Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 03-09-1976 Regular — reading text

Jacobsen Manufacturing 1 @$ Yeildings Equipment Co. 3, 410; Tieco, Inc. @$ 3, 395. @j J GOLF COURSE GANG MOWER BID 12. Recommend " Golf Course Gang Mower Bid" be awarded to low bidder: Tieco Gulf Coast @ $ 4, 720. Other bids were: Yeildings Equipment Co. @ $ 4, 750; Tieco, Inc. @$ 4, 766. REQUEST FOR DAMAGED TREE 13. Recommend approval of request from REMOVAL ( 207 YACHT CLUB DR) Mr. Randall Hughes for damaged tree removal. He was unable to make request sooner because of illness ( 207 Yacht Club Drive.) SHORTENING SANITARY SEWER 14. Recommend approval of shortening sani- FOR GIRARD AVENUE tary sewer for Girard Avenue to service existing buildings only. Approximate cost: 5, 000. IMPROVEMENTS TO FAIRGROUNDS 15. Recommend approval of improvements to Fairgrounds. Shrine Club to install additional rest rooms and ticket windows. USO GOLF TOURNAMENT 16. Recommend approval of request for use of City Golf Course for Bob Hope USO Golf Tournament on September 24 and 25, 1976. DEFERRED ANNUITY PLAN FOR 17. Recommend City Attorney and Finance CITYBMPLOYEES Director be authorized to investigate a deferred annuity plan for City employees to invest money in their own plan. JOE POLLAZZIO TO APPEAR 18. Request that Mr. Joe Pollazzio appear BEFORE COUNCIL WITH DRAWINGS before Council with some drawings before his request for a variance for building addition will be considered. 1 REALIGNMENT OF COMMUNITY 19. RecommendCity Manager authorized be j DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS to realign Community Development Block Grant Mooney Funds as follows: Road $ 20, 000. ED- ED- 38B - 42 - Holmes Boulevard, Jet Drive $ 10, 000. Sidewalks' Sidewalks . Jj ARCHITECT FOR SENIOR CITIZEN 20. After review of data received in res- FACILITY ponse to the Public Announcement for archi- tectural services for the Senior Citizen' s Facility, it was recommended that the con- tract be awarded to Henry Nichols, Archi- tect.  3/ 9/ 7~_ __ 1a9 SLAVAGED ADDING MACHINES 21. Recommend the following salvaged adding machines be donated to the Voca- tional Technical Center to be used as training aids in the Business Machine Department: Olivetti Serial No. 068992, Olivetti Serial No. 098421, Olivetti Serial I No. 231556, Burroughs Serial No. P132764D Underwood Serial No. 1092172, Adding Machine # 44 Serial No. E08089l. LETTER FROM DAVID SELBY 22. Recommend from Mr. David Selby letter RE EXEMPTION TO PUBLIC regarding exemption to the public an SERVICE TAX ON UTILITIES service tax on utilities to the Okaloosa County School Board be turned over to the City Attorney for study and recommendation back to Council. HOUSE TRAILER ON HOSPITAL 23. Recommend house trailer be allowed DRIVE toremain behind office on Hospital Drive until Saturday, March 13, 1976. DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIA- 24. Mr. Sam Taylor informed Council that TION PURCHASED A DOUBLE- the Downtown Merchants Association had DECKER BUS purchased a double- decker bus and it would be in operation in ten days. LETTER FROM JERE TOLTON 25. Recommend that letter from Represen- tative Jere Tolton be turned over to City Attorney to prepare a resolution regarding Chapter 175. 122, Florida Statutes. SURVEY RE DOUBLE TAXATION 26. Mayor Pro Tern Rigdon informed those present that he was asked by the Okaloosa County League of Cities to make a survey regarding double taxation and that was the reason for the survey. He did it because he was asked to serve on the Com- mittee. It was not politically motivated. LETTER TO BE WRITTEN TO 27. Recommend a letter be written to Mr. EULICE SHELLEY ASKING FOR Eulice Shelley asking if he would give an EASEMENT easement to the City and advise him that the drainage project for his area will be put on the list for a future date. I CITY ATTORNEY TO CONTACT KOBOS RE EASEMENT VOTE ON RECOMMENDATIONS 28. us Mr. Recommend City Attorney contact Mr. Kobos about easement and ask him to give a decision one way or the other. Baughman moved that the recommendations be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Bishop and carried unanimously. BICENTENNIAL SLIDE PRESEN- Concerning Item # 1, Mrs. Kate Bagley stated TATION that the Bicentennial Committee had a slide  v_,.~"..- v'""""',..............~.....~,..........._..'___,;;.._-_.~~ 4..~"'............,..,..___-_..._,-- r~ 5/ 9/ 71p 140 - presentation to show to Council and the audience. The film explain < the Bicen- tennial project for a traditional statue. LIBRARY PROGRESS REPORT Mayor presented the Library Progress Report] for Council information. < HUMANE SOCIETY REPORT Mayor presented the Humane Society Report. ' LETTER RE SERVICE PINS Mayor presented a letter from Mrs. Junice Barfield thanking the City for honoring the employees with Service Pins. BICENTENNIAL FILM Bicentennial Committee showed their film. Afterwards, City Attorney explained the contract for the construction of the statue and the contract with Mr. Toman for his fee. The total of the two contracts is $ 20, 000. None of the original $ 5, 000 has been dispersed. The City would be contracting for the Bicentennial Committee