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COUNCIL MINUTES
October 18, 1958
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met at 9:30 a.m.,
Saturday morning, October 18, 1958, at the Village Hall.
Those present. were: Messrs. Hart, Beatty, Broeman,
and Faulkner.
Absent: Mayor Harry A. Brown.
Also present were: W. H. Webb, Village Manager;
Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk, and Thomas H. Anderson,
Attorney for the Village.
In the absence of Mayor Brown, the meeting was con—
ducted by Assistant Mayor Hart.
The minutes of the regular meeting of September 20,
1958, were accepted as submitted, on motion of Mr. Beatty,
seconded by Mr. Faulkner.
Mr. Webb then read a notice dated October 15, 1958,
from the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, at Jacksonville, re—
garding an application by Dade County for dredging work at
Baker's Haulover and the reconstruction of the South Jetty.
He told the Council that the Engineers are not putting any
money into this project and their only interest is in whether
or not this dredging work will interfere with navigation. He
recalled that the financing had been discussed at a meeting
which was held at the Kenilworth some time ago and the tentative
plan set forth for financing this dredging work was that the
County would pay one—third, the Village one—third, and the
property owners one—third. He said that Mr. O. W. Campbell,
County Manager, will advise when it comes time to discuss what
amount of this dredging work will have to be financed by Bal
Harbour Village.
The next order of business was Plans for 96th Street
curb, gutter and sidewalk, but due to the fact that Mr. Whit—
taker, our Village Engineer, has not yet submitted a tentative
plan for this work, it was tabled until the next meeting.
Applications for Taxi Permits were then discussed.
The Village Manager told the council that we had issued twenty—
one permits last year, which were split up between four companies:
Morse Taxi 8 Baggage Transfer, Inc. — 16 permits — operating
from the Americana, the Balmoral, and the Kenilworth
North Beach Yellow Cab, Inc. — 2 permits — operating from the
Beau Rivage
Surf Cab, Inc. — 2 permits — operating from the Colonnade
Harbor Cabs — 1 permit — operating from the Whitman property
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Mr. Webb said that last year the Surf Cab Company requested two
more permits but they were not granted. This year, they are
again requesting these two permits - at the Carlton Terrace -
but the Village Manager said that he did not know whether we
would be within our rights if we issued them due to the fact
that the new Metro taxi ordinance had frozen the number of taxi
permits which any city could issue as of last year. Mr. Anderson
was asked to render an opinion on this and he said that he felt
that we could go ahead and issue these permits, provided the
licensee was told about the conflict between the Metro and the
Village regulations. Mr. Beatty then made a motion that the taxi
applications be granted as applied for, and the Surf Cab Company
advised of the probable conflict of regulations between the
Village of Bal Harbour and the Metro taxi ordinance. This motion
was seconded by Mr. Faulkner, and unanimously carried.
The Village Manager stated that there are no problems
regarding U-Drive-It permits. He said that we have applications
for thirty permits as of this meeting, and that we issued forty-
five last year. He also mentioned that several requests were not
in as yet but that he anticipated no problem here. Mr. Faulkner
moved that we approve the 30 U-Drive-It Permits for the Village.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Beatty, and unanimously carried.
Mr. Webb then told the Council that he had placed an ad
in the Miami Beach Sun, in which Bal Harbour congratulates the City
of Miami Beach on their new Exhibition Hall.
He also told the members of the Council that the Florida
League of Municipalities was having a meeting in Clearwater on
October 23rd to 25th, and asked if anyone wanted to attend it but
no one was able to go.
Mr. Anderson was requested to give his opinion on the
new Metro policy which requires that any plumber or electrician
must first be issued a certificate of competency by Dade County
before the cities will be allowed to issue permits for work within
their boundaries. Mr. Webb explained that we have always required
the applicant to show his Master's Certificate from Miami or Miami
Beach before a permit is issued by Bal Harbour Village. He told
the Council that Bal Harbour has adopted and worked under the City
of Miami Beach Building Code, and that the City of Miami Beach has
not seen fit to adopt the Metro Code, and he wondered whether or
not we should adopt the Metro standard as a minimum standard or not.
Mr. Anderson stated that he felt this was one instance in which Dade
County could render a real service - if they would set up an effi-
cient Board which honestly tried tc determine the qualifications of
people such as plumbers, electricians, etc., who served the public,
and that we should cooperate with them. He further stated that he
felt we should continue to follow our Building Code as heretofore
since it is better than the Metro Code.
ATTEST:
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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VICE - MAYOR
VILLAGE CLERK
OCTOBER 18-1_1958_