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06-15-45 Special 2458 COUNCIL' CHAMBER dune 15th, 1945 The Counc il met in Special Session Friday morning, on call of the Mayor for thE purpose of discussing street im- provements, and for any other matters of business that might need the action of the Council at this time. Council- man DeWitt, dacobs, Thayer, Naters, ilJ:lite and City Attorney Nowlin were present. A letter from Claude Pepper addressed to Mr. ~. R. Montgomery was discussed, with reference to sidening and deepening the canal. It was the opinion of the Couna[l that a letter should be written to Mr. Pepper and signed by the Councilmen, that the Council would not approve above work unless the property owners along th.e canal might be assured of payment of any damages that are incurred due to the work. Councilman White reported that he wanted to recommend that the necessary steps be taken to pave N.'N. 6th,Avenue from Atlantic Avenue North to N.~. 3rd Street; also that N.~. 5th Avenue be paved from N.W. 2nd Street running North to N.W. 3rd Street; cost of paving be assessed to adjoining pr~perty. .,. 'f. " , ;~; The matter of appointing an acting city engin~er, to act as engineer for present street constnuction work was. discussed. Councilman \Vhite moved that George W. Carr of ','lest Palm Beach be appointed as acting City engineer for present construction work on streets, sa id engineering fee to be paid 50% certificate liens and 50% cash, appoint- ment subject to Mr. Carr's acceptance. Councilman,DeWitt seconded the motion which carried unanimously. ;1 ~, ,~ >'; A motion was made by CouncilmanVfuite that Council adopt a resolution ordering the acting city engineer to prepare plans and specifications for present construction work on streets. The motion was seconded by Councilman Waters and on roll call the motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION # 532A A RESOLUTION OF 'THE CrTY COUNCil. OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ORDERING THE ACTING CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN STREET Th1PRO'VlSll5J:'JlIT l'lORK. , ~ ~... 2,159 June 15,,1945 An Ordi~ce on minimum street 'requirements was read: ORDIRAN~ f} 532, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNOn. OF THE CITY OF DELRA Y BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING PUR THE MINIMUN RIGBT-OF- WAY OF ALL STREETS; PROVIDING FOB OBTAINING A PEBMIT BEFORE SAME SHAU. BE GRADED, PAVED AND OTHER IMPROVE- MENTS PLACED Tm;REON; PROVIDING SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENT WORK; 'PROVIDING FOR OTHER REGULATIONS IN REGARD TO SUCH STREETS AND STREET RIGHT-Ol"-WAYB; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2513 AND ALL OTHER ORD !NANOES OR PARTS OF ORDINANOES INSOFAR AS THI! SAME ARE IN OONF:LICJl HEREWITH. 1 , , , , i I j -"I .f;; . " ,I I COWlcUman Waters moved that the above ordinance be adopted on second reading. Councilman White seconded the motion and on roll call the vote was as follows: Oouncilman DeWitt yes, Oounoilman Jaoobs not voting, Councilman Thayer yes, Coancilman Waters yes, Councilman White yes. Motion carried. AttorneY NoWlin reported that he had a letter from the attorney for Johnnie B. Samuels with reference to the deed the eity has been trying to secure from her. He stated that Samuels would sell the deed to the Oity for .350., said offer being the same as previous offers., A motion was regularly made and seconded and on roll call unanimaouly carried that offer be accepted ~the Clerk be authorized to issue check to Ernest, Lewis & Smith in th. amount of .350. for her deed. Councilman White recommended that ftcantion~ lights be placed at the Federal and N.E. 1st street and S.E. 1st street and that the stop lights be moved a block further oorthaM south. 'The reconmendation met with the approval of the Council. The Clerk advised the Council that there ~s'an out- standing bill against Erskine Parks for personal property t~x and an unpaid water bill, total amount .of bill being $111.20, and asked what procedv.re the Council wished to take in collecting bills. Councilman White moved that the City Attorney be authorized to take necessary steps , .~. J1. "";;:' ....>:K. . . , , ~' ~ ~ 2.160 June 15, 1945 ( to collect unpaid bills. Councilman dacobs seconded the mQtion which carried unanimously on roll' call. Councilman Waters brought to the council's attention the matter of the State tax which is being levied on about all utilities such as telephones, electricity and gas. He stated that he would like to see the City adopt an ordinance providing for a municipal tax on electricity, telephone and gas. After much disoussion Councilman White moved that City Attorney be instructed to draft an ordinance providing for a municipal tax to be levied on lights, telephone and gas bills, said tax to be 10% up to '25., 5% on bills up to $75. and 1% t~reafter; also that Oity Attorney be instruoted to advise utility companies of the council's plan to adopt sai~ ordinance. Councilman Waters seconded the motion which carried unanimously on roll call. I . , ; \' 'I The matter of pay for colored help at the Golf Oourse was discussed and after discussion it was decided to pay the help at the rate of 65~ an hour. A letter from Atwell and Company regarding refunding of City Bonds was discussed. Oouncilman Ybite recomnended the letter be referred to Mr. 'H.A. Hubbard, Chairman of Bond Committee for the Oomni ttea 's study on same and reeomnenda.tion back to the Co unc ilt. There being no further business to cane before Oouncil, Oounci1 adjourned. Attest: ~~-,/p~ i..~ Oit~ Olerk .... j t 1 I ~ .~ & I .~ , :~ '"" I . I I t I :;; i1 -~.