Loading...
HomeMy Public PortalAbout1959-07-22 Meeting50 July 22, 1959 The Council of 'lal Harbour Village met at 9:30 a.m. July 22, 1959 at the Village Hall. There were present Messrs. Hart, Or'aulkner, White and Broeman. Absent: Mr. Beatty. Also present were b. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney. After the Roll Call, the Council convened as a Board of Equalization for the 1959 Tax Roll. Mr. Webb announced to the Council that there were no complainants to be heard and that the Tax Roll could be accepted as presented. Motion was then made by Mr. Faulkner to accept the Tax Roll as presented. This was seconded by Mr. White and unanimously passed. Motion was made by Mr. Broeman that the meeting be adjourned. Said motion was seconded by Mr. Faulkner and passed unanimously; thereupon the Council re —convened to consider the business of the regular meeting. The minutes of the meeting of June 27th were accepted as submitted on motion of Mr. Faulkner and seconded by Mr. White. The first item under Old Business was the Beach Erosion Progress report. Mr. 64ebb advised the council that he had received a telegram from Congressman Fascell stating that the House of Representatives had approved authorization for Baker's Haulover Inlet, included in the Omnibus Rivers and Harbors Bill and that it was now in the Senate. During the discussion, Mr. Webb explained that he had nct as yet received a report from the County as the County Engineer has been on vacation. The report fr-m Zurwelle and .+hittaker, the Village Engineers, has not been completed as they would like to make a field survey and find a company who would be willing to do the dredging work so that they might get an estimate of the actual cost before_ preparing final figures for consideration by the Council. As soon as these reports are in, the Council will be advised so that they might call a special meeting to consider the proposals. Mr. Webb further advised the Council that there are two methods of financing this project. One method of financing as recommended by Atwi.l.l and Company would be to sell a revenue type certificate by pledging revenue from our cigarette tax refunds from the state of Florida. The method that Mr. Webn recommends, after talking with Mr. Clements and Mr. McCallum at the Community National Bank would be to create assessment liens to ^e sold directly to the bank for collection from the individual property owners. In this way money could be raised immediately to do the work, 51 and the property owners have a given number of years at a set interest rate to pay off the lien. This method of financing in special districts such as our beach erosion district is quite common in many cities. At the conclusion of the dis— cussion, Mr. Broeman suggested that the Village Manager contact Senator Smathers and Senator Holland to urge their support of the Omnibus Rivers and Harbors Bill which includes the Baker's Haulover Inlet. Mr. Faulkner then reported on the Library Committee. He stated that Mrs. Elizabeth Row, who had been appointed a member of the Library Committee at the June meeting, has de— clined the appointment and that at present he had no other name to submit to the Council. Mr. Webb read a letter from Mr. Sol Taplin, one of the owners of Tract "C", regarding the removal of the temporary building. Mr. Taplin has acknowledged the action taken by the Council at its last meeting that if a building permit has not been issued and construction begun on this property by October 1, 1959 then the owners agree to remove the building from Bel Harbour. Resolution No. 61 regarding the use of the North Miami jail facilities for Metro prisione-s was submitted to the Council. It was moved by Mr. 'utroeman, seconded by Mr. Faulkner and un— animously voted by the council to adopt Resolution No, 61. A nine month audit was presented to the Council for consideration. After discussion, on motion of Mr. Faulkner, seconded by Mr. White, and unanimously voted the audit was accepted. The next item was consideration of the 1959-60 Budget. Mr. Webb explained that the increases over last year were due to insurance increases, additional personnel, sewer gallonage charge increase and contractural services. During the discussion Mr. Faulkner moved that an additional item he included which would give the Village Manager an expense account of $100.00 per month. Mr. White seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved. At the conclusion of the discussion, Mr. White moved that the Council adopt Resolution No. 62 approving the budget; Resolution No. 63 adopting the water budget; and Resolution No. 64 setting a tax levy for 1959 of 8 mills. Said motion was seconded by Mr. Faulkner and unanimously approved. Resolution No. 65 re: Change of Internal Revenue Code allowing tax deductions for Municipal service charges upon motion of Mr. Broeman, seconded by Mr. White was unanimously approved by the Council. The last item under New Business was a discussion of the new sewer pump replacement. Mr. Webb advised the Council that the only bid received to date was from Fairbanks Morse together with the ;ondas Corporation in the amount of $4,191.00 plus installation costs. He further explained that the pumps now in July 22, 1959 52 operation are not adequate to take care of the peak loads during the winter months and that Miami Beach Engineers have now approved the use of a 1000 ;PM pump. The Village Manager recormended that the Council allow him to proceed with the purchase and that said work be paid for from the Reserve funds so that work could begin as soon as possible in order for the job to be completed before the fall season. Mr. Broeman made a motion that the Council accept the recommendation of the Village Manager and purchase the needed equipment. Motion was seconded by Mr. ',rhite and .unanimously approved by the Council. It was the decision of the Council that there would be no meeting held in August and that the next regular meeting would be on Saturday morning, September 19th. There being no further business before the council, the meeting was adjourned upon motion of Mr. Broeman and seconded by Mr. Faulkner. ATTEST: Clerk September 19s 1959 Mayor The Council of Bal Harbour Village met at 9:30 a.m. at the Village Hall on September 19, 1959. White. Those present were Messrs. Beatty, Broeman, Faulkner and Absent: Mr. Hart. Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; and Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk. The meeting was called to order by Assistant Mayor Broeman and after hearing the roll call, the minutes of the previous meeting of July 22nd were accepted as submitted upon motion of Mr. Beatty and seconded by Mr. White and unanimously approved. The first item under Old Business was the discussion of the Beach Erosion problem at Which time Mr. Webb brought the Council up—to—date on the latest developments. He advised that Mr. Hoke Welch, the Assistant County Manager, has written a letter in which he stated that the county is ready to go ahead with their part of the work north of Baker's Haulover and that they will pay for the engineering and inspection