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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19730620CCMeeting1 1 1 Savannah Beach, Georgia June 20, 1973 The regular monthly meeting of Savannah Beach City Council was held this afternoon at 3:00 p.m., in the Council Room of City Hall with Mayor Wm. Allen Hendrix presiding and a quorum of the following Councilmen present: Edward Towns, Earl Anderson, Perry A. Zittrauer, Jr., Walter Parker and Edward Jung. City Attorney Fred Clark was also present. Visitors and Petitioners present at the meeting were Mr. John Ohsiek, Mrs. Evelyn Butler, Mr. Wm. S. Lovell, Dwight Davis and Mr. Van Buren. The Meeting was opened with a prayer by Mr. L. E. Elliott, City Marshall, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The minutes of the May 16th and June 1st meetings were approved as written. Mr. Van Buren complained about the noise on Butler Avenue. Mr. Dwight Davis stated that he had received a letter from Councilman Earl Anderson stating that his fence was encroaching on the street right of way and should be moved. Mr. Davis stated that he did not see why he should move his fence since he got permission to put it there from the Brown Administration. Mayor Hendrix appointed a committee consisting of Councilmen Towns, Anderson and Parker to look into this matter and come back with their report at the next meeting of Council. Bills of the various departments for the month of May were approved for payment. Mayor Hendrix stated that he had received a proposal from the American Legion to swap the building they now occupy for the building formerly used by the old volunteer fire department. He then appointed a committee consisting of Perry Zittrauer, Edward Jung and Earl Anderson to look into the matter and report back at the next regular Council Meeting. Police Commissioner Walter Parker informed Council that a request for an alcoholic pouring license had been received from Mr. Davenport of the DeSoto Beach Hotel. He stated that following their usual investigation, the Police Committee had recommended that this license be granted. The Motion was seconded by Councilman Jung and unanimously carried. 82_ Councilman Parker also reported that he had received a favorable report from the committee on an application for a malt beverage license by Mrs. Loree Anderson at the Tybee Marina and that he, therefore, moved that Council grant this license. This motion was seconded by Councilman Jung and carried by a vote of 4 to 0, with Councilman Anderson abstaining. Mayor Hendrix announced to Council that due to the fact that time was of essence in the required publishing of our Planned Use Report on the proposed use of Federal Revenue Sharing Funds for the entitlement period beginning January 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1973, it was necessary that we prepare and publish this by Executive Proposal, which was done. Now, he stated, it was necessary that Council approve these proposed expenditures which he said were as follows: Ambulance & Patrol Car $ 7,100.00 Playground $ 3,900.00 Water -Sewer Back Hoe $ 5,600.00 Street Improvement- Paving $ 3,079.00 TOTAL $19,679.00 A motion was made by Councilman Parker that the plans for the expenditures of the allocation of the $19,679.00 in Revenue Sharing Funds for the period referred to be approved. It was seconded by Councilman Zittrauer and unanimously approved. Mayor Hendrix informed Council that henceforth the agenda for regular Council meetings will be made up on the Monday preceding the council meeting on Wednesday. He stated that this 72 hours would give all councilmen an opportunity to know what business would be brought up. He further stated that no other business would be considered and that only agenda items would be discussed by Council. This was objected to by Councilman Anderson who requested a point of order on this. City Attorney Fred Clark was asked for a ruling. He stated that in his opinion, Council could establish rules for the conduct of its meetings and, in lieu of such rule, any new business may be introduced. A motion was then made by Councilman Anderson and seconded by Councilman Zittrauer that any new business could be brought up, discussed and voted on at regular council meeting. The motion was carried by a' vote of 4 to 1. Councilman Anderson requested that the question of changing the closing hours for bars be put on the floor for further discussion. Councilman Parker said this could not be done because the hours, etc., had not been finalized. He stated further that at the present time the thinking was to allow bars an extra 30 minutes after they closed and stopped selling in order to get the customers out. 1 Councilman Anderson then moved that our alcoholic beverage ordinace be amended so as to allow bars to remain open until 4:00 a.m., every day except Sunday and that this be approved on first reading at this meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilman Towns and carried by a vote of 4 to 1. Councilman Anderson cited a State Law, known as the Sunshine Law in which it is stated that Council could go into executive session or a closed meeting to discuss personnel or employees and requested the news media and visitors to excuse themselves. The room was then cleared and Council went into a closed session to discuss a personnel problem concerning one of the City Employees. At the request of the City Attorney, the proceedings of this executive session are not recorded in the minutes. There being no further business following the closed session, the meeting was adjourned to the next regular or special called meeting. CLERK OF COUNCIL (SEAL) 1 MAYOR 1 1