HomeMy Public PortalAbout1955-07-18 MeetingA letter from Mr. Austin J. O'Qonnor wasrea0 to :the.aouncil in
which he asked that he be allowed to bid on the building of the.new town hall.
The council agreed that his firm would be placed on the bid list and Mr:.
O'Connor so advised.
Mr. Webb said he had been asked to join the American Shore and.Beach
Preservation Association.. After discussion the,council.decided that the mem.
bership tee was too great for the benefit the village would.derive.
There being no further business before the,.meeting on motion duly
made, seconded and carried the meeting adjourned.. ,
Attest:-
-Village Clerk
Jur 18, 195
The Council of Bel Harbour Village met at. the Village.Monday,
.duly 18, 1955, et 7:00 o'clock P. M. to act as a Board of EqualisatiOn for
the 1955 Tax Boll.
A quorum of the council were present and the meeting was: called to.
order by" -Mayor Beatty.
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Asp:;there were no texpayers_present to protest their, assessments and
the Tax Assessor reported that no complaints had been received_in his pffie®
since the posting of the Equalization Notice on July,,1,,1955 oq:motion of Mr.
Landis, seconded by Mr. Brown, the Tax Roll was accepted As presented and the
.meeting adjourned..
The Council then proceeded with the regular business meeting.
. Mr. Henry Briggs, a Registered Real Estate Brpker representing
Television Station WITV,"spoke to the council with reference to constructing
a studio on the Balmoral Hotel grounds. Mr. Beatty suggested that as ,moat of.
the council were not familar with this matter that Mr. Briggs submit his pro.
,posal in writing to Mr. Webb and that Mr. Anderson look into the matter and
render a decision.
The Mayor then asked if there were any corrections or additions. to
the minutes of June 20, 1955,and, being none the minutes were approved as
submitted.
Ordinance No. 43, entitled:
*AN ORDINANCE OF BAL;HARBOUR VILLAGE,
FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 5'OF ORDIi-
NANCE N0. 7*
was read to the council and on motion of Mr. Broemsnr seconded by: Mr. Landis,
unanimously approved.
Mr. Webb reported that the'meabera appointed to the. Board of;Appeals
had all agreed to serve, Mr.•Wahl Snyder "is willing to serve for one year.
Resolution No. 33 to Dr. Leonard was•read and on motion of Mr.
Brown, seconded by Mr. Landis, unanimously passed.
Mr. Broeman reported -that he had met with the Beach Club Committee
who for the, sunnier substituted for the Board of Governors and'tyat it waa
their feeling the Mr. Coogan should bepresent when the street closing''dis--
'cussion took place.
Discussion followed on the extent of village services tb'fe�proved
and'unimproved properties and Mt. Broeman said he felt that any private prop
erty not paying for it should not have any special services from the village.
It was suggested that Mr. Webb write to Mr. Coogan as President of
the Bal`Harbour Club 'and ask that the Board of Governors meet with:the council
at their September meeting to discuss the Street Closing' problem and various
other phases of club maintenance.
+ t Mr. Anderson reported that :he was working on the Petition /or Bond
Validation -and that it should be ready by •the -end of this week. , H'esaid- that
after it is filed there is a sixty day waiting period before; the bonds are
actually validated.
Mr. Webb reported that at the .Januarj 13th meeting the council had
approved a record plat submitte& ty Miami Beach Heights,. Inc., covering the',
last three lots on the ocean front, the: old county road and Tract G,`but;that
it had been returned due to the fact that the north building restriction line
did: not agree with a County. easement. After Consideration! it yas waed by>Mr.
Brown, seconded by Mr. Broeman, that the building restriction line be changed
to coincide with the county easement as recorded in Deed Book 3871-555;'and that
the engineers for Miami Beach Heights bring up a new plat for signatures.
The Village Manager said that the Balmoral Hotel had written.a letter
asking that they be permitted to have canvas tent oabanas.erected at the hotel.
On motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Landis, the Balmoral Hotel'waa':granted
temporary permission to erect Arabian type"canvas tents'on top of their one
story concrete cabanas, landthey were to be informed of such by the'tillage
Manager.
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A•letter was read from Mr. Barger of the Connecticut General•Life
Insurance Company, Underwriters of the Village Pension Plan, and in compliance
with Mr. Barger's requests it was moved by Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Landis,
and unanimously voted that the Village Attorney draw a Trust Agreement
Resoluticn to be presented at the next meeting, under. Resolution No. 37.
It was decided that discussion on construction on the
hall be held over until the neat meeting.
The audit for the first nine months operation was .presented: to the
council and on motion of Mr. Landis, seconded by Mr. Brown,' unanimously ap-
proved.
The council was informed by Mr. Webb that the Water Booster Station
had been engineered.and that he was now.ready to,place orders for the pumps
and equipment with the council's approval. It was thereupon moved by Mr.
Brown, seconded by Mr, Landis and unanimously voted that the Village Manager
be authorized.to..get prices on the purchase of equipment for the. Booster Sta
tion and let a contract for the construction of the station.:, Mr. Webb was
also authorized to purchase'a compaction type garbage truck:Jto,supplement the
open body truck'now being used.
Resolution No. 34 governing the filling of low lots i the village
was presented to the council and on motion of Mr. Broeman, seconded by Mr.
Brown inanimously passed... Mr.:Anderson.said that each taxpayer iftvolved\skust
receive a copy of the resolution. `
The Budget for the 1955-56 Fiscal Year waspresented by Mr. Webb.
After consideration on motion of Mr. Landis, seconded by Mr. Brown, Resolution
No. 35, adopting the budget,.w.as unanimously passed.
Resolution No. 36, making a tax levy for 1955,.was-then4presented,
and on motion of Mr. Broeman, seconded by Mr. Brown, unanimously. adopted.
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There being no further business before the meeting on motion of Mr.
Broeman, seconded by Mr. Landis, the meeting was adjourned.
Attest:
Vi iage Clerk'
AUGUST 1, 1955
Mayor act. itscf
A special meeting of the Council of Bal Harbour Village -was held
at the Village Hall, Monday, August 1, 1955 at,•5z o'clock P.:M.
Present were: Messrs. Broeman, Collins, and Landis
Absents Messrs. Beatty and Brown
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager and Mary Wetterer,
Village Clerk.