Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 07-14-1981 Regular — reading text

motion on the floor. Mr. said, Madame Mayor, at this point I Franklin have forgotten which motion that was; however, I believe that Mr. Miller is referring to the motion  7/ 14/ 81 261 to terminate Mr. Walker' s employment. Mr. Franklin withdrew motion at this time. Mr. Franklin moved that Resolution 81- 23 termina- ting Mr. Walker' s employment be adopted. Motion was seconded by ( inaudible). 1 Mayor asked for Mr. Mr. Baughman: Grant: Yes a Yes vote from each Council member. Mrs. Thornber: Yes. Mr. Bishop: No. Mr. Sundy: No. Mr. Miller: No. Mr. Franklin: Yes. Mayor said, motion carried. HERITAGE CASKET Under old business, Mayor presented a memo regarding COMPANY the Heritage Casket Company as follows: On May 20, 1981, Henry OWens, City Fire Inspector, conducted an inspection of Heritage Casket Company located at 117 Windham Avenue, SE, which was in operation at that time in a C- 2 zone with no inspection and no occupational license. On June 9, 1981, the City Manager presented the problem to the Council, which referred the issue to a City committee for study. The committee consists of Mr. Grant, Chairman, and Mr. Bishop and Mr. Baughman, members. On June 17, 1981, the City Manager directed the Build- ing Inspector, Fire Inspector, and Sanitation Inspector to reinspect the Herit,age Casket Compan.y on a basis hat it wou~ d be used for packing and shipping only. I On July 8, 1981, a follow- up inspection of the Heri- tage Casket Company was conducted by the Building Inspector and the Fire Inspector. vealed The inspection re- that some items had been taken care of. There was casket in the room that is being used as a one paint booth, and there was evidence that spray painting was being done. If painting is to be done, the paint booth should comply with NFPA- 33 spray application re- quirements.  r--~' 262 7/ 14/ 81 Heritage Casket Company is still in operation with no occupational license and has not met all requirements of the codes. Is/ Gary Campbell, Building Inspector" The Public Works Director stated he had no re- commendation at this time. He further discussed the discrepancies and said the company was operating without an occupational license. Mr. Baughman said neighbors were complaining about the paint spray in the area and that he was still receiving these complaints. It was agreed toleave it up to the Public Works Director and for him to report back to Council at the next meeting. WEST PARK CENTER Under old business, Mayor presented a memo from SEWER & WATER the Public Works Director on sewer and water taps SERVICE for West Park Center as follows: Attached is a memo and cost estimates for sewer and water service for West Park Center Office Condo- minium in the Industrial Park. This was inadvert- ently omitted. I would like this submitted to Council for their consideration at the next Council Meeting. Is/ c. L. Ingram, Public Works Director" The Public Works Director said he was not in agree- ment with West Park Center. Mr. Baughman said, in the past, we have used cost plus basis on this type project and felt this should be continued. Public Works Director said there is a misunderstand- ing with the people involved. Mr. Baughman moved that West Park Center be charged on a cost plus basis for water and sewer taps. J,:, Motion was not seconded. After discussion agreed a motion was not it was necessary had been passed unanimously because one at City Council meeting held June 9, 1981. It was also decided this will be handled by the Public Works Director.  7/ 14/ 81 263 STREET & PARK Under old business, Mayor reported we have not had NAMING FOR DOCIE a reply from Mrs. Docie Bass concerning the street BASS re- naming and the name of the park. Also we have had objections to the street re- naming from the Nazarene Church, the First Methodist Church, Mrs. Irma Earley, and First Baptist Church. Mr. Bishop moved to drop re- naming the street portion 1 of the motion since a number of people have objected. Motion was seconded by Mr. Baughman. After discussion, Mr. Baughman moved to amend the motion to consider naming the next appropriate street that is proper after Docie Bass. Amendment was seconded by Mr. Franklin. Motion as amended was carried unanimously. Mr. Baughman suggested recessing until 5: 30 p. m. tomorrow night, after interviews. Motion was seconded by Mr. Franklin. Mr. Bishop said he would not be available. He also resigned as Council' s representative to West Florida Regional Planning Council and moved to appoint Mrs. Thornber as the Council' s representative and to approve their budget request of $ 4, 160. 00. Motion was seconded. by Mr. Baughman and carried. Mr. Baughman again requested the meeting be recessed until 5: 30 p. m. tomorrow night. Mr. Miller recommended that tabled items be held until meeting scheduled in two weeks. Mr. Baughman withdrew his motion. Mr. Bishop moved to consider Items C, E, & M under new business and table remaining items until next Council meeting. Motion was seconded by Mr. Sundy and carried unanimously. MR. MILLER' S Under new business, request from Councilman Miller REQUEST TO RE- for reconsideration of each motion passed by Council CONSIDER MOTIONS at its Special Meeting on July 6, 1981. He stated he did not agree with the resolutions at the time. He moved that Resolution 81- 21 be rescinded due to the fact that Mr. Smith resigned before the motion was voted upon. Motion was seconded by Mr. Sundy. Mr. Miller' sreason for rescinding the resolution is to correct the record in that the resolution was made moot because of Smith' s resignation. He stated that Mr. Smith had been extremely valuable to the City and he felt Council had acted hastily in firing Mr. Smith. 2G4 7/ 14/ 81 Mr. Franklinsaid, I have some discussion on that, I challenge this, due to the fact that Mr. Smith, at the present time, is acting as counsel in a law suit against the City. How can he assist the City? Do we have some conflict of interest there? Mr. Miller said, I don' t think so. I' m talking about the transition, simply to obtain records, files, general information that may be useful to the City Mr. said, I was under the impression that the Mead documents that he left with Council that evening, according to what I interpreted to be his complete file. We have made checks on certain instances, he has assured us that we have all the files per- taining to certain matters and I have taken those matters and completed them. Mr. Miller said, I can' t believe