01-04-65SpMtg JANUARY 4, 1965.
A special meeting of the City Council of Delray Beach .was held
the Council '
iO:g,l%izational Chambers at 8:00 P.M. it also being the An,ual
Meeting, with MayOr Al. C. Avery .in th~. chair, city
a er Robert J Holland, City Attorney John Rose A~ams, ~nd
M~n. g... · _ ' ......... .~ T.eRo~ croft, Jack L. Sa~ers and
~e~ge Talbot, Jr.-, being present.
An opening prayer was delivered by the Rev. Paul W. ~ps.
1,~ ~e Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the ~ited s~ates of
A~ica was given.
2, ~e minutes of ~e regular meeting of Dece~er 28th, 1964, were
u~n~ously approved, on motion by ~. Croft and seconded bY
~, ~ere were no statements by Councilmen.
X. City Clerk Worthing read ~SOLUTION NO. 2-65.
A ~SOLUTION OF ~E CITY COUNCIL OF T~
CITY OF DEL~Y B~, FLORI~, IN ~MORY
OF COLO~L~ L. ~FABENS.
~E~S,~ the la~ ~o1~1 Andrew .b, Fabens-.ga~e q
...... ' · .... i-~ serPin 'the'CitY.~f~Del~y Beach;
~,~lt '6f'~is"Un~el~ish an~ d~,~t~gumshed services, par~EcularXy
of Delr.ay Beach, b~ing, desirous th~.his, effor~s.be,_a~c!ai~e~.
NOW, THE~FO~. BE IT ~SOL~D. BY T~ CITY CO~CIL: OF ~ cITY
' The me. ers of the City Council hereby express ~eir profound
sorrow and deep. regFet that ·this esteemed citizen is no longer wi~
us~ and'"~n behalf of the =itiz~ns of ~is co.unity, hereby express
their,deeRest appreciation to the_family of Colonel Fabens for the
Resolution ~0.''~u65 ~aS~: UnanimouSly adopted on this first and
final~ reading on motion by ~.? Barrow. and seconded,by ~, ~aunders.
by ~. Cruft and seconded by ~ Saunders.
I. Co~cilmen~Elec~ ~ames.H. Ju~ne2 and ~ac~ ~.ns~u~e~a
by the Rev.. Paul W. ~ss. ._ . ..
2. Co~cilman Jack L. Saunders was unanimously appointed vice~Mayor
for this year on motion by ~. Crof~ mad seconded b~
3. Newly installed Councilman James H. Jurney commented as follows:
"It seems like I have said enough, Mr. Mayor. It is time for me to
get down to work with the Council and see what we can do for the
good of Delray Beach I'm sure they will be of help to me and I will
certainly appreciate it."
3. Councilman Jack L. SaUnders thanked the people of Delray Beach
for electing him to this two year term, and said he trusted this
coming year would be a productive and progressive one, and that he
looked forward with great anticipation to working with every member
of the Council. Further, that he looked back on last year with some
satisfaction as he felt it was a good year, and hoped that 1965 could
be as good or better.
3. Councilman J. LeRoy Croft said he could reiterate what Council-
man Saunders had just said, and that it was an honor for him to have
served with the Council of last year, and it had been a very profit-
able and constructive year~ further, that he looks forward to
another· year of progress in Delray Beach.
3. Councilman George Talbot, Jr. said he thought the situation had
been adequately covered and that he concurs With what has been said.
3. Mayor Al. C, Avery said he felt the Council could be justly
proud of the past year's accomplishments and the new Council and
public could look forward to a very fine, constructive year with
a businesslike Council. Mayor Avery then welcomed Mr. Jurney to
the Council.
X. City Clerk worthing read RESOLUTION NO. 1-65.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, COMMENDING
RETIRING COUNCILMAN EMORY J. BARROW.
W~EREAS, EMORY J. BARROW, has unselfishly given of his time and
ability as a City Councilman for the past two years,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH:
That Emory J. Barrow be and is hereby commended for his great
contribution to the general welfare of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida as City Councilman.
Unanimously adopted this ....... day of January, 1965.
Resolution No. 1-65 was unanimously adopted on this first and
final 'reading on motion by Mr. Saunders and seconded by Mr. Talbot.
Mr. Croft said he had been informed that during the past two
years on the Council, Mr. Barrow had attended every regular and
special Council meeting, and felt he should be highly commended
fo~~ '{hat;
X. Mayor Avery said it was proper at this time to set up the Rules
of Order that the Council would abide by this year and stated that
last year, it had been decided that Robert's Rules would prevail
with the City Attorney acting as parliamentarian, also the poll of
the Councilmen as opposed to acclamation, and that the roll cal~ be
alphabetical with"the Mayor voting last.
Mayor Avery continued: "The Chair will entertain a motion that
Robert's RUles, with the City Attorney acting as parliamentarian,
shall be the order, with poll of the Councilmen as opposed to
~ott~g ~st.,,and ~hat ~he
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Mr~ Croft said the City Manager had mentioned the fact that the
agendas for the Council meetings maybe shortened in order that the
meetings may not be so lengthy.
Mr. Saunders moved that the Council hold their regular meetings
on the.second and fourth Monday'nights of each month at 8:00 P.M.,
as they have done during the past year, the motion being seconded by
Mr. Croft and unanimously carried.
6. Mr. Charles Senior of the Florida Power & Light Company, present-
ed the City with a check in the amount of $68,858.12, covering fran-
chise payment to the City of Delray Beach, which was an increase over
the previous year of $5,437.39.
7. Mayor Avery said that the following appointments should be made,
appointees to serve at the pleasure of the Council, which would
elim/nate any misunderstanding.
Mr. Croft moved that Mr. Robert J. Holland be appointed City
Manager, to serve at the pleasure of the Council, for 1965. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Saunders and carried unanimously.
8. Mr. Croft moved that Attorney James W. Nowlin,~Jr% be appointed
Municipal Judge, and that Attorneys Charles Byron, Paul~ringle and
W. C. Williams, III, be appointed Judges Ad Litem for this year, to
serve at 'the pleasure of the Council. The motion was seconded by Mr.
Talbot and carried unanimously.
9.- Mr. Talbot moved that Hon. John Ross Adams be appointed as the
City Attorney, to serve at the pleasure of the Council for the en-
suing year, the motion being seconded by Mr. Jurney and unanimously
carried.
10. Mr. Saunders moved".'that Attorney Charles Byron beappointed as
Prosecutor, and Attorneys.HenrY Crowley, Paul Gringle and W. C.
Williams, ~II. be reappointed as Assistant Prosecutors, to serve at
the pleasure of the Council for 1965. The motion was seconded by Mr.
CrOft and carried unanimously.
X. Mr. Norman Blood, Chairman of the Board of TrUstees of the First
PresByterian Church, located on Brondson Street, displayed a Church
direc~ion&l sign..that they ~desired .toerect on the_west~side.of~ ~
~rondson'~Street. During d.~scussion, it was pointed.outthat said
Church was located.on a dead end street, and'.City~Attorney Adams said
the Council. could grant a special permit for said sign.
Mr. Saunders moved that special permission be granted and the
Church sign erected, the motion being seconded by Mr. Talbot and
unanimously carried.
The meeting adjourned at 8:38 P.M., by order of Mayor Avery on
consent of the Council.
R. D. WORTHING
City Clerk
APPROVED: ~
MA~OR
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