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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19701230SCMeeting4 Savannah Beach, Georgia December 30, 1970 A Special Meeting of City Council was held at 7:00 P.M. this evening for the purpose of adopting a Resolution concerning the financing for the purchase of the land for the proposed new sewer treatment plant and the Tybrisa property; to appoint a new Fire Chief to replace Chief Edmund J. Solomon who has resigned; to discuss proposed changes in the Sewage Department; and for other purposes. The meeting was presided over by Mayor Counihan and the folllzwing councilmen were present: Robert Cary, Edward Jung and James Stettler. Also present at the meeting were Tommy Reed and John P. Solomon. Mayor Counihan announced that he had appointed Mr. John P. Solomon new Fire Chief of the Savannah Beach Volunteer Fire Department. Mayor Counihan told the new chief that there were several matters of policy which City Council expected the Fire Department to observe as follows:. 1. Duplicate keys to all facilities to be kept at City Hall. 2. Drinking of alcholic beverages by firemen on duty to be prohibited. 3. All applications for membership to be on file in City Hall. 4. No one under eighteen years of age to be admitted to membership. 5. That no one be permitted to drive fire vehicles unless he holds a State of Georgia driver's license. 6. A roster showing all members of the department to be kept on file in City Hall. Several other matters of importance, such as by -laws and the pension fund were also discussed. Council gave unanimous approval to the appointment of Mr. John Solomon as Fire Chief, the appoint- ment to become effective January 1, 1971. Councilman Cary moved that effective January 1, 1971, the Savannah Beach Sewage Department be placed under the supervision of Mr. S. R. Kent. The motion was seconded and carried and this appoint- ment was unanimously approved by Council. 44 The matter of the unpaid bills submitted by the John Mock Company for sewerage work performed was discussed. A motion was then made by Councilman Cary that bills in the amount of $4084.50, which reflects an adjustment in the original billing, be paid. This was for the work done on Second Avenue. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved. After a discussion of the bill for the Fort Screven job, Mayor Counihan appointed a committee of Councilmen Jung, Cary and. Stettler to meet with Mr. Mock and try to arrive at a settlement of this bill. Mayor Counihan stated that since one part of the bill had been straightened out, the committee would have power to act on the other part. Councilman Cary moved that the Mayor be authorized to re- borrow from the Savannah Bank & Trust Company an amount not to exceed $40,000.00 in order to consumate the purchase of certain land for the site of the proposed new Sewage Plant and the Tybrisa property, this being the same authorization given at a previous meeting and is necessary account of bank procedures wherein it is required that any funds borrowed by a local governmental municipality must be repaid prior to the expiration of the current calendar year. Councilman Cary then moved the adoption of the following Resolution: RESOLUTION The motion was seconded by Councilman Jung and unanimously approved. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned to the next regular or special called meeting. CITY CLERK 6YOR 1 1 1 R E S O L U T I O N BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia, in Council duly assembled, AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED as follows: WHEREAS the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, did on the 31st day of December, 1970, consummate and close the purchase of property lying generally between 15th and 16th Streets and between Butler Avenue and the Beach, from Tybrisa Company, the general terms of which was the payment of $25,000 at the time of closing and the balance of $175,000 represented by a Deed to Secure Debt; and WHEREAS the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, did on the 31st day of December, 1970, also consummate and close the purchase of property from Dr. and Mrs. Robert Oliver, and Mr. Clint McDade located in Ocean Park, Bay Ward, City of Savannah Beach, said purchases amounting to $5,280 and $2,500 respectively, said land to be used by the municipality for future expansion of its sewerage treatment plant; and WHEREAS the purchase price of said parcels of property hereinbefore mentioned was not included within the budget of the municipality for its fiscal year's operations, and by resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia, dated December 16, 1970, the muncipality was authorized to, and did in fact subsequent thereto, borrow the sum of $35,000 from the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah, for purposes of consummating and closing the purchase price of said parcels of property; and WHEREAS under the rules, regulations, practices and procedures of the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah it is required that any funds borrowed by a local governmental municipality be repaid prior to the expiration of the current calendar year, and said sum of $35,000 must, of necessity, be repaid to the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah prior to the end of the 31st day of December, 1970, and WHEREAS it is necessary that the municipality reborrow such sum of $35,000 from the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah, since such sum for the purchase of said parcels of property was not included within the budget of the municipality for its fiscal year of May 1 through April 30; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, AND IT ISJHEREBY RESOLVED by the authority of same as follows: 1. That the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, be authorized to borrow from the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah $35,000 at the prevailing rate of interest for purposes of funding the purchase price of said parcels of property purchased by the municipality. 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any two of the following officers of the municipality, to -wit: Mayor, Finance Chairman and Treasurer be authorized to enter into said contract negotiations with the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah, Georgia, and to execute the note and contract for and on behalf of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia, as had all members of the City Council signed individually and that the following are the names of the persons holding the positions set out above: Mayor - M. J. Counihan Clerk of Council - E. M. Patterson Finance Chairman - Edward Jung 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this reso- lution be spread upon the minutes of Council and a further copy be furnished to the Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Savannah, Georgia. Adopted and Approved by the Mayor and Council of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia, in Council Assembled on December 30, , 1970. CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH TYBEE ISLAND By Clerk of Council (Seal) 1