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09-22-41 Regular 1.804 COUNCIL CHAMBER SEPTEMBER 22, 1941 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT 7:30 P. M. WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ANO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT. B Y MOTION REGULARLY MAOE, SECONOEO ANO CARRIEO THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF SEPTEMBER 12TH, 15TH ANO 19TH WERE APPROVEO AS READ. A LETTER WAS REAO FROM H.H. WELLINBRINK, ASKING THAT TWO STREET LIGHTS BE INSTALLEO IN DEL RAY BEACH ESPLANAOE, ONE ON THE WEST ENO ALONG THE CANAL ANO ONE EAST OF WILLARO WATERS' HOUSE ON SOUTH. THE COMMUNICATION WAS REFERRED TO THE LIGHT COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION AND RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE COUNCIL. A LETTER FROM THE LIONS CLUB ASKIN4 FOR WAIVER OF TAXES ON THIS ORGANIZATION'S CLUB PROPERTY LOCATED ON LOT 3 BLOCK 102, WAS RECEIVED.,,,, INASMUCH AS THE LIONS CLUB IS A NON-PROFIT CIVIC ORGANIZATION, MR. SABATH MOVED THAT TAXES BE WAIVED AND THIS PROPERTY BE EXEMPT ON THE CITY TAX ROLL. MR. HILL SECONDED THE MOTION AND ON ROLL CALL THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWa: MR. HILL YES, MR. JACOBS YES, MR. MILLER YES, MR. SABATH YES, MR. SCOTT YES, THE MOTION CARRIED. ' ( THE,:FOLLOYlI NG LETTER WAS READ FROU THE FIRE CH I EF: SEPTEMBER 22, 1941 HONORABLEI3MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA G~NTLEUEN: JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THE WORK AT THE MUNICIPAL POOL IS GETTING WELL ALONG, AND IF IT IS YOUR INTENTION TO INSTALL A PIPE AND FITTINGS FOR PUMPING WATER FROU THE POO~, FOR FIRE PURPOSES, IT WILL BE A GREAT SAVINllnTO DO SO BEFORE THE NEW CONCRETE IS POURED. 1 HAVE NO INFORUATION AS TO WHEN THIS WILL BE DONE, BUT THE CAP AROUND THE POOL WAS BEING FINISHED ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND WEST END THIS AFTERNOON. YOURS VERY TRULY, L. W. COOK CHIEF FIRE DEPT. A DISCUSSION ENSUED IN REGARD TO PROPER INSTALLATION OF THIS PIPE, AND IT WAS FINALLY DECIDED TO RUN IT DOWN THE OUTSIDE AND DRIVE l 1.805 SEPTEMBER 22, 1941 IT THROUGH THE BASE OF THE POOL WALL RATHER THAN TO PUT THE PIPE DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE POOL. MR. JACOBS UOVED THAT THE FACILITIES OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BE INCREASED BY INSTALLING THIS PIPE ACCORDING TO THE FIRE CHIEF'S RECOUMENDATION. MR. SABATH SECONDED THE UOTION AND ON ROLL CALL THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: MR. HILL YES, MR. JACOBS YES, MR. MILLER YES, MR. SABATH YES, MR. SCOTT YES. THE UOTION CARRIED. THE CLERK REPORTED A REQUEST FROU MRS. H. C. ELLIs ASKING THAT SHE BE PERUITTED TO REMOVE A TALL PINE TREE FROM THE PUBLIC ALLEY IN THE REAR OF HER HOME IN BLOCK 60, AND IT WAS MOVED B~ MR, JACOBS, SECONDED BY MR. HILL AND ON ROLL CALL UNANIUOUSLY CARRIED THAT SUCH PERMISSION BE GIVEN MRS. ELLIS. THE MAYOR REPORTED THAT IN A~CORD WI~H INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED FROU THE WEIN~N PUMP COMPANY, Doc. RANSON HAD RETURNED TO THE FACTORY THE ROTATING PUUP ELEUENT AND HOUSING FROM THE NEW PUMP, FOR INSPECTION AND NECESSARY CORRECTION. !- COUNCILMAN MILLER ASKED IF ANY FURTHER WORD HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE F.E.C. RAILWAY COUPANY CONCERNING THE REQUESTED CROSSING AT N.E. FIRST STREET AND UPON THE CLERK INFORMING HIU THERE HAO NOT, HE MOVED THAT THE CLERK WRITE AGAIN. HE SAID HE WAS ANXIOUS TO GET THE OPENED BEFORE THE BUSY SEASON, AND WANTED TO SEE SOME ACTION FROM THE RAILROAD COUP ANY AT ONCE. MR. SA BATH SECONDEO THE MOTION, AND ON ROLL CALL THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: MR. HILL YES, MR. JACOBS NOT VOTING, MR. MILLER YES, MR. SABATH YES, MR. SCOTT YES, THE UOTION CARRIED. MR. MILLER STATED GENE BURD WAS ANXIOUS TO HAVE THE ALLEY IUPROVED IN THE REAR OF LOTS I & 2 BLOCK 58, TO ALLOW ENTRANCE TO GARAGES ERECTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW HOUSES BEING BUILT ON THESE LOTS. UPON MR. MILLER'S UOTION, SECONDED BY MR. HILL, AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED, IT WAS AGREED TO ALLOW MR. BURD TO IMPROVE SAID PORTION OF THE ALLEY, ACCOROING TO SPECIFICATIONS AND GRADES TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE CITY ENGINEER, AND THAT THE CITY PAY THE COST OF THE 16-FOOT ALLEY PAVING ON CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY EXTENDING FROU N.W. THIRD STREET TO MR. BURD'S PROPERTY LIN~. ~ , MR. GENE BURD REQUESTED ALSO THAT THE CITY REUOVE TRASH WHICH HAD BEEN GRUBBED OUT OF THE PUBLIC ALLEY TO THE REAR OF LOT 5 BLOCK 107, AND MR. JACOBS AGREED TO SEE THAT IT WAS REMOVED PROVIDED IT WAS PLACED WHERE CITY TRUCKS COULD GET TO IT. As AN ALTERNATIVE IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BURN THIS TRASH. MR. MILLER SAIO A BADLY OVERGROWN CONDITION EXISTEO IN IN BLOCK 113, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY, BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH STREETS, AND RECOMMENOED THAT SOMETHING BE DONE TOWARDS HAVING THE OWNERS CLEAN UP THESE LOTS. l 1.806 , SEPTEMBER 22, 1941 MR. SA BATH BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION OF PAINTING THE SWIMMING POOL, AND ASKED THE COUNCIL'S ADVICE IN REGARO TO SAME. HE RECOMMENOEO THE USE OF INTERTOL COMPANY'S PAINT, WHICH HE THOUGHT COULO BE REAOILY PURCHASED BY THE CITY OR PAINTING CONTRACTORS FOR THIS PURPOSE. HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT FIFTY OR SIXTY GALLONS ANO THE COST WAS AROUND $4.75 PER GALLON. IT WAS STATEO THIS PAINT COULO BE SATISFACTORILY APPLIED WITH~A SPRAYER ANO IT WAS THOUGHT THAT PROBABLY CITY EUPLOYEES COULD 00 THE WORK. MR. HILL FINALLY MOVED THAT THE CITY P~ASE 60 GALLONS OF INTERTOL PAINT FOR THE PODL,PAINTING. MR. JACOBS SECONOED THE MOTION, WHICH ON ROLL CALL, CARRIED UNANIMO~S~V. COUNCILMAN JACOBS STATEO HE THE SEWER REPAIR WORK AUTHORIZED SOUE THE NECESSARY PIPE HAO BEEN ORDERED. YET BEEN DONE AND HE ASKED THAT IT BE WANTED TO SEE SOME PROGRESS ON TIME AGO, AND WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS STATED THAT THIS HAD NOT ORDERED IMMEDIATELY. THE MAYOR REPORTED CHIEF OF POLICE NELSON WAS DESIROUS OF FORMING A JUNIOR POLICE 'QUAD COMPOSED OF BOY SCOUTS, TO ASSIST IN THE CONTROL OF SCHOOL TRAFFIC AND TO SERVE IN ANY OTHER CAPACITY IN WHICH THEY MIGHT BE USEFUL. MR. NELSON REQUESTED AUTHORITY TO PUR- CHASE BADGES FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 BOYS AT A COST OF ABOUT $15.90. IT WAS AGREED BY THE MEMBERS THAT THIS EXPENDITURE BE ALLOWED. IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROPOSED JUNIOR SQUAD, THE COUNCIL WARNED THE CHIEF AGAINST PERMITTING THESE BOYS TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY WITHOUT THE FULL CONSENT OF PARENTS. MR. NELSON SAID THE PERMISSION OF PARENTS WOULD BE OBTAINED IN ALL INSTANCES. ONE THING HE WANTED TO BRING UP PARTICULARLY, HE SAID, WAS PROTECTION FOR THESE BOYS AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S LIABILITY WOULD BE IN CASE OF INJURY OR C~SBALT~ . HE SAID HE BELIEVED THE CITY SHOULD ASSUME SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM AND ASKED IF THE CITY CARRIED ANY INSURANCE WHICH WOULD COVER THESE BOYS.. SINCE THE CITY CARRIED NO SUCH INSURANCE, THE MAYOR REQUESTED MR. NOWLIN TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY AND COST OF PROCURING SUCH AN INDEMNITY POLICY. MR. SCOTT REPORTED THAT 25 ACRES OF LAND COVERED BY VERY VALUABLE TOP SOIL HAD BEEN OFFERED THE CITY AT A PRICE OF $500.00 AND THE PURCHASE WAS RECOUMENDED BY SOUE AS AN ADVISABLE DEAL FOR THE CITY. QUESTION AROSE AS TO THE LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED BUT NO ACTION TAKEN. UPON MOTION REGULARLY UADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE WAS PLACED ON ITS FIRST READING: ORDINANCE NO. 416 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING PERMISSION TO THE AMtRICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN LINES OF TELEPHONE AND TELE~ GRAPH UPON, ALONG, ACROSS, OVER AND UNDER THE PUBLIC ROADS, STREETS, HIGHWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC WAYS OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIO., UNDER THE TERMS SPECIFIED HEREIN. 1.807 SEPTEMBER 22,1941 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HILL, SECONDED BY MR. MILLER AND ON ROLL CALL UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED THAT THE OROINANCE BE PASSED ON ITS FIRST READING. THE FOLLOWING AUDITOR'S REPORT OF THE CITY'S BOND REFUNDING AND SERIES "B" BOND ISSUE WAS SUBUITTED BY MR. WINN, TOGETHER WITH HIS BILL FOR $30.00 COVERING TWO DAYS' SPECIAL SERVICES IN THIS CONNECTION. SEPTEUBER 22, 1941 HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCILMEN, CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA.. GENTLEMEN:- 1 I WORKED LAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY, SEPT. 15TH. AND 16TH, WITH MR. PAINE OF THE TOM COOK CO., AT THE W.P. BEACH ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, CHECKING THE BANK RECORDS OF THE OLD CITY BONDS & COUPONS THAt HAD REACHED THE BANK FOR RE-FINANCINQ. [ . WE, IN OUR CHECK UP, FOUND THAT ALL OF THE OLD OUTSTANDING BONDS OF THE CITY HAD REACHED THE BANK, AND BEEN RE-FINANCED BY THE NEW SERIES-A BONDS, AND ALL 'OF THE OLD BONDS WERE CANCELLED AND TURNED OVER TO THE CITY, EXCEPT THE $23,000.00 WORTH OF THE 1926 GEN. ISSUE THAT IS STILL IN HANDS OF THE COURT, IN THE JUDGEMENT OF GEORGE KIESS. THESE ARE TO BE RELEASED LATER TO THE CITY BY THE COURT. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COUPONS AND ACCRUED INTEREST THAT REACHED THE BANK FOR RE-FINANCINQ WITH SERIES-B BONDS IS $393,134.BI, OF THIS AMOUNT THE CITY PAID THROUGH THE BANK $45;902.87, LEAVING A BALANCE TO BE RE-FUNDED OF $347,231.94. ALL COUPONS WERE CANCELLED AND TURNED OVER TO THE CITY BY THE BANK, EXCEPT SOME STILL BEING HELD BY THE COURT I N THE THREE COURT JUOGEIIENTS. THESE ARE BE I NG RE-F I NAN.CED BY THE BANK ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER, AND WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITY AS SOON AS RELEASED BY THE COURT. STATEME'NT TOTAL OF COUPONS & INTEREST RECEIVEO BY BANK PAID ON BY CITY ANO CREOITED BY BANK BALANCE TO BE RE-FUNDED $ 393,134.81 45,902.B7 347,231.94 , AMOUNT OF SERIES-B BONDS, SIGNED AND DELIVERED TO THE W.P. BEACH ATLANTIC NATL. 8ANK FOR EXCHANGE AGAINST .COUPONS & ACCRUED INTEREST CHECK ALSO GIVEN BANK FOR ODD AMOUNT COUPONS TOTAL TURNED OVER TO BANK AMOUNT OF COUPONS & ACCURED INTEREST BY BANK TO THE CITY BALANCE COUPONS & INTEREST OUTSTANDING. $352,350.00 ~. 31.94 52,381.94 DELIVERED _f347.231.94 5,150.00- RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, W. O. WINN 1.808 lil ORnINAN~F NO. 409 SEPTEUBER 22, 1941 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING A DIVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BICYClE COURT; PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF SAID COURTS, THE OFFENSES TO BE TRIED THEREIN AND THE PENALTIES TO:'BE IMPOSED. THE ORDINANCE, HAVING BEEN READ IN FULL THE SECOND TIME, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HILL, SECONDED BY MR. MILLER AND ON ROLL CALL UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED THAT IT BE PASSED ON ITS SECOND READIN~ AND FINAL PASSAGE. ! IT WAS ASKED WHAT HAD BEEN DONE TOWARDS THE PREPARATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND FINGERPRINTING OF DOMESTIC HELP, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AGREED TO CONFER WITH THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND DECIDE ON THE PROVISIONS FOR SUCH. COUNCILMAN SABATH SAID THE GOLF COMMITTEE HAD RAISED A QUESTION AS TO COMPENSATION INSURANCE TO BE PAID ON CADDIES WORKIN~ AT THE GOLF COURSE. IT WAS STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOUE RECENT LAW PASSED IN THIS REGARD, BUT MEMBERS DOUBTED IF IT WOULD APPLY TO CADDIES AT THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL COURSE, SINCE THEY DO NOT APPEAR ON THE PAYROLL NOR ARE THEY REIMBURSED IN ANY ,WAY BY THE CITY. THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS HAD ASKED THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING IN JOINT SESSION WITH THE CONTRACTORS' EXAMININ~ BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, TO IRON OUT DIF~ERENCES OF OPINION IN REGARD TO FEES AND REQUIREMENTS TO BE IMPOSED ON CONTRACTORS WORKING IN THIS CITY, SO THAT SUITABLE AMENDMENTS MAY BE DRAWN TO THE PRESENT ORDINANCES, I F CONS "DERED NECESSARY. I T WAS ACCORD I NGL Y MOVED, SECONDED AND C,ARR I ED THAT COUNCIL ADJOURN TO UEET IN ADJOURNED REGULAR SESSION, ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH, AND THAT THE CONTRACTORS BE INVITED TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, FOR THE PURPOSE REQUESTED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SABATH, SECONDED BY MR. JACOBS, ANO ON ROLL CALL UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED, THAT BILLS NUMBERED 7409 TO 7461, HAVING BEEN APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BE RETURNED TO THE COUNCIL AND ORDERED PAID. IT WAS REGULARLY MOVED, SECONDED AND CARRIED THAT COUNCIL ADJOURN TO MEET IN ADJOURNED SESSION AT 7:30 MONDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 29TH. CITY~ t~ APP~ MAYOR "