03-21-58SpMtg MARCH 21ST, 1958.
A Special Meeting of the City Council was held in the Council
Chambers at the C~ty Hall at A:O0 P.M., with Mayor J. LeRoy Croft in
the Chair, City Manager W. E. Lawson Jr., City Attorney Harry T.
Newett and Commissioners Col. Dugal ~. Campbell, Fred B. McNeece,
George Talbot Jr., George V. Warren being present.
Mayor Croft called the meeting to order, which had been scheduled
for confirmation of the Sale of the Municipal Golf Course and certain
ther property to The Grimes Foundation, a charitable corporation of
rbana, Ohio, in compliance with paragraph (f) of Section III, as ap-
pearing in Resolution No. 1092 of the C~ty of Delray Beach, Florida.
Art's. Pawl Gringle, local ~egal representative for The Grimes
~oundatlon, informed the Council that Mr. Warren G. Grimes was unable
to be present due to a business appointment in Urbana, Ohio.
City Manager Lawson read Resolution No. 1096~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDa, CONFIRMING SALE OF GOLF COURSE PROPER-
TIES TO THE GRIMES FOUNDATION, AND A~THORIZING EXECU-
TIONAND DELIVERY OF FEE SIMPLE DEED AND .BILL OF SALE
TO SAID PURCHASER.
WHEREAS, heretofore, the City of Delray Beach, Florida, did offe~
for sale at auction, pursuant to and in conformity with the provisions
of its Charter, the properties known, as the ~unicipal Golf Co~rse; and~
T~e Grimes Foundation did make the highest b~d in the sum of $$80'000.(~,'.
for said properties at said sale offering, which bid has been accepted
b~ the City of Delray Beach, Florida; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 1092 of the City of Delray Beach
a public hearing has been held to hear objections, if any, to confir-
mation of said Sale upon the ter~s therein set forth, and at said hear~
lng held March 14th, 1958, no objections were offered by any person.
NO~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA:
l~ That the sale of the Golf Course properties to The Grimes ~oun-
dation, a non-profit charitable corporation, upon the terms and
cSnditions and for the sales price set forth in Resolution No. 1092 of
'the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, be and th~-same
i~ hereby confirmed, ratified and accepted.
~ 2~ That the Mayor and City Clerk, as the authorized officers of
the City of Delray Beach, Florida, be and they are hereby ~uth-
orized and directed to execute and deliver to The Grimes FoundatiOn a
~ee simple deed and bill of sale conveying such properties upon the
~erms and conditions set forth in Resolution No. 109~ aforesaid.'
PASSED AND ADOPTED in Special Session this 21st day ofMarch, 1988.
CRO T
ATTEST:
D.
City Clerk
MARCH 21, 1958.
.Onmotion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded by Commissioner
Ta~'bot,'.the Council unanimoasly approved adoption-of Resolution No.
1096.
Commissioner Campbell voting in favor thereof with the understand-
ing that instruments of transfer, reflect the full and true identity
of The Grimes Foundation as a non-profit charitable corporation.
Commissioner Campbell suggested an audit of the purchase activities
of the Golf Club during the period between August 12th, 1987, at which
time during a regular meeting of the City Council the Golf Commission
was requested to withhold causing any abnormal or capital expenditures
and December 17th, 19§7, on which date, and at a Special Meeting of
the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, the Council
unanimously approved the discharge of the Golf Commission, and added
that hewould like to aid in such check with the City Auditor.
The Commissioner further requested that, for the permanent records.~
a written report from the City Auditor that the books of the Golf
Club's operation had been audited by him in order that the cash bal~
ance as of November llth, 1987, be reflected in a Closing Statement
of the club's activities.
Commissioner McNeece infommed the Council that the cash balance in
the idle Golf Course Fund of November llth, 1987, was, and still is,
$17,298,95.
~EET ING ADJOURNED.
R. D. WORTHING