Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 06-11-1968 Regular — reading text

on tractor about his bid and he had come up with some deficiencies to specs but they were minor. He said he had discussed lease- purchase with some of the bidders high bidder had indicated they would and the allow 100% rental toward purchase if City wished to purchase. He said this was being used now under an emergency at no charge. He said he had not contacted all the bidders about the possibility of lease- purchase, SEAWALL BIDS Mr. Ready moved that City re- bid on the seawall. Motion seconded by Mr. Rigdon and carried unanimously. ADDRESSING Clerk recommended that the single bid on the addressing machine MACHINE BIDS be accepted - $ 3, 395. 35 from Addresso- multigraph Corporation. Mr. were convinced that was legitimat~ Carnathan asked if he bid. Clerk said it hard to make a comparison since there was were not too many companies who made this type machine with metal plates. He said the City had on hand metal plates for all addresses and changing that method would involve a great deal of money. Mr. Carnathan asked Mr. Evans if he thought the bid price was a fair price.  107 ADDRESSING Clerk said he couldn' t answer that question because he had no MACHINE BIDS comparison. Mr. Carnathan asked if he though we weren' t being continued) robbed. Clerk said no. Clerk said he obtained quotation from a distributor of Elliott a Addressing Machines and it was approximately $ 2, 900. 00. That machine is a complete change in the method of addressing. The City could not use the existing plates or make multiple copies. I Vote to the motion was aye unanimously. PARK BATHROOMS Council then discussed the bathroom installations for the Garniers Beach Park and the Oka100sa Island Park. Clerk gave each member of Council data sheets on the vandal- proof metal bathrooms and cost breakdown on City constructing them and using sub- contractors. He indicated figures would run in both cases around $ 7, 500. 00. Mr. Killingsworth said he talked to Mayor John Arnold of Valparaiso about bathrooms in Gannon State Park and at the Ben' s Lake area. He said complete plans of those were available and it might be of interest to take a look at them. He mentioned that they had to cut costs on those. Buddy Elliott was present and he told Council that the bathrooms would be locked up when lifeguards went home. He said they also need some storage space that could be locked up. MOTION & VOTE After a lengthy discussion on the plans, Mr. Rigdon moved that this be put back in committee for recommendation two weeks from the previous day ( i. e" 6- 24- 68). He amended the motion to read that Mr. Carnathan as a contractor look at the plans and see if they were feasible. Motion seconded by Mr. Ready. Mr. Carnathan said he would be happy to look at the plans. Vote to the motion was aye unanimously. L YNNHAM City Clerk introduced Mr. Lynnham to the Council. Mr. Lynnham INTRODUCED is the Superintendent of Water and Sewer Operations. AIR CONDITIONING Mr. Sconiers asked Mr. Evans the Clerk for answer to problem PROBLEM - SAFETY with air conditioning in safety building. He said he had BUILDING been there yesterday and it was 80 degrees in the day room and the air conditioner was working. City Clerk said he got Mr. Pyle the Custodian of all city buildings to look into. the problem. They called in McDonald Plumbing who had original contract and he had I checked the system and submitted a letter prior to Council meeting. He said Mr. McDonald was unable to attend the meeting. Clerk read the letter in which Mr. McDonald said he would check the system each day for the next week and make a detailed report. His letter contained a few suggestions for use of the equipment. Mr. Sconiers requested a report in one month back to Council, based McDonald' s on findings. 108 ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8: 30 p. m. MAYOR: TTESU H. I ~ .;; .............. Evans - City Clerk