Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 12-13-1955 Regular — reading text

83 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEEI'ING, HELD D~ EMBER l3, 1955. I PRESENT: Mayor Brooks, Roberts, Jr., James E. Miller, Theo Bass, W. C. Stacy, W. J. W. B. W. B. Williams, W. C. Walker ABSENT: Hsrbeson, VISITORS: Niles Titler, Nathan Fleet, C. E. Griswold The meeting was called to order by Mayor Brooks at 8: 30 p. m. October 18, October 24, November 1, The minutes of the meetings held/ November 8, and November 22, 1955 were read in full. There being no additions or corrections, the minutes were approved as read. Vote aye, unanimous. Mayor Brooks asked for the report of the Recreation Finance Committee. The committee said they had no report as yet. The committee Bottling Company License reported th~ were not on the ready to make their report since the bottling group had not made an appoint- ment for the meeting as yet. Mr. Roberts said the licesne was pretty high and some apjustment would have to be made but that it would be a problem to adjust it. A motion was made by Mr. Bass and seconded by Mr. Roberts that Ordinance No. 188 be placed second reading. Vote aye, unanimous. The ordinance I on was read by title as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 188 AN ORDINANCE TO BEENTITIE D AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE INTEN- fENTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH TO ANNEX A TRACT OF LAND TO SAID CITY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION l7l. 04, FLORIDA STATUTES: AND PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SAID ORDINANCE. A motion was made by Mr. Roberts and seconded by Mr. Stacy that the ordi- nance be passed on the second reading. Vote aye, unanimo1)S ]) . A motion was made by Mr. Roberts and seconded by Mr. Stacy that Ordinance No. l86 be placed on second reading. Vote aye, unanimous. The ordinance was read by title as follows: ORDINANCE NO. l86 ENTITL ED AN ORDINANCE AWPTING A BUIGET FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR Ju~ Y 1, 195j, THROUGH JUNE 30, 1956; MAKING CERTAIN DESIGNATED APPROPRIATEIONS OF FUNDS OF THE CITY, PRESCRIBING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON THE I EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS: DATE HEREOF. AND PRESCRIBING THE EFFECTIVE 84 A motion was made by Mr. Roberts and seconded by Mr. Stacy that the ordi- nance be passed on the second reading. Vote aye, unanimo'us. RQdgers asked the Council to ~ ive the City Clerk and City Hanager Mr.. authority to pay small capital outlay bills without cringing them before the Council. He told the council that according to the ordinance, capi- tal outlay bills have to be approved by the Council but some , are small bills which have to be d that are capital expenditure bills. He said p~ that in the auditors report and , in the ordinance it is pointed out that no capital outlay can be made 1mtil the reserve is built. He asked for authority to. pay bills up to $ 300 without bringing each one to the coun- cil for acproval. A motion was made by Mr. Bass and seconded by Mr. Roberts that the City Manager and City Clerk be authorized to pay small capital outlay bills from the onerating revenue. Vote aye, " unanimous. The letter to' the Elks Club the Council' s appreciation of the expressing Teen Age Night sponsored by presented the ~ lub the Mayor for his was to signature. The letter was signed by }~ yor Brooks and he requested that extra copies be made. Mr. Bass recuested a report from the Planning Board on the proposed canal. The Cl erk wss instructed to contact the Board and req1Jest their report. Mr. Earley told the Council that the sewer contract had not. been signed. He told them there has been some difference between the two companies who had the low bid and , that tomorrow the two groups are supposed to come over and discnss one of the two_ getting out of the contract and assigning it to the other company. He asked that a council committee meet IN'i th tl1 e CrouD. Nr. Wayne Bell asked that the council attend the open meeting being held Friday Night for the purpose of discl1ssing the hospital and straightenin[ out the mis1mderstanding ich exists. w1-, EarlEY tolrl the Council that some time a, o the council appointed a ljir. x hospital council committee to govern the hospital committee in selecting and buying the fixtures and equipment for the hospital. He said the list and bills, sooner or later, are going to have to Dresented to the Council for q.cmroval, which has, not been done up until this time. He continued that at tee time the council appointed the committee Mr. Roberts was made chairman of the committee and was given the authority to appoint council members to serve on the committee and he was to hav.e the doctors on the committee. He said he thought that it was important that the committee get with the hospital consultant and the hospital board to work up list a of equipment and supplies along with the bills to ~ rpsent to the council, since it wo Jld soon be time to open the flOS- pital, and, unless a list is properly prepared, we will not know what is needed. Hr. Roberts said that he thought it had been turned over to Mr. Titler, which was why he had not done anything on it. Mr. council he had a letter he thought they would like to Fleet told the read. tter-'which wa1ii from the Flbrid~ Development The Cl' etk read the~ H,. Commission pertaining to the Equipment List for the Fort Walton Beach  85 Hospital, submitted by Mr. Titler for approval, in the amount of $ 54, 200. 23 whichwas $ l5, 700. 23 more than the amount authorized for equipment, I Mr. Roberts said an agreement was entered into with Durr because, although the bids from Durr and Van Antwerp were the same, Durr had equipped more hospitals in this area. Mr. Bass said the council committee, Mr. Roberts and Mr. Stacy, ahould get together with the doctors and supply people and make a list of the equipment and supplies needed and see what can be bought with the mon~ which is I available. Mr. Roberts said he talked with Mr. Davis of Durr Surgical Supply Company, and Mr. Davis said during the last 18 months the over- all cost of equipment had risen lO%. Mr. Stacy asked if a list has been presented to the Council. Mr. Rodgers replied that no list had been presented. Mr. Roberts asked Mr. Earl~ what he wanted the Council Committee to do. } lIr. Earl~ told him that Mr. Titler and the Hospital Board have been working for 2 months on a list and that he did not realize that th~ were not working with ~he Council Committee; that he thought the doctors; committee and the Board would get together before the matter became an issue. Mr. Titler said that on the basis of the ordinance in which the Board was ! 3Dpointed, it automatically made the Hospital Board responsible for the hospital. Mr. Bass told Mr. Titler the ordinance made the Hospital Board responsible for the operation of the hospital. Nr. Titler said that under the ordi- nance, he, in turn, was responsible to the Board and he had been working through them. He said that they had adopted their by- laws from the ordinance ~ d in their by- laws the Board of Trustees shall be responsible for the hospital. Mr. Bass said that at the beginning they had $ 101, 000 as a commitment for the town' s share for building and a sum was set aside I for the purchase of equipment and supplies that should give the committee an idea to go by when purchasing the equipment. He said that he thought they should bring in a list and take bids and get started. Mr. Titler said that they could not open before April. Mr. Bass said the opening date would depend upon when the contractor finishes, that the hospital could be opened within lO days after the contractor was finished. Mr. Titler said they could not. Mr. Bass asked Mr. Stewart, City Attorney, if agents could go out and spend mon~ for the city. Mr. Stewart replied no, th~ could not. Mr. Bass said he was amazed to find that the city was short of funds and that now, if we have to take bids, oit may take quite awhile to open up. Mr. Earley asked if anyone signed a contact with Durr. Mr. Roberts answered yes, the contract was cost plus 10% with the privilege of returning and adding supplies within '30 days after the hospital opens at the same prive. He said Mr. Davis had stated that it was wise to get as much as possible from the local merchants, , that they are only interested in hospital supplies, but this should be done only in cases when it is possible to buy as cheap or cheaper than it could be bought in other places. Mr. Earl~ said that as he saw it, it was only necessary for the list to be presented to the council with the prices and the council to authorize the expenditure. Mr. Roberts told Mr. Earley that he believed they could get the list to the Council. Mr. Bass said if they were going to turn the project over to the board they would have to present their budget to the council for approval, however, they could only spend for the operations of the hospital. Mr. I Bass asked that the ordinance providing for a hospital board be read. The ordinance was read in full by the ~ lerk. Mr. Bass said that right Sf) after the Hospital Board was appointed someone made a recommendation that the City Attorney be instructed to