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used and that he was now preparing a sketch to be presented to:the eduneil.;:
The village manager told the council that he .had conteeted'Mr.;44- R.
Harrison, low bidder on the village hall building, and they "uonld be willing
to cooperate 'on building the village hall for a figure of $105,000.00 with
the revisions being worked on. Be said as soon as the revisions were made.
to bring the figure down to *105,000.00 a contract would be prepared en'
the revised specifications.
There.being no further business before the meeting on motion of Mr. Collins,
seconded by Mr. Landis,.the meeting was adjourned.
:Attest:.
Village Clerk
JUICE 9, 1956
A Special Meeting of the Sal Harbour Village Council was called at 9t00
oiclock A.M., Saturday, June 9, 1956,
All the members of the council were present with the exception er\ Mr,"Brown.
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager;' -Mary Wetterer, Village Cler2c;
and Thomas Anderson, Village Attorney.
Mr. Ziba F. Graham and Mr. William Atwill were also present,
Mr. Webb said that the Grahams had asked that the terms of the .contract for
sale of Area #4 of the Business District be changed to allow the Grahams to
receive more cash at an earlier date. Mr. Anderson explained the new Contract as
submitted by the Grahams to the council and on motion of Mr. Landis, seconded
by Mr. Broeman, the previous action of the council authorizing the contract 'to be
executed was recinded and the revised contract as presented at this meeting be
accepted, and unanimously vgted.
Mr. Webb read to the council Mr. Atwillts letter outlining two proposals
for the marketing of Water Revenue Certificates for the purchase of land and
construction of the water tank, Mr. Webb and Mr. Atwill pointed out that from
previous figures a raise of five cents per thousand on water rateelepuld meet
the principal and interest payments on the certificates and that -Mr. Atwill hed
suggested that to make the certificates more marketable that the Flerida Power
and Light Company 6% Franchise money be also pledged. Mr. Beatty asked if
there would be a penalty to pay off the certificates early and Mr; A.twill..said
that no' certificates would be callable for six years and then 3% penalty re—
ducing per year. Mr. Webb said that on our previous issue bonds retired
early were subject to a 2%.penalty. It was pointed out that the time
between the enabL4ng ordinance and marketing the certificates wouWamount
to about 55- days -and if started immediately construction could commence
about September'lst, The council decided they would like to give Mr.
Atwillis proposal more thought and have,Mr..Webb call him the first of
the week.
Discussion followed on the possibility of selling.the certificates to
the taxpayers and Mr. Webb, was instructed to call Mr.,O''Shaughnessy and.
Mr. Ehrhart the purchasers of the last issue'to see if they would be 'willing
to take this issue also. It wasalso suggested that another agent be called
in,'wjiieh the council decided against. Mr. Anderson said he believed that
all possibilities should be looked into,tbat that actually the figure involved
was about $600.00 whether we sold them or took one of Mr. Atwiilts proposals
which would assure a quick sale of the certificates. The council then decided
that Mr. Webb would check with them the first of the week after making further
inquiries of Mr. Atwill.,
Mr. Beatty then read a letter from Mr. M. R. Harrison, explalniflg:the
changes they would make in the Village Hall building and thereby br#g the
contract down to $105,000.00. It was then movedby Mr..Broemen, see nsded'by
Mr. Collins, and unanimously voted that we accept the alternate bid of $105,000.00
for the construction of the village hall building and that the village manager
be authorized to sign a contract for construction.
There being no further business before the meeting on motion'of
Mr. Broeman, seconded by Mr. Collins, the meeting was adjourned.
Attests
JUNE 9. 1956