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02-13-22 Regular ~:,. O `~~= COUNCIL CHAI~FRS ~~~ ° ~ ~~ 13, 1922. r ~ r r ~ V. The Council met in regular session and was called 9 to order by the Mayor. Councilmen present were Mr. _.. _: Jacobs, Idr. Keen, Mr. Ranson, Idr. Scott, and Mr. Sundy. The minutes of previous meetings were read and ap- '. proved. .4 Mr. Jacobs submitted a motion that the legal servicea ;" of Mr. McCoy, Lake l9orth, Fla., be dispensed with in view ~' of the fact that he has continuously failed to comply. .;: > with the terms of employment, and that the Clerk ao no- ~ tify him. n .. The motion was: seconded by Mr. Keen and on roll call .~ ,. ,, was adopted by unanimous vote. '~" + F"' .. ~ ~ Qn the motion of Idr. Jacobs, seconded by Idr. Keen, the ~ .: q - ~ . ~, ~ Mayor was authorized to confer with attorneys Blackwell,? Donnell & McaGraeken regarding the proposed paving pro~~e~t~~r y 4 ~ ~ ~' YY ~"1 t e th n t e ~, , ~ mploy aald at orneys topr pare eceaasry~,, o e and rg~.'°- : resolutions, eta.,. if in his judgment the fees for aei~h . • . , ~, , e. . ~,~, servicea were reasonable. The. motion, on roll call, was " n. adopted by unanimous note of the council. =' - ~ S ~~ ~ Qn the motion of Idr. Keen, seconded by Idr. Jacobs, ~' the Tax Collector was directed to refund. to W. C Myers ~ ,~ p. .rfil `~' one-half of the taxes paid for the year 1921 on N87.6,'-~ of S ~ of block 120 and N 87.6 of S ~ of Block 1?.8, it ~ ~' being shown there was manifest error in the aaseasment. 1 •. ~ R(S ~ The motion was adopted on roll call those votiri`an the 4•~. _.~ t~~ 't '~ affirmative ,were Mr. Jacobs, Mr.' Been, Mrs R , Mr , T,, r ^}~~ '~ ~~'e "'.r > .. '~. . .. ,. _._. ..,. d , Scott, and Tdr. Sundy. On motion of PAr. Scott, seconded by Mr. Jacobs,.. u the Treasurer was directed to pay Len dollars per ~"_'` °, •~ ; month to D".r. Nicols, night watchman, payments to date ~#~'; .v_.. from January 19, 1922. On roll call the vote in the affirmative xas T~dr. Jacobs, Mr. Keen, Mr. Ranson, Mr. ~. Scott, and Mr. Sundy. ~ ° ~ . . . 4 rte' On motion of Mr. Jacobs, seconded by Mr. Keen, the R. chairmen of the 4Pater and Light Committee was empowered ~+i ~ to secure bids for the construction of a building to ~,,. accommodate the new unit of the water and light plant, the-bids to be submitted to the council atwan ad~ovrned '4 ~; meeting at 8 p.m. Friday, 17th. The motion was unaai=, ~ mqusly adopted. ,,~,, The Clerk laid before the Council a number of current sz~;- .. ` y bills which on motion of. Mr. .Keen, seconded by Mr. S'undy;~ were referred to the Finance Committee. After approve ~~ ~~~~: by the committee the bi13g were referred back to th ~"~'^~' ' ,,.. Tb ~ r ~; '~ council with the recommendation that they be paid vi .. ~, _ . `, ~< ,roll call those doting in favor of the payment of tYPe ,~ `'~.±" k a 'u(. ~ ~,~ ~~ bills were Mr. .Jacobs, Mr. Keen, Mr. Ramon, Mr. Scott, r~~ >: N andMr. Svndy. ~ ~ ~' ~ .k. The Clerk laid before the council a letter from ~~` . ~ya~. A G ,C hie f th Ba Ev k f lr h ~ r o ; . ans as o e n ay,w k De ich , „: ~~ .read as follows: ~' " Bank of Delray ;~ .e :' ~ , Delra~, Flm~ ~ x . Mr. .Iohn ~. Hall, Clerk, Feb. l ~ ~ Gty of Delray,, , '' D ay: ~~ ~' ~ ~ "~ ~ T ~i r. , ~ 4 .. z ~ f4~S" .. ~ ?R~3 ! ~£ ~ h~ i. f i v vY" 3 •n51v '~ ~, s[." t .t ~~ a .n? .. aka ~~~ ~ ~ ~fl ~ _ ~_ i O ",3rth 0, . 4: ~' ,,G ;,' r ", Please present this letter to the City Council. as an unconditional waiver of the stipulation in my letter of January 18, 1922, to the effect that the funds arising ~„„ from the sale of 447,500,00 of Delray .Improvement Bonds .`~,~,x: to the Bank of Delray should remain on deposit with said: Bank of Delray until drawn out for purposes for which . they were 133UP,d. '~ The Bank of Delray agrees to take said bonds at the'~~; `° offered: price of 90 and accrued interest without any _ ._ condition as to the proceeds being deposited in the said Sank of Delray. I remain Yours very truly, .;` , A. G. Evans, Cashier." ~._; After hearing the letter of A. r. Evans, cashier` of the Bank of Delray, read C@uncilman Keen submitted the following motion: "That the letter of A. G. Evans, cashier'of the ;. Bank of Delray, be spread upon the minutes of the ., Council, and that 447,500.00 of Improvement Bonds ~'I i of the City of Delray, issue of 1920, be awarded the. ;"e, x:,. Bank of Delray at the price of 90 and. accrued interest, zµy; ,. that being the price offered for said bonds in letter ~~,, dated January 18, 1922." l:; The motion of Mr. Keen was seconded by Mr Rari,aon"= .. ,„, „: ~`t and was adopted; those voting in the affirmative, on' `,,x~. roll call, were Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Keen, Mr. .Ranson, Mr, ~•A Scott, and Mr. Sundy. The Clerk called the attention of the Council , Y to the'lack'of a record schedule of the rates now~~ being collected for electric current, and to the ~. ,? matter of charges for making water connections. Theap. matters: were informally discussed but m 'n taken. ~, . C u 1 'urned to meet at 8 p.m~ . ~ 7th., ,. ~s