Minutes 06-03-41REGULAR ~EETING OF JUNE ~ 19~lo
A Regu!~ Meetin~ of the Boa~ of Town Commissioners
the To~ ~ B~nton~ Flomi~ was held at the T~ Eall
Tuesday afte~o~, June 3, 1941 at
Present: ~ed
~,. V. PstersOn, T~ C!e~k
The above co_s~,~tuting the entire Board of
missioners of the Town of Boynton, Florida.
The ml~-utes of the Regular ~eeting of Nay
Town Corn-
6th, 1941,
were read and approved as read.
Upo~ motion made by C0mmissione~ Weems, seconded by
Commissio~e~ Peterson and duly carried, the fol!owi~ bills
approved for payment:
Flo~ida Powe~ & Light Co $ 125.09
Austin Supply Company 9,19
~aulle Industries, Inc 60°00
Paul Mercer ........... 2?.86
Hood's Auto Service 36.36
A discussion was bad with M~. Lind~nann, Maintenance
Deot. of ~ W.E.C. ~ ~
, ~ne . ~y concerning the barricade being
erected on the west side of the tracks between ~slls and
Central Avenues. Mr. Lind~uun suggested contactinE ~/~,
Hoffm~n of the S~gnal Department to the end of mgving over
the signal pole llne to ~ke a wider thorofare
The
following lette~ was read:
"BO~rnto~, Florida.
June 1st 1941.
Gentlemen: .
Please accept ~ ~esig~ation ~om the ' ate~ Depa_~me~
' t e 13th '~ 'o¢ Jun~ 1941.
of the Tow~ ?f Boynton~ effective on .h Y ~
~d to do so~
(Sx~-) A.R. Cook ~'
~d ~. Cooks ~esi~tion was accepted with ~e~ets
expressed by ~embe~s of t~ Co~ission.
Applications were me, ired a~ ~ead fo~ the position
of Nate~ ~pemintendent f~ W~ston G. McGregor, Robert
Daug~ty~ Cl~enoe R. Be~n ~d J, R. Eic~sOn.:
Vice-Mayom Weems stated that he ~d c~e~lly considered
ths applications of the f~a~ applicants ~d~de a motion that
C~renoe R, Benson be appo~ut?d W~ Supe~endent ~d BulldOg
Inspectom at a salary of ~100.00 pe~ month effective J~e 14th,
1941 ~ that ~. B~nsou spend ~e week pPio~ to such date
~t haL~ ~y, in order to faEilia~ize himself with the wo~.
~s mormon _~s seceded by Co~is~ion~ Pete~s~ an~ duly
Pe~ission was ~anted the Townsend Club to e~ect neat
si~s at either end of the alley in back of the To,~send Club
build~g designeting the Alley as "Townsend ~e~.
The fol!~ing pPopos~_ O~din~nce was placed ~ it's
f~st ~eedi~:
O~iN;~CE NO. 1VT.
AN ORDINANCE OF T~ CI~ ~ BORON BEACH,
FLORIDA FOR T~ CONTROL A!~ ~I~NATiON OF FIRE
~ZA~S ~ FOR T~ FURTheR CONTROL A~ ELIb~NATIO~
OF MOSQUITOES~ A~/OR ~H~ OBNOXIOUS ~SECTS ~
THR~GH T~ C~RING, C~I~G, Ai~ ~OVAL OF
pAI2~ETTOES, BUS~S, SHRUBS, VI~$, $CHUB 0R
W~M ~ 0R NATU~ GR0~H~, 0R ~H~I~, .I~T~0N
LU~ ~ ~/0R UNTE~ ~D/~ UNPRU~ C0h~ '~,~_
A~ ~ Acou~TION ~ ~ ~D/0R DR~ BRUSH
T~SH, ~/0R ~ ACC~W~TION 0F ~GNK, ~BI~, R~TING
WOOD ~ ~, ~0~ ~TONOBI~$ 0R P~S T~,
TIN C~S 0R C0h~.~S 0F ~ DESORI~ION, ~ DEC'RING
T~T THIS 0~INAN~ IS FOR T~ PR~ECTION ~ P~C
~TH ~ S~ ~' OITTZ~ ~ND PR0~E~ ~T~N T~
C~; ~ p~SGR~tNG P~S F~R T~ Vi0~TION 0F
T~ PR0~SI0~S ~ T~$ 0~IN~CE.
~ere berg no ~the~.bus~ess at the m~ent, the meet~
was ~ecess~ to J~e 1Vth, ~4~ ~.~9_9'o~~ P,~.; zt which
t~e, all ~bePs of the Co~ission beinR o~esent, Nmyor Bens~
a~in ca,led t.he meetin~~to order:
~. pomeroT ~a~oa~~ Cl~rk of Ocean Ridge,~?ho ~ o~e~ent,
~ advised ~ the Co~i~sion thst the cost of r~mov~ ga~bag~
from Ocean Ridge, if done ~ the To~ of Boynton, w~ld be $250.00
fo~ the y*~ begi~g November 1st, 19~l. t~, D~b~2 stated
he wou~ advise t~ Co~ssion~$ of Ocean Ridge ~ r,port their
acceptance or Pejection of the offer bef~e November.
It ~s ~n~ously a~eed to p~ce the ~Pbage truck
· ~der the supe~vision of M, H. P~t~ ~as~ch as ~. ~rtin
is the Heml th Y3aspecto[~.
The Nayomfs appointment of clarence R. Bermon as a
0 ' unanim~ously approved ~ud confirmed.
Special ffzoe~ was
No further business bein~g.~d:.'~ t_h~_m?.eting was recessed
to V:30 o,clook, same date, at which ti~e al~ rae~bems of the
Commission being pre~ent, the meeting wa~ ~in called to orders
5~.ayor Ben,on stated that tni~ recessed meeting was bsin~
held to determine whether or not it would be feasible at this time,
to start son~ action to enlist the creditors cooperation,
in the refinancing of the Town's debt.
The fo!lo~ing ~.e..er''~ was read:
~June 16th, 1941
To the ~or and Cozmmissioners
of the Town of Boynton,
Boynt on, Florida
Gentlemen:
I suggest that you have M~. Peterson, Clerk, secure the
names and addresses of e.ach and every creditor of the Town;
this to ~m~de al_ c~mto~s o~ w~teve~ k~d or nacre the
s~e m~y be, the ~ount' of %he~ b~li~iO~Twhtoh the t0~ owe~
each oF said. c~df~o~S,~t~e~-~o ~n~!~d~-i~t~est, costs,
and other c~ges, ~ah~ ~h~e~b~. ~t~ a~lett~ t~h~ be ad~essed
to each c~edi~ adVisin~ th~at the Eove~i~g ~tho~ity of ~e to~
~s concluded tO !e~ a sufficient miile~ a~inst ~he p~ope~y
of the t~-'~o~ c6v~r ~e~ s~ b0tal of the enti~e outbiddng
~eo~ess, adv~s~g ~aon c~e~it0~ t=e ~o~t of such inAmbbed
ness, ~les~ ~e creditors w~ll a~ee
~mo~t ~ to the fili~ ~ a ~petiti0n by the To~ ~der th~
b~k~$tcy law f~ a reduction of ~debte~e~S based upon the
abi!m~ of the toE to pay.
In addition to the above, ask ea~ creditor fo~ the
submiss!o~ of a p~ as is p~ov~ed fo~ ~ t~ b~ptcy law,
if they ~ve a p~n ~
At ~y rate, ask.each c~edmto~ to advmse the gove~g
autho~ty of ~he to~ ~ ~it~g ~nat the~ attitude is with
~espeo$ to this su~esSed p~oced~e.
Tou will, ~ co, se, expl~ to each of the o~edito~s
t~t ~ ~e x~l ~ll~ge ~ levied, t~t r~tu~al!y no t~es
at a~ ~li be ~i~ by ~y p~operty o~ers, and t~efo~e it
behooves the ore~to~s ~d each of them to jo~ ~ a procedure
as above suggested.
True en~gh, the ~yor ~ Co,oil c~ take the action
above suggest~ ~th~t notify~g t~ o~editors of the to~;
but it is my jud~e~t t~t in fairness to ~t conceded the
creditors sh~ be so ~otified. S~ce the Tov~ of Bo~ton
D~s a n~ber of weeks yet before it is required to ~ke up
the tax roll, it will t~s'give to the c~it~s ~d each of them
~ 0ppo~t~ity to be he~wd, e~th~p--~ D~r~on-'br b~y iette~.
in ot~e~ wo~, ~ueh n~t~e '!s-~ ~t~'~e'Fai~ness ~ the p~t '
of the go~i~g ~-Utho~it~ of the to~, ~.~ r view the situation.
Re'~pect ful~y sub~.itted ~
NTM:LCM
(Signed) Newman T. ~i!le~ ~
A general discussion tb~en followed with ~ number of
citizens of the Town of Boynton including Jo~ Jo
Ho Lo Owen, Clyde O. ~iller, E. H. Partin, C. H~
O. S. He~.ton and P~u! Eercer; zs well as ~r. Neon T.
Town ~ttorney ~d ~ J. H. ~dams, De!r~y Beach attorney
pro~rty o~ of Boynton~ ~d it was the unanimous op,!on of ali
persons prezent t~t the Co~ssioners should mot according to
the sug~ stions ~de by ~. Neon T. Niller.
Com~ssioner V~eems then ~zde a motion t~.t the
follow tD~ou~ with the suggestions as contained in 2~. 2~i!~r~s
letter, which motion was seconded by Co~ssio~r Peterson
un~imous!y carried.
Concerning the foreolosnr~ of State ~d County tax sale
certificates by C. 0. Miller agai~t the property described as
'f~ 440~ oF N 510,8~ of R 53g.8~ of GovT Lot 2 East oF
~. Nev~n T, ~%iller, ~,tty~ ~as instructed to stipulate with
~. C, 0. ~iller~s att~ney in a ma~ue~ to protect the town's
t~.xes on said property.
The~ be~ no further business the meeti~ adjourned,
Vice-
T~n ~