Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 10-14-1975 Regular — reading text

1 MINUTES OF REGULAR t MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA October 14, 1975 I INTRODUCTION A regular meeting of the City Council of Fort' Walton Beach, Florida was held at City Hall on October 14, 1975 at 7: 30 p. m. with the following members present: COUNCILMEN: 0' C. H. Rigdon Robert L. Hunt Charles H. Hill John H. Bishop Hurdis A. Brock James K. Baughman Mayor Smith ALSO PRESENT: City Attorney, City Manager, City Celrk- Finance Director ABSENT: Mr. Palmer Invocation was given by Councilman Hill and Mayor led in the Pledge to the Flag. DEBRIS REMOVAL BIDS" Mayor asked City Clerk and City Attorney to open the bids for the " Debris Removal". The following bids were submitted: CATTELL TREE SERVICE Bronson Field Road Pensacola, Florida Area 1 8, 000. 00 Area 2 10, 000. 00 Area ~'" 7, 000. 00 Area 14 6, 000. 00 Area 16 13, 000. 00 Total: 44, 000. 00 I No Bid LEECHASE Eost Office Box Daytona Bond, 90 CORPORATION Beach, 1223 days completion Florida Area 1 15, 899. 00 Area 2 17, 499. 90 Area 4 7, 499. 00 Area 14 4, 899. 00 1110 Area 16 14, 999. 00  P4l/? 4":- 3 McKENZIE ROAD SERVICE Area 1 9, 650. 00 Area 2 15, 600. 00 Area 4 8, 450. 00 Area 14 4, 900. 00 Area 16 8, 350. 00 I Total Bid Bond - 90 days completion Mayor requested that City Engineer pick 46, 950. 00 up the bids, calculate them, and report back to Council. City Manager asked that the two low bidders meet with City Engineer to dis- cuss their capability so that he can report that to Council. Mayor recognized a representative from Mixon Enterprises, who asked Council to consider the length of time it will take to clean these areas up by contract. You can get a lower price by continuing to contract with the people already on an hourly rate. Every phase can pro- bably be completed in one third the time it will take these contractors. City Manager replied that it was his under- standing that the City was allowed to start clean up of the rights- of- way by hourly contract. At the same time we were told to take sealed bids at the earliest possible date, and this is what we have done. This is not the choice of council. It is a directive from the Federal Disaster Officials. JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE Mayor recognized a group of ladies from the Junior Service League and welcomed them to the meeting. Mayor presented the following recommen- I VARIANCE REQUEST - Silva Drive 62 dations 1. from Council as Recommend a variance to the rear yard setback requirement be granted to Tom Baker, 62 Silva Drive, to permit a Committee: construction of a storage shed at the rear of his property. ( Shed to be three feet from rear boundary and seven and one- half feet from north boundary.) Also, recommend variance be granted to  c;,;_.;......:..___,,.. __ ',_~"~~'...;.;;. ec;;,_"_,,,~_~__----,,,,-~,_,_,,,;, "'",__...,..,..,_~..,. o..""",.;",...................."......_,..._-,-, C' ~_.-.';,.~ ,_.......,,,_.._. __.,.-,~ o'-_...'._"__.__'.,,,"__.._ I?. o- r j permit construction of seven foot privacy fence. Mr. Baker presented Council with petition from surrounding property owners offering no opposition to the above re- quests. USO DONATION 2. Representative from USO was present o REQUEST to inquire about status of request for donation from City. Mr. Rigdon advised him that the recommendation would be presented night at the regular tomorrow Council Meeting at the Budget Hearing. EXCESS VEHICLE BID" 3. Recommend that the City reject the one bid received for " Excess Vehicle Bid" and readvertise for bids. POLICE VEHICLE BID" 4. Recommend " POLICE VEHICLE BID" be awarded Lee Pontiac w/ trade since it was the only bid received which was submitted according to the bid as advertised. Amount of bid: $ 27, 000 with trade in-- 35, 700 withour trade in. ( Seven cars) VARIANCE REQUEST - EGLIN 5. Recommend request for an extension AUTO SALES of variance for use of metal building from Eglin Auto Sales, Inc. be postponed until a later date when Mr. James Jenkins will