Minutes 01-15-51 The. City Cou~ncii convened at the City
Janac ry Y}'~ i951,
Counoitmen present: ~r. F~ L. Purintor_ Dir. A.E.Shook
~r. Clifford ~rovince
~2r~ Henry lvlerkel
~r~ C, H.
~-ne meeting was camls~ to orde~ by the 5fayor,
City. Clerk Dorothy "-~.~_m~.~ ~' ~ r~aa~ ~ the ~Cinutes of the
regular meeting of the Council held on ~ ~ -~-
~a~ua~, 2 and ~ 1951.
,,,~. Eoo8 made a motion, seconded by ~r~ ~, : .~
~,~fax the ~m~.a~ ....... tnau the
of the damage to the ~ .... ~' "~as ~'~ ]~9~ Iv~OtlOn
Biils 0~Ks, ¢ for"
ye ~ ~ayme~i~:
Bus te~ C±ar~ 33.00
~ ~n~ on 33.00
Leona ~d Harris 39~60
Lee Thomas 39~60
'~ ~ 32~90
Par~er ~ara 28,5C
Solomon Pi~te 27.0~
~-~ 26~0
~z~g Cooper 26~70
Yohn Joins om 26,70
Levi Wredsi~k 27.00
Eee Thomas 59~60
Dave Lmnzer ~3~!
B~ster Clark 27~00
aeoaard Earris 39~0
Sam ~4urray 31.60
Hasty Coope~ 31.60
Scan Jo~s on 3! ~ 60
a~vz Fredrick 33.00
Joiu Bowys~
A
· ~ver 127,70
.... az sna~l ~
H .R. ~aaghar ty 102.20
Dorothy V~Wi!liams Ii2~70
John Bell ?6°00
Batty J~ Grill 75.40
Ruth L.Gramley 70og0
DeB°Smith & Company 45,4?
John E. Raulerson
C.~oFoy 58,20
Collector of internal Rev. ~35.65
A.E.gurney 5~00
Art Conc~ets Works, Ino~
Crane Company
Boynton Baach N~vs 13~07
City of Dekray Beach 28.45
Pantry Rastauranv 19~05
Mfs.Ruth ~onas tI~5
Halsey & Griffith 1~05
Standard 0il Company !l~0&
Brown & ~oseley 78.2~
Lindsley Lumber Company 14.51
Delray Plumbing & Specialty
County ~er o~uti !e ~0.73
Cameron & Barkley Co.
Farquhar D~achinery Co~
Rubin Construction Company
Levy Predrick 33,00
Frank Jobmson 35~00
Buster Clark 30.00
Yobm Zolmuson ~1.60
He~y Cooper 31.60
Sam ~urray 31~60
Solomon Pitts
Charlie Waters 31.60
Leonard Harris 39.60
Dave Lanier 43.41
Perker Ward 33.00
'Lee Thomas 39.60
Palm Beach Chemical Co~ 2.~6
Johm Bell 35.00
117~30
291.83
7~2
City Improve~
menL
833.34
Mr~ P~rinton gave an explanation of the figure of ~228o000
for the Water Bonds,
The City Clerk read a report of gohn Raulerson of the
Water Department for the period since the last Council mee~-
lng to the present, also a report of the Police Department
and o~ the Street Department for the same period.
The City Clerk then read a list o~ the bills being
O'Eayed for payment this evening.
The ~ayor read a letter from Sol.El!is F.Altman, Director
of Civil Defense of Palm Beach County~ asking that a woman be
designated in Boom,on Beach 5o work under l'irs.Claude Ife~an
for the purpose of registration of vom~u to be fitted into
phases of Civil Defense activities to be conducted by the Red
Cross~ The Nayor said the matter was urgant and that some
woman should be fo~d as soon as possible for this work.
Regardin~ the truc~k it ~s repor-~ed that only two bids
bean received, none from the Ford dealer in Deiray Beach or
from Chevrolet.
had
~.~. Robi~son, representing the Dodge Company,
sealed bid, explaining that they had a ~ruck ready
~ ·
ate dexlve ry.
brought
for immadi~
Mr~ Hood said he would like to have the ~atter put' off
long enough for him to request bids from Ford and Chevrolet
and that he womld call them up vomorrow~
Mr~ Rcs_ns on was asked to report tomorrow night at 8 o~
clock, when the. meeting would be continued, and that the matter
would be settled then.
The City Clerk read a report on the Court case of
Wmllzam R. ~onz~son, who is applying for a reduction of his fine.
~e Mayor explained that the mau was fined ~25 for speed~
lng and .had he not appeared in Cour~ he ~,~ouid only have lost
the 2mo~um._t of his fine, but he did apoear and had to pay $50.
In all ~azr,_ess it was considered that the extra .$25 should be
re ftu~-d ed.
]4r. Hood made ms,zoo=, seconded by i'~r. Pro~_nce, that a
rebate of 225 be made to z~r~ ~ohnson~ Motion passed~
Followi~ a long discussion on insurance, :':,~r~Hood suggested
calling in other insurance agents fo~ figures on the City,s
policies '~oo see if reductions in premiums ss~u be obtained.
The Mayor thought there must be some speoia! rates for
m~nieipalities$ and Mr~Merkel said that Mr~Deutsch is willing
to study the matter and gi*~e bids on Wor~en~s Compensa'oion and
Employers' Liabiiity~ and suggested that az least three ~gants
should be asked to exa~ine the old policies aud give their
reoom~aendations on t hem®
The City C~er_~ brougn~ up the m~ ~ ~ ·
~er Of o~e ~l~lng cabinet
~f°r. the real estate set~up, and said prices bed already gone up
~[r~ Pro~_nce made a motion, seconded by ~.Shook~ that a
fire-oroof filing cabinet for ~ ~
- re~ es~a~e set-up be pur-
chased from the lowest bidder~ ~otion passed~
Following a discussion on the zoning of"-~u.~e school roa~,
the Mayor said it was essential that zoning be adopted before
something haopsns to the ~ + ·
o ~ p~esen~ scheme of ~t~itding experts!ye
homes~ some of them to be set back 100 feet.
R~r. ~erkel made a motion,, secoaded by ~i~ Hood~ that ~the
plot kno~m as CREST VI~? be acceptsd~ l~otion p~ssed,
~--~ Wiegmmu as~d if there was a City ordinance restri~t~
lng City jobs to residents of Boynton~
The i~ayor replied ~na~ ms often impossible to get the help
needed in Boynton~ end that they were often forced to get it
outside.
~lf,-~t.~ said he had received a call from the
requesting maps of the City, which are moan necessary now to
complete the aooraisel of pro
__ pe~.y~ especially of small to~es,
The i~ayor said that maps had been ordered but that the man
from whom they ~d been ordered has already been more then eight
months doing the. m, and suggested turning them over to ~r.Brock-
way. He added that l~,~r. Brockway would be at the meeting to-
morrow night and asked ~ir. Griffith to be present so that the
matter can be discussed.
and that
picnics~
Bell announced that .the Casino is nmv open to the public
everyone would be ~e±come, and that reservations for
etc~, could be
The 2~ayor said that the Rev'. Murray Day had reported 'that
the response to the appeal for ~=nds for the Searborough family
had been small; he said work on the house wes proceeding ~dth
voluntary labor, and that at the moment three p!~mubers were
needed ~
in connection with the cemetery fil!~ the ~,~ayor suggested
getting in touch with the County who might be ~lling to help~out.
He said he would call up Ben Sunday tomorrow and added that he
would like to see the cemetery finished this year~
A discussion on road repairsfollowed~ With regard ~o
complaints about Palmetto Street, the ~syor said that as the
street was really passable, he thought that the roads which are
~e~an_&~ impassable should be fixed first~
Mr. Shook suggested that a certain amomut per hour should
be charged against equipmenz, in order to get a true picture
of the total cost of the road repair work, and also of how much
money we are getting ouz of the e~uipment,
Referring to the Building Inspector, the ~ayor said that
~r.Greenwood was on a straight salary and suggested he be given
an increase of at least $25 e month~ making his pay $75. He
congratulated )?m. Greenwood on the excellent work he was doing.
Er. Shook made a mosion, ssconded by Iv~ Hood, that the
salary of the City Building Inspector be increased by ~25 e
month, to date from Jmnuary t, 1951~ Motion passed.
~u~ Mayor referred tc t~e City Police Department as being
the lowest paid along the East coast~ He had asked the Police
Chief to get the rates paid by other communities, adding that
in view of the increase in taxes our City employees are really
getting a decrease in pay. He said that if it wes possible
he would like to see the City Employees put ~uder Civil Service.
,-'~n Griffith, asked for his opinion, requested a couple
of weeks in which to study the matter further, when he v~uld
draw up a statement sh~,ving whet difference would result in
setting up Civil Service.: that it involves so much, would mean
extra clerical help, the setting up of e merit system, etc.~
an~ that the expense to the City would probably be too much
considering the small nu~nber of City employees.
There being no ~u_ther
meeting until tomorrow night
business the Ifayor adjourned the
at 8 o'clock.
The ~ '~
=seet!~g was resumed at 8 ~ ~ = ~
_.k~., ~anuary 16, 195! with
all Cou~ci!men present. '
~S per
~egaa advertisement~ the ~,~ayor declared 'that~-a~m~s
for the Water Extemsion ~roject were now closed.
~r. George Broc~ay~ E~gineer~ ~ -
ope_ca mqd read the three
bids submitted, each was accomoenied by a $5,000 certified
check as deposit~ '
The bids were
The 5~urphy Construction Co.
Work to begin within ten days and to
after delivery of ~aterials~
Yoe Reinerts on
Work 5o begin within 60 days and to
i8C calendar days.
Total ~t83,6t2~05
completed 90 days
Totaz ~z5~,t90~00
~!/8,773~oo
be completed within
Hc~;ard Lee Cromer
Work to begin within 7 days and
calendar days~
To~az@159,591~00
~-76~760~25
cgmpleted within
Mr. Cromer gave an interesving talk on the merits of
%ransite pipe ~ompared with casv iron.
~'m~, Brockway requested 'time in which to thoroughly compare
the bids submitted before reporting b~ck to the Council.
Bids for a
Si~ ~on Chevrolet
new track were
~TnC.
opened as follows:-
1951 Chevrolet model 6103 ~3,207~80
Ma ck ~ ~
~zad~in ~ 650~00
Cash difference
gee B!am2~ Motor Company:
9i51 two-ton Dodge~ Model
Mack trade-in $ 7~ ~65
Cash differ an oe ~2, ~00.00
The bids were tabled.
i951
2½-ton Dodge .......
Trade-in al 1~ an ~
~ash difference
0s . co
~2,760.00
Mr. Hood made a motion that each member of the present
~o±_c~ Department be given ~ increase of $25 per ~
moab!on was seconded by ~.Pro~nce, and passed t~nanimously~
~t
this
the
mecca, rig was adjourned until
nesday~ = -
The meeting was
Councilmen present
-.~-, on Yanuary 17, 1951.
2~ F,L,Pmrinton
~ffr~ C~H~Hood
~r, Her~y Merke!~
letter of recommendation
e~ ~ached r-er ewz th~
from Mr,Brockway was read and
-~-, ~nco_ ~ae a motion that the bid cf Howard Lee Cromer
be accepted es recommended by I~r. Brockway, and that the
-%gayor sign~zor ~hu~_a City. The motion was seconded by ~lr~ Hood
and passed unanimously°
~Iotion to return the certified ~ -' ~-
c~e~s to ~he Lhr~a~caessf~l
bidders was ~de b,r ~r~Hood, seconded by ~r~er~el~~ ~ ' and
passed.
Mr. Griffith looked over the contracv before
s ,_ .gtq lng.
i@~ Hood made a motion seconded by ~r. ~erke! that the
~o~_the_JTe Blank ~Otor Co.m, pany be accepted for a 2½-ton
~oe 5rucm I'or the price of $2,760~00~ to be paid 60 days
from da be. '
Upon motion of Mr~Shook, seconded
Willi~ra g. Lord was appointed ~Udge Ad
man du~ing the latter*s ~'
by ~'~.~erkel, Attorney
Litem for Judge Chap~
, There being no further business the meeting was ad-
journed by the ~!ayor ~