Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 02-24-1976 Regular — reading text

119 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA February 24, 1976 I INTRODUCTION A regular meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, Florida was held at City Hall on February 24, 1976 at 7: 30 p. m. with the following members present: COUNCILMEN: George A. Palmer C. H. Rigdon, Jr. Robert L. Hunt Charles H. Hill John H. Bishop Hurdis A. Brock James K. Baughman Mayor Smith ALSO PRESENT: City Manager, City Clerk- Finance Director, City Attorney Invocation was given by Councilman Hill d. Mayor J,.ed.. in the, P}~ dge, to the Flag. aI} t~ ~~~ J'/ ci.":<: CJ.< 5,/ } fi~ A< cv< o. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Mayor presented the following recommen- dations from Council as a Committee: VARIANCE REQUEST: 1. Recommend a variance be granted to 126 HOLLYWOOD BLVD SE permit an addition to an existing building, a non- conforming structure in a C- l zone. Mr. Freddie L. Cason, Lot 14 & 15, Block 3, Brooks Addition, 126 Hollywood Boule- vard SE) DRAINAGE PROBLEM AT 143 2. Mr. Eulice Shelley appeared before LINSTEW the Committee in regards to the drainage problem in front of his residence at 143 Linstew. Mayor Pro Tern requested that the drawings for this project be brought before Council for review to s~ e if we can come up with something. I REQUEST TRAILER ON VAUGHN TO PARK TRAVEL- STREET AT 300 3. advised parking Mrs. Thomas George, 300 that City ordinance a travel- trailer on Vaughn, was prohibits the street. PARKING LOT AT SITE OF OLD 4. Recommend City put in asphalt parking SCHOOL HOUSE lot and bumpers at site of restored School House on First and Methodist. Women' s Junior Service League to share cost of project which is estimated to be $, 1200. r z'Ifr,. 120 SCHEMATICS FOR MUNICIPAL 5. Recommend approval of schematics for TENNIS CENTER Municipal Tennis Center presented by Henry Nichols. TRUCK CAB BID" 6. Recommend " Truck Cab Bid" received from C & S Truck Parts, Inc. be turned over to Public Works Director for recom- mendation back to Council. CHLORINE AND ALUM BID" 7. Recommend " Chlorine and Alum Bid" be awarded to Jones Chemicals, Inc. @ 150# Chlorine cylinder @ $ 14. 90 cwt; ton containers chlorine @ $ 10. 13 cwt; 100# bags aluminum sulfate lump @ $ 8. 65 cwt. The same bid was received from Jerry Lee Chemical Company and decision was made to award bid to Jones Chemicals the present supplier because of past satisfactory delivery and service. ASPHALT BID" 8. Recommend " Asphalt Bid" be awarded to low bidder meeting specifications: Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises, Inc.: Type II Asphalt @ $ 16. 00/ ton; Asphalt for patching areas less than 200 feet long @ $ 20. 00/ ton; A~ proximately 200 tons sand asphalt @ $ 14. 00/ ton; Approx- imately 500 gal. tack coat @ $. 50/ gal. VAN TYPE VEHICLE BID" 9. Recommend " Van Type Vehicle Bid" be awarded to low bidder meeting spec- ifications, Preston- Hood Chevrolet @ 4, 986. 00. OTHER BID WAS: Lee Pontiac- Oldsmobile @ $ 6, 491. 00 WRECKER SERVICE BID 10. Recommend that Joe' s Gulf Service Station; Tona' s Automotive Service; and Ed Cox Motors be awarded bid for City Wrecker Service since these companies have met bid specifications. They will be utilized on a rotational basis. PARTIAL PAYMENT OF EPA GRANT 11. Recommend City Manager be authorized to file for partial payment of EPA grant for the 201 Facilities Plan ( J. B. Converse REPAIR OF CITY HALL SYSTEM PROPOSALS COOLING Company) 12. Proposals for repair water system at City Hall sented tomorrow night. of cooling will be pre- l COMMITTEE TO STUDY FEASIBI- 13. Recommend committee be appointed LITY OF TV INSPECTION & to study the feasibility of a television GROUTING SYSTEM inspection and grouting system for Sewer Department. r  o/. 7~ t~ 121 SANITARY SEWER FOR GIRARD 14. Recommend approval of 8" sanitary AVENUE sewer for Girard Avenue at an estimated cost of $ 9, 895. 31. ARCHITECT FOR CHESTER PRUITT 15. After review of data received in BUILDING response to the Public Announcement for architectural services for the Chester I CITY ATTORNEY TO WRITE LET- Pruitt Building, it was recommended that the contract be awarded to Ricks/ Kendrick/ Stokes/ David Architects, Inc. 16. Recommend City Attorney write a TER OF DISAPPROVAL RE UNEM- letter to the Florida Legislature voicing PLOYMENT CLAIMS the City' s disapproval of the law regu- lating unemployment c~ ms. WATER & SEWER SERVICE FOR 17. Recommend approval of request from NELSON DAVIS PROPERTY Nelson Davis for City to provide water and sewer service to County property Lot 1 and that portion of Lot 2, except the south 30. 75 feet of Lot 2, Block B, Country Club Estates) provided Mr. Davis furnishes the City with a letter of intent to annex this property within 80 to 100 days. Charges for this service will be the same as charged to property inside the City. COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH CINCO 18. Recommend members of Council be two BAYOU REFERENCE KIDD BAYOU appointed to with meetCommittee from DREDGING Cinco Bayou ( William Overstreet and Jim Kendrick) in reference to the Kidd Bayou