31¢ 1960 amd Stagey Weaver's term expires December 51~ 1959. Two members of the Civil Service Board are elected by the City employees~ ~. Baughm~n moved that the C~mucii form a new Board to be kno%rn as an Advisory Boe~d smd that its m~mbers be Paul Startzmsm~ Chairman~ ~,~. George MJ~es, ~. Edward T. Gtenn~ M~. Ga-;--I H. M~rrison and >~o Asa Po Lombard. ~/ir. ~dsen seconded. The motion passed three to two~ I~. ~yer and iir. Durkin voting no. The fo~,_lo~_ng were unanimously appointed to the Electrical .,,~wsmining Board upon a motion ~y Mr. BauEhmem~ seconded by M~. ~dsen: Claude To Bowles, Anthony Wiliett, Leon Gz~mmens, Jo~m Tuite~ and Albert Deen. M~. Baug~hman moved that the Board of Piumb~g Co,~m~ssioners be as follows: Walter M~dsen~ John Archi% C. A. Ostrom~ ~illiam i~Keckni% arx[ Nolan E. Wf~]iams. M~. l~dsen seconded. Motion passed omanf~mously. Members appointed to the Cemetery Board upon a motion by Mr. M~dsen~ seconded by I~. Ba~mgh~an are as fo~l~s: ~s. Pa~3~ St~t~n~ Cha~, term 3 ye~s~ ~s. Tereesa Padgett~ Jack ~ddox~ tern 3 ~een~ tern ! ye~ !~. Howard ~aite~ verm 2 ye~s~ ~d 1~. Doris >[orser~ ~ 2 yssms. ~mis motion ~,ssed -5- ~. Durkin stated several times dur~ the cottrse of the meeting ~t he ~pposed the appointments to the vs~ious B~ds on the grounds that the appoin+~menta were made in violation of Section 19 of ~he C~ter and not on the grounds that he had any '~' opposz~mon to the members of ~ho~e Boards. He also stated that ha -was not consulted in making of the appointments aud that he reoresents a certain segment of'this cmmm~uity, evidenced ~- the fact t~at he received 1~35 votes in the election a year ago. He felt that ~ should ~ -~ ' nave 'oeen consulmem on the appointments to the various Bos~rds, and ~hat he woul~ like it in- luded mn the record that ~ did object to+~0nose a~ointments on the basis of the fact that hs ~s not consulted at ~!~ n~er offered the opport~auity of presenting one single ns~ms for any board c~r for any ~M~, Oyer stated several times thr~hout the meeting that he ~ast a no vote to the major~Ity of the appointments to the various Boards for the same reasons that ~@. Durkin had given, A section of our City Charter provides that the Boaa~ds be created by written resolutions definir~ the duties of the Boards and this '~as nsf dons, and that he did not feel that it ~ms proper for a fac%ion of the City Cc~mci2 to ~ake appointments to these various Boards ~thout consultation of the Oo*~uci! as a whole. ~. Baughman move~d that the m~eting be continued until January 6th at $:15 in order that the newly '~.'- ~ appo~u~eo, officers Eight be present. M~. I'~dsen seconded° The motion passed Uua~imousiy~ Vice-~yor Cou-uciims, n