06-22-45 Special
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COUNC]I. CHAMBER
dune 22, 1945
10:30 A.M.
~e Counoil met in Special Session on call or ~e
Mayor with the following members present: Mr.DEi"Witt,
Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Thayer, and Mr. Waters. Mr. White was
absent, also Attorney Nowlin.
Olerk read call of meeting which was for the purpose
of fixing valuations on delinquent tax ~amds of the .
County, with 4Jo1lllD.ty CommissionerC. Y. layrd, also for any
other matters of l>uainess which might need the action of
the Council at this time.
Commissioner Byrd advised the Counoil that it would
simplify mattersd!' the City adopted a resolution desig"
nating city officials to meet with the Board of County
Commissioners on duly 2, 1945 to determine and fix
valuations in accordanoe with law, on lands acquired by
the County for delinquent taxes, and that said city
offioials be authorized and directed to fix the valuation
of such County acquired lands inside the minicipality
at 50% of the last Oounty assessed valuation.
A discussion e nsu4d during which Tax Assessor Ogren
and members of the Council.asked Mr. Byrd questions
pertaining to the above matter.
The following Resolution having been read in full,
was by motion regularly made, seconded am unanimously
carried, adopted on its first reading:-
RESOLUTION II 534
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING
CERTAIN CITY OFFICIALS TO MEET WITH THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF FIXING VALUATION ON LAND ACQUIRED
THROUGH COUNTY TAX FORECLOSURE.
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Mr. Byrd advised the Council a move was on whereby
a building would be erected for "Scout" purposes, and. he
requested the. Gowncil give sp~~thDu8ht to a suitable
place for said building. He suggested the park land' 011'
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N.W. 1st Avenue, might be the most suitable location. The
GoI&cil agreed to study this further.
Next, Commissioner Byrd presented map of proposed
four lane highway. Af'1ler viewing same, members expressed
themselves as not being in favor of the road going
through as sketched, but that they did think: we should
have a good highway through the city, along some other
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A oopy of letter to Senators Pepper and Andrews,
and Represe:ijtativeRogers was read by the Mayor, regarding
widening and deepening of intraooastal waterway.
Letters from Tuller Construction Company and Layne-
Atlantic Company requesting opportunity to bid on pro-
posed new water plant were presented by Councilman DeWitt;
turned over to the Clerk to be filed.
'1'he following letter from Mr. George W. Carr was
read:
dune 19, 1945
City Council,
City of Delray beach,
Delray Beaoh, Ilorida
Attention Mr. Carl White,
Chairman Street Committee
Gentlemen:
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We have your 1 etter of dune 18th. appoi:ijt ing
me actingOity.Engineer for your PD~posed street con-
struotion program.
'!'his is my aooeptance of tlE appointment
and .to notify you that I have already started work.
We note that "it. is the wish of the Counoil",
that we accept 50% of our fee in lien certificates.
We estimate that with this method of
finanoi:ng at least 75~ to 8~ of our fee will be
actual cash outlay and that we will have to stand a
oonsiderable disoount on the certifioates. In lie~
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of this situation we feel th~t it is reasonable
to request the Cooncil to allow us at least 70%
of our fee in cash (whioh fee would be due over a
period of one to six months from this date), and
that we be allowed to make our selection as to the
particular certificates we ~ccept for the balance
of our fee.
. We will contact Mr. Nowlin at once and
attempt to expedite the program as much as possible.
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Thsnkihg,yOU, we remaiJ!ll
Yours very truly,
/s/ Beo. W. Carr
After discussing same, Mr. dacobs moved that the City give
Mr. Carr 7~ in cash for his fee, and3~ in improvement
lien certificates. Certificates must be pro-rated out in '
an equal propo.tion of improved and unimproved property.
II". waters seconded the motion which carried unanimously
on roll call.
By motion regularly made, seconded and oarried, the
Clerk was instructed to abate personal property tax or
J. W. NOwlin amounting to $4.60 inasmuch as Mr. Nowlin did
not own the furniture which was assessed.
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Personal property tax bill a~unting to $4.60 paid
by Anna BrOQerick, Which was an incorrect charge inasmuch
as no ful'ni ture was in the build ing On January 1, 1944
was brought to the attention of theCounoil. The Clerk was
instructed to notify Mrs. Broderick she will be given credit
on the ~945 tax.
The Clerk was instructed to request a sample map of
the city from J.M. Smedley.
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There being no further business to come before the
Council, Council adjourned.
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