Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 09-28-1971 Regular — reading text

227 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA SEPTEMBER 28, 1971 1 INTRODUCTION A regular meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held at the City Hall on September 28, 1971, with the following members present: Mayor, Maurice McLaughlin Councilmen George Palmer C. H. Rigdon, Jr. H. C. Van Buskirk Joseph Guidry Art Schweizer and City Attorney, City Clerk- Finance Director and City Manager. Attorney Jim Grimsley sitting in for Attorney Walt Smith.) . PRESENTATION OF After opening formalities, Mayor SERVICE PINS McLaughlin welcomed visitors and asked the City Manager to assist him in presenting service pins to employees. Mayor complimented those employees to be honored saying they were pro- bably one of the finest groups of employees he had ever had the pleasure of working with and the service pins were in recognition of their work. The following persons were called for- warded and presented pins for five, ten, and fifteen years of service; and were each congratulated by the Mayor: 1 FIVE SERVICE YEARS Five Years: Brocketto, Henderson, Kelly, Richard Yulee Oblak, Arthur Milton Sr., Brazzell, Chestnut, Charlie Arthur Jordan, Lazarus, Ernest Parker, Charles Robert Rosemary Murphy, Eddie Rodgers, Wilbert Rumph, Carol Single- terry, W. G. Smith, Frank Stovall. TEN YEARS Ten Years: Audrey Bishop, Charles SERVICE Evans, William Lee, Marcus Mitchem, 228 Alma Nolan, S. M. Pyle, Walter Smith, Joseph Wilkins. FIFTEEN YEARS Fifteen Years: Jeff Davis, Ardis Kyser. SERVICE TWENTY- FIVE YEARS Twenty- five Years: H. L. Busbee SERVICE Mayor commented on behalf of the entire City and Council and citizenry in expressing appreciation to these employees, saying that having that many employees with that length of service meant a great deal to the entire cit- izenry and he thanked them and led in applause of them. MINUTES Minutes for the regular meeting of 8- 24- 71 were unanimously approved as written on motion by Mr. Guidry, seconded by Mr. Palmer. RECOMMENDATIONS Mayor read the following recommendations from Council as Committee: DAY CARE PROGRAM 1. Committee asked that the Community Action Program continue to work with the Council Representative Hedrick on their request for funds for the Day Care Program. NUMBER THREE LIFT 2. Recommend approval for relocation of STATION: RELOCATION number three lift station ( to be placed underground) estimated to cost $ 10, 732. 21. FOREST PLACE 3. Recommend approval for sanitary sewer SUBDIVISION for Forest Place Subdivision estimated to cost $ 8, 310. 26. FERRY PARK RECREATION 4. Committee discussed a plan for lighting BUILDING : LIGHTING the parking area at the Ferry Park Recreation Building estimated to cost 2, 000 and asked for an estimated cost for the the lighting utilizing lights I placed on the building rather than on i poles. ASSESSMENTS 5. Recommend that the following j assessments be written off in accordance with the Attorney' s recommendations: Lot 30, Block 8, Bel Air, dated 1961 310. 35 plus interest; and Lot 2, Block 7, Oakland Heights dated 1961 $ 420. 75 plus interest.  229 ST. MARY' S CHURCH 6. Recommend that plans suggested by ENTRANCE & EXITS City Engineering Departmerit & Police Department for. entrance and exits to St. Mary' s Church and School parking submitted to St. Mary' s lot be with a recommendation that it be used. CHURCH OF CHRIST 7. approval of Church of Recommend 1 Christ request for permission to pave the alleyway at the west end of lots 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, and 104 Ocean City SID for parking. COUNTY TAX 8. Recommend that County Tax Assessor ASSESSOR be paid for the City/ County Tax Assessing Contract ( due to be complet- ed November 1) in the amount of 6, 000. 00. EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT 9. Recommend that the City accept GRANT 12, 000 in improvements from the County in lieu of participation in the Emergency Employment Grant anticipated by the County. FIRE PROTECTION: 10. Committee met with Mayor Gibson SHOPPING CENTER of Cinco Bayou and officials of the shopping center there concerning fire protection and recommended that no action be taken until the South East Underwriters survey has been completed. BUDGET TRANSFER: 11. Recommend authorization for GOLF COURSE budget transfer of $ 900. 00 in the Golf Course Department from Ball Retrieving Machine to Mowers. Mr. Guidry moved that the recommenda- tions be approved as read. Motion seconded by Mr. Palmer and carried unanimously. B. O. D. REPORT Mayor read for Council' s information Sewer Operations B. O. D. Reports for the past three weeks. I CITY BIDS INSURANCE Bids until Bids for were