Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 06-08-1965 Regular — reading text

Council unanimously approved this ordinance on 1st reading on motion by liTr. Ready, seconded by Hr. Long. I'Ir. Rogers moved that the rules requiring an ordinance to be read on threese.parate days be waived and the ordinance now be passed on third and final reading. l'. J:otion seconded by }' Ir. Guidry and the vote was aye unanimously. The sketch for the proposed bathrooms was brought to the table and Ilr. Carnathan amended Er. Rogers motion that Ivlanager bring these negotiated prices back to Council for approval. r' Ir. Rogers seconded the amendment. The vote was aye unanimously. Eanager asked Councilfor clarification of instructions. I.Ir. Carna- than said even if project were started immediately couldn' t be finished in time for the tournaments for which at least one would be needed. l'Tr. Long asked how soon bids could be called for. liT. Kendrick said a possible reason for not getting bids was the short notice. He said eight were contacted. ITr.Carnathan said what he meant was that City I'.Ianager get best I price and bring to Council at next regular meeting. suggested renting Ir. City Rigdon advertise a portable latrine for the tournament. l'lr. Rigdon moved that the previous motion be tabled and that the for bids for four bathrooms and build a temporary latrine to take care of the tournament. l~ tion seconded by IIr. Rogers. Council requested City :r-.~ an? ger to have portable latrine constructed at Oakland Park for the tournament. Vote to the motion was aye unanimously. 122 City Attorney read an ordinance as follows: An ordinance repealing section 2- 105 through 2- 111 of the code of ordinances of the City of Fort \/ al ton Beach and providing for the establishment of a four member golf course board to be composed of certain members which shall act as an advisory board to the City Council pertaining to operation and policy making of the t~ nicipal Golf Course providing the effective date hereof. Mr. Long moved that this ordinance not be passed and instead the recoTI1mendation of the Golf Course Board and Council committeeoo adopted at this time that the Golf Course Board remain as is and one representative be selected by I,Ten' s Association and one representative be selected by the Ladies Association to serve as extra members of the Golf Course Board, this to be done by amendment to the ordinance. IIotion seconded by I.Ir. Guidry. Er. Tolbert said he vlaS the one who asked Er . Smith to prepare the ordinance. He said there had been lots of discussion for two years or better and it was his personal opinion that if the City took this way, then the golf course board would act as an advisory board. ~~. Long said this was suggesting that the golf course board be powerless. He said they had already found that it didn' t work satisfactorily on that basis and that was reason board made the recommendation. Ix. Carnathan said it would seem that these associations should have membership on the board but he felt this ordinance should spell out that associa- tions' representatives would be residents of the City. He said if total membership of these two associations should be from beyond City limits, then City would actually be handing control of the golf course to people who weren' t citizens of Fort Walton Beach. rCr. Tolbert said he felt this was a little far f~ tched that the associations would be made up solely of non- residents. I~r. Rogers remind ed Council that there vlere already four members of the board who \' lere members of the men' s association. I'x. Long said these four members were not those persons officially selected by the association to represent them and he felt they should be represented by persons they select. IIr. Rogers asked if two ladies hadn' t been appointed to the Board. City Attorney said for motion to be legal vacancies must be created before appointments are valid. IT. Long said that after an amendment IDordinance for a 7 member board, each association could select a representative. Attorney explained further that vacancies had to be created, that appointments could not create vacancies, that vacancies had to be created by ordinance. Question was called by ~Ir. Tolbert and the vote was as follows: Nay: Rogers, Tolbert Aye: Guidry, Carnathan, Long, Rigdon, Heady.  123 ITr. Rogers moved that the golf course board be abolished. T-rotion seconded by Er. Tolbert and the vote was as follows: Aye: Rogers, Tolbert Nay: Rigdon, Long, Ready, Guidry, Carnathan r1r. Carnathan moved that on the basis of this ordinance that terms 1 of office of each seven man or woman member be limited to two years from the date of appointment, i. e., IIotion seconded by Er. Long. amendment. The vote was aye unanimously. Tolbert moved that ordinance he didn' t get a second to at last meeting be re- read at this time. IIr. Long moved that this motion be tabled. Vote was as follows: Nay: Rogers, Tolbert Aye: Carnathan, Guidry, Ready, Rigdon, and Long. The following resolution was presented: 65- 16 -A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease in behalf of the City of Fort walton Beach to a tract of lam on Santa Rosa Island, Okaloosa County, Florida, said tract to be leased from the United States Government or United States Air Force, providing the terms thereof, and providi~g the effective date. TIr. Long moved that this resolution be approved. Lotion seconded by lIr. Ready and the vote was aye unanimously. II. Rogers asked if legislation as passed didn' t allow City to obtain land on the Island but couldn' t annex it, and r:anager said this was correct. City Attorney reported under old business that at the request of Council he had contacted General Services Administration about their appraised price of the 11. 5 acres of surplus land near the golf course. He said he had done so and they had replied that the appraisal was based on market conditions and the price stood. It was generally discussed that this was too much for the land. Fr. Ready moved that a letter be written to the General Services Administration declining the offer and thanking them for their cooperation. IIotion seconded by I,'x. Rigdon and the vote was aye unanimously. TIr. Ready moved that the.iirm of Robinson and Nicholson be appointed to audit the City' s books for the fiscal year 1964- 65. ITotion seconded by II. Rigdon. 1'I. Carnathan said he was sure I this firm had done a good job but since they had the job for 3 or 4 years he felt one of the other competent fir. opportunity. as follows: ms should be given Question was called by ITr. Ready, and the vote viaS Nay: Carnathan Aye: Ready, Rigdon, Tolbert, Guidry, Rogers, Long 1. 24 Mr. Guidry expressed the appreciation of Council for Mayor Davis' service as I':ayor and since it was now time to appoint a II'iayor, he would like to place in nomination the name of someone who he felt well qualified to carryon the office of Mayor. After further comments about his qualifications, he moved that William JJ. Thompson be appointed Hayor of the City of Fort Walton Beach, July 1, 1965 through June 30, 1966. Motion was seconded by r,Cr. that Long. Tolbert said he was not objecting to Dr. Thompson but thought some of the rest of Council should get the opportunity to j gi ve consideration to who they might like as I,layor. He moved that the recommendation be tabled until next Council meeting. I\Cotion seconded by l;Tr. Rogers, and the vote was as follows: Aye: Tolbert, Rogers Nay: Carnathan, Guidry, Rigdon, Ready, Long Fotion failed. The vote to the original motion was aye unanimously. rfuyor Davis said he felt they had picked a fine man and he was sure Dr. Thompson would make a good r.rayor. vCr. moved that H. H. Long Carnathan be appointed Mayor Pro Tem July 1, 1965 through June 30, 1966. I'.Totion seconded by I,Ir. Ready, and the vote was aye unanimously. The next item agenda was the matter of 300 homes for base on the housing at Eglin Air Force Base. City Hanager asked Mayor Davis to explain this. Mayor said as Council probably knew, Eglin Air Force Base had requested authority to build additional base housing on the base and the Chamber of Commerce had just written a letter to Congressman Sikes asking him to help stop this. He said the Homes Builders Association had written and the Fort Walton Beach Board of Realtors and they asked that the City also write Congressman Sikes. He said that a survey made last month by the Board of Realtors, showed there were 800 homes vacant for sale and for rent and this includes Valparaiso, Niceville, Destin, and Fort Walton Beach. He said they felt it would very definitely hurt the economics of the area and suggested that the City ask Sikes to help. rr. Carnathan moved that letter be written to Congressman Sikes l stating the problem. I.iotion seconded by Er. Long. IvIr. Long said that in the letter the number of vacant houses ready for occupancy should be mentioned. He mentioned also that one of the rapidly growing areas was five miles from the gate at Eglin. The vote to the motion was aye unanimously.  125 Mayor Davis explained that a group of interested people in Congress- man Sikes District planning were 25- year a appreciation dinner. He said there was already a planning committee of which he was a member and the decision had not been made as to which City in