Loading...
HomeMy Public PortalAbout19710512SCMeeting1 1 1 Savannah Beach, Georgia May 12, 1971 A special meeting of Council was called for 7:00 P. M. this evening for the purpose of: 1. Considering the request of Mr. Herb Hall for the renewal of his alcoholic beverage license. 2. Adopting a Resolution accepting playground equipment from certain banks and banking associations in the City of Savannah. 3. Considering application of Mrs. Nell Roquie, wife of Mr. Stephen Roquie, a Savannah Beach Police Officer, for an alcoholic beverage license. 4. Adopting a Resolution authorizing the financing of the purchase of new National Cash Register accounting machine through the Savannah Bank & Trust Company. The meeting was presided over by Mayor Michael J. Counihan, and the following councilmen were in attendance: Jack Daniels, Edward Jung, Robert Cary, James Stettler and George Schwarz. Councilman Edward Towns was absent due to illness. Also present at the meeting was City Attorney Bart E. Shea. Councilman Daniels stated that on the basis of numerous complaints a raid was made at 4:20 A. M. Sunday morning a week ago on premises owned by Mr. Hall adjacent to his liquor business resulting in the confiscation of several pieces of gambling equipment and the arrest of eleven people alleged to be participating in a gambling operation. Police Commissioner Daniels stated that it was the recommendation of the Police Committee and he so moved that the alcoholic beverage license of Mr. Hall be withheld and not renewed for this coming year. The motion was duly seconded and unanimously carried. The Clerk was instructed to write Mr. Hall, informing him of this action. Councilman Daniels moved the adoption of the following Resolution accepting playground equipment from certain banks and banking associations in the City of Savannah and indemnifying these banks and holding them harmless against any claims resulting from the use of said equipment. The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. R E S O L U T I O N 63 64 Mr. Edward Jung, Finance Chairman, informed Council that as a result of going to a monthly billing on water and sewerage charges, it was necessary to purchase a NCR Accounting Machine. He further stated that Savannah Bank & Trust Company had offered to finance this purchase at an interest rate of 42 %. He stated that in order to accomplish this it was necessary to have the approval of Council. He then read the following Resolution: R E S O L U T I O N Mr. Jung then moved that the Resolution be adopted. The motion was seconded by Jack Daniels and unanimously carried. At the request of Police Commissioner Daniels, the Clerk read an application from Mrs. Nell McBride Rouquie requesting alcoholic beverage licenses consisting of Malt Beverage, Wine, Package Shop and Pouring, Councilman Daniels then stated that it was the recommendation of the Police Committee that the Malt Beverage License and the Wine License be issued to Mrs. Rouquie but that the Package Shop and Pouring License be withheld for the time being for further consideration by Council. A motion was made Councilman Daniels first that the Malt Beverage and Wine License be granted. It was seconded by Councilman Cary and unanimously carried. A motion was then made by Councilman Daniels that the Package Shop and Pouring License be denied until it could be further studied by Council. This motion was seconded by Councilman Cary and unanimously carried. A Resolution was read by Councilman Daniels requesting the Chatham County Commissioners to use their increased funds of. approximately 3.5 million dollars from the new gasoline tax to: 1. Cause the complete removal of all tolls on the Islands Expressway Bridge by_retiring the outstanding indebted- ness currently existing. 2. Four - laning of President Street Extension from the Islands Expressway Bridge to East Broad Street. Councilman Daniels then moved the adoption of the Resolution. The motion was seconded by Councilman Jung and unanimously approved. R E S O L U T I O N There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned to the next regular or special called meeting. CLERK OF COUNCIL 1 1 35 1 1 1 1 1 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, certain banks, banking associations and bank related corporations in the City of Savannah have communicated to this body a desire to purchase certain playground equipment in the name of the Mayor and Alderman of the City of Savannah Beach for use by the City of Savannah Beach in connection with its program for maintenance of recreational facilities for the citizens of this community in particular the young people; and WHEREAS, the said Banks have agreed to provide all funds for such purpose and to purchase the said equipment shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto, in consideration of an agreement by this body that the said equipment shall be used for such recreational purposes and further that the Banks be indemnified and held harmless against claims arising out of the use of said equipment for such purposes. NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Mayor and Alderman of the City of Savannah Beach in council assembled that said offer by the said Banks to purchase and provide recreational equipment to the City of Savannah Beach as shown on' Exhibit "A" be accepted, and the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the said Banks for the City of Savannah Beach to accept such equipment and to use said equipment for recreational purposes by the citizens of this community and further to agree to hold the said Banks harmless against the claims of any and all persons arising out of said equipment and to indemnify the Banks for any loss incurred by reason of any such claims, including attorney's fees and court costs in connection with the defense of any such claims. The within Resolution is hereby adopted and approved this 12th day of May, 1971. CLERK OF COUNCIL 1 1 1 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING CORPORATE BORROWINGS WITH THE SAVANNAH BANK AND TRUST COMPANY I, E. M. PATTERSON, Clerk of Council and Custodian of the records of the City of Savannah Beach, do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a certain resolution duly passed by Savannah Beach City Council in conformity with the Charter and By -Laws of the Corporation at, and recorded in the minutes of, a meeting of said City Council held on May 12, 1971, at which a quorum was present and acting, and not subsequently rescinded or modified. R E S O L V E D That the following Officers of the City of Savannah Beach: The Mayor and Treasurer jointly The Finance Chairman and Treasurer jointly are hereby authorized for and on behalf of the City of Savannah Beach to purchase from National Cash Register Company, one office accounting machine, Model No. 36, for the sum of $8092.00, and to finance said purchase through Savannah Bank and Trust Company at the interest rate of four and one -half (41/2%) percent. FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of Council is authorized and directed to furnish said bank a certified copy of this resolution and the names and specimen signatures of the persons from time to time holding the above positions with the munici- pality, together with said bank's usual form of signature card, and that said bank shall be authorized to rely thereon until written notice to the contrary is received by it. I further certify that the above resolution is in conformity, and not in conflict, with the charter and by -laws of the corporation and that the same has not since been rescinded or modified. I further certify that the following are the names of the persons holding the positions set out above whose specimen signatures appear on the signature cards submitted herewith. Mayor M. J. Counihan Finance Chairman Edward Jung Treasurer E. M. Patterson 1 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said corporation this 12th day of May , 1971. Corporate Seal: (SEAL) CLERK OF COUNCIL 1 1 1 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Georgia has enacted legislation increasing the gasoline tax during its 1971 session to enable increased funds to be allocated to the Urban Counties of Georgia for the express purpose of generally bettering roads and highways in those areas and, WHEREAS, it is estimated that Chatham County will be the recipient of approximately. 3.5 million dollars from this increase in revenue to substantially lessen the burden of its Citizenry through expending these funds in high priority areas of heavily traveled roads and, WHEREAS, the Islands Expressway Toll Bridge is constantly used by numerous Chatham Countians in gaining access to and from the several Island Areas extending to Savannah Beach and, WHEREAS, the connecting link of President Street and its extension from East Broad Street to the Islands Expressway Toll Bridge is seriously overcrowded with the normal traffic from those Island Areas and from the General Southeastern Sections of Savannah. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: that the Mayor and Council of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia, in session duly assembled, do hereby solicit the Chatham County Commissioners to alleviate the burden of so many of its Citizens by implementing the following corrective measures in these areas: 1 1. Cause the complete removal of all tolls on the Islands Expressway Bridge by retiring the outstanding indebtedness currently existing and, 2. Four Laning of president Street Extension from the Islands Expressway Bridge to East Broad Street. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of Council and a copy therof be presented to the Board of Chatham County Commissioners. The within Resolution is hereby adopted and approved this 12th day of May , 1971. CLERK OF COUNCIL