Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 05-10-1988 Regular — reading text

199 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH. FLORIDA MAY 10. 1988 INTRODUCTION A regular meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach. Florida. was held on Tuesday. May 10. 1988. at 7: 00 p. m.. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. with I the Mayor John following members present: Counc ilmen: L. Shortall. Sidney Rosenbaum Jr. David deVaux James Wyatt Lee C. Bobo Thomas Tona William J. Roberts. III Absent: J. C. " Buck" Smith Also Present: Chuck Keeler. City Manager: Helen Spencer. City Clerk: Vince Bruner. City Attorney; Charlie Evans. Director of Finance; Department Heads: Media The Mayor welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked them for coming and showing an interest in their City government. He then asked if anyone wishes to speak to please indicate their desire to be recognized by the Chair. then state for the record their name and address. INVOCATION Mayor Shortall gave the invocation and led in the Pledge of Allegiance. GENERAL PUBLIC Tammy Lilligard. 611 Manor Court. showed Council pictures of her son after he had been hit by a stray golf ball. She thanked Council for putting up warning signs but felt something else needed to be done. Larry Trenary. 41 Bay Drive. a resident of Fort Walton Beach. suggested making the 16 hole on Course 2 a par 3 as a solution to the problem of stray golf balls. Mr. Tona moved that the City install the necessary 1 netting Motion Discussion this to was situation. alleviate seconded followed the by Mr. on problem at the golf course. deVaux. possible solutions to resolve 200 5/ 10/ 88 GENERAL PUBLIC ( CONT.) Mr. Bobo moved that the motion be tabled for two weeks to allow the City Manager and staff to return with a concrete recommendation as to what netting would be required. what the cost would be to put up the net. and the facts on errant golf balls that have gone across onto Parkview. Motion was seconded by Mr. Wyatt. and carried by a vote of 4 to 2 with Rosenbaum. Wyatt. Bobo and Roberts in favor. and deVaux and Tona opposed. MINUTES Mr. Rosenbaum that the regular minutes of April moved 26. 1988. be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Bobo. and carried unanimously with Rosenbaum. deVaux. Wyatt. Bobo. Tona. and Roberts in favor. VARIANCE FOR SETBACK Mr. deVaux moved that the variance request to observe LOUIS LANDGRAF 38 1ST ST an 11' front yard setback and a variance for a 5- 1/ 2' side yard setback at 38 First Street. for Louis R. Landgraf. be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Tona. and failed by a vote of 4 to 2. with Rosenbaum. Wyatt. Bobo and Roberts opposed and deVaux and Tona in favor. MPB - REPORT FROM Thornber Smith. Chairman of Municipal Planning the CHAIRMAN Board reported to Council Planning Board that the continues to review the comprehensive plan elements in detail and reaffirmed the Planning Board' s recommendation that the elements fall short of specific requirements of 9J- 5. PROCLAMATION The Mayor read a proclamation designating the week of NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS May 15 - 21. 1988. as " National Public Works Week". WEEK and presented the proclamation to Monty Jackson. Public Works Director for the City of Fort Walton Beac h . PROCLAMATION The Mayor read a proclamation designating May. 1988 as BETTER SPEECH AND Better Speech and Hearing" Month. and presented the HEARING MONTH proclamation to a representative of the Speech and Hea ring Clinic. PROCLAMATION The Mayor read a proclamation designating May. 1988 as OLDER AMERICANS MONTH Older Americans" Month. PROCLAMATION The Mayor read a proclamation designating Saturday. WALK WITH YOUR DOC DAY May 14. 1988 as " Walk With Your Doc" Day. i CAB & CHASSIS BID Mr. Bobo moved that the City purchase a Ford C- 8000 AUTOMATED REFUSE TRUCK Cab and Chassis from Heintzelman' s Truck Center. Orlando. Florida. for $ 38. 188. 57. under the provisions of the Florida State Contract No. 070- 700- 88- 1. Motion was seconded by Mr. Roberts and carried unanimously. with Rosenbaum. deVaux. Wyatt. Bobo. Tona and Roberts in favor.  5/ 10/ 88 201 CAB & CHASSIS BID Mr. Roberts moved that the City purchase a Cab and SEWER PRESSURE CLEANER Chassis Unit for a Sewer Pressure Cleaner from Heintzelman' s Truck Center. Orlando. Florida. for 22. 309. 15. under the provisions of the Florida State Contract No. 070- 700- 88- 1. Motion was seconded by Mr. Bobo andcarried unanimously. with Rosenbaum. deVaux. Wyatt. Bobo. Tona and Roberts in favor. SURPLUS CAB & CHASSIS Mr. Wyatt moved that the bid from Williams Equipment 1 BID Company. Inc. and the offer from Mr. Dale T. Damen be rejected. Motion was seconded by Mr. Bobo and carried unanimously. with Rosenbaum. deVaux. Wyatt. Bobo. Tona and Roberts in favor. TRAFFIC SEPARATORS Mr. Tona moved to disapprove the installation of FOR DOWNTOWN traffic separators as specified by DOT. Motion was seconded by Mr. Bobo. Doug Reed. expressed his opinion that something needs to be done to route the traffic around downtown with signs. and possibly barriers. to stop the traffic from being blocked in both directions. The Mayor called for the vote on the motion. and it carried unanimously. with Rosenbaum. deVaux. Wyatt. Bobo. Tona and Roberts in favor. COOLING TOWER BID Mr. , deVaux moved that the