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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19691217CCMeeting1 Savannah Beach, Georgia December 17, 1969 The regular monthly meeting of Council was called to order at 3:O0 P.M. today with Mayor Michael J. Counihan presiding. The Co..ncilmen in attendance were Edward Jung, Robert F. Cary, Dr. C. Louis Hohenstein, Milledge C. Jones and George Schwarz. Also present was City Attorney Bart Shea. Visitors at the meeting were Mrs. Goldie Weitmon, Mrs. Beverly Hatch and Mr. Chris Simon. Mayor Counihan announced that for the first order of business he and City Council wished to recognize the extraordinary contribution made by Mrs. Goldie Weitmon to the "Spruce Up Tybee" Campaign of which Mr. Chris Simon was chairman. He stated that even since the campaign closed, Mrs. Weitmon had continued to plant flowers and work at beautifying our Munici- pality, The Mayor then requested Councilman Jung to read a resolution honoring Mrs. Weitmon which he said he would spread upon the Minutes of this Council Meeting. R E S O L U T I O N Following the reading of the resolution, Mayor Counihan presented Mrs. Weitmon with a parchment copy of same and added that the Town would have it suitably framed for her if she so desired. Mayor Counihan then presented Mrs. Weitmon with an original oil painting of the Tybee Light by Mrs. Bostwick, a local artist. In a few words, Mrs. Weitmon expressed her thanks to the Mayor and Council what she termed was the greatest honor that ever been paid her. Mayor Counihan read a card _from Mrs. Charles Barbee, expressing her thanks and grateful appreciation to the. Savannah Beach Police Department for their help. during the illness of her late husband. A card was read from Mr. & Mrs John McGinty, expressiing' their appreciation and thanks to our Police Officers for their many kindnesses and consideration. The Minutes of the Meeting of November 19-, 1969 were approved as written. Mayor Counihan announced that_Councilman Daniels had an excused absence from the Meeting, he.being in Pittsburgh, Pa., on business for the Westinghouse. Company. The Mayor Also announced that. each employee of the City was being given a nice turkey for Christmas. A letter was read from Mr. Bill Fleetwood, offering his help to 5i9 60 the Town in its endeavors to obtain funds for the Beach Erosion Control. Councilman Schwarz stated that, if there were no objections from Council, he would like to obtain a surplus fire engine from the City`'of Savannah that could be bought at a reasonable price. He said it was a 1941 Chevrolet Pumper with a cracked engine block and it would needLa new engine. He 'felt he could get his company to purchase it and he in turn would donate it to the City of Savannah Beach. Mayor Counihan asked him to get the price of the Pumper and also the cost of replacing the engine after which we would see what could be done about it. He stated that he felt the Town could buy a new engine for it. Bills for the various departments were approved for payment. Councilman Jung presented the bills for Police Commissioner Daniels in his absence. Councilman Hohenstein read a written request from Mr. C. S. Embrey seeking permission to lease the fishing pier for a period of twenty years at a rental of $1.00 per year for the first five years; and $600.00 per year for the remaining fifteen years. Mr. Embrey stated in his letter that he intended to repair and maintain the pier during this period of time. He further stated that he would carry sufficient insurance to hold the City of Savannah Beach free of any liability. Chairman Hohenstein stated that it was the recommendation of his committee that the pier be leased to Mr. Embrey and he requested City Attorney Shea to draw up a suitable lease but that it be approved by Council before it is signed. Attorney Shea asked for clarification on one or two points before the lease is drawn. He said that, in view of the twenty -year lease and tenants property rights, do we want to allow him to use the name "Municipal Pier "? It was the opinion of Council that this name be changed. Council also stipulated that this lease provide that any and all improvements will revert to the Town after the twenty -year period; and that permission must be secured from the Corps of Engineers ;before making any improvements. Attorney Shea also recommended that any sub - letting be approved by Council. Councilman Hohenstein turned over to the City Clerk negatives of pictures of guns in our Museum with a recommendation that they be filed in the Museum folder. He also turned over an old petition signed by residents and owners on Eighteenth Streeth, regarding noise and speeding cars. Councilman Jung brought to the attention..of City Council the efforts that are now being made by all law enforcement agencies to curb the rising number of violations associated with drug abuse,. pointing out several recent deaths among young people as a result of the use of certain drugs and narcotics. He mentioned the new county -wide Drug Abuse Committee to which our Police Commissioner, Jack Daniels, had been appointed. Council- man Jung stated that this appointment came about due to the. vast. 1 1 1 61 amount of unheralded work in this field which was performed by Councilman Daniels. In this connection, Councilman Jung stated that an Ordinance on drug abuse had been drawn up and that all Chatham County Municipalities had been asked to adopt it. This Ordinance was now read by City Attorney Bart Shea. O R D I N A N C E By unanimous consent of all councilmen present, the Ordinance was placed on first and second reading at this meeting. The motion to adopt on first and second reading was made by Council- man Hohenstein, seconded by Councilman Schwarz and unanimously passed. Councilman Jones gave a report on the visit of Mr. Clifford Jessup of the Solid Waste Disposal Section of the Public Health Department, the object of which was to try to help in our efforts to acquire some new land for our sanitary landfill operations. Councilman Jones said that Mr. Jessup felt our best bet was to try to secure help from some local authorities and was not of much help. With further regard to this subject, Mayor Counihan said that some land we were looking at for this purpose which was owned by a Mr. Carpenter was priced at $39,000 for six acres and we would not pursue that further. With reference to the proposal to reverse the traffic flow on Sixteenth Street, making it one -way in a westerly direction in an effort to relieve the bottle -neck at Butler Avenue and Sixteenth Street, Councilman Jones moved that we accept the plan as outlined in plat reversing the traffic down Eithteenth Street, one -way eastward; they., down the Strand and into Sixteenth Street with a right turn at Butler Avenue, and that this change be made subject to a prior meeting and consulation with the Chamber of Commerce. Also, that this change be for a one -year trial period only. The motion was seconded by. Council- man Schwarz with the reservation that the entire Council meet with the Chamber of Commerce if there are any protests. Councilman Schwarz then offered this reservation as an amendment to the original motion. Councilman Hohenstein asked for some discussion before passing this motion, stating that he felt a better solution could be made to this traffic problem and that we should not penalize our largest department store with this change. A lenghty discussion followed and, in order to resolve this, the Mayor recommended that a meeting be set up with the Chamber of Commerce between now and December 30th and that a special meeting of Council be held by the 30th. The motion by Councilman Jones to present this proposal to the Chamber of Commerce was then voted on and passed by a vote of three to two; Councilmen Hohenstein and Jung voting against the motion. Mayor Counihan announced that a meeting with Mr. Fleetwood and his group had been set up for 5:00 O'Clock, immediately following this meeting of Council. Mayor Counihan reported on his recent meeting with Governor Maddox in an effort to get the Town's share of the cost for the erosion control funded by the State. He said that he, Senator Zipperer and Col. Ramee were all optimistic about our chances of accomplishing this. He also reported on the briefing session held by Col. Egbert of the Engineering Corps which was held prior to the Meeting with the Governor. Plans for the Town's forthcoming Christmas Tree Lighting cere- mony were outlined by the Mayor. He announced that it would be held on Friday, December 19th, at 6:30 P.M. He made special mention of the beautiful tree which Mr. Reed furnished from his private property. He also noted that this was a combined effort of all the churches and would be a real community affair. 1 Councilman Schwarz reccomended that Mr. Everett Price, head of the new county -wide committee on drug abuse, be invited to one of our Council Meetings in the near future. It was felt that he should be invited by Councilman Daniels who is a member of that committee and the date was set for Council Meeting on February 18th. Mayor Counihan stated that we needed an electrical inspector who lived on the beach. He said that there were four or five qualified men who were beach residents and that he felt we should appoint one of these. Council agreed for the Mayor to appoint the new electrical inspector. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the Mayor. CLERK OF COUNCIL 1 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, GOLDIE WEITMON was a florist of great renown in Clarion, Iowa where she conducted a flourishing business spread throughout five counties, decided to leave her native Clarion, together with her husband, in search of a retirement home with a climate suited to their needs and a community of people they felt they would like to live with, and WHEREAS, after searching many months for that ideal community, destiny directed her to Savannah Beach where she found, in her own words, The most perfect spot I have ever found on earth ", and from that moment on Savannah Beach had gained a most remarkable and dedicated citizen, and WHEREAS, her knowledge of flowers and uncanny ability to make beautiful things grow where there was nothing, soon became known, she was asked to help with the "Spruce Up Tybee" Campaign being formed for the purpose of beautifying our Community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Councilmen of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, in Council assembled, that Council express its thanks and grateful appreciation to Goldie Weitmon for this excellent service and great contribution to our municipality; that it officially recognize that through her know -how and guidance, the "Spruce Up Tybee00 Campaign became an overwhelming success and as a result, Savannah Beach became a better and prettier place in which to live. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of Council and a copy thereof be pre- sented to GOLDIE WEITMON The within Resolution is HEREBY ADOPTED AND APPROVED, this 17th day of December, 1969. BY *TOWN -SEAL) CLERK OF COUNCIL 1 1 1 AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT POSSESSION OF ANY APPARATUS, DEVICE OR INSTRUMENT FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF DRUGS; TO REQUIRE THAT ALL HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND HYPODERMIC NEEDLES BE DESTROYED WHEN NO LONGER IN USE FOR AUTHORIZED MEDICAL PURPOSES; TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION, SALE OR PURCHASE OF HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND HYPODERMIC NEEDLES UNLESS FOR AUTHORIZED MEDICAL PURPOSES; TO PROHIBIT POSSESSION OF CERTAIN DRUGS; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE PENALTY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, in Council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority thereof that: SECTION I: It shall be unlawful for any person to possess any apparatus, device or instrument for the unauthorized use of drugs. Use shall not be unauthorized if authorized by a physician, dentist, veterinarian, or hospital. SECTION II: All hypodermic syringes and hypodermic needles must be destroyed when no longer in use for medical purposes, and it shall be unlawful not to destroy. Hypodermic needles shall be broken off from the hub, glass hypodermic syringes shall be broken, and disposable hypodermic syringes shall be incinerated. SECTION III: It shall be unlawful for any person, except a dealer in surgical instruments, physician, apothercary, dentist, veterinarian or ng.rse, attendant or intern of a hospital, sanatorium or institution in which persons are treated for disability or disease, at any time to have, possess, or buy a hypodermic needle or hypodermic syringe unless said possession, or purchase be authorized by the prescription or the certificate of a physician, dentist or veterinarian. It shall be unlawful to sell a hypodermic needle or hypodermic syringe unless such sale is authorized by prescription or certificate of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, and the prescription or certificate is not to be refilled or renewed unless authorized by the prescriber; provided that this section shall not apply if posses- sion, sale or purchase was for a harmless purpose. SECTION IV: It shall be unlawful for any person other than a person described in Ga. Code Ann., Sec. 79 -A -907, a, b, (Ga. Laws 1967, pp. 296, 349) under the caption Manufacture; Sale Possession and obtainin• b fraud of certain dru•s •rohibited- records - to possess drugs known as: 1 A. Methylphenidate HC1 (Ritalin) Phencyclidine HC1 (PCP) Methylbenzilate Diethyltryptamine (DET) N- Methyl -3- piperdly Benzilate HCl (LBJ, JB -336) N- Ethyl -3- piperdly Benzilate HC1 (JB -318) Benactylzine HCL (DMZ) 3, 4- Methylenedioxy amphetamine HC1 (MDA) 4- Methyl -2, 5- dimenthoxyamphetamine HC1 (STP, DOM) Dipropyltryptamine DPT) Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) Asmadore B. Any drug, which under the "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act" (52 Stat. 1040 (1938), Title 21, United States Code, section 301, or under any law of this State, may be despensed only upon prescription; C. Any drug which the State Board of Pharmacy shall determine to be dangerous or detrimental to the public health when taken in accordance to direc- tions; unless (1) such drug was obtained upon a valid prescription and is held in the original container in which such drug was delivered; or (2) such drug was delivered by a practitioner in the course of his professional practice and the drug is held in the immediate container in which said drug was delivered. SECTION V: The following words and phrases used in this ordinance shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: "Person0° includes any corporation, association, co- partnership, or one or more individuals. "Physician" means a person authorized to practice medicine in this State and any other person authorized by law to treat sick and injured human beings in this State and to use narcotic drugs in connection with such treatment. Osteopaths who are authorized to secure a Federal narcotic permit as allowed physicians and other persons. Provided, however, osteopaths shall be allowed to purchase, prescribe, dispense and administer, for the alleviation of pain only, certain narcotic drugs, to-wit: those narcotic drugs or their derivative, the sale or dispen- ing of which is regulated by the Federal Act known as "The Harrison Narcotic Act,' as amended, said Act being set out in 26th U.S.C.A., Int. Rev. Code, section 3220 et seq. 2 "Dentist" means a person authorized by law to practice dentistry in this State. "Veterinarian" means a person authorized by law to practice veterinary medicine in this State. "Apothecary" means a license pharmacist as defined by the laws of this State and, where the context so requires, the owner of a store or other place of business where narcotic drugs are compounded or dispensed by a licensed pharmacist; but nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as conferring on a person who is not registered nor licnesed as a pharmacist any authority, right or privilege that is not granted to him by the pharmacy laws of this State. "Hospital" means an institution for the care and treatment of the sick and injured approved by the State Board of Pharmacy as proper to be intrusted with the custody of narcotic drugs, and the professional use of narcotic drugs under the direction of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian. "Drugs" means coca leaves, opium, isonipecaine, marihuana, and every other substance neither chemically nor physically distinguishable from them and any other drugs to which the Federal laws relating to narcotic drugs may now apply; and any drug found by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy to have an addiction - forming or addiction - sustaining liability similar to morphine or cocaine; Methylphenidate HC1 (Ritalin); Phencyclidine HC1 (PCP); Methylbenzilate; Diethyltryptamine (DET); N- Methyl -3- piperdyl Benzilate HC1 (LBJ, JB -336 N- Ethyl- 3-piperdyl Benzilate HC1 (JB -318); Benactylzine HC1 (DMZ); 3,44- Methylendedioxy amphetamine HC1 (STP,DOM); Dipropyltryptamine (DPT); Chlordiazepoxide (Librium; Asmadore; any drug, which under the "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act" (52 Stat. 1040 (1938), Title 21, United States Code, section 301; or under any law of this State, may be dispensed only upon prescription; any drug which the State Board of Pharmacy shall determine to be dangerous or detrimental to the public health when taken in accordance to directions. "Coca leaves" includes cocaine, and any compound, manufacture, salt derivatice, mixture, or preparation of coca leaves, except derivatives of coca leaves which do not contain cocaine, ecgonine, or substances from which cocaine or ecgonine may be synthesized or made. "Opium" includes morphine, codeine, and heroin, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of opium, but does not include apomorphine or any of its salts. 3 1 1 "Marihuana" means all parts of the plant Cannibis sativa L., whether growing or note; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation such plant, its seeds, or resin; but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plants, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination. SECTION VI: The penalty for violation of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall not exceed Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, or imprisonment in the City or County Jail for not more than sixty (60) days, either or :both. SECTION VII: All other ordinances or parts of ordi- nances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 4