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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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:
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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.
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"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.
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"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.
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