Minutes 04-30-47MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
CITY COMMIsSIONERs HELD ON
A special meeting of the City Commissioners of the City of Boynton
Beach was held at the City Hall on April 3et!, 19~?. The following
Commissioners were present:
~aut Mercer, Mayor
B. V. Tattersall~ Vice Mayor
Clarence Benson~ City Clerk
.A request by Ralph Wade was brou ht bef
a %iq~or license transfe ~,~ .~ g _ ~ore the meetin for
and Package Store Ink ~-J~ ~ na~,~e or ~alph Wade to R~lnh,~
~ ~o ~ ±~cor O~ator
Lo~ksle Thom~ · P _s of which are ,
Y son and R - B.J. ~eak
the · · ~ ~ . alpn Wade. Decis o - . ;. '
Commission pending further investigati~n~ on thms was w~thheld by
Commission approval w
~the . as requested fo- re
Tax Roll in - mova! of t
~ . Casa Loma S axes from
~partIcularly Lots ~ ~ 6 m ~2=n~ ~wned by F. L. Purinton - mor~
~iwas Cit~-own~ ~$ '~' ~ ~u ~gr the reason tha '' - ~
~+u~ ~ -, ~ .... ~ eanuary ±- le~ o ...... ~ tnls proper~y
.~.u~ ~epu~y Clerk was re-u~-~^~'~-~ ~' ~J auu~on or the Commis~in,
.... ~ ~ourna± entry.
Mrs. Ella Adams requested that the assessed valuation on Lots
10-13 Incl. Blk 10 and Lots 8~18 Incl. Blk 20 be decreased to
rova!.19~5 valuationBy aetionf°rofthethe reason that it was increased without Commission
valuation of SgO. Commission~ such valuation was reduced to
Authorization was requested by Itl Garnett to charge to Error'in
~essmen~ the taxes on orooerty owned b him
in. Bowers Park, Lot ~
2~ L~t !6~ Block 8~an~ Lot 16 Bloc~ ?$ which property he had
, Deputy~rOm the State on January 30, ~9~ By action of the Commission.
Clerk was authorized to remove the tax from the 19~6 Tax Roll.
Mr. V. G. Weaver requested a check in the amount of $2.88 whieh~
~ to the Aud'it repor~ was an overpayment of 1955 taxes~
CommissiOner $2.88.auth°rized that a check be made out to Mr. Weaver in the
Mr2 Leo Rosen requested by letter tha
~ ~e reason that they were count?2~f~~ ~n_Deweys ~/D be.abated'
~ac~ion of the Commissionl the nf~-~~ ~s o~ ~anuary 1~
~$move such tax by Journal ~ _ ~u~y u±erK was authorized to
ntry.
M~. C. Stant~y Weaver requested an adjUStment of tax valuation on
.property - more Particularly in Original Town ?f Boynton, Blo~ 1
: 6 and 7 ' for the reason the 1956 taxes were increased over the
~ taxes ~thout Commission approval.
~tion Of the Commission $=~ ~ . He also requests a $$.00 refund.
Weaver the $$.0 ~ , ~ ~pu~? Clerk was authorized to refund
valuation.- 0 _~,d also ~educe tae valuation in line ~ith the
~ bid was received by the Commission for a Receiving Chamber and
Pump house. This wa~ withheld by the Commission pending further
investigation,
A letter was received from the Chamber of Commerce in reference
to the placing of signs at the Boynton Beach Casino. Such letter was
discussed imf u l! but no action was taken.
An "Acceptance Of Electric Franchise Ordinance ~o. 199 by
Florida Power & Light Company" was received and signed by De~utyCity
Clerk on the 2%th day of April, 19~7 and the City seal was affixed.
Such "Acceptance "reads as follows:
0RD~E ~0. 19~ B~
April 23, 1947
City of Beyntoa Bec~
The Florida Power & Ligh~ C~a~ does hereby aacept Ordinance
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~o,~ o~' ~ )
This iu~% is file4 wi~h ~he City Clerk of ~he City of
~ Fieri~la, lm a~e~da~ee ~iSJa the previsions of Section
C~-{~-23rd ~ of ~, I947, before me, ~ ~ Fab~Xe ~
~d f~ the S~ of ~, ap~ ~ H. ~T~, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~, ~d a~l$ t~ ~ e~ ~d ~s~nt as Vice ~esidsn2
~ is ~ ee~ se~ of ~d oo~tion ~ ~s ~y ~f~ ~
S~te of ~o~ at ~ge
I he~ a~e ~ei~ of ~e a~ ~e~oe ~ ~e
~o~ P~r & St C~Bf $~ce No. 199 · ~
~, ITS S~O~ ~ A~I~S, ~ ~O
~SE, ~ ~S~G P~SI0~ ~ ~0~
~d ce~ ~at I ha~ fil~ ~e s~ f~o~ ~ ~e f~I~ cf ~e
City of ~n ~h, ~, ~s ~ ~/~y of Ap~ 1947.
puty City Clerk of the Ci~ of
Boynton Beach, Florida
Mr. Mercer made a motion, seconded byMr. Benson, with all
Commissioners voting aye that the following bills be paid.
Parker Ward
Jeff Mi!Iines
Lee Oliver
James Taylor
Leonard Harris
Lee Thomas
Arthur Jones
Willie Simmons
Willie Walker, Jr.
Mary Louise Browne
William Deal
Parker Ward
Jeff Millines
Lee Oliver
Js~mes Taylor
Leonard HarrSs
Lee Thomas
Willie Simmons
Willie Walker, Jr.
Willie Williams
Nary Louise Browne
Harry Hill
Harvel & Woolbright
Parker Ward
Jeff Millines
Lee Oliver
James Taylor
Leonard HarrSs
Lee Thomas
Willie Simmons
Willie Walker, Jr.
Willie Williams
Mary Browne
Carolyn Bowers
Collector of Internal RevenSe
Petty Cash
Railway Express Agency
Arthur Cook
John J. Fredericks
Parker Ward
Jeff Millines
Lee Oliver
James Taylor
Leonard Harris
Lee Thomas
Willie Simmons.
Willie Walker, Jr.
Willie Williams
Mary Louise Browne
Carolyn Bowers
Paul Mercer
B. V. Tattersall
Amount
$ 32.80
~0,00
33,00
33.oo
32.80
32.80
33.oo
32.80
29.10
2¥.80
6.OO
32.80
~0.00
33.00
33.00
27.00
32.80
32.80
29.10
32.80
11.2~
21.70
600.00
~2.80
0.00
33.00
33.00
32.80
32.8o
32.8o
2~.10
32.80
12.75
26.75
~35.70
~3.8t
183¥.89
11.66
2~.00
~2.80
0.00
33.00
33.oo
27.00
32.80
32.80
29.10
27.OO
27.30
2?.30
50.00
¢o.oo
Amount
Clarence Benson
Claude McCoy
Ruth Hughes
HOtlandMay
Arthur Cook
A. C, Carver
Jo.hn Raulerson
0. S. Heaton
Herbert C. Link
Vaughn & Wright
The Lake Worth Herald Press
Himes and Himes
Halsey & Griffith, Inc.
Herbert C. Link
A. C. Carver
Firemen payroll
John A Dodd Co.
Hood's Auto Service
Harvel & Woolbright
Ross Garage
Marty's Service Station
Boynton Beach Electric Shop
BoyntonCentral Nursery
Fla. Power & Light Co.
Jurney'S Repair Shop
Palm Beach Typewriter Co.
Shaw Brothers 0il Co.
~enoher & Myers
Aunt Sally's Lunch Room
Boynton Beach Hotel Dining Boom
Andrew R. Bernie
Wylma $1avens
Clara %~ite
llice Shepard
S. P. Adams
Hill's Hardware
Cameron & Barkley Co.
Mercer's Service Station
Total
$ 50.00
5o. co
1¥8.8o
202.20
261+. 20
191+.30
189.20
98.1+0
189.20
1+0.26
12.5o
326.20
11.60
37~36
15.71
58.00
269.51+
11.85
35.oo
209.95
3.25
5.~2
58.0o
277.11+
12. O1
262.50
179.86
l~+.oo
¥,05
1+.75
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
7.60
3.¥1
10.80
7805.27
After a short discussion~ motion was made by Mr. Tattersal!
and seconded by.Mr. Benson t~.a letter be written to Mr. i. V.
Peterson regardlng~im~rep~¢p~Rmch have come to light since and during
the audit. The Commission ruled that in that letter Mr. Peterson will
be given l0 days to clear up.the matters in question and if not~ the
situation will be presented to Mr. Roebuck~ the County Solicitor~ for
further action.
Colored Town was the next topic of the meeting with the res~3~t that
the Commission ruled that something must be done immediately to improve
the unsanitary conditions. It was decided that a letter be written to
Messrs. A. Wacksm~n: Dr. N. M. Weems, and J. J. Williams instructing that
immediate action be taken to install sanitary toilet facilities in
RES OLL~TION
Upon motion by Commissioner Tatt~rsall and seconded
by Commissioner Benson th~ following resolution was
duly ~passs~ ~nd adoDted:
Authorizing the ~ayor and the City Clerk of and on
behalf of the Ci~ of Boynton Beach to ~ke application
to the Co~issione~s of Palm ~ach Co~ fom duplicate
certificates in lieu of the originals described
and for the fol!ow~g
Pa~t T~ ~le Certificate No. 1~885 dated
the ~tn~y of Ju~ 192V ~tne sum 0f
aisc Par~ T~ Sale ~e~if~cate No. ~289~
dated the 7th day of Au~st~ !95~ in the sum
of $5.~V covering the followi~ proper~
to wit:
Lot 9, Blo0k 5~ Bowers Park
Section BS~ Township 45,
1o That said Part Tax Sale Certificates were
pure.based by the City of Boynton Beach.
B. That said Part Tax Sale Certificates, or
any interest therein have not been hypothecated,
sold, assigned, transferred or delivered by
the City of BoyntonBeach and have received no
consideration therefor.
3. That said Part Tax Sale Certificates have been
lost or destroyed and t'b~t we ha?e mad~ diligent
search and are unable to locate said certificates.
4. Tibet if duplicate Certificates are issued in
lieu thereof and the originals should at any time
be located, the same will be surrendered to
Clerk of the Cimcuit Court of Palm Beach County
for canoeilation.
5. TP~t we the Nayor arid City Clerk ae~_uowledge
ourselves and our successors in office held
and firmly bound unto J. A~ex Arnette, Clerk
of the Circuit Court ?f Palm ~aeh Cou~t~ and
his successors in office~ ~n the sum of
being double the amount of the value oF said
Tax Certificates, for payment whereof well and
tru!v to be made, we bind ourselves and successors
in office Firmly by these Presents should s~id
Certificates be presented by ~ny person whomsoever,
assigned or otherwise, for paymen~ or application
For T~x Deed thez~eon.
Passed and adopted at Boynton Beach, Florida
this 30th day ofAprzl,' 19z~Vo
The foregoing is
approved this 30th
day of April, 194T~
~ Or
~y~o~ - oommi~
Colored Town and that if no action is taken in the very near future,
condemnation proceedings would be brought against them.
The Commission passed and adopted the following resolution
requesting the Clerk of the Circuit Court to issue duplicat~ part
tax sale certificates No'si 1368~ and $~289 which could not be
lo,md, and which had been requested for redemption by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court. The resolution reads as follows:
There being no further business~ the Mayor declared
meeting ad journed. ~~~
Mayor
the
Vice Mayor
City Clerk