Minutes 01-02-51~RrUTES OF THE R~GULAR ~LEETING OF TX CI?ff COL~.~CiL~0F
~ CITer OF BOirNTON BEACH, F~0R~DA~ AT T}~ ~IT~ ig~
~
The City Counclz convened at the
January 2, 1951,
Co~u~cilmen prasen~:
Mr. P~ L. Purin~n
~r. A.E.Shook
~r. Clifford Province
~. C.H.Hood
~r~ Henry ~erkel~
The meeting was called to order by tk~ Mayor,
City Clerk Dorothy V.VYilliams read the ~finutes of the
regular meeting of the Council held on December 18, 1950~
tCr~ H¢od moved and ~r~ Province seconded t~at the ~Cin~
utes of the regular meeting be accepted as read. l~otion passed~
The City Clerk then read the l~%inutes of the soecial meet-
ing of the Council held on December 26, 1950~
Iqr. Province moved and i~r. Hood seconded that tD~ ~in-
utes of the special meeting be accepted as read. ~otion oassed~
Bm±~s 0 tKayad
Dave Lanier
Buster Clark
Frank gohmson
Leonard Harris
Lee Thomas
Charlie V~atsrs
~rs~Robert Shook
Parker ~rd
Solomon Pitts
S~m ~urray
Henry Cooper
John Johnson
Levi Fredrick
~r~ Sarah Dame
Miss Alice Kelly
~rs. Alice
~ott Partin
~ark ~itchell
for Payment:
Genorund.
43 ~ 41
39 ~25
39.25
61~50
6~o 60
56.6O
58~00
58,00
56~60
56~60
45.60
5~oo
5.00
5~00
5.00
5.00
~ater Fund
Depositors
7.50
A.C.Carver !27,70
N.0,~arshall 112,30
Hardie R, Daugharty 102,20
Billy D. Boll 50,10
Dorothy V~Wiiliams 112,70
Rmth L~Gramley ?0°40
Botty game Gr~li 75,40
John Boll 76,00
F'L~?urinton 50.00
A,E.Shook
C,CoProvince 50.00
Honry Merkei 50,00
C,HoHood 50.00
R,G?Greenwood 50.00
Robert F.Gr!ffith 50,00
Jo?m L. ~cNames 75~00
Ralph M,Ehapman 50,00
Frank Nutting 25~00
~iss Alice Kelly 15~00
John E,Eaulerson
Frank E~ Clina
Whitt ~cDowell 20,00
John Yo~mson 26,70
Levi Fredrick 2~00
Parker Ward 27.00
Charlie Waters 31o60
Leonard Harris 39,60
Henry Cooper 26~70
ea~ ~h~ray 2~,00
Solomon Pitts 27~00
Bustor Clark
Frank goDmson 33.00
Lee ~a~_~o 39~60
Dave Lanier 43.41
Petty Cash 239~30
Frank Earl Clime
Alma Clime 4~69
Boynton Beach Fire Depar~mont208~00
Royal Palm Ice Co~
Tho Court Records Company i0~00
Ocean City L~mber Co~
Shel!rook Q~arra!s 6,00
Boynvon Beach Fire Dept~ 25~00
Morcer~s Service Station 45~19
Cameron & Bark!ey Coo 23o17
Southern Bell Toil& Tei~ 69~25
Florida ~vr~ ~ Lt~ Co~ 619,63
Top Hat Rostaurant 12~55
Julius JoThcmas 10.81
Snap 0n Tools Corp~ 26~00
Thitt ~cDowe!l 10,75
Florida League of
palities 30~00
Hill Mf~oCo~ 15~00
Deiray Gas~~ E.lec~ Co~ 12~50
Dolray ~achine & Supply Co~ 33°20
t17.~0
7o.4o
Stevenson Seed Store
Palm Reach Type~zriter Co. 1t~75
The Chase National Bank ~00
Veterans? Cons5ruction Co. 129~50
Farmers? implement &
Supply Co~
~iax ~u~o P~rvs
Par%uhar L~aohinsry Co~
The increased cost of the '~iorida League ~f ~unicipa!-
ities~ was disoussed~ the ~ayor saying that ne~e~ofo~ the
scrip%ion D~d been ~0 but D~d now been increased to ~65~ that
it was a mosz useful paper, but that no arrangement had been
made im the Badger for it~ It was decided to send the League
~30.00 as in the pass.
The City Clerk read e iisL of the Bills which had been
O~Kayed for pa~ment~
The 5iayor asked whether there were any ouestions regarding
any cf the bills as he would be happy to give any information
~ - w added that he hoped that in the year 1951 all citi-
zens %%~uld ma~e a ~o~nt of atte~din~ Oouncm~ meetzng~ so ~hat
they can see where their money is going,
~ith reference to street lights he said that these were
constantly being added and that the fixed charge for each one
is ~22~00 a year.
There being no old business the insLai!a~ion of the three
· ~ ~,~ ~ + ~ ~ S~oo~ and ~r~ ~ood -
re-sleeted Cam_missioners ~ .ar ~= ~r~n~o~ ,~ ·
was proceeded with.
The City Clerk ad~---inistered the oa~ of office 5o them.
This was followed by the election of a ~dayor, Mr. ~urinton
saying he would no~ vale for hi. elf this time.
Mr~ Shook made a moticn~ seconded by Mro~ood, that ~r~
Purinton be re-elected ~ayor, ~otion passed unanimously,
Mr~ ~urinson said he had not much to say except that ks
was gratified by the vase of confidence~ and was glad that the
a~.~ worKe~ together during zheir 5erm of africa.
Councilmen had ]~ '
~ro Shook said ks did no5 ~nvyyl~r~ Purinton the job.
~r. ~erkal said that ~r~ ~urL~ton had pul in at least a
good half of each day on City business for all of us~ using his
' uhts fact should be ~o?~ and
time~ money and gas~ and tna5 ~ '
appreciated,
~4
Greenwood
~r~ ~oasph~/csiled for a rising vote of appreciation from
all citizens prssent for the City Co~iasionerS for the work
they ha~ done for the Citz durin~ the last t~o
~. Pu~iaton ~ema~ea that the ~ayo~ ~ ~ say than
anybody, But has often to take the rap, He pleaded with the
citizens to attend Comcil meetings~ saying that any suggestions
He expressed gratification
or criticism would ~e appreciated.
at being a member o~ the Co~c~l,' and added that any man who
becomes Mayor is going to make enemies as he cap~ot please
everybody~ He said that ~o ch~ges are bei~ made in City
govern~nt excepting that the Street De~rtment is coming under
a different head from n~ on~ Our Water DepartmenD has ~own
so fast that Jo~. Rauierson will devoZe his whole ti~ to it,
and the S~reet Department formerly handled by him will n~- be
headed by John Bell, who will work on the roads, a~ three or
four days a month will read wazer ~0ers~
DiscUssing the Casino the ~la~or said that one of the City's
employees will be sent over there as a watch~n until it haz
$.haD the C_ty ~zl~ try to
been decided what to do with it; ~ ~' ~ '"
prove it~ and that it is certainly noz going to be leased or
sold, in spite of zhe ~diculous r~ors being circulated~re-
garding ~.ts disposal~
He asked if anyone had any su~estions for making the Casino
more attractive ~
Mrs~ Chapman said a swiping pool would be most desirable
as often something is wrong with the water and ~uy children
go to places where there is ~ pool, as they c~not swim ~less
the water is smooth. She suggested at least a s~ll pool ~or
the s~ller children.
· ~ - bu~ldz.~g of a '~ ~
Mr. L.G.Barnette cb~ec,ea to the ' ~ '~ sw~m~ing
pool a5 the Casino, saying that since the ocean was God's Eift
to man, why ~o~ ~s~
The 5,iayor said ~ny people preferred a pool to the ocean
especially for their children.
~!r. Joseph Greenwood said ~grs. Kay Birkhead wou~ like
have the Casino and the l~ayor said there had already been nDne
applicants for it. He added that a swiping pool would certa~n~
ly be a grea5 asset and was practically a necessity under the
, ~- 000
presenz condition of the ~aoh; that it vmuld cost about
and the City would continue to work on ~he idea~2Hs s~id the
City would be very happy to get ~ beach, th~ ~ hurricane
having tak~ most of ours away, but asked where the necessary
$11~000 was coming from.
The Mayor said th~ in future bi-monthly reports were to
be asked for from the Police, Water, Street aha Building Depart-
ment~ heeds, so that the citizens would know ~at b~d been~ ~g°ing
on. He added that our little term is the only one arounu
which has not increased its taxes; th~ we have more efficient
service in our Police Department than we have ever had before,
including a finger-print expert, radio, ene.; that the valua-
tion of real estate as reoorted this week has risen from two
and a half million to oMe~ seven million dollars~ and that next
year our Budget must be raised.
~r. Seegitz expressed tha~s for wha~ ~he Mayo~ and Couneil~
men had done and described the aiministration as moat efficient.
~ Griffith spoke of the difficmltias he had experLencad
of the
mn oumld~, g his new h~me on accounv of the inefficiency
m~a to whom he had entrusted the job, and ~L~ose many mistakes
had been pointed out to him by the contractor ~o whom the job
had now been givan, pro~ng how necessary it was that the City
have s tight Building Code. MroGriffith asked ~r. Greenwood~
Building in~oector~ to inspect the work and to give his opinion,
+b ~ ~ . - license
saying ~at ~.~reenwood could recommend that the man~s
be temporarily suspended, thus helping ~ome otker person ~rhaps
who found D~mself in tha same position.
~r. Greenwood said he wculd raceme_end a temporary
in %~iting mutil the mistakes had been corrected,
Mr, Shook suggested suspending the man~s license
he did any further damage.
It was decided
~ork '~
ou~ the matter
before
that ~=. Grzf~n and mr. Gree,~cod shomld
between them,
Police Chief Carver read a retort covering his Department
for +w~e period from December 18 to this afternoon. Ha said
- d
he nope that everyone would co-operate with the nolice by giv-
ing them a call whenever they saw someone arom~_d who was un-
doubtedty a stranger and a prowter~ or anyone so~cz~zno w~.thou~
a permit signed by the Police Chief,
The ~ayor asked citizens present what, in their opinion,
should ~e done to improve Boynton, There was no r~spone.
~r~ Hood remarked that the parking lines downtov~m are very
faded and suggested getting them marked plainer.
Polica Chief Carver said there were fewer accidents since
the lines had faded out as people now take plenty of space to
park~ and have no trouble basking out-
Under these circumstanssS it was agreed that the lines
should remain as is for the time being~
During a discussion on the Scarborough family~ the ~ayor
said the matter was being taken care of, but that the City
definitely will nov underwrite any plan in that connection in
view of t he ~
zac~ that all previous unde~,~ritings by the City
had been failures. The house will cost about ~2,000 to finish,
and a collection all over to~ will be ~de~ Rev~ Nurray Day
has been elected Treasurer and will handle ~tl money received
in such a way as to stretch it over the time that ~ii elapse
before the widow begins to rec~iv~ her ail~vance of approx~
imately $127~00 a month from the State~ The City b~s no Poor
Fund as heretofore it has not had any poor people, and donations
may be left either at the City Hall or with ~r~ Day~ ~ean-
while the family has been presented with a
Nr. Seegitz said his wife, who is President of the
Club, has been hoping that the cemetery would have been
off, ready for the landscaping which the Club wished to
=arda~.
levelled
begin,
The Mayor said the City Dm d been offered 2,000 yards of
fill and it was hoped thav the work would be carried ouo in the
near future; that it was the responsibility of the City and
had been under discussion for about foyr years.
z~erKel suggested asking ~ne Vetera~.,s
puny for a price for doing the ~,%ork~ which
s.~ao~a not take more thee,_ a d '~
ay.
Const ruction Corn-
Shook said
~ Seegitz drew avzenvion to what he considered to be
a lack of fire plugs ~
- ~n the district where he iives~
The ~,,a~:or sa-;d 52 hydrants were on order and would be
Theo~y~'~ ~"~e_~k~ read an a~ptication for the position of
Eiecvrical !nspec~or_from_ Edgar J, ~,~h~me~_s~r.~ ' -~
It was ~.e~_a~a to name hi~ as vemporary inspecvor 3.ntii
such ~,_ma as ~.r~ Crcwley had recovered s,~e~' ~' ~"~-
u.~c~e_.uu~y from his
to
be
%o ~e~urn 5o his ~ob~
Lfr~ Hood moved and k~r~ Shook seconded
should be compensated for vhe work ,be ; ~
t'
na~, }Jr. Greenwood
done so fa~ for
~-~y ~!erk drew attention vo ~v~u= ~
taxes ~ · ~ ~ ~l~ys Thisman for ~
~ga~,~s~ F.~, and c ~ ~eye~ ~ 1950,
noon ~de a mot~os~ =~.o~d~- oy ~*~ ~f ~'o ~ + the
...... ~ .....e~l ~ha~
~t, ~b~ the t~xe~ ~ e ~ -~.
of
A discussion on filing cabinets for the ne;~' real estate
se5u[_ follov,~ed- The City 31erk said a file-~,¥itk locks ~'omid
be ~b~al~eo =_r ~±_=.0u~ and a __~ep~oof one for ~233.35
that the pressnz c~zs hsd no locks ar:d was nov flreproof~ and
that full credit would be allowed for it if it wes turned in
The Mayor suggested getting prices from other Companies.
The City 3ierk read Ordinance No.2~3, amending Ordinance
No.l?5~ This was the second and final reading.
~,,~ Shook made a motion~ seconded by M~.Hood~ that
Ordinance No.223 be accepted as read. ~otion tmssed.
The matter of the Mack dump truck was then discussed,
kr~ ~ood saying that a new one was mos~ necessary~ no~ only
on acco~uv of the expense of keeping the presenz one up~ but
also because of the loss of man labor involved,
The ~ayor reco~mended sending requests for bids for ~
new truck out a~ once, ~o save time.
Mr. Bell asked about tires for the
Hood said they had b~en ordered through
be delivered as they came in.
fire truck and i~
gacksonvilis and would
~[r~ ~isrkel raised the ~ueszion of a telephone for Sg-o~
~arshall ~
The ~ayor said the men are on 12-hour duty, and Sg~0.
~!arshali leaves his car o~.tside his house~ with the radio
turned off, vdt±lie eating his di~_~_er~ and cannot then 'ce reached
except by telephone. He does nov take a regular dinner homr~
H~ sama v=e telephone womld cost about ~-
~.p 00 a mont~, and
reco~ended that it be pro~ded.
~r. Hood made a motion, seconded by ~r. Provinoe~ that a
telephone be put in S~to ~arshall~s home~ the City to pay the
minimLun charge: but no long distance calls. Motion imssed~
Mr. Hood referred ye the police car which had been bought
until a regular police car could be obtained, and asked whether
the City wanted to get a regular one at the presen~ time.
The Mayor asked which the City needed most~ a police car
or the truc~.
Mr. ~ro~_nce said that since the truck cost so much money
to opera~e, and the present police ear was satisfactory, he
considered that the truck should ha~e priority.
h~ ooinion~ said
The Chief of Police~ when asked for
he guessed it should be the
Mr~ Purinton again earnestly asked that the citizens
attend the C~uncil meetings and criticise anything that d&~s
not meet with their approval, as otherwise it is impossible
for vhe Comucil to know their wishes~
At this point the meeting was adjourned by the Mayor until
the following Thursday, January ~.
The meeting was resumed at 7.30 P.M., yanuary $,
all Councilmen present.
City Attorney Griffith read in full
A RESOLL~ION AUTHORIS/NG THE, ISSUANCE OF
$228,000 WATER ~UE BONDS OF ~E ~
OF BO~N ~ACH, ~OR~A, ~D ~o~D!NG
FOR ~E ~GHTS OF T~ HO~S ~OF.
Upon motion of Mt. Shook, seconded by Mr, Province,
Resolution was adopted unanimously.
1951, with
this
-9
Following the foregoing authorisation of the issuance of
$225,000 Water Revenue Bonds of the City of Boynton Beach,
City ~_ttorney Griffith read a Resolution covering the offer
of Thomas N. Cook & Company tO purchase these Bonds.
Upon motion of M~r.Hood, seconded by Mr. Merkle, this
Resolution was unanimously adopted.
- lO
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned
by the ~ayor.
Mayor.
City Clerk.
T~tIS ,t~g~OLDYION PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS
1951
the
~d
the
Syztel~ of the City
?~ Lin~ P6~ of 6~ ~ln ~ Bcyut~m-Delr~ Sc~el P~ ~ W~otb~i~ht
5100 Lin. F%o *f 6~ ~ ~ Xn~'~h ~tr~t fr~a ~lb~ht Av~n~ to L~k~
~v~
'~t~ T~ t~ ~e City~ ~ ~ p~ ~ the
City ~hy
per a~¢~
%
RE$0LUT~!ON pASSED ;J~D ADOPTED THIS STH'D~i OF ~%NuART, 1951.
~ST~TE OF FLORIDA )
)
COUNTY OF P~ BEACH )
CITY OF BO~VNTON BEACH)
SS
I do :s~lemn!y swea~ (or affirm) that I will
support, pret'ect and defend th~ Constitution and Govern~
me_ut ef the United States,~ the State ef l~lorida~ and of
the City ef Boynten Bemch~ that I mm duly q~allfied to
h~ld of£ice under the laws of the State of Florida, the
charter and l~ws of the City of Boynton Beach, ~nd that I
will well and faithfully perform the duties ~f the City
Ceuncilm~n of the City upon which I am about to onter~ so
help m~ Ged~
Subscribed and sworn to before
m~ this ~d day ef January, 195~.
~T~TF DF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH )
CITY OF BOYT~TON BFACH~
SS
I ~o solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
~jo_~szitution amd Govern-
summorz~ mrotect and defend the ~ m
ment of th~ United Stetes~ the S~te of Florida,. .and of
the City of Boyn~on each~ that I am duly q~elmfm~d zo
hold office under the laws of the State of ~lorid~ the
charter and laws of the City of Boynton Beseh~ and zhat I
will well and faithfully merform the duties of the City
Councilman of the City umon which I ~m about ~o enter~ so
helm me God~
Su~scribed and sworr zo ~e~o~e
~e o~ms 2nd~ day of jcnuary~
Not or~ ~ublic
STATE OF FLORIDA
C05~Ty OF PALM BF~ACH
C ITT 0F BOYNTON BF~CH
SS¸
i do eolemnly swear (or affix) that I wilt
~uppop~, protect and defend the Constitution and Govern-
ment of the United States~ the State of ~lorida~ and oF
the City oF Boynton Beach~ that I am duly qualified ~c
hold of£~ce under the laws of the State of Florida, the
ch~te~ and laws of tho City of Boynton Beoch, and that
will well and faithfully pePf~m the duties oF the City
Councilman of the City upon which I am about to ente~, so
help me God.
_Subscribed and sw.~n to before
m~ this 2ndLday of ~a
- ~ nua~y~ 195~.
~Y commis~ipn expi~ee~ -
~TATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PAL~ BEACH
CITy OF B07fNTON BEACH~
~S
I_~ the undersigned~ having been duly elected as
~ayer~ and alse as President ef the City C~cil~ of the
City cf B~to~ Beach~ Pl~ida~ d~ solem~!y sw~a~ (e~ ~Fi~)
tha~ i wl!l suppe~t, P~etect ~d d~end the Constitutio~. and
~v~ent ~F the United Stat,s, the State ~F Fl~da, ~d
of the City ~f B~t~n Beach: tha~ I ~ duly qualified t~
hold *ffic~ ~de~ the laws of th~ State of FloPida~ th~
Cha~er a~d laws ~f the City ef Bo~t~ Beach, ~d that I
will well ~ud faith~lly p~rfo~ the duties ~F Nayor~ ~d
~e~idsnt ~f th~ City COuncil of the City upen which I ~m
about to ~nter, so help me Ged~
Snbscrlbed and sw~n to bef~me
me this Znd~ day ef Ja~ua~y~ 1951.
- ~Y ~°mm~lesi~_ expires:
S~TATE OF FLORIDA )
CO~R~TT OF PALN BEACH )
C!TT OF BO~TON BEACH )
SS.
I, the undersigned, having been duly appointed as
Chief of Police of the City of Boynton Beach~ Florida, do
solemnly swear Cot affirm) that I will support, p~otect and
defend the Constitution and Goverr~nen~ of the United States~
the State of Florida, and of the City of Boynton Beach; that
I am duly qualified to held office unde~ the laws of the State
of Florida, the charter and laws o£ the City of Boynton Beach,
and that
of Police
me God.
I will well and faith*ully e ~
- P r~orm the duties of Chief
of ~he City upon which I am about no enter~ so help
Subscribed and swor~n to before
me this 2nd day of January, l~$1~
~Y com~isslon ex~l~es~
STAX OF FLORIDA
COIR~Ty OF PAL~.~ BEACH
CITY OF BO!-NTON BEACH
SS,
I, the undersigned, having been duly appointed as
Municipal Judge of the City of Boynton Beach~ ~lorida~ do
solemnly swea~ (or affirm) that I will ~upport, protect and
defend the Constitution and Gevernment of the United Statee~
the State of Florida~ and of the City of Boynton Beach; that
I am ~ly qualified to hold office under the laws of the State
of Fleridm, the cha~ter and laws of the City of Boynton Bemch~
and tha~ t will well and fAith~ully pe~for~ the duties of
~.funicipal Judge of the City upon which t am abou~ to enter, so
help me God~
Subscribed an8 sworn to befome
me this ~n~ day of January, 1981.
Notary Public
~y commis~ion 9xpi~?~:
-" ' ~ Y52.