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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.
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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
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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)
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