Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 11-12-1968 Regular — reading text

Hr. Sconiers sajd he felt this -was a question of ethics, since \\1'8 equE;sted l' 15" '\' lhee ls in our Lid. i;iI-. Lorlg said if this alter.~ d tlleir position as low it CJidd8J:' migrJt not be a good idea but this Hould not come close to doing tha t. Hr. Sconiers said he ,{ as not objecting to it, but was just wondering. QuesLions,- rCl' e called to the motion and the voto Has as folloHs: Aye: l' ugdon, :' ong, Guidry, Carnathan, ldllingsworth l';ay: Sconiers STEAl,I The City Eanager discussed the stearn cleaner bids reporting C.LEANER BIDS that they ranged from ~ 6'75 to $ 875 anu recommenued that the bid be al'larded to low bidder ! hGetin6 Lhe specifications-- I- iill, at ~ 850. Counci1man Rigdon asked about the one bid t\ w or three years ago. The Cit;y- Eanager said that the nC1ri one ItfOuld be for the Sani tation Department Yard and it ({ as hoped that this vlould he a permanent installation for cleaning containers and vehicles. Ee said the other one was located in the garage area l'lhore it viaS being utilized. The City Eanager said the low bid was on a 1/2 horse pOv.Jer and the bid called for 3! h horsepovr. er. 11". IJ011g rl10ved tllat the bi(l ~ Deawarded as recoInr:uende . 1'he motion HaS GeconJec1 and carried unanimously. LI13ftARY The City Eanager read the monthly report from the library shovrine; the October circulation for 1968 to be 8, JJS as compared ,.;riLLl 7, 1+ 61 for ;Jcto1:) f~ r 1967.  235 v DRIVE RAINBO':; The City l'lanager reported that the Olrmer of the house TORNADO had made arrangements through a local realtor to clear the DALiAGED deLris. The realtor had reported that he had contacted the I-lOUSE third individual to clear the lot and that some work had been done, but it li/ as not ye t c ample ted. EAII~ STREET The City lIanager asked for clarification from Council as to P A11KING the type marking desired for Flain Street parking. 1 Hr. ing Sconiers said the Eain Street merchants would like spaces in front of their businesses is allowed marked the length of there had been some difficulty w'ith along the street wherever park- an automobile. irregular parking. He said BROOKS STREET 1:1'. Killingsworth mentioned center markings being needed on . KING F All. Brooks Street at the sharp curve just ea~ t of the bridge. INTERSECTION OF I- Jr. Long mentioned that markings were needed at the inter- FERRY 8~ FERRY section of Ferry and Perry and that it waS very dangerous. RESOLUTIONS The following resolutions were presented: RESOLUTION 68- J8 A RESOLUTION CORRECTn~G RESOLUTION 68- 27 ESTAB- LISliING AN AD VALOREE it.BAL AND TANGIBIE PERSONAL HI.OPERTY TAX IEVY OF ELEVEN }: ILLS ON REAL AND TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY LOCATED " W7rHn~ THE CITY OF FORT ~{ ALTON BEACE, FLDRIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1:168- 1969, . AND FROVIDING FOR . AN EFFECTIVE DATE. It duly moved and seconded that this was resolution be approved. Hr. Long said he had a number of complaints that millage hadn' t gone down in proportion to increased valuations and asked the City Clerk to explain this. The City Clerk said the State required that the City assess at 100% valuation and when the City adopted the County Tax Roll and the hearings required by law were held by the Board of Equalization after which time the report and roll was sent to the State Comptroller' s office for approval. rIe said some property m~ ers would go up, depending on location, and upon the type of property; mostly in cases where the City did not have the value as high as the County' s roll. I l.~. The we Long asked what percentage last year. the tax roll had increased since City Clerk said we had 1+ 8 million last year and had 65 million. this year The City l'Ianager cOIiIDlented that one of the recommendations already approved instructed the City attorney to determine if there were some type of local legislation in rolling back the personal property tax by some percentage. He said another 2:36 reason for the difference betwcen incr6ased assessments and millage is that an amount vIaS budgeted for this year for the firs t timeto pay. the City' s portion of Urba:n Renewal. He stressed that this vlaS the first budget year for this. The City hanager said everyone was concerned with taxes and everyone was working to hold them dOvm and that the total for City and County right now was 26 mills. The vote to the motion was aye unanilJiously. RESOLUTIOK 68- 39 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZn~G THE CITY lLANAGER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FORT ', lALTON BEACH TO DEED CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY INDUSTRIAL TRACT TO N. GOLDRINl.: CORPORATIOn, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Hr. Sconiers moved that this resolution be approved. The motion was seconded by ~~. Killingsworth and carried unanimously. RESOLUTlor; 68- L~ 0 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZINC THE CITY IviAl~AGER OK BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH TO EXECUTE A PROY,C[SSORY NOTE TO - vi. B. WIL IMf: S Al~D CLAL'1A "'vJILIAHS w"IFE, FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE INDIAN TEMPIE HOUND, PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. The City Attorney explained that thi3 authorized the execu- tion of a promissory note for acquisition of the Indian Hound property. explained that approximately one year He ago in order to attempt to get the State to lease- purcLase this property, but if the City acquired it too early, it would jeopardize the acquisition through be state, and in order to hold the property until the appropriate time, two Councilrrlen, Long and Ready got the option to hold the pro- perty for the City and had to purchase the property for 37, 500. The City Attorney said that just tllat past week the State of Florida had contributed 25, 000 of that sum and bought the property which they \<rill lease back to the City for 99 yea:cs--- Cutdoor Recreation Department of the State. LIe mentioned adding, the taxes for two years, and recording costs ( 1/ 3 of the original cost to the city). Er. Sconiers moved that this resolution be approved. The motion was seconded by EX'. Killings-worth, and carried Ul1an-- imuusly.  237 The City Hanager added the Comment that through the efforts of Hrs. Lazarus that we finally got this $ 25, 000 from the State. He added that she had been