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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1978
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR. AT 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT: MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR., VICE MAYOR LEWIS GRAY, COUNCILMEN EVERETT T. GASS, JOHN R.
JOACHIM AND CLIFFORD HOOSE, AND MR. L. B. VOCELLE.
THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 13 AND PUBLIC HEARING OF FEBRUARY 21,
1978, WERE APPROVED.
MAi{CHON ROGEL OF THE "UNITED WAY" PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS
FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE LAST CAMPAIGN WHICH EXCEEDED ITS GOAL BY MORE THAN $9,000.: PAT FLOOD,
JR., WALLY OWEN, ANDY SCHWARTZ, DAVID WORTHEN, JOHN R. JOACHIM AND SANDY KING, REPORTER FOR THE
VERO BEACH PRESS JOURNAL.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO PAY FEBRUARY BILLS AMOUNTING TO
$30,491.69. CARRIED.
CARL SMITH OF SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS INDICATED HE HAD BEEN DESIGNATED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED ASPHALT PLANT TO BE LOCATED IN
THE CITY. HE STATED THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DOES NOT WANT SUCH A PLANT AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION
FOR MANY REASONS, BUT THAT HE WOULD TALK ONLY ABOUT WHAT PERTAINS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THE
AREA IN QUESTION IS ZONED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. HE FELT, HOWEVER, THAT 45 TONS OF BATCH IS NOT
"LIGHT". FURTHER, THE ZONING ORDINANCE STATES "LIGHT MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL PLANTS EXCEPT
THOSE EMITTING NOISE, LIGHT, SMOKE, DUST, FUMES OR OBNOXIOUS OR HARMFUL ODORS BEYOND THE PROPERTY
LIMITS, OR CAUSiNG. AIR OR WATER POLLUTION IN A MEASURABLE DEGREE." HE FELT THERE WAS NO WAY IN
WHICH THE NOISE OF THE AGGREGATE MIXER AND THE ROARING DIESELS CAN BE MINIMIZED. E.P.A. REGU-
LATIONS MAY MINIMIZE THE FUMES AND DUST, BUT THE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE CLEAN QUIET CITY OF SEBASTIAN
SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO ANY OF T~PRQ-~L~E~NTED TO THE COUNCIL A PETITION OF 666
QUESTION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR. SMITH STATED HE H~D ~RESENTED A LIKE PETITION TO THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSIO~.~--~R. VOC~LLE ADVISED THE COUNCIL AT THE LAST WORKSHOP MEET-
ING THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE~q. IV~THrN'3 L~GALLYB~ORE THE COUNCIL, OR PENDING, RELATIVE TO
THE ASPHALT PLANT. HE RECOMMENDED 19LEwCOUN~IL AG~EPT ~4~ PETITION AND FILE IT WITH THE CLERK
UNTIL SUCH TIME THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING PENDING BEFO THE COUNCIL.
MR. RICHARD SZELUGA OF EPORT DRIVE, REFERRED TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT HE HAD
SEEN IN THE MARCH 5, 1978, ISSUE OF THE VERO B~ACH[PRESS JOURNAL TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY
OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN THE POLICE CHIEF PE~MI'SSION TO,__FORM AN AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE. HE ASKED WHO
.
THE 'CITY OFFICIALS" WERE. MAYOR FLOOD REPLIED ~H~T WHEN HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL IN
1971 THERE WAS A GROUP OF MEN WHO WORKED ~HE~FFICIAL AUXILIARY AND IT WAS HE, MAYOR
FLOOD,
w~o INITIATED THE STm~T OF THE POLICE AUXILIARY NOW AS A RESULT OF THE PROBLEM THE POLICE DEPART-
MENT ENCOUNTERED THIS PAST JANUARY. HE THEN TURNED ITS CONTROL OVER TO THE POLICE COMMITTEE TO
OFFICIALS WHO GA~F~ F~IEF C~M3_NS-'TSE 6~0 I]~H~AD.~ '~OUNCIIJ4AN JCAC~I~4~ L~S~C~£ FHT NAMES OF THE POLICE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:% ~. BrmVIS,-- rrna s~ota~sl--~' MR."~SS A~ HZMmL~,~WEL~AS CHIEF CUMMINS. MR.
OR NO KNOWLEDGE OF--,,,~CH~O~ SCI-WASW:;N~O RE.'I"B~R A-'~EG'A~ J~BGM5%'~T~T THIS TIME. HE STATED,
HOWEVER, THAT THE "CITY OFFICIALS" ARE THOSE PEOPLE DESIGNATED UNDER THE CITY CHARTER, INCLUDING THE
CITY CLERK AND PERHAPS THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
MR. SZELUGA SAID IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AUXILIARY POLICE WOULD HAVE ALL POWERS EXCEPT THE
POWER TO ARREST, AND THAT THEY WOULD CARRY FIREARMS, TO WHICH HE OBJECTED.
MR. F. EUGENE CRAGG FELT THAT WHAT MR. SZELUGA WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WAS IF THE MATTER HAD BEEN
BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. MAYOR FLOOD STATED IT HAD NOT, BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP PRE-
MATURELY AT THIS TIME.
IF THE AUXILIARY POLICE ARE TO BE ALLOWED TO CARRY FIREARMS, THE MATTER SHOULD HAVE FULL COUNCIL
ACTION FOR MANY REASONS, MR. VOCELLE COMMENTED.
CHIEF CUMMINS ANNOUNCED THAT A SCHOOL WILL BE STARTED AS SOON AS SUFFICIENT APPLICANTS SIGN UP AND
MR. VOCELLE ASKED THAT HE BE GIVEN A LIST OF THEIR NAMES. CHIEF CUMMINS HAS INQUIRED INTO INSURANCE
COVERAGE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSED AUXILIARY.
MRS. LENA REDLI~, SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, PROTESTED THAT THE CITY IS NOT LIVING
UP TO ITS AGREEMENT TO ALLOW THE SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FREE USE OF THE YACHT
CLUB FOR ITS POTLUCK DINNERS. THE COUNCIL AGREED THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO HOLD POTLUCK DINNERS AT
THE YACHT CLUB WITHOUT CHARGE AS THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRENT ACTIVITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
MR. JAMES VASS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL, OUTLINED A TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH FREE COUNTY-WIDE TRANSPORTATION.
THOSE NOT MEETING THE FARE-FREE CRITERIA WOULD BE CHARGED 40¢ FOR A ROUND TRIP AND 25¢ ONE WAY.
MR. VASS INDICATED HE WOULD APPLY FOR A FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT UNDER TITLE 16 B,
SECTION 2. A 20% MATCH WOULD BE REQUIRED. THE FIRST YEAR'S OPERATING COST, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE
OF FIVE MINI BUSES, WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $77,000. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS MONEY AVAILABLE
FOR THIS PROJECTAND IS WILLING TO ALLOT IT FOR A 20% MATCH OF $15,538. THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
COMMISSION WOULD CARRY THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE MATCH AND THEY WOULD LIKE OTHER FEDERAL HEVENUE
SHARING RECIPIENTS IN THE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN WILL BE
ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE $1,000. FROM ITS REVENUE SHARING FUNDS. THE COUNCIL MOVED TO TABLE THIS MATTER
FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1978
(CONT' D. 2)
FUNDS ARE NEEDED FROM THE REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNT TO COMPLETE THE CONCRETE APRON NORTH OF THE
BOAT RAMP, AND VICE MAYOR GRAY ASKED APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL TO USE $1,000. FOR THIS PURPOSE.
NO RESOLUTION IS REQUIRED AS THE MONEY IS BUDGETED IN "PARKS AND RECREATION."
COUNCILMAN GASS MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE REPORTS: (1) THE WATER PROBLEM AT llTH STREET AND
U.S. HIGHWAY #1 HAS BEEN RESOLVED. (2) . COUNCILMAN GASS MET WITH MRS. BOONE ABOUT THE WELL PROBLEM
AND, WHILE NOTHING HAS BEEN RESOLVED AT THIS TIME, HE FELT IT WOULD BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (3) THE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN SIGNS HAVE BEEN RENOVATED AND ARE READY FOR THE SIGN PAINTER. (4) TWO SHUFFLE-
BOARD SCOREBOARDS HAVE BEEN RENOVATED AND WILL BE INSTALLED SHORTLY AT THE SEBASTIAN YACHT CLUB.
A NEW ONE WILL ALgO BE INSTALLED SOON. (5) A BARRICADE HAS BEEN ERECTED AT THE END OF SCHUMANN
DRIVE TO DETER PEOPLE FROM DUMPING TRASH. (6) A POT HOLE PROGRAM HAS BEEN STARTED AND IT IS ANTI-
CIPATED THAT THIS WORK WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SEVERAL STREETS WILL BE REPAVED
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. (7) AS THE COUNTY WILL NOT GIVE THE CITY ANY ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING A
HOUSE NUMBERING SYSTEM, MR. DAVID MARSH OF THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHO IS CURRENTLY WORKING
WITH THE CITY ON ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WILL GIVE MR. GASS THE COUNTY FORMULA.
COUNCILMAN JOACHIM INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT THE CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION NETTED $611.28
AT ITS WHITE ELEPHANT SALE ON MARCH 4. HE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCi-
ATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN MAKING THE PROJECT SUCH A SUCCESS. IF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AGREED,
HE WOULD LIKE TO USE PART OF THE MONEY TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL HEADS FOR THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AT THE
CEMETERY. HE RECOMMENDED THE NAMES OF JEANNE JOHNSON AND HAROLD FORD BE ADDED TO THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMAN HOOSE REPORTED ALL STREET LIGHT REQUESTS HAD BEEN SATISFIED.
FOURTEEN PERMITS WERE ISSUED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT DURING FEBRUARY FOR 14 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
FOR A TOTAL EVALUATION OF $362,500. TOTAL NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MONTH WAS $386,129.
CHIEF CUMMINS REPORTED 202 COMPLAIN~SWERF~BY T~E~P~I~E DEPARTMENT DURING FEBRUARY, NOT INCLUDING
TRAFFIC STOPS.~ ~ ' ~- ~ ~J --- ' ~' ' ~V /
MR. WALTER CANDELET, CHAIRMAN OF TAE Z~NG ~D P~NNI~COMMISSION, TOGETHER WITH CHIEF CUMMINS
~m BUILDING OFFICIAL ARTHUR MAYER~ AY INS~EdTION ~ THE~PHALT P~NT AT NAPLES, FLORIDA.
MR. CANDELET ~TICIPATES ACTION WIL~TA~V O~HE R~ST FOR SITE P~N APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED
ASPHALT P~T AT THE ~GU~R MEETING OF THE ZONING ~D PLANNING COMMISSION ON M~CH 30.
COUNCIL~ HOOSE SUGGESTED THE COMMISSiON~~~IMBU~ED FOR EXPENSES INVOLVED WHEN MAKING
INSPECTION TRIPS. FUNDS COULD BE PAID O~ 9F gHE~OUNCI~EN'S ACCOUNT."
MR. SWIGER, ON BEHALF OF TOM AUTRY, PRES~D A REQUEST TO HOLD~ AIR SHOAT THE SEB~TI~ AIRPORT
BY COUNCILM~ JOACHIM, TO PE~IT THE AI~O~COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE AIR SHOW PERSONNEL TO
CONDUCT SUCH AN ACTIVITY IN SEBASTI~ ON THE DATES SPECIFIED. C~RIED.
HARMLESS AG~EME~ ,~RI
A LETTER W~ ~A~ ~R~N ~¢N/E~SCA)PRECiATI~ TO/¢ ~I~ ~ ITS ASSISTANCE IN
ERECTING BLEACHE~T~TI~AG~ F~D.~
MR. JACK BLINKHOFF REQUESTED ABANDONMENT OF EASEMENTS BETWEEN LOTS 22~ 23, AND 24, BLOCK 16, UNIT 1,
SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS. THE LETTER WAS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY CLERK FOR NECESSARY ACTION.
MAYOR FLOOD ANNOUNCED THE BOAT RAMP AT THE FOOT OF MAIN STREET WILL BE OPENED OFFICIALLY ON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15. A DEDICATION CEREMONY WILL BE SCHEDULED LATER.
WHEN MAYOR FLOOD ATTENDED THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING IN TALLAHASSEE, HE VISITED THE
MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION FOR A DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD AMEND ITS CHARTER, OR
HAVE IT AMENDED BY THE MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION. MR. CARROLL OF MUNICIPAL CODE RECOMMENDED IT
WOULD BE CHEAPER TO GO TO A TOTALLY NEW CHARTER, AND HE WILL MEET WITH THE COUNCIL HERE IN SEBASTIAN
SOMETIME BETWEEN APRIL 4 AND 6, AT HIS EXPENSE, TO DISCUSS A NEW CHARTER AND THE CODIFICATION OF
THE CITY ORDINANCES.
COUNCILMAN HOOSE ASKED THAT THE DISCUSSION OF .FIRE TRUCK #16 EQUIPMENT AGREEMENT BE POSTPONED UNTIL
THE NEXT MEETING.
THE LITTER ORDINANCE, REVISED TO RE-DEFINE THE WORD "LITTER", WAS READ IN ITS ENTIRETY BY THE
CITY CLERK.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, TO ACCEPT THE LITTER ORDINANCE AS READ.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS, JOACHIMAND HOOSE, AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE.
CARRIED. (#0-78-2)
MR. WAYNE KROEGEL, IN CHARGE OF THE FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION FOR SEBASTIAN, WILL HOLD A MEETING ON
MARCH 15. ALL INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVITED.
THE LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE HAS REQUESTED THE USE OF THE YACHT CLUB ON APRIL 1 TO HOLD ITS ANNIVERSARY
PROGRAM. MAYOR FLOOD STATED IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WANTED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ON THE PREMISES, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE STATE BEVERAGE LAW.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, TO DENY THE USE OF THE SEBASTIAN YACHT CLUB
AND ITS GROUNDS BY THE LOYAL OR~ER OF MOOSE ON APRIL 1, 1978. CARRIED.
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1978
(CONT' D. 3)
THE CITY CLERK READ BY TITLE ONLY THE PROPOSED REZONING ORDINANCE FOR SEBASTIAN GREENS FROM
R-1 TO R-2.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM; TO ACCEPT THE ABOVE ORDINANCE. (#202-L)
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS, JOACHIM AND HOOSE, AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE.
CARRIED.
MR. WALTER CANDELET, CHAIRMAN, ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION, RECOMMENDED MR. WILLIAM MESSERSMITH
FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE COMMISSION.
MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO APPOINT MR. MESSERSMITH A MEMBER OF THE
ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION. CARRIED.
THE CITY CLERK READ A LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT WILLIAM JOHNSON, CIVIL AIR PATROL, REQUESTING PERMISSION
TO USE THE WOODED AREA OF THE AIRPORT FOR A TRAINING SESSION.
MR. VAN ANTWERP, MANAGER OF THE SEBASTIAN AIRPORT, EXPLAINED HE HAS EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES
IN THE PAST WITH THE YOUNGSTERS ATTENDING THESE TRAINING SESSIONS AND ASKED HOW FAR HIS AUTHORITY
EXTENDS.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, TO LEAVE THIS MATTER TO THE DISCRETION
OF THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE. CARRIED.
SUGGESTED THAT NEW EMPLOYEES BE REQUjRED ~0 PAY DEPEND~N~ HEALTH INSURANCE ON A 50-50 B,A~IS, THE
THE NEXT WORKSHOP MEETING TO PRESENT~-A-PLA~. --
MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COyN~'~A.~]U~CHIM, TO TABLE THE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR
SURANCE COVERAGE FOR NEW EMPLOYEES UNTIL~"--'T~[~ N3X'~TING. CARRIED.
MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUA'CrL~A.V ~gACHIM, TO PERMIT MR. NATHAN McCOLLUM TO SERVE
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN THE COMMUNITY CEN~F~,ON~ MfR~H 24, 1978. CARRIED.
BETWEEN 1'_ A D :2 B ~C U 0, SEEASTiA~ H DS 'R'3C~ER BICKFORD).
CARRIED. (R- 7
MOTION BY VICE MA~ .., ~
D' S APPOINTMENT
OF JEANNE JOHNSON S R
MR. RENE VAN DE VOORDE, PRESIDENT, SEBASTIAN RIVER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, RESPONDED TO A
QUESTION POSED BY COUNCILMAN GASS AT THE WORKSHOP MEETING AS TO WHETHER THE CHAMBER HAD ANSWERED
A LETTER FROM MR. SLOANE, ATTORNEY FOR INDIAN RIVER FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. MR.
VAN DE VOORDE CONFIRMED THAT A REPLY HAD BEEN FORWARDED TO MR. SLOANE AND ASKED IF THE COUNCIL
HAD RECEIVED ANY FURTHER COM~EJNiCATIONS. MAYOR FLOOD SAID IT IS HIS UNDERSTANDING THEY PLAN TO
ADVERTISE THIS WEEK, AND, IF AT THE END OF 30 DAYS THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THEIR LOCATING A
PERMANENT STRUCTURE AT THEIR PRESENT LOCATION ON COOLIDGE STREET, THEY WILL PRESENT A SET OF
PLANS TO THE CITY.
COUNCILMAN GASS ASKED COUNCILMAN JOACHIM IF THE CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INTENDED TO PAY
BACK THE $350. BORROWED FROM THE CITY CEMETERY FUNDS TO PURCHASE BINGO EQUIPMENT. COUNCILMAN
JOACHIM REPLIED THE ASSOCIATION FULLY INTENDED TO REPAY THE LOAN AND WILL DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MR. SZELUGA INQUIRED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION WAS
AUTHORIZED TO USE CEMETERY FUNDS TO BUY THE BINGO EQUIPMENT. COUNCILMAN JOACHIM STATED THE MATTER
WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL WHO WERE IN FULL ACCORD WITH THAT PROCEDURE. MAYOR FLOOD STATED
HE RECALLED IN JULY OR AUGUST, 1977, COUNCILMAN JOACHIM INFORMED THE COUNCIL HE HAD FOUND SOME
BINGO EQUIPMENT AT A GOOD PRICE AND THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE PURCHASE AS LONG AS ~HE AMOUNT WAS
NOT ABOVE WHAT COULD BE SPENT. IT WAS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER THAT COUNCILMAN JOACHIM LEARNED IT WAS
ILLEGAL FOR THE ASSOCIATION TO SPONSOR BINGO GAMES AND IN FEBRUARY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RULED THE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN COULD NOT HOLD A BINGO.
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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1978 (CONT'D. 4)
MAYOR FLOOD ADMITTED A MISTAKE HAD BEEN MADE, BUT IT WAS MADE BY THE TOTAL COUNCIL, NOT JUST
COUNCILMAN JOACHIM. HE ADDED THAT NE WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AND HEARD PERMISSION GIVEN FOR
COUNCILMAN JOACHIM TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT. MR. SZELUGA SAID HE BELIEVED THE POINT HAD BEEN
BROUGHT UP TO THE COUNCIL, BUT IT WAS NOT A QUESTION TO THAT DEGREE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS
OKAY TO BUY THE EQUIPMENT. AS HE REMEMBERED THE STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT UP TO $500. COULD BE
SPENT WITHOUT THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. MR. SZELUGA STATED ALL HE WAS QUESTIONING WAS THE LEGALITY
OF PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT AND WHETHER IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP TO THE COUNCIL. MAYOR FLOOD
AGREED TO PLAY THE TAPE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, AND MR. SZELUGA
ASKED THAT HE BE GIVEN A TRANSCRIPT OF THE CONVERSATION.
MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 9:35 P.M.
MAYOR
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