Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 03-14-1979 Regular — reading text

Mr. Norviel replied~ it has nothing to do with Mr. Smithls fees. It has to do with public records and a meeting of January 9, 1979. I have several questions about the meeting of January 9 and what has happened since then. It has nothing to do with the PERC hearings themselves or testimony there. It does have to do with Mr. Rockls fees and a request for a fee increase. City Attorney said, there is a request from Mr. Rock for payment of fees concerning the fire- fighters union. There is a request for payment of Mr. Brownls fees by the City of Fort Walton I Beach for the representation. These are both issues pending before PERC and I do not think it is proper at this time to go into them until the ultimate determination is made. At the advice of counsel, Mayor ruled Mr. Norviel out of order. Mr. Norviel said, I believe that you canlt are going to object something that happened to in your own meeting. You have a committee j7L.. 3/ 14/ 79 formed that is supposed to look into this. I am questioning the committee and the action of the committee, and you are not going to let me speak on it? Mayor replied, that is why we have a very UNIFORM BID" qualified counsel to advise me on such matters, and I would not violate his advice. Mayor presented the following recommendation from Chief of Police: l Recommend the " Uniform Bid" be awarded to The Uniform Shop at $ 9, 794. 42. Other bidder was McCain Uniform Company at $ 9, 787. 10. There was a difference of only $ 7. 32 between both bidders. By accepting The Uniform Shop bid, a savings of shipping charges will be realized as well as the convenience of doing business with a local merchant." Mr. Rigdon moved that the recommendation be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Hill and carried unanimously. CHLORINE & ALUM BID" Mayor presented the following recommendation from Public Works Director: Notice was mailed to twelve ( 12) bidders for " Chlorine & Alum Bid". Seven ( 7) bids were opened on March 5, 1979. Bid ranking: Gulf State Chemical 6, 404. 00 Thompson- HaywardChemical 6, 457. 00 Jones Chemical 6, 701. 70 Jerry Lee Chemical 6, 701.70 Destin Pool Service 6, 830. 00 I recommend the bid be awarded to low bidder, Gulf State Chemical @ $ 6, 404. 00." Mr. Hunt moved that the recommendation be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. HIll and carried unanimously. TORO GREENSMASTER III Mayor presented the following recommendation GREENS MOWER BID" from Recreation Director: Recommend that the City accept the Gulf Shores Turf Supply bid of $ 4, 820. 00 for one Toro Greensmaster III Greens Mower. The bid was low and meets specifications. Other bidders were:  3/ 14/ 79 175 Tieco Gulf Coast of Pensacola 5, 595. 00 Tieco of Birmingham, AL 5, 990. 00 Tieco of Montgomery, AL 6, 795. 00 Tankleysl of Nashville 6, 838. 00 Mr. Hill moved that the recommendation be I approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Bishop and carried unanimously. ASPHALT BIDS FOR Mayor presented the following recommendations SENIOR CITIZENS PARKING from Public Works Director: LOT & CITY HALL PARKING LOT Bids opened on March 12, 1979, for were asphalt for the Senior Citizens Parking Lot, access road, and City Hall Parking Lot Addi- tion. The bidders were as follows: Edward M. Chadbourne, Inc. 31.20/ tn Mixon Enterprises 19. 85/ tn Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises 22. 00/ tn I recommendwe accept the lowest bid, Mixon Enterprises, of Fort Walton Beach." Dr. Houghton moved that the " Asphalt Bid" be awarded to low bidder, Mixon Enterprises @ 19. 85/ tn. Motion was seconded by Mr. Brock and carried unanimously. ASPHALT BIDS FOR BLOCK Asphalt bids were opened on March 12, 1979, GRANT & SMALL CITIES for Block Grant and Small Cities Projects. PROJECTS The bidders were as follows: Edward M. Chadbourne, Inc. 3l. 20/ tn Mixon Enterprises 19. 35/ tn Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises 22. 00/ tn It is my recommendation that we accept the low bid from Mixon Enterprises of Fort Walton Beach, Florida." Mr. Hunt moved that the bid be awarded to low bidder, Mison Enterprises @ $ 19. 35/ tn. Motion was seconded by Mr. Brock and carried unani- I mously. AUCTION FOR UNCLAIMED Request was presented from Police Chief for PERSONAL PROPERTY permission to advertise and hold sale and auction of unclaimed personal property. Mr. Hunt moved that the request be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Hill. Mr. Hunt asked if this is the proper way to handle this? Police Chief replied that this was the recommendation from City Attorney. 1.76 3/ 14/ 79 Question was called for and motion carried unanimously. DON NORVIEL-- ATTORNEY Don Norviel said, under Old Business City FEES Attorney said that if I had a question con- cerning his fees I could discuss it. That is what I would like to discuss at this time. To date the City has spent $ 44, 720. 75 in attorney fees for Mr. Rock and Mr. Dewrell. We have tried to obtain bills from Mr. Smith concerning union business and I know Mr. Smith has been involved in several hearings, but we havenlt been able to obtain a bill from him. Mayor ruled Mr. Norviel out of order and stated that he had reference to union and PERC activities and Council is not going to listen to that. TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN Mr. Hunt brought up the problem of speeding AREA traffic in the downtown area. He said that he was in the downtown area recently and could not believe the speed of the traffic. I saw trucks doing SO mph. Isnlt there something that we could do to slow that traffic down? It is a hazard. Someone is going to get killed there. I guess we are going to have to set a police car down there with a radar gun. I don' t think it is the local people, and I think if the truck drivers know that we are going to be enforcing the speed limit, they will slow down. I think we could establish a reasonable speed that would move the traffic but at the same time make it safe. Mr. Rigdon replied, we asked City Manager to ask Chief Ray to get down there. If we tell Chief Ray to stop them, he will stop them. But I agree that we need to ask City Manager to tell Chief Ray to patrol there. Mr. Hunt said that maybe we could get a press release out through public relations and get some help from the local newspapers and radio I