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05-11-36 Regular COUNCIL CHAMBER {:' lIay 11, 1936 J> The Counoil met in regular ses.ion at 7:30 P,M. with the tollowing members present:. Mr. Barton, Mr. Foote, and Mr. Genton. Mr. Gwynn andllbOllllItM arrived soon atter the meeting oonvened and sat throughout the session. I , The minutes ot 'the regular meeting ot April 27th were, by motion regularly made, seconded and oarried".,approved as read. The application ot Frederiok Brown for the position ot plumbing inspeotor was read, and it was moved by the Chairman ot the Sanitary Committee that the City hire Mr. Brown as plUJl,bo- ing inspector and assiStant to. Mr.' Baker, beginning May 15th, at a salary at $'15.00 per month, his teD ot employment to be at the will ot the Council. Mr. Hill seoonded Mr. Genton's motion, and on roll oall, the vote. was as follows.: Mr. Barton yes, IIr. Foote yes, Mr. Genton yflS, 14r. Hill yes. The motion carried. , I I I I I I I Mrs. Graoe Slane Weir who wa's present, enqU~ire*'" _.the' Counoil if there were ordinanoes in effeot re~lating th erecti()n' Of, signs, Partioular oomplaint 18 s made regarding a Sen es" Hote,l sign whioh she ,said ,18 s a di stinet detrimeh t; tothEf.ren,~l' possibilities ot her adjaeent property. As no City ordiIJaIlce)1:1!" ' had yet been passe~ in regard to si@Jls, Mrs. Weir was adyis~ to see .r. E.H. Soott in an ettort to have the si@Jl mOTe~traa its present location. ~:.;:~/ GoTermnent permi t t4" ?b arves and bulkheads, a(Jcanpan";1'T,~1: ied by a letter tromllr. Geo.':,". Carr was submitt,ed bytb:e;",,;'c"i Clerk, and it was moved by Mr. Barton, Iseoonaed by IIr. Gentonand' unanimously carried that sdd pem.it lle reoeived and filed in ' the City Clerk's otfiotf'i',anl1'1heClerk be authorized to pay IIr. Carr's bill ot $150.00 00 vering his work in obtaining said permit tran the Govermnen t. ,..... The application ot Geo. II, Boughton, tor pem.issioD to make e"r1ain exoavations in the sidewalk in ttont ot the colony Hotel tor the purpose ot planting palm trees was pres- ented. The matter was disoussed briefly all members stating they were:Lni.tavor 0 t this beautification s oheme pr9:viding,tq.~i~~'iq.,~.:;"I""""'*"; walk was replaced in good oondition and suitable bond dep9sited., ' tor the satistaotory oompletion of the work. It wa s mevedby IIr, Gwynn that permit be granted.' Mr. Barton seconded the motion, and on roll oall. the vote was unanimous, and the, motiOn was declared carried. The Li@l:1t &. St,~eet cOJlIIII1ttees agreed to investigate and detennine the approt,1Illate, cost of moving the fire plug and ,-...... \~)~. / "--'-.~..--""""""""'-""-'-'--""":'""''''-'''''-''''~~'.',..."."..."...~..""'~~~~~.-'.-.-:.._~>.......-.-~, .. .."".: ._",''l'f 57:: COUNCIL CHAMBER - May 11, 1935 light standard on the Northwest oorner of Atlan tio and Federal Highway and rounding the curb on the Northwest and Southwest oorners ot this street intersection. ,\ The following deeds were reoeived and ordered placed on reoord, by motion regularly made, seoonded, and carried. From Lucetta E. & Lelia E. Horne oovering the N. 48' of Lot 15 Blook 101, deeded tor municipal purposes. R/W deed from E.C. May covering the W 20' of the N 107' ot Block 137, deeded for street purposes. It was moved by Mr. Barton that 'the Clerk be authorized to pay the taxes at onoe on the N 48' of Lot 15, Blook 101. Mr Gwynn seconded the motion, whioh oarried unanimously on roll call. A letter and proposi tion trom A.E. Atkinson was read wi th regard to leasing the City his property in Block 59'7; The letter was ordered filed and 1Ir. Barton moved that IIr. Atkin" son be notifi ed that the City is prooeeding to apply tor tax deed to said property. IIr. Hill seoonded the motion, which on roll oall, oarried unanimously. . ~ The application of Herman T. Thomas tor license to sell bottled beer in Edmonds store building on N.W. 5th Avenue was read, but it was moved by Mr. :Barton, seoonded by Mr. Hill. and unanimously oarried, tbat action be deterred on same until, next meeting to enable 1hem to learn whe'ther the loeationwas' suttioiently distant from the Colored Sohool. It was moved by Mr. Hill that we award fleet insu mme on the City's truoks to the Amerioan Fire and Casualty Compll1Y, represented by Mr. lIobt. Bostwick. IIr. Barton seoonded the motion, which oarri ad unanimously, on roll call. The neces.,;JJity of replaoing the solar heater at the oasino, Which had been removed to make root repairs was emphas_ ized, and atter di scussion it wa s au ggested by Mr. Hill that Mr. Brown inspeot same and proceed to reconstruc t the sola r system if th e root is in oondi tion to do so. IIr. Hill stated oi ti ZeD-S were oomplaining about the stray doSS in town but no action was tQken in regard to same. tJ Mr. Bllrton agreed to investi,8'lte as to prices,,01l.,.,... '" several types ot floor matting sui table tor covering the sl1pper;r spots in the casino hall-ways which have bee,n complained fIf. Mr. J'oo1ie stated Mr. Scott of the Seacrest H()tel had advised him he was willing to have the Seaores t wall torn. down for the purpose of widening the' boulevard and th~t if the Ci V would do this work, 'they oould have whatever materl al they were able to salvage from same, whereupon it was moved by Mr. Bill {~ <, .~- "'."",.__""--r7_",",,:".~ "'''"f'''',':''Il!' <, 576 COUNCIL CHAMBER - May 11, 1936 that ~r. Baker be instructed to tear down the wall lying East of the sidewalk: ad'jaoent to the Seaorest Hotel; tha t the Tele- phone Company be requested to move pole line out of way 0 f the new paVing, and that a letter be written Mr. Ralph Osborne, Superintendent of Maintenance, State Road Departmen t, Lake Worth. requesting the rocking and Oiling ot Ooean Boulevard frum At- lantio Avenue North a di stance of 25'1 teet to a width of approx_ ima tely twenty teet West of the present PJ,ved road; also that Br. Foote interview Miss Galvin and Mr. Lot ~:J,.th requesting the moving of certain palms and a hedge looate~n the path of the oontemplated paving. Mr. Barton seconded the motion and on roll oall, the vote was unanimous in favor of the motioll. ."(L ~r. Hill reported the water pipe had been inst alled in the Canal ditch and the Government had O.K'd the job. It leaked only 3 gallons per minute, he said, and they hoped to stop this leakage entirely. It was the unanimous opinion ot the COuncil that Paul Nioolls should reoeive additional pompen_ satlon tor his work as di ver on the job and some of the members agreed to discuss this with him, to detennine what remuneration should be paid. Mr. Hill stated that owing to a misunderstanding of JIr. Jess C'. Johnson, IIr.Johnson bad __ paid considerably more than he had anticipated, in the settlement ot oertainback taxes a oouple ot years ago, and in oonsideration ot servioes rendered in the oonstruotion of the Swilllllling POOl, Mr. Hill moved that :Mr. Johnson be given credit on his taxes for said amount. Hr. Barton seconded the motion. Mr. Foote enquired whether this payment 1IO,uld release the City fran any indebted_ ness Mr. Johnson considered was me him by 'the Ci ty and Mr. Hil:t stated he was wiUing to include this prOVision in his motion. Mr. Johnson, who was present, deolined to aooept payment on these terms, whereupon Mr. Hill withdrew his motion and Mr.. Barton his seoond. it was moved by Mr. Gwynn, seoonded by Mr. Genton, and unanimously oarried tha t biills 1276 to 1290, having bee O.K'd by the Finanoe Committee; be re1urned to the Counoil and ordered paid. It was regularly moved, seoonded and oarried, that Council adjourn. , h1,~ ~).. c. ~If ,,' City l'erln' ' , fF APPROVED: cb,/J~ . Presld ..", /0 ,,'.., ,y Oouncil ~.