Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 07-30-1963 Special — reading text

WAIVER OF NOTICE OF MEETING We, the undersigned Council Members of the City of Fort Walton I Beach, time, Fort Walton Beach, place, and Florida, purpose of this do hereby waive Special Meeting of the notice City of Council; do hereby set the time of said meeting at 7: 30 P. M., Tuesday, July 30, 1963, and the Council Chamber of City Hall as the place. This Special Meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the following: rr; ~ - -'&. I '~"' Hours of Sale - ul1J ~ aa Bl_ L~ lul, tl9R~ ~ al.e """ 1t:!:! 14iu08v.... Alcoholic IaU ~ -~~ ", v")." jT. I I f I IrIan 6- Beverages Completion of Budget for Fiscal Year 1963- 64 Public Works Committee Recommendations I I '". f~' // 1, C., ' / ' 7f C~L L. - . 1.+-_.. J  WAIVER OF NOTICE OF MEETING We, the undersigned Council Members of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, do hereby waive notice of I time, place, and purpose of this Special Meeting of the City Council; do hereby set the time of said meeting at 7: .30 P. M. , Tuesday, July .30, 1963. , and the Council Chamber of City Hall as the place. This Special Meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the following additional items: Resolution offering two proposed sites to County Board of Public Instruction for construction of a Junior College. Formal Council action backing proposed location of Dog Fly Laboratory in City of Fort Walton Beach. 0- r> JfcG~~ bCA:~.. - -~.. z1." 1/ ~ J< X- I (~"" t;J/, ,'~- J1c r, I  ir: l() MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL JULY 30, 1963 I A special meeting of City Council was held on Tuesday, July 30, 1963, at 7: 30 P. M. with the following members present: Sam Lindsey, Mayor S. L. Rogers Fred Tolbert C. Long Lee Courter Ray Jones and City Manager, City Attorney, and Finance Director- City Clerk. Mayor Lindsey read Waiver of Notice of Meeting. City Manager presented six recommendations from Public Works Committee as follows: 1. Recommend that Cast Iron Pipe bid be let to low bidder American Cast Iron Pipe Co. at $ 74, 484. 66. Councilman Rogers moved that this recommendation be approved, seconded by Councilman Tolbert and the vote was aye unanimously. 2. Recommend that galvanized pipe bid be awarded to Adams Supply Company as low bidder at price of $ 3847. 00. Council voted unanimously on motion by Councilman Jones, seconded by Councilman Rogers that this recommendation be approved. 3. Recommend Gate Valve bid be awarded to low bidder, Kennedy Valve Co. at price of $ 5429. 00. Council voted unanimously on motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman Jones that this recommendation be approved. 4. Recommend Corrugated Metal Pipe bid be accepted and I that bid be awarded on basis of tabulation from last year' s figures, and current price list comparison, showing this bid to be less than last year. Council voted unanimously on motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman Jones, that this recommendation be approved. 5. Recommend that request from Okaloosa Island Authority to purchase slag for street surfacing through City of Fort Walton Beach at no cost to the City be approve~.  t" 4_, Council voted unanimously on motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman Tolbert, that this recommendation be approved. 6. Recommend that request from Okaloosa Island Authority to useCity Engineering Section for street layout work and reimburse City on cost basis be denied for following reasons: I. There is licensed engineering firm in the City, and 2. City Engineering Section is busy full time. City Manager gave explanation of Ordinance History rej hours of sale of Alcoholic beverages as follows: Present Codeclosing at 2 A. M. with opening at 1 P. M. on sets Sundays and 7 A. M. weekdays.onResearch shows that in 1949 Council passed ordinance setting 4 A. M. closing time. In 1953 this was amended but did not amend closing hours. In 1957 ordinance was put on table for consideration of changing closing to 2 A. M. However it was left in file. When Code was put to- gether in 1960 the Code Corporation picked up the 1957 Ordinance as if it had been passed and used those hours. We now have legal T! hours of 2 A. M. Manager stated he did not think that was intention of Council. Councilman Rogers stated that he had instructed City Attorney to draw up Ordinance changing these hours. Mayor asked Attorney to read this ordinance. 391 - An ordinance amending Section 3- 11 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Fort Walton Beach, to provide for the sale or consumption of alcholic beverages until the hours of 4: 00 A. M. week- days Saturdays, and Sunday, providing the effective date hereof. Councilman Rogers moved that this Ordinance be approved with hours changed on Sunday from 4 A. M. to 1 P. M. Motion was seconded by Councilman Courter and the vote was aye unanimously. Councilman Rogers moved 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. Motion was seconded by Councilman Courter and the vote was aye unanimously. A discussion of the Capital Outlay portion of the Budget for Fiscal Year 63- 64 followed: A general discussion took place on the section proposed for Recreation Dept. for parks i. e., Colored Park 3, 150. 00, Villa Russ Park 1, 850. 00, Garnier Beach Park 1800. 00 and Ferry Park Drainage $ 4800. 00. It was suggested by Councilman Long that 4800. 00 remain for Ferry Park and the remaining $ 6800. 00 be  split three ways. After further discussion, Councilman Jones . moved that this $ 11, 600 be divided as follows: $ 4g00. 0o as is, i. e., Ferry Park Drainage, the remaining $ 6g00. 00 be divided equally among Colored Park, Villa Russ Park, and GarnierTs Beach Park. Motion was seconded by Councilman Courter and the vote was I aye unanimously. Councilman Rogers moved that Capital Outlay portion of budget be approved as amended. Motion seconded by Councilman Jones, and vote was aye unanimously. City Attorney advised Council that according to City Charter budget would have to balance or millage raised. After discussion, Councilman Tolbert moved that City Attorney be instructed to draft ordinance providing for millage of 11 mills. Motion was seconded by Councilman Jones, and the vote was aye unanimously. Councilman Tolbert moved . that Council re- consider past motion on capital outlay portion items and put budget back under corrunittee consideration of Council as whole at next regular meeting to study priority items and come up with balanced budget. Motion was seconded by Councilman Jones, and the vote was aye unanimously. City Manager presented pay scale for employees with recorrunended changes. Councilman Tolbert moved that these recorrunendations be approved as presented. Motion was seconded by Councilman Jones, and vote was aye unanimously. City Attorney presented resolution as follows: 63- 40 - A resolution of the City of Fort Walton Beach offering to donate to the Okaloosa County Board of Public Instruction certain parcels of real property located in the City of Fort Walton Beach, as sites for the construction and establishment of the