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MINUTES OF THE f. IL MEETING
OF THE CITY OF FORT WAI.:rON BEACH, FLORIDA
JANUARY 20, 1988
I INTRODUcrION A special meeting
Beach,
1988,
Hall,
Florida,
at 5: 00 p. m., in
was
of
with the following members present:
the
held
City Council of Fort Walton
on Wednesday, January 20,
the Council Chambers at City
Mayor John L. Shortall, Jr.
Counc ilmen: J. C. " Buck n Smit h
David deVaux
Lee C. Bobo
Thomas Tona
William J. Roberts, III
Absent: Sidney Rosenbaum
James Wyatt
The Mayor welcomed the members of the Underground
Utility Committee, as well as representatives from
neighboring communities, to the meeting, and thanked
them for coming and showing their interest. He
reported that this will be a special Council meeting
on the Underground Utility Conversion Committee Status
report, presented by its chairman, C. Thomas Maney.
INVOCATION Mayor Shortall gave the invocation and led in the
Pledge of Allegiance.
STATUS UPDATE ON Mr. Maney gave an informational briefing on the status
UNDERGROUND UTILITY COMM. report for technical feasibility for overhea1 wires
going underground for electric, telephone, and
television cable. He highlighted, through the use of
transparencies, the technical aspects of the concept,
National Trends, benefits and drawbacks, emerging cost
data, and funding options. Mr. Maney concluded that
the safety issue dominates all, technology is clearly
driving towards better reliab ility and lower cost, and
leading the
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that the State of California is way in
conversion.