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Minutes 11-17-58~NUTES OF A REGD7_~ ~ET1]~G OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BO~TON BEACB HELD AT CITY HALL, B0_~TON BEACH, FLOEII~, NO~ 17, 1955. L.S. Ohad~e!l, .Mayor. Martin D~rkin, Vice Mayor. Mott Partin. Harvey Oyer James J. M~honey. 'l ' City Clerk Dorothy Will!~ms Ze!l Taylor. The meeting was c~lled to o_v~er by the M~yor at 7.30 P.M. The minutes of the previous meeting of November 3 were read. Mr. Durkin moved the minutes be accepted as read. Motion carried. ~-~. 0yet seconded. The minutes of s special meeting of November 13 were read. NE. Oyer moved they be approved as~rsad~ MK, M~d~oney seconded. Motion carried. M~. Kermeth Lyman said a problem has arisen in~ com~ection with +J~e dock at. the end o~ th?._ street. Another drift boat ha~ move~d~in necessitating parking space for about 30 em~tr~ cars. It was agreed th~ proper action be taken by the Chir£ of Police to contact the owner of the new business ab~at~the sign being erected ;*lthout a permit endask h~imto come in and meet the ~ity Council at its ne~oExecutive meeting on Wednesday. ~. D~rkin said i~. Williams~ ~mo was present~ had cont~ctedhimon several occasions and had presented himwith a petition signed by many residents of La~et Hil~s about puttinE in streets. Mr. W~]]iams~ asked to explain the position with regard to the petition, said they thought between $2,200.00 and $3,300.00 wo~o~d be the cost, which they wo~!d pay ~nen the work is completed. M~r. Griffith read a Regolution ~th regard to improvement of streets etc., in L~urel Hills. ~w~. Durkin moved the Resolution be adopted. Mr. Y~f~oney seconded, on the undex sta_~mug that if the cost is higher than expected a variance will be made. Mr. Oyer moved the previous motion be amended that the Superintendent of Public Works be inCtructed to draw up what is kno*~as old street speci- fications inasmuch as thSs,has been advertised before and ~s put off because of lack of funds at tP~t time. ~. Durkin accepted the ~mendment. ~. I¢~2aoney seconded, Motion carried. Mr. Paugbm~u asked 'whether it is the intention of the Co~mcil to put the $50,000.00 bond isstm on the ba~%. He also asked that the C~Gncil tonight place the ten-year audit quesmlon on the December ballot unancumbered with the question of the cost or any other question. -2- Mr. Baughman also said he had been furnished with a list of the registered voters and from a firstelass mailiug list made-of them over 200 have been returr~ed ~by the Post Office. He suggested he and the other candidates be !ltrnished ~,ith a tr~e lis~ of voters, .He as~d whether the vo~ing machines used ~t the election cotLld be em~ed by taxpayers before the polls opened in the ~brning and after they closed in the e~ening. Mr. Griffith said~ there should be no harm done in having tt~ee or four taxpayers look at the machines before and after the voting. It was a~reed that each candidate be granted the right to be present mn person or ~o appoint a representative a% the ?.pez~g a~.d closing of the voting machine on December 2, providing the agent's~name ms given in writing before the oper~ing of the m~chines. Mr. 8t~rtzman, referring to the cost of livir~ increase for Civil Service employees, asked if this increase covered f~-time employees only. The answer Mas ~yes'. Pie also asked if Civil Service employees were allowed to electioneer. The answer Mas ~NoI. I~. ~honey moved the City Councilmen and City Attorney each be leered for pericd of Service- a copy of the Code of Ordinances recently delivered to the City~ _~. Durkin seeonded~ Moti6n carried. Regarding validation of the $50,000.00 revenue bends for audit, Mr. Griffith said'a ~_scal agent recommended February I as an ~ivisable time as b.f then most of the holidays are over and people will be ~_lling to go to tD~ polls. He said $5,000.00 wo~ld be the approximate cost of validating the bonds. M~r. ~&~honey moved that at ~Gis time the City Cottucil~ in compliance with the order of the Governor and the wish of over 20% of the voters, accoz~iing to the Florida statutes, set aside $50,000°00 of the $130,000.00 unrestricted funds in order to have the ten-year audit done ~ediately. There ~s no second. i~. D~rkin said he WaS opposed to the expenditure for such an audit without some concrete op~u~on on *~he part of the voter~ that it ~o~id meet with their approval, and he is without any proof today that it would be just to p~t such a burden on the citizens of Boynton Beach. Mr. Mahoney has said he is opposed to stating andy set amottut, as the Sta~p~%~ney~%~ has Deen~ retibent in Eakiug a definite statement~ ~e is in favor of a referendum if ~o~ly for the purpose of obtaining the views of the citizens as to whether the~y are willing to spend this money cuff a bond issue or from any other funds which also cc~e out of the taxes. He~ ~. would like to see a more dSfi~-ite opinion on the part of the ts~-payers than that of the 700 signers of the petition. He thinks it a waste of money s~i *~hat the taxpayers would not be content. i!, i~. Doughty~ iu the audi~ence, asked what can be gainedd from the e~oend- iture of this money, and said he would not have signed the petition had he known the full facts,pa_-~ti~l~vly that the taxpayers would have to pay for it. Mr. M~honey replied that we shall have once and for all a proper audit of the books and records of the City of Boynton Beach from 1956 straight through. M~. Oyer moved the~City Clerk and City Attorney be instructed to draw up a letter~ or card to be mailed to the freeholders asking them to express their wishes as to whether ~hey want to have a ten-year audit, piainiE stating that the cost must be Borne by ~he people ef Boynton Beach, and that this is not t~e be connected with the City election but entirely zeparate. M~, D~rkin thought this would not be effective and the only way wouId be to have a mecret ballot a~ the polls. There ~s no second to Mr. Oyer~s motion and he with&few it. ~ Griffith read Ordinance 316 (Zoning) for the second t~e. N~. ~heney moved Ordinance 316 b~ approved for the second ~r~d final readinE. Mr. Oyer read ~ letter from the Dutch Insurance E~~ regarding insurance on City Hall, quoting a price of $487.82. He also read a letter from Mr. Boos quotir~ a price of $~18.18. i@. Ym6uoney moved thab the bids be again called for, to be in City Hall at neon on Wednesday, inasmuch as we have a meeting here on that day, at 3 P.M. M~. Dnrkin seconded. ~oomon carried. ]~. 0yet moved the C~b~ber of Commerce be allowed the use of City Hall ne~ Thursday ni~ for the Fishing Tourna~ent meeting. ~. Durkin seconded. Motion carried. ~. Durkin submitted a repo~rt on a meeting he had with the County Com- mission s~d read a memorandum he had received from ~J~. N~ddleton regarding the Seaerest bridge. Theestimated cost %~ll be $52,172.00, of which ottr share will ha appro.w~.tely $26,000.00, and as our money is ready they have decided to go ahead ~mediately with its construction. It was moved and seconded t~is meeting be continusd until Wednesay, November 26, at 3 P.M.