Minutes 03-16-53MIND'ES 0F A REGUL~R ~:~TIEG OF TK~ C0~!SSI0~RS
OF BO~0N BEACH, FLORIDA, ~ AT ~ UI~ HALL,
BOYI~TON BEACH ON M~RCH 16, I9~3.
Colmlliss!one~s Present:
.urlnto~
t~. C. Howard Hood
Mr. Alva Shook
~ir. Arth-~ Fre~rich
Mr~ C. Stanley Weaver.
Mayor Purlnton cSZ~ea the meeting to order at ?.~0
I~. Dorsey showed a map of Boynton to the Co,~cil~ des-
cmibing '~
z~ ~ havi~ the ~i~ts of the Citv ~d of its
~sto~ in pieties ro~d the bo~der; he said he ceded put
it out for .36 ce~ts a copy in bla~k ~d white if a thous~d
copies were o~de~ed~ ~d for .2k cents a copy if two th~s~d
O
were ~e~ed. The map to sell at g0 cents.
Mr. Purinton said the matte~ ~ust be out up to ~.
B~oc~-ay with wh~ the City had been negotia%~g Fo~ maps fo~
some time.
P~. Fred Shefflin showed 'copies of a '~W~nere to go Guide"
covering the East Coast and. Central Florida, He said he would
give the City a ful% page advertisemen~ for half a page rate,
that is for $?~.Q0 instead of $1~0.00~ that 2~0 copies will be
given to the Chamber of Commerce for ~str~bu~on, and that
t~ere w_l_~ee SLX or emght ~ages mevoted to Bovnton Be~a~
~ne presen~ mmr~num zssue ms 1~,000 , whimh he hopes to boost
as soon as possible.= _ The latest m~sue,'~ whmc~' ~ is the seventh,
will come out in ~ttly and if the City subscribes for the ad-
vertisement it wall' ~ b~ given two hundred copies free.
M:r. Steve Hu!me, Ma~nager of the C~ha~ber of Co~,~erce,
said he thought the magazine the finest of its type
commended it D~ig~.
. - ~, He ~aid 2,000 ~
Beach section will be provided, repr_nts o_, the Bo~rnton
~,. ~. Weaver z~ade a motion, seconded by M~, ~-~edrich,_ that
e~y,,p~u~ch~ ~full~p~e a~ve~tisement in the "~f, dere to
~ ~u~ue ~o~ ~D.~ an~ that ~Ar. IYuL~e and Mr. Dorsey work
on the City part. MOtion passed ~ously,
~ . ~. Mor~ison showed a plat of a
m~vzsion West~ of Ei~dgewood Hills proposed ten-acre sub-
road previously suggested by the on Lake Avenue, saying the
Co~cil has now been put in
the plat by the'~neer.
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PL~. Grif£ith said the adjoir~ng property does not
belong to the City z~or other than m~3-'ai¢ipal purposes.
Mr. Fredrich made a motion, seconded by Mm. Weaver,
that wo~k on the plat be allowed tO_Oreceem.' mn' accortina ee with
street pisa submi~tedo Motion passed unmmimously~
Cit~ Clerk Dorothy V. Wz~lz~.s°~ ' ~ read the minutes of the
previous regulsm meeti~ of the Co~uciI of Msmch 2, 19~3.
M~. Weavem o~ - ~
p ~n~em out that y~. C~om~, ~d ~ot ~,
Hat!ess, had said what proportion of the cost for the City ~d
~. Hatless wo~d be in correction with the ~
- p~pe ch~g~-over
in Ridgewood n~lls.
M~. Fredrich moved and M~. Hood seconded that with
the aoov~ correction, the minutes be acceoted as read. Motion
passed unanimously. ~
A letter from FL~.Brockway was read in which he gave his
recommendations sad probable cost for a sewerage survey of the
City.
~ Purinton thought that, in visw of the state of the
budget, the City could not give him authority at the oresent
ti~e to go ahead with thes~neme~ . -
Mr. Broci~ay,s letter was put on file and the matter
tabled.
A letter from the City Auditor, ~'
~o~ p. Coca. aBe Jr ~
was read stating tt~at ~s fee for the ~ '
' coming year would be
$900, the s~ue as last year, and enclosing his reDort ~ ~
year ended October 3!, 19~2. . ~o_ the
~ Purinton said every expenditure was ~tem~sed' ~ ~' in the-
report, s_nd as only -~ ·
x o~r copies had bee_~_ received citizens who
wished to study it could do so by coming to the City Hall.
'~. YPedrich made a me,men oha~ the Audmto~ s report
as submitted be ~oproved. ~. Shook seconded the motion,
which w~s passed ' ~ ~ -
P~. ~ood made a mo~_on'~ ~i~t the services of I,~. Jo~
P. Coc~ue, Je.~ as city auditor be continued fo~ the c~ing
ye~. Mr. P~ed~n seconded the m tmon which was passed
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A letter was read from the Seeretamy of the League of
Municipalitie.s ~o~eing a dinner ~nd b~s~nes' ' s meetin
held at West PalmBeach' on April I at ~ . g to be
~ · w.__ch munici~ai a~
_ m ~ters
will be d_scussed.
Mayor PUrinton thought the Councillors mud C~ty~ Attorney
should attend this importmut meeting, and asked that the League
bebe p~s~nt,inf°rmed ~hat eight~epresentatives From Boynton Beach will
A letter f~om the ,l~_mb~ng Board was read ~ ·
ce~t~ n c~anges in the Pl~bing Eo~e;~ , eco~mendzng
~ . ~. Hood made a motion ~aat the ~eco~endations of the
P~bmng ~rd be accepted. ~. Weaver seconded the motion,
wuhich was passed ~,sly.
l~. Purinton s~d it had been decided that the Plumbing
inspecto~ wo~d be a ' ~ - ,,
poo~nted_ as ~.ha~ of ~me Pl~ozng~ ' ' Board.
0the~ appointments to the Bo~d were: Mr. Cl~ence
Bosworth, }~.Geor~e J~es, Mr. ~va Shook ~d M~. Paul Jo~son.
~. Hood made a motion that the Bo~d be appointed as
n~ed.ly. Mr. F~e~ich seconded ~d the motion was passed ~uimous-
Members o£ the Eiect~ical Board were appointed as
follows: Mr. Eugene Ma-h~eister~ Mr. Re!Dh Shrimped, Mr. Ernest
W~ilhelm~ ~. Ss~ Wooib~ight, s~ud ~. A~t~u~ F~ed~ich.
Mr, ShoOk made a motion that t~
appo_ntees to the
Electrical Board be accepted as stated.
~he motion was passed
· ,_~f_ter d~-soussion on the Pawk
F~n~ce Committee. y
Mr. Fredrich Suggested that a meeting of the Playground
Co~.~mittee be held at 7.30 P.Mo i~ the City Hall on Monday~ March
25; notification of the meeting to be sent to the members.
~~h~. Griffith s ' ~ ~ *
Development Coz~p~uy nad ~ ...... ~ - ~-~ ~
~ =~z=e~ ~nem not to enter into a-
with the C_ty ~less they are Sure they are quite safe in doing
so according to legislature They tho ht
· ug_ they could do the
work better in the sunnier months, after the legislature has passed
the necessary Act~ ~nich might not be tuut~l May, mud ~mder which
the imtereste; of the ~ - ~ -
C~y an~ of the promoters ~ould be protected.
BILLS 0 ' KAYED FOR
PAY ~&ENT:
Gen, 1. ~_ud.
F. L. Purint on 50.00
Ar th~ F~edrich 50.00
Alva Shook
C. Stanley Weaver
C.H.Hood ~0;00
R. G. G~eenweod I00.00
E.J.Ma~eister 100 ~ O0
C. F. Hoc~uth 100.00
F~k Nutting 50. O0
Rebert G~fffi~ 100~00
~tt MeD~well 20.00
~o~ M~tin ~0.00
Alice Kelly ~0,00
Yoc~ Batteries 20.26
Rob~t C~J~es
E. C. Ensi~
I~e!en R. Moo~e
Pa~ V. Wall~
Re~. Wm.F.B~ fe
Boston Be~oh Fire Dept. 189.~0
T. B J~it field
Lindwood B~d!e 40.40
F~k Jo~ on 43
Dave L~n!e~
Lee Th~s
" 18.
~lie Waters 51~ 27
R~f~e _~dr ~ws
Ed. Je~Ins 2~ .00
Geo Co~e~s 40.k8
Kato w~_z~s ~9.87
J~ Taylo~ ~.00
Jo~ Gu~ine 25.00
Co~tssioner Motor Ve~cles 18.7~
~s.Melba E ~Holbrook 3.10
P. J. Jo~s on 602.80
Overhead Door Co. %.19
Rubin Const~uctlon Co. l~.00
Mercer Se~ice Station 10.3%
Florida-Georgia Tractor Co. %.56
Growers, E~uipment Co. 13.03
S~eht & Sowell Inc.
Ener~ Battery Co. 12.80
0sc~ M. Renelte 22.50
A~tin Supply Co. 36.89
Co~missionez~ Motor Vehicles
Austin Supp~ Co.
Motorola Co~ications &
Electronics ~9.87
0ce~ Ci~ L~ber Co. 7.8~
Water P~nd
34.20
16.50
6.50
?-44
Depositors.
7.50
7.50
7.5o
7.50
7.50
in~e-Smz th Inc. 180.00
Trustees Florida Easb
Coast Railway 1.00
Florida Power & Li~h~ COo
" ~ 378.2~
Jo~m P. Coc~e jr.
" 600.00
Southern Bel~ Tel.& Te~
~s. Thomas M~ies 4.20
Blue C~oss Florida
C.A .~i~
Bu~l~e~s-Provzd~ ce Inc.
Davis Mete~ Rep~i~
Art Concrete Wo~ks
Cent~ T~ck Lines
A. C. c~e~ 150.~0
J.W .B~tle~ ll0.20
Jo~ H. Collins 105.40
Wm.~. Cobb, Attorney
T~enton-Florida Co. 3 ~000.00
~e~th~ E. Hedges 13~.80
J:A .~i~le~ ll9. l0
Kzchotas B.Se~sh l~.00
Joseph A. Wildnem 19.23
Dor~hy V.Wil!i~s 13~. 80
V~z JoD~s on 85.40
Kat~!n? E. ~ompson
Geo. ~isti~usem
Teresa ~ Padgett 98.10
Refuse Andrews ~.00
George Co--ers 40.48
~e~ ~arine 2~.00
~die Jerkins ~1.80
Dave Lanie~ 48.0~
J~es Tay!o~ ~. 00
~lme ~a~ers ~8.20
Kate Wml~m~
Theod~me R. Monroe 7.36
Lee Th~as 14.40
Le~nw~d B~es
Kate Wi!li~ 33.60
Art Con~ete
~orge S. Brockway
Flori~a Valve & Fitting
Trustees Fla. E. Cst.Rly.
Charles L.Meyer & Son
Nept~e Mete~ Co.
Stevenson Seed Store
Asph~t Sales Co. l~!.13
Arcade Electric Co. 67.80
Brow~d Grain & Supply 38.6~
George S. Broc~ 7.30
416.67
300.0O
13.10
18.60
:3.75
25.65
16.93
97.9~
3.96
109.00
92~20
134.80
4.20
37.65
108.90
200.00
2O8.35
i.00
60.00
2?9.24
lO7.4o
M~. Fredrieh said that in view of the delay in this
project the beach lifersaver, wnmcn~ ~ ' has been stolen, and the
rope, which has been cut, should be replaced for the balance
of the season.
~. Griffith suggested the purchase of l~e-savzng buoys
attached by rope~ ~&so a _~rsge' a~d' kit.
The matte~_ was left uo_ to M~.Cbgzstlansen
Fredrich to decide.
~. Griffith said he had spoken to I~ Brockway about
the s~vey o~ the colored ceme~e and under - . ~ ~. ~ ~
wo ' ' ~ r~Y standsm~ zs Cern
rgem on no~, He add * ~ - . g
before the next C ~uczi m~etzng.
o .ed tha~ the ~emetery Boar~ will meet
After a discuss~on~ regamding new doors for the Fire Stati
~,~, Hood made a motiom tnat~ Mr. Senior beau~horised' to acceot
the lowest bid ~ece~ed, that of Flora Mills of Delray Beach-for
~2~0.00. ~. Weaver seconded and the motion was passed un~uim-
ouslyo
~. C.hristians®n read the report of the ' ~
Wats. Department
for the month of Februar~y. He sa~d~ ~he sign ordered for the
d~-mp has been erected, with the c~ ~ ~
~a~_n ~cross the driveway.
~. Hood sa_d~ Mr, Por~nski is looking for a site for
a factory ~ud asks whether Boynton Beach ~;ould be interested.
Heaboutmanufactu~es~ ~ radio ~nd T.V. equioment_ ~_nd would employ
~00~ men,~ and would like ~o know if the Cit o~ lan~d
he could na~e. y any
M~. Purinton s aid Mr. Poransk~ ~ad told b~m that Lake
~orth and Psalm Beach had both offered b_im ten acres free. He
~ats a railway siding.
Zt was stated that 88 Occupational
~loelis e sT'
unpaid.
~. Purinton said these people will p ooabty not take out
licenses ur~less and ~util they get work.
After further discussion the SUgoeStzon~ ' that the 1Lmit
shou_ld be extended was dismissed and it was agreed that the ps,malty
should now be enforced and warrants issued.
There bem~g no further
meeting, busmness, Mayo~_ ~rinton adjourned