Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 10-15-1974 Regular — reading text

Mr. Palmer that OAKLAND PARD playground equipment for small children a::::: k r ~ J' CANCELLATION OF NEXT REGULAR 15. Recommend next Council meeting regu- . COUNCIL MEETING 1: f:: :: t :::: u::: 2 be cuce 11 ed '.... . and meetings be resumed in November on the ! . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. ( Next meeting will be November 12.) VARIANCE . REQUEST: 16. Recommend request from Kingdom Hall KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH' S of Jehovah.' s Witnesses, 248 Hollywood WITNESSES Blvd., for a variance for construction of an addition to existing building be turned over Mr. Hudson for study and recommenda- to tion back to Council tomorrow night. VARIANCE REQUEST: 17. Recommend approval of request from Mr. 116 SHBLL AVENUE Robert Hudgens for a variance to open professional office at 116 Shell Avenue-- non- conforming building in a C- 2 zone. Mr. BAughman moved that the recommendations be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Schweizer arid carried unanimously. FORT WALTON BEACH RECYCLING Concerning Item # 4, Mayor asked for direc- CO. tion as to what type of committee to refer this request to. Mr. Van Buskirk replied that the request needs to be put into a special committee and we want to include in that committee the head of the sanitation department. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE: Concerning Item # 7, City Manager stated SHOWBOAT that they did not engage in business ac- ti vi ty after September 30. Mr. Van Buskirk moved that the money be refunded. Motion was seconded by Mr. Baughman and carried unanimously. VARIANCE REQUEST: Concerning Item # 16, the south line of the KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH' S Jehovahts Witness Church is now in viola- : WITNESS tion o{ the setback, and this will just .' be a continuation of that line for another 20 feet. approval City Building Inspector recommend' : of the request. Mr. Baughman moved that the request be approved. Motion J' was seconded by Mr. Van Buskirk and carried unanimously.  279 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR Concerning City Manager stated Item 1#14, OAKLAND PARK that the order for playground equipment for Oakland Park has been placed for some time. There are three pieces of major size that have been received, and will be installed later this week. On the other parts, because of steel allocation, the I company has not been able to keep a stock on them and will not be able to deliver. We will have to order from another company to get the pieces. BOD & LIBRARY REPORTS Mayor presented BOD Report and Library Report for council information only. PURCHASE ORDER FOR FIRE Mayor presented a letter from City Attorney TRUCK: SUTPHEN FIRE regarding purchase order for fire truck EQUIPMENT COMPANY Sutphen Fire Equipment Co.). " I looked at the purchase order from the City of Fort Walton Beach pertaining to the purchase of the fire truck from the above fire equipment company, and noted at the bottom of the purchase order that you have any change in price or material auto- matically voids this purchase order." This would appear to permit someone to change their price or materials and thereby void the contract. I think this should be deleted from the purchase order itself." Mayor stated that at the last council meeting council had inquired as to whether or not the company we ordered the fire truck from was in violation saying they were going to charge us more. City Manager stated that after talking with City Purchasing Agent, he found that this sentence was put on the purchase order years ago, to keep anyone from changing the purchase order or the price on the purchase order. At that time, it worked for the benefit of the city. With things as they are now, it is working as a disadvantage to the city. I Mr. Baughman moved that the sentence be deleted from the purchase order. was seconded by Mr. Rigdon. Motion Mr. Van Buskirk stated that what council is interested in is whether the city can make the equipment company hold to their bid price. City Manager asked that since they submitted a sealed bid guaranteeing a price and delivery date, does this not at. any r 1280 any obligation on their part to deliver. City Attorney replied that this would obligate them, however when you submit a purchase order with these terms on it, you leave them an outlet. t~ a;~~ u~~; l o " ha~~~~ ~~ ni~ J,.. h~:~ d~~ t~: r; truck or whether you want to re- advertise .. it. Mayor asked for a voteon the motion to delete the sentence f~~ m the purchase order. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Van Buskirk asked City Manager what he recommends council do about the order. City Manager replied that with prices going up, an order placed as long ago as this one was and having to wait a year for delivery, I think we are better off letting the order stand. Mr. Palmer moved to leave the order as 1S. Motion was seconded by Mr. Baughman and carried unanimously. Mayor presented the following recommen- dations from Insurance Committee, Holly- wood Lease Committee, Industrial Develop- ment Committee, & Converse Contract Committee: INSURANCE COMMITTEE INSURANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS I. Recommend that we go ahead with maximum flood insurance coverage available. 2. Recommend a 50% overall increase in fire and casualty insurance coverage on all buildings and contents based on 1973 statement of value. 3. Recommend insurance be continued with current carriers through fifth P~~ i~ e~:~~~ a~ n~~ lb~ i~;~~ i~~~o ..,'] ~ ..:.' prepare specifications for future bids. .