Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 05-01-1963 Special — reading text

WAIVER OF NOTICE OF MEETING I WE, THE UNDERSIGNED COUNCIL MEMBERS O~ THE CITY O~ FORT WALTON BEACH, FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY WAIVE NOTICE O~ TIME, PLACE AND PURPOSE O~ THIS SPECIAL MEETING O~ THE CITY COUNCIL; DO HEREBY SET THE TIME O~ SAID MEETING AT 2: 30 P. M., WEDNESDAY, I MAY 1963, AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER O~ CITY HALL AS THE PLACE. THIS SPECIAL MEETING WAS CALLED rOR THE PRESENTATION Or THE BOND ORDINANCE BY MR. LEONARD HANAUER, Or IRA HAUPT & COMPANY. 0~ I  49 MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL I A 1963, SPECIAL PRESENT: IN MEETING COUNCIL OF CITY CHAMBERS SAM COUNCIL OF CITY LINDSEY, WAS HALL, HELD MAYOR WITH ON WEDNESDAY, THE FOLLOWING MAY I, MEMBERS FRED TOLBERT S. L. ROGERS RAY JONES H. H. CARNATHAN CLIFF LONG AND CITY MANAGER, CITY. ATTORNEY AND FINANCE DIRECTOR- CITY CLERK. MAYOR OPENED MEETING AT 2: 54 P. M. AND READ WAIVER OF NOTICE OF MEETING WHICH STATED THAT THE MEETING HAD BEEN CALLED FOR THE PRESENTATION OF, THE BOND ORDINANCE BY MR. LEONARD HANAUER, OF IRA HAUPT & COMPANY. MR. HANAUER WAS INTRODUCED AT THIS TIME. A~ TER MEETING HAD BEEN DULY CALLED TO ORDER, ORDINANCE No. 387 ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $ 1, 150, 000 UTILITIES TAX REVENUE CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1963, OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF REFUNDING CERTAIN OUTSTANDING UTILITIES TAX REVENUE CERTIFICATES AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS IN FORT WALTON BEACH, PROVIDING FOR THE SALE AND SECURITY OF SAID CERTIFICATES, lAND FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX IMPOSED BY SAID CITY ON TWE SALES OF ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND TELEPHONE SERVICE, MAKING CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS IN THAT CONNECTION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY," WAS INTRODUCED IN WRITTEN FORM BY COUNCILMAN TOLBERT, AND WAS READ IN FULL IN OPEN MEETING AND DISCUSSED. IT WAS THEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN TOLBERT THAT THE ORDINANCE BE APPROVED AS READ AND SECO~ DED BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS. THE VOTE POLLED: I AYE - NAY - COUNCILMAN SECONDED, ROGERS, LONG BY AND JONES, TOLBERT CARNATHAN COUNCILMAN MOVED AND TOLBERT THE ROGERS, MEETING AND MAYOR BE RECESSED, RECESSED MOTION MEETING WAS AT 3: 50 P. M. UNTIL 4: 50 P. M. J"~ n :; MAYOR RE- OPENED MEETING AT 4: 50 P. M. COUNCILMAN TOLBERT MOVED THAT ORDINANCE No. 387 BE ACCEPTED. COUNCILMAN ROGERS SECONDED THE MOTION. COUNCILMAN CARNATHAN STATED THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS AS GOOD AS COULD BE EXPECTED, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT HE HAD NOT CHANGED HIS MIND ON THE PRO- CEEDINGS BUT TO OPPOSE THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE NOW WOULD PLACE THE CITY IN A WORSE POSITION THAN IT MIGHT BE ALREADY, SO HE PROPOSED TO GO ALONG BASED ON THIS. COUNCILMAN LONG CONCURRED WITH COUNCILMAN CARNATHAN, STATING THIS ORDINANCE WAS AS GOOD AS COULD BE DRAWN AND FELT THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE AT THIS TIME EXCEPT TO PASS IT; THEREFORE, HE WAS NOT OPPOSING IT ANY FURTHER. MANAGER POINTED OUT THAT THE MOTION PREVIOUSLY MADE WAS NOT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE WRITTEN FORM AND ASKED THAT THE PROCEEDINGS FOLLOW THE STEPS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE. COUNCILMAN ROGERS WITHDREW HIS SECOND. IT WAS THEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN TOLBERT THAT THE CHARTER RULES REQUIRING ORDINANCES TO BE READ ON THREE SEPARATE DAYS BE WAIVED AND THE ORDINANCE BE NOW CONSIDERED FOR THE FINAL PASSAGE. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS AND CARRIED BY THE ROLL CALL VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, TO WIT: AYE.- TOLBERT, ROGERS, JONES, CARNATHAN AND LONG NAY - NONE IT WAS THEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN TOLBERT THAT BY REASON OF THE URGENT NECESSITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE WITH THE PROCEEDS~ OF SAID CERTIFICATES THAT THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR THE IMMED1ATE PRESERVATION OF THE PUBLiC PEACE, PROPERTY, HEALTH OR SAFETY THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT IM- MEDIATELY AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. THE MOTION WAS SECONDEO BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS AND CARRIED BY T~ E ROLL CALL VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE MEMBERSIOF THE CITY CO~ NCIL, TO WIT: AYE TOLBERT, ROGERS, J@NES, CARNATHAN AND LONG NAY - NONE THE ORDINANCE WAS THEN AGAIN READ IN FULL AND WAS DISCUSSED, AFTER WHICH, PURSUANT TO MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS, AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TOLBERT, IT WAS ADOPTED WITHOUT CHANGE ON FINAL READING BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE TOLBERT, ROGERS, JONES, CARNATHAN AND LONG NAY NONE