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NO"l8mber 3, 1941
Atter an informal meeting and diBcus8ion with local contractors
and DIIlmbers or the Building Contractors Examining Board, the Council
DIIlt in special sessian at 8:30 P.ll. with the Cit1 Att0n181 and the
tollowing DIIlBlber8 of. the Council preseDt. 1Ir. Hill, 1Ir. Jacobs, Kr.
lIiller, JIr. Sabath, and 1Ir. Scott.
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In conformit1 with a IIOtion made b1 W.K. Water8, at the above
DIIlntioned. meeting at contractors, which was secorded b1 1Ir. Schrader
.d 4ul1 carried, Hr. John ThieDlll pre8ented to the Council a request
that the ord.1.J$ace establishing a Contractors' Examining Board lIIIli
regulations, and alee the one raising license tees tor General
Building Contractors and General Contractors be repealed and the
Contractors' license tees be retumed to the amount ch8rged previous
to the paeeage ot the above IIIIlI1tioned ordinances. It was according:Qr
moved, 8econded and carried that the tollowing ordimnce, repealing
ordinance 382, which provided tor the examining and licensing ot
contractors and Sllperintendents, be placed on its first reading:
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ORDINAmE 422
AN EllEltGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COONCIL OF THE CITY OF
DEmAY BEACH, FLCRIDA, RmPEALING ORDINANCE 10.382 l!XTITUm
"AN ClIDINANCE fF TIlE CITY: CF DEUU.Y BEACH, FLaUDA, PIlOVmING
Fal THE LICl!XSIl(; Of PERSONS, FIRIE AN> C<ll.PCll.ATI~S ENGAGlNG
IN 'lHE BUSINESS OF CotrrRACTOIlS AH) SUPERINTJ:NDENTS IN 'DII!: CITY
C1' DEIRAY BEACH, FLaimA, JlAKIOO IT UNLlWFUL TO mGAGE IN THE
BUSINESS OF CCMRACmR WITHOOT A LICENSE, PllOvn>ING FQR EX-
AMINATIONS TO BE PASSED BY THE CONTRACTOR AND SUPERIN'l'EHDllNT
Am CERTIFICA'm TO IE OBTAINED lEFatE LICENSE .SHAIL BE ISSUED,
AND PROVIDlOO PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATI(JI OF THIS ORDINOOE
AND FROVISIONS Fal THE ENFalC1!JIENT TIBREOF".
The ordinance _s recited as being an emergenc1 ordinance, andaf'ter
having been read in full, it _s moved b11lr. Hill, esonced b1 1Ir.
Sabath and unanimous:Qr carried that it be adopted on its first ard
tinal re~.
It was turther IIIOved, secorded and carried that the tollowing
ordinance, repealing ordinance 400 and re-in8tating the provisiOns ot
the'license ordimnce lIbich _s in ettect prior to the pas8age ot
l!&illordinance 400, be placed on its first readingl
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ORDINANCE 423
AN EllERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY CF
DELRAY BEACH, FURIDA, REPEALING CRDINAtl:E NO. 400, THE
SAME BEIrI: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY. COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF llELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, DEFINING 'lHE OOOUPATION OF GENERAL
BUIIDnt:CONTRAC1OR, GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND SUB- CONTRACTCR,
DEFINING THE TERll CONTRACTOR AND PROVIt>ING FOR A LICENSE
FEE FOR ALL CONTRACTOllS DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA" AND REENACTING THE PROOIVIOOS C1f ORDINANCE
NO. 243, THE SAKE BEll(; "AN alDlNAN::! OF 'lIB CITY COUNCIL CF
'lHE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLCRIDA, FIXING OCCUPATIONAL ~
AND LICENSES TO BE CHARGm THE VARIOUS PERSONS, FlRlIS OR
CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN al JlANAGIOO ANY BUSINP'.$, 1Il0FESSION,
OR OCCUPATION IN TIE CITr CF DElRAY BEAa!, FURmA" IN SO
FAR AS SUCH ORDINANCE AFFECTS THE LICl!XSE FEI!: !.'OR CONTIlACTORS.
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Said ordinance was read in full, and it having been recited
to be an emergency ordinance, Mr. Hill moved th&t it be adopted on
its first reading and nnal passalJe. Mr. Sabath seconded the
motion, and on roll call the vote was as follow81 )(r. Hill 188,
)(r. Jacob8 yes, 1Ir. YiUer 188, Mr. Sabath 18s, Mr. Scott 18S.
The motion carried.
The ordinance regulating insect and termite controlwa8 also
di8cu88ed, it being stated that complaint had been made that the
$100.00 license feellmlposed by such ordinance was prohibitive, and
it had been requested that said fee be reduced. After discuasion
it was moved, seconded and carried that ordinance 390 be lIIi1ended
to reduce thll license fee to $25.00 as charged to contractors,
and that paragraph (A) of Section 2 be amended to provide tor
en inve8tigation by 10 he Building Inspector, the Fire Chief andIthe Acting Cit1 Engineer, certifying as to the proficiency of the
aRllicant in making alteration and repairs to structures. Accord-
ing:Qr the following ordinance was then placed on its fir8t
reading.
ORDlNAn:E 424
AN EIlERGENCY ORDINANCE CF '!HE CITY CXlUNCIL OF THE CITY CF
DELRAY BEAa!, FLCRmA, AIoIENDOO ORDINANCE NO 390 mTITLED
"AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUN::IL OF THE CITY
OF DEIllAY BEACH, FLORIDA, REGULATING FUNGUS AND/OR INSECT
COOTROL, PROVmING FOR PElIlIT TO CONDUCT SUCH OCCUPATION
OR BUSINESS IN S AID CITY, PROVIDING Fal LICENSE FEE
THmEFOR AND arHER REGULATIONS IN REFERENCE THERETO.
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Said ordinaree having been read in full and it being recited
as an emergenq ordinance, it was lIDved by llr. Hill, seconded b1
ute Jacobs, and on roll call unanimous:Qr carried that it be
adopted on its first and final reading.
The )(qor reported that Bill Webb had 471; feet of 2-inch pipe
which he 1ll)uld seiU for 15 cents per foot. 80II1II of the IIIIImbers
Considered this too mu::h for used pipe, and it _s suggested and
agreed tbat the CitT pay him .10 cents per foot, plus cancellation
of old tine of $75.00 which the Cit1 holds against 1Ir. Webb. 1Ir.
.Baker was authorized to submit this otter to 1Ir. Webb.
The Jlayor enquired whatu;he _mbers ineended to do about Gee.
K. Smith's application for package store license. It was stated
the County had refused to grant said applicant:a license and it
was therefOl'e moved b1 Kr. Killer thet the city reject llr. Smith's
application on the grounds of the Count1' s refusal to issue such
liquor lidense. 1Ir. Hill seconded the IIIOtion and on roll call the
vote _s as follows: lIr. Hill yes, Mr. Jacobs yes, llr. Killer
yes, llr. Sabath 1es, Mr. Scott yes. The IIIOtion carried.
The 1la101' reported that A.F. Baggett _s anxious to purchase
Lot 26 Block 40, belonging to Johnny B. Samuela, and he asked the
City Aj;torney to ascertain what this colored 1lODJall would take for
he r lot.
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The llayor asked the memers what th81 thought of publishing
the 1941-1942 budget figures, which the Clerk intorDllld them would
cost between twent1 lKId twent.1-five dollars. After disuus8ion it
_s regular:Qr moved, secorded am carried that tbl Clark be auth-
orized to haw S&IIIB published for the benetit of the public.
It _s moved b1 JIr. Miller that .the salary of the City Attorney
be raised to $50.00 per IIIOnth, am that of llrs. Catherine Strong to
$75.00 perronth, said raises to be effective as of Octcber let,
1941. 1Ir. Jacobs seconded the mal;ion, and en roll call the vote was
unanimous and the motion was declared carried.
. Upon enquiry regarding the 6-inch /IIlter needed for the Town of
Gultstream, the City Engineer stated that the Bessemer COJllP&ll1 had
received confirmation or the order but had not yet received the IIIIIter.
It was reported that the street sign at the Corner of Atlentic
Avenue ard S.E. Eighth Avenue read "S.E. Eighth Street- and 1Ir. Sabath
requested that this mistake be corrected.
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Novelli>er 3, 19U
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Councilman Sabath 8Ubmitted a lengthy letter from F .P.
liedford of the Seaboard Railway with reference to the possibility of
bringing a minor lsague baseball team to Delray for training. The
communication went into dstail as to what would be required of the City
in the ~ of improvelll8lts to the baseball park, and accoDBllOdations for
the players. The City Engineer estimated necessary improvements would
cost, rough:Qr, around $2,500.00. Some of the members doubted it this
amount would be IllI1'ficient to cover the improvements outlined in the
letter, and stated that thll1 c<l1ld see no way of financing such a IIlOW
this year. It was suggested that Ilr. Sabath investigate further to see
if &n1 -1 could be 110 rked out to bring such a team here at a minimum
cost to the City.
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adjourn.
It was regular:Qr moved, seconded and carried that Council
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city Clerk
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)layor.
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