Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 12-05-1962 Special — reading text

MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL 1 A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD THE CITY MANAGER THE FOLLOWING AT 10: 00 A. M. ON WEDNESDAY, MEMBERS 5 PRESENT: SAM LINDSEY, MAYOR IN DECEMBER THE OFFICE 1962, OF WITH S. L. ROGERS C. H. LONG RAY JONES J. M. READY FRED TOLBERT H. H. CARNATHAN AND CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR- CITY CLERK. THE MANAGER STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL MEETING WAS TO AWARD THE STREET SWEEPER BID BUT. O OR THREE OTHER MATTERS WERE AT HAND AND RECOMMENDED SAME BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL AS THIS TIME. A RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE STREET SWEEPER WAS READ BY MANAGER FROM A SPECIAL COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND AREPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS COM- MITTEE, COUNCILMAN TOLBERT AND COUNCILMAN ROGERS, WHO WENT TO DOTHAN TO SEE THE SWEEPER. THE RECOMMENDATION READS AS FOLLOWS: WE RECOMMEND THAT STREET SWEEPER BID BE AWARDED TO STAPP EQUIPMENT COMPANY FOR A WAYNE SWEEPER ON BASIS OF A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY AND DETERMINATION THAT WAYNE IS THE ONLY SWEEPER THAT MEETS SPECIFICATIONS. WE VISITED THE CITY OF DOTHAN, ALABAMA, AND DETERMINED THROUGH EXAMINATION OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS THAT THE WAYNE SWEEPER HAS PROVEN TO BE MORE ECONOMICAL TO MAINTAIN THAN COMPETITI~ E MACHINES. WE OBTAINED A COMMITTMENT FROM MR. DOOLITTLE OF STAPP EQUIPMENT COMPANY TO SELL THE OLD MACHINE BACK TO THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH FOR ONE DOLLAR ($ 1. 00)." I SIGNEO: S. L. FRED ROGERS TOLBERT  7Q j'''' 01', ~",' IT WAS BROUGHT OUT IN THE MEETING THAT THESE TWO COUNCILMEN DESERVED A VOTE OF THANKS IN THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RE- PURCHASE TNE OLD STREET SWEEPER FROM ROBERT STAPP MACHINERY COMPANY FOR THE TOTAL SUM OF ONE DOLLAR ( 51. 00) INSTEAD OF ~ E 500 DOLLAR FIGURE SET OUT IN BID 0 ATED OCTOBER 22, 1962. COUNCILMAN READY MADE THE MOTION THAT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE URCHASE OF THE WAYN~ STREET SWEEP~ W FROM STAPP BE APPROVED. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LONG. CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT COUNCIL- MAN COURTER HAD TO BE IN MOBILE AND COULD NOT ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING BUT THAT THE COUNCILMAN HAD INSTRUCTED THE MANAGER TO EXPRESS HIS CONCURRENCE WITH COUNCILMEN ROGERS AND TOLBERT. THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. MAYOR LINDSEY READ RECOMMENDATION O~ PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE OF 3 DECEMBER 1962 THAT AUDITO. IUM SEATING BE AWARDED AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY ON BASIS OF AN ATTACHED REPORT, WHICH REPORT WAS READ BY CITY MANAGER. ON MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JONES, AND ON UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE PUBLIC WORKS RECOM- MENDATION WAS APPROVED. i I RESOLUTION 62- 52 AE 530, 000 DOWN PAYMENT ON KELLY TRACT OF LAND OUT OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT FUND WAS READ' BY THE MAYOR AND, ON MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LONG, WAS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. CHANGE ORDER # 5 ISSUED BY RICKS & KENDRICK, ARCHITECTS, PROPOSING TO CHANGE COUNTER LAYOUT IN ROOMS 201 AND 202 IN NEW CITY HALL AS SHOWN IN SKETCH DATED NOVEMBER 26, 1962, WAS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT ON MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL- MAN READY. ON MOTION MADE AND DULY SECONDED, MEETING AD~ OURNED AT 10: 40 A. M. ADOPTE~~~~ k1. ApPROVE- n - . - ~. ' ATTEST: MAYOR ~ l J/,. CITY J -? CLERK ofu..A  WAIVER NOTICE OF MEETING WE, THE UNDERSIGNED COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 00 HEREBY WAIVE NOTICE OF TIME, PLACE AND PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL; DO HEREIY SET THE TIME OF SAID MEETING AT 10. 00 A. M., DECEMBER 5, 1962, COUNCIL CHAMIER, CITY HALL, . THE PLACE. THIS SPECIAL MEETING WAS CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF AWARDING STREET SWEEPER BID. CAR~- S. t:. ROGER FRED TOLBERT