Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 07-09-1968 Regular — reading text

117 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA JULY 9, 1968 INTRODUCTION A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held at the City Hall I on July 9, 1968, at 7: 30 p. m., with the following members present and the Mayor presiding: H. French Brown, Jr., Mayor Jimmie M. Ready C. H. Rigdon, Jr. C. H, Long Sterlyn W. Killingsworth William H, Sconiers and Winston G. Walker, City Manager; Walter J. Smith, City Attorney; and Charles H. Evans, City Clerk- Finance Director. INVOCATION Invocation was given by Councilman Killingsworth. GAVEL Mayor Brown presented gavel to Councilman Sconiers as a MAYOR PRO TEM token of his accepting the office as Mayor Pro Tern for SCONIERS the term ending June 30, 1969. There was a brief recess for pictures. MINUTES The following minutes were unanimously approved as written on motion by Mr. Sconiers, seconded by Mr. Killingsworth. Regular Meeting 2- 27- 68 Regular Meeting 4- 23- 68 Regular Meeting 5- 14- 68 Regular Meeting 5- 28- 68 Regular Meeting 6- 11- 68 BUDGET The following recommendations from Council as a RECOMMENDATIONS Committee, dated July 1, 1968, were read: 1. Recommend that the City budget for fiscal year ending June 30, 1969,amended to be include a Senior Citizen' s in the Building amount of $ 100, 000. 00, and that the City I Manager and City Clerk- Finance Director be authorized to check means of financing the building. 2. Recommend that Ordinance 503 be amended to include the City Manager as Grade 33, and that the pay be approved in Step F, 3, Recommend that proposed budget as amended be submitted to public hearing to be held on July 23, 1968, at 8: 00 p. m.  Q j I. , BUDGET Mr, Long moved that the recommendations be RECOMMENDATIONS approved as read. Motion seconded by Mr. Ready and Continued carried unanimously. FINANCING FOR Manager commented that Mr. Ready had made arrangements SUPERCRAFT through the First National Bank as was instructed ADDITION for monies at a rate of 5~% for Supercraft Boat Co. building addition. COMMITTEE The following recommendations from Council as a RECOMMENDATIONS Committee on July 8, 196~, were read: 1. Recommend that Council request the Golf Course Panel to convene, and that they consider the request made by the Men' s Golf Association, with a recommendation to Council for the next regular meeting on July 23. 2. Committee referred request made by Miramar Homes, Inc. that City deed dedicated park area back to Miramar Homes for covering drainage ditch and beautifying the area, be referred to the City Attorney for legal opinion, 3. Recommend that Miramar Homes, Inc. request for relief on water costs through individual meter- ing the apartment units be referred to the City Manager and Staff for recommendation back to Council. 4. Committee received bids for sewer rodding machine as follows: Rockwell ( Flexible) 3, 295. 00 net OtBrien 5, 200. 00 less trade 4, 200. 00 Earl Long ( O' Brien) 5, 200. 00 less trade 4, 450. 00 Champion no bid Committee recommends that this bid be awarded to low bidder, Rockwell, providing machine meets specifications. 5, Committee received bids for construction of seawall as follows: Anderson 10, 065. 04 T. Crowder 3, 332. 84 Marine Const. Co. 6, 430, 00 Committee recommends that bid be awarded to low bidder, Crowder.  119 COMMITTEE 6. Committee received bids for Fire Detection RECOMMENDATIONS System for City buildings as follows: Continued) Grice $ 4, 125, 00 Cocke $ 4, 660. 20 These bids were referred to the Fire Chief for study and recommendation. 7, Recommend that letter be written to the State I 8. Road Department requesting that the cut Highway 98 made during the outfall line construction be left open. Recommend for purchase, approval 60 and 7S- second on gears for controllers for traffic signals in Fort Walton Beach. 9. Recommend payment of invoice from Dodson Craddock Born for Chamber of Commerce Advertising in the amount of $ 1, 530. 13. 10, Recommend that current fee structure for water sewer taps for multiple units remain as they are. 11. Recommend that City Manager and City Clerk- Finance Director move immediately to try to find financing for additional building for Super Craft Boat Co. ( Mr. Cheatham requested a building 120' x 200' on same terms as present building and will pay the fifth year' s lease in advance, 12. Recommend approval for payment for invoice from County Tax Assessor for duplicate county tax roll in the amount of $ 2, 000, 00. 13. Recommend that William H. " Red" Sconiers be reappointed to the Civil Defense Board, Mr, Long moved that recommendations 1 thru 9 and 11 thru 13 be approved as read, Motion seconded by Mr. Sconiers, Manager commented in reference to No. 4 that had not had time to verify specifications on machine bid and asked that the award deferred until be next meeting, whereupon Mr. Long amended his motion to approve 1 thru 3, 5 thru 9, and 11 thru 13, with I RECOMMENDATION 10 - permission as Mr. restated of second, Mr, Sconiers. was DISCUSSION for the recommendation, Mr. aye Vote to the motion unanimously. Long commented concerning No. 10 asking the basis Rigdon said decision carne AND VOTE after discussion that Council had just gone over the rates in the last 90 days. Mr. Long said Council didn' t take multiple units into account. He said the portion concerning multiple 120 RECOMMENDATION units was practically uninterpretable - - though he 10 - DISCUSSION realized a builder could come before Council and ask AND VOTE ( Cont.) for