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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01141952Adjourned meeting continued Motion by Councilman Ellingsen ~h~ch was seconded by Councilman Dahlstrom the City erk's salary to be ~200.00 per month.carried. Salary for the Chief of Police to be $250.00 per month on motion by Councilman Ellingsen~; and seconded by Councilman Sembler and carried. Councilman Dahlstrom told the Council that Miss Len'ora Park has requwsted the City Council set a price on lots i to 8 block I of W.AoMartin S/D, which are now owned by the State of Florida and after discussing the matter it was moved by Councilman Sembler and secondedc~by Councilman Nash that the waityand meet with Miss Park before a d$cision be nen- dered .carried. It was moved by Councilman Sembler and seconded by Councilman Ellingsen that starting with !'he New Year the Council hold two m~etings a month,said meetings to be held on the 2nd. and *th Mondays of ~he month. First m~e~etlng to be held the 14th day of January~ an~l~-t~A~ every ~woeks ~h~o~fl~ Carrie~. (.~.~ It was moved by Councilman' that the Clerk write Bad Sims a letter inviting him to meet with the City Council to discussproperty lines and Taxes,Same was seconded by Councilman Dahlst rom. Carried. The Clerk was instructed to confer to the International Safety Equipment Co Repre- senative that the City Council is not ready to negotiate a deal at this time for the new spDed control machine. It was moved by Councilman Sembler and seconded by uouncilman ~llingsen that if Babson was at Babson Park and could be reached,Mr Middletonwould be secured to make trip see Mr Babson account of the five bonds he is still holding of the 1939Issue. carried. 'D~e Mayor proclaimed Monday December'24,lg51 a holiday along with Christmas for all City employees. There being no more business meeting adjourned. Clerk Regular Meeting January 14,1952. ~ieeting called to order by President Sweatt. Those present were Mayor Shaffer,President Sweatt,Coumcilmen Sembler,Elllngsen, Dahlstrom and Nash. James T Vocelle,attorney also present. ~linutes of the last meeting read and approved as corrected. Bills payable for December approved by Finance Committee were ordered paid on ion by Councilman Ellingsen and seconded by Councilman Dahlstrom. Carried. Councilman Ellingsen reported that ~'~rs C~niff had reported her toilet was not working right and the septic tank was also leaking. The Clerk was instructed to write letter to Mrs Ruffner and report said conditions as she being the owner of said property. Councilman Dahlstrom tol'd the Council that the ~'lremen were taking 3hours instruction each night for five nights on all phases of fire fighting and handling equipment. Fresident Sw~att appointed the following Comittees. S~reet,Parks & Cemetery Finance Sanitation Street Lighting Fire Department ~ppraisal 'Chairman Semhler " Dahlstrom and Sembler " Ellingsen and I~ash " Nash and Ellingsen " Dahlst~om and Nash " Council Body City Clerk was instructed to have the Police chief secure names of all the sign owners so they can be notified as to ~he restriction~ on same.The City ~ttorney was asked to m~ke up an amendment to exclude Church signs. It was moved by Councilman Sembler and seconded by uouncilman Ellingsen that the Clerk and ~nspectors of the City Elections ~e paid seven dollars Clerk was instructed to investigate the p0esibil~ies of obtaining stop signs for ~reets where they intersect the Highway. It was ~oved by Councilman Ellingsen a~d seconded by Councilman Sembler that Mr Moyal lver ~e given ~%i~lng permit.Carried. Cou$cil~a'~as~ked the Council to instruct Cl~rk to get prices from the well drillers for a three and four inch well for t he Cenetary. Meeting of January 14th.Continued. It was moved by Councilman Sembler and seconded by Councilman Dahlstrom that the lty purchase enough marl for drive in the City park to be used by Fire '£ruck and to be paid from general fund.~arried. Due to accidents which haweoccured at Main street crossing at'Florida East Coast Hy the Council instructed the City Attorney to write the ~'lorida East Coast My to widen said crossing to remove said hazzard. Clerk was instructed to secure price of large drain tile for ditch at martin ave and Highway number 1. Mr J.R.Middleton reported to the City Council that he ~tad interviewed Mr Babson as to the sale of the five bonds that he still holds of the 1939 issue,and that he had received a letter from ~Jlr Babson and turned letter over to city.After discussing the buying up of the Babson bonds Councilman Sembler moved that the city buy said bonds and Councilman Elllngsen seconded said motion. Carried. Said bonds to be purchaAed at $850.00 per bond and City to pay intrest of said bonds up to April 1,1952. it was moved by Oouncilman ~llingsen and seconded by Councilman Jembler that the City of Sehastian reemburse ~r ~liddleton the amount of ~20.10 for services rendered on the Babson ~onds,~arried. There being no more business meeting adjourned. Clerk ~eeting of January 28,1952 ~eeting called ~o order by P~.e~ident Swcatt. Those present were Mayor Shaffer,President Sweatt and Councilmen Sembler,Ellingsen, Dahlstrom and Nash. There being no corrections ~he.~inu~es of ~he las~ m~eting were approved as read. Bills a~ountin~!~ to $188.43 which were approved by ~he fi~ance committee were ordered paid on mot~.on by Councilman Ellingsen and seconded 'by' CouDcilman Nash. carried. Mayor gave the folowlng report to t~e City Council,o~ the Police Department, Number tickets issued from D~cember 18 to Jan~.~ary 28 47. Warnings 10,Fines $825.00 Milage on police car 1,979.Gas consumed 136 gal totaling 14.5 miles per gal. operation expense $104.48 salary e×cluded. It ~as moved by Coun. cilman Dahlstrom and seconded by Codncil~nan Sembler that the Clerk include said report in the minutes of this meeting. Carried, Aletter to the Sebastian Baptist Church asking the repair of the side walk in front o2 the Church property which had been broken by heavy trucks delivering material was ordered written by the Clerk on request by CounCilman Sembler who reported to the Council that 40 feet of side walk had been damaged. The Clerk was also instructed to write a letter to Mrs ~raswell as to the condition of the septic tank on her property. ~ud l~.Sims to be notified by letter inviting him to meet with the uity Council at the second ~eeting in ~ebruary which being 'the 26th of February. in order to have the City Books ~ought !J up to date as to taxes and description. k letter from ~r Bah'son was read in answer to letter written him by the City Clerk pertaining.to five bonds which are held by ~r ~abson,the same to be turned in to the City some ti~e in ~pril due to the efforts of Mr J.R.Eiddleton in contacting ~r ~abson to pick said bonds for ret~irment.It was woved by oounciln~an Sembler and seconded by ~ouncilman Ellingsen that Er ~iddleton be sent a.lctter of thanks from the City for uivic services rendered.'~arried. The clerk was authorized ~o purchase 2 volumns of ~'lorida S~ate Statutes from Tallahassee for City Hall use at a cost of $12.50 on motion 0y oouncilman $~;~mbler and s~ seconded by ~ounc~lman Dahlstrom.~arried. It was moved by ~ouncilman ~llingsen and seconded by ~ouncilmaK~ ~i'ash that the City pay telephone bill for police calls on Chief Adam's telephone in order for ~hief Adams to keep hi~s~n~ep~h~e.carried..~_,~~ There be lng no business mss.ting ad,~our,~~,l , ~n-e" d~~ Clerk L~e~s. Counci 1