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Tybee Island, Georgia
September 13, 1978
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tybee Island,
Georgia, was held at 3:30 p.m. on September 13, 1978 at City Hall, with Mayor
M. J. Counihan presiding. The following members of Council were present: Nick
C. Alexander, Jerome W. Bettencourt, Karen Losey, Edward Jung, John J. Owen,
and William C. Fleetwood. The City Attorney, W. Lance Smith, III, was also present.
Mr. Bobby Phillips, newly elected Representative to the State
House of Representatives, appeared as a visitor, and promised to be accessible
to all Tybee Island residents and to render whatever assistance he can to anyone
in his district. He also stated that he would work to get state funds to help
maintain the beach for public use.
The meeting was opened for business legally presented.
The minutes of the last meeting (August 9, 1978) were approved.
A communication was read from the Tybee Island Chamber of Commerce,
promoting beach renourishment and urging the City officials to cooperate with the
Corps of Engineers and the Department of Natural Resources in renewing the project.
Also, a letter was read from Richard Grosse, who is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce and who reported more fully on what the Chamber's position actually was
at the meeting.
After discussion of the two letters the City Attorney suggested a
meeting of City Council with the Corps of Engineers. The Mayor stated that a
meeting would be set up and as many members of Council as possible would attend.
The first reading of an ordinance to amend the water /sewer ordinance
was read, and accepted. The second reading is scheduled for the next regular
meeting.
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follows;
The second reading of the Fire Personnel Ordinance was read, as
AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA,
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND,
GEORGIA, BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 2, SECTIONS 2 -26 AND
2 -27 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING THAT:
Section 2 -26 Same - Volunteers; compensation.
The personnel of the fire department shall
consist of such volunteers as may from time to
time offer and be accepted by the chief. All
work or services done or volunteered shall be
without compensation unless otherwise authorized
by the governing body. (Ord. of 11 -2 -34, § 8)
Section 2 -27 Same - Direction and control of
members; consent to engage in work.
All persons volunteering for service in the
fire department or engaged in the work of the
department shall be under the sole direction
and control of the chief during the period of
such work or service. No person is to engage
or do any work of the department without the
consent of the chief. (Ord. of 11 -2 -34, S 9)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA, THAT:
1. Chapter 2, Section 2 -26 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Tybee Island, Georgia, be amended so that such
Section shall read as follows:
Section 2 -26 Same - Voluntary; compensation.
The personnel of the fire department shall
consist of such volunteers as may from time to
time offer to serve and who have been submitted
by the chief to the governing body for accept-
ance; provided, however, that these shall be no
more than thirty (30) members at any one time,
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and providing further, that persons who are
members as of the effective date of this
ordinance shall continue to be members. All
work or services done shall be without com-
pensation unless otherwise authorized by the
governing body.
2. Chapter 2, Section 2 -27 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Tybee Island, Georgia, be amended so that such
section shall read as follows:
Section 2 -27 Same - Direction and control of
members; consent to engage in work.
All persons volunteering for service in
the fire department or engaged in work of
the department shall be under the sole direc-
tion and control of the chief during the
period of such work or service, except that
the absence of a member at two consecutive
meetings of the department shall be grounds
for his removal by the governing body. No
person is to engage or do any work of the
department without the consent.of the chief,
and no person is to become a member of the
department without his having been accepted
by the governing body. The Chief will be named by the Mayor.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon its adoption. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
ENACTED in open Council this the 13th day of
September , 1978,
CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA
BY:
Attest:
First Reading: August 9, 1978
Second Reading: September 13, 1978
Enacted: September 13, 1978
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After the reading of the Fire Personnel Ordinance it was adopted
as read, unanimously.
An ordinance to amend the Business License Ordinance was accepted
on first reading, and scheduled for second reading at the next regular Council
meeting.
Bills for the month of August, 1978 were approved as follows:
Sewer Department - $ 10,501.45, Water Department - $3,843.48, General Govern-
ment - $5,921.92, Police Department - $2,797.46, Public Works - $3,996.23,
Sanitation - $10,809.42, Parking Meter Department - $202.41, Fire Department -
$389.19, Ceramics Department - $122.32, Recreation - $250.09, and Capital
Outlay - $414.97. Other expenses totalled $876.95.
Councilman Alexander told Council that vandalism was very bad
at all the public bathrooms, but particularly at the restrooms behind the Tybee
Museum. After a lengthly discussion, the Police Department was given the respon-
sibility of locking the bathrooms at or about dark each day, the time to be deter-
mined by the Police Commissioner.
Councilman Fleetwood informed Council that the cost of lifeguard
protection for the beach had gone over budget. Councilman Bettencourt explained
that more lifeguards had been used this year in the past, and that the cost had
been kept as closely in line to the budget as was possible.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned until
the next regular or special called meeting.
LERK OF COU IL
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